tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19744662151636235242024-03-18T20:39:27.576-04:00MARIETTE'S BACK TO BASICSMariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.comBlogger2391125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-76908245366839391492024-03-18T20:00:00.033-04:002024-03-18T20:01:16.822-04:00Our Acapulco, Mexico Vacation I<div style="text-align: center;"> Yes, we have enjoyed some very special vacations in Acapulco, México.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A country where we both worked for over ten years as consultants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEyttChliS9zfJULnQu2DxTMduD__UkQHrIlXNU4APReUzqqqq4OkY7X_ZilkXCuvZNeRxxK1u_LtIAhUfoVS5DmW2SVmBVapMbmUI24RjVMkvnCZtwYO1ZHIrwUS4r1fsn0gCERRCr_2_MhZFjDrkxPN5gLOawQRCqnhJ_W79hnmplAX1RZKlxHoRQw/s1600/02%2021%2005%20%20From%20our%20room.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEyttChliS9zfJULnQu2DxTMduD__UkQHrIlXNU4APReUzqqqq4OkY7X_ZilkXCuvZNeRxxK1u_LtIAhUfoVS5DmW2SVmBVapMbmUI24RjVMkvnCZtwYO1ZHIrwUS4r1fsn0gCERRCr_2_MhZFjDrkxPN5gLOawQRCqnhJ_W79hnmplAX1RZKlxHoRQw/w640-h480/02%2021%2005%20%20From%20our%20room.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>View of Acapulco Bay</b> from our room 2103 at the 21st floor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3NI9_0_QCVZBGVGzlu-213ld2gB0QrwAYQtu62QSIqQKS_7UFPWwZO5Mq2J1dJ3ZIk290Oc76rK63V5GqpeaorMFZlCOm1QTVlUcCAp86lxsG089L3IkLjjabmZ2VS526vGrFhfHoHRz3E7i4k9W2ToHo2n3ScBP3OKvp0PB0qdDY_S6zz2u7PK3Xuc/s2519/02%2015%2005%20%20Houston%20to%20Acapulco%20-%2002%2025%2005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1733" data-original-width="2519" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3NI9_0_QCVZBGVGzlu-213ld2gB0QrwAYQtu62QSIqQKS_7UFPWwZO5Mq2J1dJ3ZIk290Oc76rK63V5GqpeaorMFZlCOm1QTVlUcCAp86lxsG089L3IkLjjabmZ2VS526vGrFhfHoHRz3E7i4k9W2ToHo2n3ScBP3OKvp0PB0qdDY_S6zz2u7PK3Xuc/w640-h440/02%2015%2005%20%20Houston%20to%20Acapulco%20-%2002%2025%2005.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My flight ticket home on February 25, 2005. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We arrived on February 15...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3Kvi98KEz6Wl2oYsrqNqxk0tHu0pdqvIPcEM6sVEd7DY44bwawoGpFZWV6Qku03tEybVUTPmYi9wNq8TDH1Osw5LbR55tUpkj_FoRDZC17_HDNXZvHfmyFuW2TpEv1A8_QMr2RZLS-nYa4-ZhLc3fWmiV45M12Bv9pfWtPVzVBSdAPnhuMIBokXC4Uc/s768/HYATT%20REGENCY%20ACAPULCO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="768" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3Kvi98KEz6Wl2oYsrqNqxk0tHu0pdqvIPcEM6sVEd7DY44bwawoGpFZWV6Qku03tEybVUTPmYi9wNq8TDH1Osw5LbR55tUpkj_FoRDZC17_HDNXZvHfmyFuW2TpEv1A8_QMr2RZLS-nYa4-ZhLc3fWmiV45M12Bv9pfWtPVzVBSdAPnhuMIBokXC4Uc/w640-h580/HYATT%20REGENCY%20ACAPULCO.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Hyatt Regency Acapulco was our home for those 10 days...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It read: <b>WELCOME TO THE PEARL OF THE PACIFIC! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmORnCMqSL0NskEjUu6Xh5dCp5BRYKv_EslgvPv1s-a837MWoNGG-j8cv9XFOIj6kkCyPVGtSYQdnq6RyCIi8oJS1q2HFvvJnrAI3F-MayiUxeA-6GnEbkZ0lHYNJ7Q6yMI18kpaEqi9XI1YmAasKF-lw1nShylJV_zWO9j6sbCjrmP7KIZR-udwZz30/s1507/02%2015%2005%20Hyatt%20Regency%20Acapulco%20welcome.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="1094" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmORnCMqSL0NskEjUu6Xh5dCp5BRYKv_EslgvPv1s-a837MWoNGG-j8cv9XFOIj6kkCyPVGtSYQdnq6RyCIi8oJS1q2HFvvJnrAI3F-MayiUxeA-6GnEbkZ0lHYNJ7Q6yMI18kpaEqi9XI1YmAasKF-lw1nShylJV_zWO9j6sbCjrmP7KIZR-udwZz30/w465-h640/02%2015%2005%20Hyatt%20Regency%20Acapulco%20welcome.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course with our Hyatt card we had <b>access to Regency Club.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quite a luxury which we enjoyed world wide!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGNV72Agwd1VW-fWpeqj_wmq1xOIzqwu-8jEaeD2mck4muqbFZ_4NxyXsoExuuwm4bfzyZB7zeozor7AZ1kPIpHpPmkWigqU4OgmW_X0Xw0hIRki3ZgKFbkxJ-tPUHV74cCy08CmPk_Opb4RZFaNnoKu3LM8i6Ki9XbHYdipqc0E29o6YKBK_VonCnos/s1600/02%2021%2005%20%20City%20view.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGNV72Agwd1VW-fWpeqj_wmq1xOIzqwu-8jEaeD2mck4muqbFZ_4NxyXsoExuuwm4bfzyZB7zeozor7AZ1kPIpHpPmkWigqU4OgmW_X0Xw0hIRki3ZgKFbkxJ-tPUHV74cCy08CmPk_Opb4RZFaNnoKu3LM8i6Ki9XbHYdipqc0E29o6YKBK_VonCnos/w640-h480/02%2021%2005%20%20City%20view.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">City view and you see bottom right they even had a <b>Walmart Super Center</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYnNTc4Yyj-MEanCPxn5vTo4WZ2YzT0KKHYrx2gbhRFdUGAXW7JnGj2CdmMjiqBIX3WdfIzI6eu543TzGmiFHGcDik6qwwbIhB-N5VNdmsVK_eZK3PBisBslBBVx3PcUKReDNC12JEo3c6gsyveDio_1J85VjUxVN18HgYACC5A_-v8bS_9jC3yJrpCo/s1600/02%2021%2005%20%20Pools%20and%20beach%20where%20Spicy%20lived.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYnNTc4Yyj-MEanCPxn5vTo4WZ2YzT0KKHYrx2gbhRFdUGAXW7JnGj2CdmMjiqBIX3WdfIzI6eu543TzGmiFHGcDik6qwwbIhB-N5VNdmsVK_eZK3PBisBslBBVx3PcUKReDNC12JEo3c6gsyveDio_1J85VjUxVN18HgYACC5A_-v8bS_9jC3yJrpCo/w480-h640/02%2021%2005%20%20Pools%20and%20beach%20where%20Spicy%20lived.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View of the 3 big pools and the beach with large tropical garden all around</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdYVQin0g731HnsPzKTx94z17cN-R5qFHXdoyEfwUJp3_8QdG_tqZxpR1B8VL4Cg6TU-ttJ70cKO2GxDKAK1Em9Ayar34ZfdAF60Y0MKJtlr93VK2N7tfH1oxHZW7bJzIAeRZ6hsgWDGPYipKCyhqZrN5Yb8jlMSWRqRxUKOuoj1Lgk7gCoOIAeNC3rI/s1600/02%2021%2005%20%20From%20the%20beach.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdYVQin0g731HnsPzKTx94z17cN-R5qFHXdoyEfwUJp3_8QdG_tqZxpR1B8VL4Cg6TU-ttJ70cKO2GxDKAK1Em9Ayar34ZfdAF60Y0MKJtlr93VK2N7tfH1oxHZW7bJzIAeRZ6hsgWDGPYipKCyhqZrN5Yb8jlMSWRqRxUKOuoj1Lgk7gCoOIAeNC3rI/w640-h480/02%2021%2005%20%20From%20the%20beach.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View from the beach</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNaNcoCDW6JJiscPcLbj-ygq2YWWgKSnX7NQx9i4W9cP4OOK979d16EXySzYRL78rk2cnn3bJcA0pa0_sCWibASYXBwW1nLB1kkliA10f5GeHlxq0LWdRNJ14ihiOuDbxJKYx6jbBMxZt2jXLItF4XtnvlUXK0kWZrd3fgbfOmuRZUc6HCcHGC24U4zM/s1600/02%2021%2005%20%20Towards%20hotel.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNaNcoCDW6JJiscPcLbj-ygq2YWWgKSnX7NQx9i4W9cP4OOK979d16EXySzYRL78rk2cnn3bJcA0pa0_sCWibASYXBwW1nLB1kkliA10f5GeHlxq0LWdRNJ14ihiOuDbxJKYx6jbBMxZt2jXLItF4XtnvlUXK0kWZrd3fgbfOmuRZUc6HCcHGC24U4zM/w480-h640/02%2021%2005%20%20Towards%20hotel.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View towards hotel, from beach area</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qkuQuW2ejGpZaCWVK9UMg8C8OpKEhNOvm5z2IEBYr3njBcOzVtZM4inDJcZck4DRP_ESapFRgD_wB3WSCCIsz9Vt592w8iWI4np43kJG9VbKSFlD0WP4qjThRzmqv-iIwjqaIrCf_hOIQcD4emiyli8dIKIPHDE4-oujWGQ3GvTFmE136MkALpibPYE/s1600/02%2021%2005%20Tropical%20garden%20setting.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qkuQuW2ejGpZaCWVK9UMg8C8OpKEhNOvm5z2IEBYr3njBcOzVtZM4inDJcZck4DRP_ESapFRgD_wB3WSCCIsz9Vt592w8iWI4np43kJG9VbKSFlD0WP4qjThRzmqv-iIwjqaIrCf_hOIQcD4emiyli8dIKIPHDE4-oujWGQ3GvTFmE136MkALpibPYE/w640-h480/02%2021%2005%20Tropical%20garden%20setting.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We both loved the lush tropical garden setting...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9yVeYYsBZlG3E67iDbpRuaDWt-WfkESU_k6A_ygn3PwWTbhFb-83Ux5e5sTRBcvE8bp_8T1B9Hs-XHMn8ADb6WoDHC5qiOqPkzYgn2wHBmmt8STOIZha2qPCtR26al5bmXbtqMi_EqMi56SyBhvUWqEOJFMi0beMhUrdLEjMcU2_ty3oOEKCyE9-8TI/s1600/02%2023%2005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9yVeYYsBZlG3E67iDbpRuaDWt-WfkESU_k6A_ygn3PwWTbhFb-83Ux5e5sTRBcvE8bp_8T1B9Hs-XHMn8ADb6WoDHC5qiOqPkzYgn2wHBmmt8STOIZha2qPCtR26al5bmXbtqMi_EqMi56SyBhvUWqEOJFMi0beMhUrdLEjMcU2_ty3oOEKCyE9-8TI/w640-h480/02%2023%2005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such a happy place to be together!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, on February 18, we both made a phone call to The Netherlands, using our American Express card. This due to the somber news of Wilhelmien, Pieter's middle brother Toon's love. She had pancreatic cancer and only three more weeks to live.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That was a rip off but to both of us those 7 minutes talking to her for US $ 49.89 was worth it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>It sure did lift her up 💕</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Sunday, February 20, we also prayed for her during Mass at noon, on the 23rd floor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym7Ll_o19HyHGrEqEOZlbhJklJHasW2k2FsjpISDWW7l6W0UmDgDW7QuwEVlDiS7YLhBJn_iwIlUfFx2_LZAVahjA7u-YO8BAHfGB9GCKORIknUtMU6pZx9az46_aKvBsW2fAkXD_FrWY9f0o-FQQRvj-cYO-CnIgmQfiYHHcfl7JgoxAn5PCghegSwA/s1600/02%2023%2005%20%20Kookaburra.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym7Ll_o19HyHGrEqEOZlbhJklJHasW2k2FsjpISDWW7l6W0UmDgDW7QuwEVlDiS7YLhBJn_iwIlUfFx2_LZAVahjA7u-YO8BAHfGB9GCKORIknUtMU6pZx9az46_aKvBsW2fAkXD_FrWY9f0o-FQQRvj-cYO-CnIgmQfiYHHcfl7JgoxAn5PCghegSwA/w640-h480/02%2023%2005%20%20Kookaburra.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our boss Tino and his wife Carmen drove four hours down from México City on the Maxi Pista for visiting us! They arrived on August 23.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We felt honored and enjoyed this dinner together at the <b>Kookaburra restaurant across from our hotel on the Acapulco Bay.</b> It is unique due to its spectacular bay views. <b>See the tree beam to the right of me? A very unique open construction.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We all together went to the old town to see: <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/375980268909450634/" target="_blank"><b>ACAPULCO, MEXICO — THE CLIFF DIVERS OF LA QUEBRADA</b></a> ←click for 1 minute video. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both of us had seen cliff divers before, in Hawaii</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwfb4DMiuDheWl0o_Oru5iwFX8hOtu6xEsVdqFp7HxkCXgyXzJgKilLV71piD9pINp3ZKhMVX9pw-rLLegGqo-g_vnPc9Y6ebAfckEDnsobk2DYz0gCxrYhyphenhyphen0QDa8D9Fq5T-tee2_ipI4VVtki0twpg0UVUBAS_-GkMZ-0mOoGQAzyoMN4PzjnJbq3W0/s1600/02%2024%2005%20Acapulco%20bay%20copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1600" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwfb4DMiuDheWl0o_Oru5iwFX8hOtu6xEsVdqFp7HxkCXgyXzJgKilLV71piD9pINp3ZKhMVX9pw-rLLegGqo-g_vnPc9Y6ebAfckEDnsobk2DYz0gCxrYhyphenhyphen0QDa8D9Fq5T-tee2_ipI4VVtki0twpg0UVUBAS_-GkMZ-0mOoGQAzyoMN4PzjnJbq3W0/w640-h322/02%2024%2005%20Acapulco%20bay%20copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Our last night, we enjoyed this spectacular sunset...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Our arrival flights on February 15, were an adventure as I flew with Continental via Houston and Pieter with United via México City and with Aviasco to Acapulco.</b> But they didn't fly, so he got there with AeroMexico a good hour later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Going home was another adventure.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We both left for the airport in the taxi I'd bought my round trip ticket for upon arrival. We had hugged Tino and Carmen goodby and left at 10:30 AM for Pieter's earlier flight around noon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>We both only flew with hand luggage so checking in went swift.</b> Pieter had to go to the domestic terminal and I to international so we hugged goodbye.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Pieter's flight got delayed one hour and I worried about his connection in Chicago... from México City and then to Atlanta.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter left at 2:30 PM instead of at noon time—<b>needless to say that he missed his connection with United to Chicago.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He arrived in México City and <b>after pleading with AeroMexico, they gave him a ticket for 8:00 AM next day and non–stop to Atlanta. They also dropped him off at the Riazor Hotel in México City.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter had requested Continental and United to page me but I never heard any message...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>In Atlanta around midnight, there was no service at all. The information booth was un–staffed!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did wait till 0:30 AM and used my spare key from our Mazda Millenia S and sat in the car by 0:50 AM on my way home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>At home by 2:50 AM when checking the answering machine, sure enough I got a message from Pieter</b> from the <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/375980268909353803/" target="_blank"><b>Riazor Hotel in México City </b></a>with his number there and <b>request to call him.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Sorry for having to wake him up—Georgia is one hour ahead of time but Pieter was glad we made contact. He was mad at the airlines for poor service and not contacting me.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, by 4:15 AM I was in bed and up again at 8:15 AM and after a light breakfast I was on my way to the airport after I'd gassed up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Went to the AeroMexico counter after seeing that flight 306 had landed slightly early. They still had to go through customs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>So I had time to verify that Pieter actually had been ON that flight. </b>Went to three people before <b>I finally got my info—after pushing for it.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>No, this is protected information for security reason...! </b>Yes, I said but the plane is already on the ground, no longer in the air... So she did check and asked: Pieter?—yes, that's him!<b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took Pieter 40 minutes till we could hug each other and were re–united again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter drove home and went straight to the <b>Country Lane Pet Lodge to pick up our kitties Spooky and Barty boy. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>That was the closing of United Airlines for us </b>after this <b>adventure with the frequent flyer 'free ticket' for Pieter. </b>Well, still $ 60 and he paid $ 375 for the small segment from México City to Acapulco. The gain was merely $ 200 compared to my ticket of $ 605 all in with Continental. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Pieter vowed to never travel separately again!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-19624016846073797382024-03-14T20:00:00.002-04:002024-03-14T20:17:57.684-04:00My Estonian Socks with ROSES<div style="text-align: center;"> Already for two years I had this pair of hand knitted Estonian woolen socks with ROSES</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePJcVr2-PTFI2xMMSA66hzupiknW8iwUlwYw3KLGuN0XEr-Xb5J1lVw7NlXaCVkFW15t1lKjTzrCCEDFnoQvGGxoK8EdkG7o5t0_pm3NW7pvBcdHgHYVVn0z7d4f9U2WXmmzGLIro1gTMpMdWt8qTEtDZHdYvPY8ij6iiXw5qjKb52NEUGXRPvv9xHmQ/s3313/03%2005%2024%20Crocs%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3313" data-original-width="2559" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePJcVr2-PTFI2xMMSA66hzupiknW8iwUlwYw3KLGuN0XEr-Xb5J1lVw7NlXaCVkFW15t1lKjTzrCCEDFnoQvGGxoK8EdkG7o5t0_pm3NW7pvBcdHgHYVVn0z7d4f9U2WXmmzGLIro1gTMpMdWt8qTEtDZHdYvPY8ij6iiXw5qjKb52NEUGXRPvv9xHmQ/w494-h640/03%2005%2024%20Crocs%201.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But they did not fit in ANY of my shoes...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Got me some bone colored Crocs in a size 9 and that works perfect!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Knew <b>Mieke, from the blog Gebreide Sjaals</b> in The Netherlands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Did have her knit a beautiful lace knitted scarf in black, </b>for our adopted daughter Liz in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Never got any photo of it however...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://gebreidesjaals.blogspot.com/2021/11/dikke-wollen-kniekousen-winter-212022.html" target="_blank"><b>Dikke wollen kniekousen winter 21/2022</b></a> ←click link and at the very top you also find knitted scarfs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstViVmOQPpDe1lhyVc0-uSV5AdpK8HfNjprfvIMiMUAO3EDFLYwFezrLscd9EH-Pg8GD_stwcOJgWJ8ubfcOtQgFy7_2b2qwacR-g3EPJSGVHmN-jtQszVfBJSO6LhoZHJlQ-P08VVNXJYjsq6kKYMWyzNb7TKk8GGP3c7ezK6Hm6yH79XYhgctld9LU/s1024/Gebreidesjaals.nl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstViVmOQPpDe1lhyVc0-uSV5AdpK8HfNjprfvIMiMUAO3EDFLYwFezrLscd9EH-Pg8GD_stwcOJgWJ8ubfcOtQgFy7_2b2qwacR-g3EPJSGVHmN-jtQszVfBJSO6LhoZHJlQ-P08VVNXJYjsq6kKYMWyzNb7TKk8GGP3c7ezK6Hm6yH79XYhgctld9LU/w640-h480/Gebreidesjaals.nl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>All hand knitted in Estonia and they truly are gorgeous!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEl5dcybJBNUa8YNOeRSEl8q2UpHt8PGfCgL5atiXks5CRqYZDhK2Y45FDh9mDSul2hlYHD24uGCbPqqWhlubAi-KO6BXjpkgX9x8knQa4tiV42L14wd5Jva49OmdR39JXWMu3u2PdbHzVO_mASxgBuG0tMHh7AbsGRNvdCTsDchYvxf03xwYY3CidISk/s1628/03%2005%2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="1206" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEl5dcybJBNUa8YNOeRSEl8q2UpHt8PGfCgL5atiXks5CRqYZDhK2Y45FDh9mDSul2hlYHD24uGCbPqqWhlubAi-KO6BXjpkgX9x8knQa4tiV42L14wd5Jva49OmdR39JXWMu3u2PdbHzVO_mASxgBuG0tMHh7AbsGRNvdCTsDchYvxf03xwYY3CidISk/w474-h640/03%2005%2024.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter took this detail from my leg...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One can only admire such incredible work!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlu3GyLfWI82vfoU0unR94VmxcjYNDk8mDda2RVO-IyXNyhaz61s1TtGTWe-Ds8aO_-Cc8op0sHjubNW0MrM0-ZQUjcdUWYQA0CjR9rM7ZYvMH-Cn9DR0gFcdlDO1w_1Tn2N9Hq8Bk710mY979sygbIWfY6dCO96Ep1B-nG5ELMHBVuJvf4bSORp3xh4/s4032/03%2005%2024%20Crocs%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlu3GyLfWI82vfoU0unR94VmxcjYNDk8mDda2RVO-IyXNyhaz61s1TtGTWe-Ds8aO_-Cc8op0sHjubNW0MrM0-ZQUjcdUWYQA0CjR9rM7ZYvMH-Cn9DR0gFcdlDO1w_1Tn2N9Hq8Bk710mY979sygbIWfY6dCO96Ep1B-nG5ELMHBVuJvf4bSORp3xh4/w480-h640/03%2005%2024%20Crocs%203.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wearing my Escada skirt (pleated in the back) with my roses socks and cashmere sweater.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bare legs as I was having my medical pedicure at Georgia Podology Services in Lithonia, GA near Atlanta.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SeQKFUfdm5-UjF1wsolndOnAGLdxA1aH_mvXF9ncCFBGpwgdx9tANhgF-enxWNe4mbWWdqhMLAIAionaKoYungr8u9kusCvcqvimabPihCeKUlooFpZJChZz5i43F6EdinKFl9dKvXhOOOvomQGTVzAP9pOxv2kYiMGFpq1fLH5aCegV8OfKoZKMd0s/s4032/03%2007%2024%20Rose%20socks%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SeQKFUfdm5-UjF1wsolndOnAGLdxA1aH_mvXF9ncCFBGpwgdx9tANhgF-enxWNe4mbWWdqhMLAIAionaKoYungr8u9kusCvcqvimabPihCeKUlooFpZJChZz5i43F6EdinKFl9dKvXhOOOvomQGTVzAP9pOxv2kYiMGFpq1fLH5aCegV8OfKoZKMd0s/w480-h640/03%2007%2024%20Rose%20socks%206.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next day, wearing my Wolford pantyhose under my knee socks with roses. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was at the Hyatt House Atlanta/Cobb Galleria.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VG7zQoyVDq5xJJYLt2AoJcNkuouvaRMrTgOKXi2ZVTgoeOrkkm8NsWB4TYXMk-e3PetGtOytizWXhSFn3DsATy0RlPMHBTHU8qqvU_T13xCmBPzXn1W4x2IvuunBEGsCfr-FIl_f6c3NB4zf_bRaxE6cy63vfBQUYKSnqL_GOuEnD5FJFRqRjhLcy7U/s4032/03%2007%2024%20Rose%20socks%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VG7zQoyVDq5xJJYLt2AoJcNkuouvaRMrTgOKXi2ZVTgoeOrkkm8NsWB4TYXMk-e3PetGtOytizWXhSFn3DsATy0RlPMHBTHU8qqvU_T13xCmBPzXn1W4x2IvuunBEGsCfr-FIl_f6c3NB4zf_bRaxE6cy63vfBQUYKSnqL_GOuEnD5FJFRqRjhLcy7U/w480-h640/03%2007%2024%20Rose%20socks%207.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside our room...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you like ROSES and warm woolen socks?</div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-56153295639658540512024-02-27T19:00:00.009-05:002024-02-29T05:29:08.289-05:00LEGAL IMMIGRANTS<div style="text-align: center;">With all that is going on in the United States of America right now—open borders where millions have crossed, one often wonders<b> WHY?!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>When we came here, we got checked out thoroughly</b>—checking if we had paid our Dutch taxes and we had to show our diplomas in person to a lawyer that came to our home. <b>No copies!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We only had our B–1 Visa at that time...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>You must never have been in any trouble by the law.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, in November of 1983 going to the town hall in Duiven, Gelderland. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Y<b>ep, another trip across the Atlantic</b>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On to the municipality in Bergen and Arcen <b>for a certificate of good conduct for Pieter's stay there. </b>All this for the U.S. Consulate to get our Green Card...<b> </b>our first step towards United States Citizenship later in 1993.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0KBaqPMlDuVhb2KIUkzCDYSEpG5iWpO79kX6ehux7nZ9lfTpsQc4UnwIxVMrNvXVGjB9Ee6hdopVASO111ZrYtMP0UHSnZX_m7deZgBwOA_z6TGgetf6f38KzzejFm_OhvJHbwJw1VruDhudbU6vOIyNWlS5vVR0zo95Th9_I06BhgHMNzeqAOm30rXU/s1242/11%2011%2083%20VERKLARING%20OMTRENT%20HET%20GEDRAG%20DUIVEN%20P.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="866" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0KBaqPMlDuVhb2KIUkzCDYSEpG5iWpO79kX6ehux7nZ9lfTpsQc4UnwIxVMrNvXVGjB9Ee6hdopVASO111ZrYtMP0UHSnZX_m7deZgBwOA_z6TGgetf6f38KzzejFm_OhvJHbwJw1VruDhudbU6vOIyNWlS5vVR0zo95Th9_I06BhgHMNzeqAOm30rXU/w446-h640/11%2011%2083%20VERKLARING%20OMTRENT%20HET%20GEDRAG%20DUIVEN%20P.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Pieter's Certificate of good conduct over the years 1946 through April 12, 1955 </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhXnzVMWZVG26g8_mtXFJN6GybSFH6XvJf8qD4Cpz7dMa9LSqE35Na-bSbjq7bGWBwwZ9SE7UNT2q-w7Dpb_tNEGCqU5c9Oax_d3RVWgZDH4pRcvdUlhKyDzzCCvatJ7L3zpGJ6OJQOI7ilzzto-F_pAyRlBAQ6idb-BXs7GmDBS2hD-ThLNyP5sxasI/s1231/11%2028%2083%20MINISTRY%20OF%20DEFENSE%20FOR%20EMIGRATION%20PURPOSES.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="860" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhXnzVMWZVG26g8_mtXFJN6GybSFH6XvJf8qD4Cpz7dMa9LSqE35Na-bSbjq7bGWBwwZ9SE7UNT2q-w7Dpb_tNEGCqU5c9Oax_d3RVWgZDH4pRcvdUlhKyDzzCCvatJ7L3zpGJ6OJQOI7ilzzto-F_pAyRlBAQ6idb-BXs7GmDBS2hD-ThLNyP5sxasI/w448-h640/11%2028%2083%20MINISTRY%20OF%20DEFENSE%20FOR%20EMIGRATION%20PURPOSES.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's paper for immigration from <b>Ministry of Defense</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxncdMC4zCSI6tupyxCdNqAWly4Yx2HRx1Gw_AFbJZqdg1LuxPcRvbUq5m8exbLwIQigYFadGjPt4ZxGIvFDTnZJZmqP8ooIT2RyryrFJwG-YRHwothDcuk1rhk2MROn_qZuXG8jUPGG8_J9x7hoDQQ3mvdFHXC3f9fBKg_ZCQWdIEe2J9HXOsqWZqOY/s1754/11%2011%2083%20VERKLARING%20OMTRENT%20HET%20GEDRAG%20BERGEN%20P.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkt3XfwNM13yQ95FPAicE6075xY1QLq1YY-RoW_7QJIy4MHM_uuIkOkgJnm2BpF5oJLOHgLM0MECzoozNQThyphenhyphenecYXskIoD2CrNHRm6OHD0sELbn6O0QuY6p7q5VKtvuKdaP4JaTxJU6wsE0h2BVUWiFJDLPLunq759-9f-ukr9BHXKla4WySnYVZxjoSs/w452-h640/11%2015%2083%20VERKLARING%20OMTRENT%20HET%20GEDRAG%20HORST%20P.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Pieter's Certificate of good conduct from Horst in Limburg</b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeVm-gqpmQVelxQWt0RLS5sp8iQ9tFq8vsRV5k_0DTJ9w4R8AQunraoSKyRbKu5_eEZCqxpsqJznMP5U-kXD0OcsTJaJtzbdjej9vGnOgo31q56HzbJRl-v_FjXzAW_WZuyORG3C9LKIhIy_QStrnR15dg3Ygz4K42da9LUrkPUzSyJ-jrVzPTAnEDbk/s1754/11%2015%2083%20VERKLARING%20OMTRENT%20HET%20GEDRAG%20HORST%20M.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeVm-gqpmQVelxQWt0RLS5sp8iQ9tFq8vsRV5k_0DTJ9w4R8AQunraoSKyRbKu5_eEZCqxpsqJznMP5U-kXD0OcsTJaJtzbdjej9vGnOgo31q56HzbJRl-v_FjXzAW_WZuyORG3C9LKIhIy_QStrnR15dg3Ygz4K42da9LUrkPUzSyJ-jrVzPTAnEDbk/w452-h640/11%2015%2083%20VERKLARING%20OMTRENT%20HET%20GEDRAG%20HORST%20M.jpg" width="452" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>My Certificate of good conduct from Horst in Limburg</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPa_LSW1crV7otiHCRTz5Oe519aG_H_3fOOHI_Gss5geo9Apdmkv6hOTkVJhyxP_pymeVPE_lIfH0Z0MZHrunj-51H784BimG9cv4bHQ18HUfSW_qxc26s52inM-SlZI2IAs4d_KRYXhkKhmxidrWau7NJe75mgGmhspqedSBK0EOQJwjP7nbgVQN9kMY/s1650/03%2022%2084%20William%20D.%20Katz%20informing%20about%20appt.%20April%2024%20at%20Consulate%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1275" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPa_LSW1crV7otiHCRTz5Oe519aG_H_3fOOHI_Gss5geo9Apdmkv6hOTkVJhyxP_pymeVPE_lIfH0Z0MZHrunj-51H784BimG9cv4bHQ18HUfSW_qxc26s52inM-SlZI2IAs4d_KRYXhkKhmxidrWau7NJe75mgGmhspqedSBK0EOQJwjP7nbgVQN9kMY/w494-h640/03%2022%2084%20William%20D.%20Katz%20informing%20about%20appt.%20April%2024%20at%20Consulate%202.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Letter of CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES for the appointment on April 24, 1984.</div><div><b>April 24, 1984 again back in The Netherlands.</b> </div><div>Early rising at 5:00 AM and with the 5:50 AM train to Rotterdam, where we arrived at 8:30 AM at the American Consulate. </div><div>New building, opposite the eye hospital... (Where Pieter had his surgery for implant lens early July, 1982—reccommended by Dr. Tan Kok Kheng from Singapore. → see previous post at very top: <a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2021/05/visiting-dr-tan-kok-kheng-in-singapore.html" target="_blank"><b>Visiting Dr Tan Kok Kheng in Singapore</b></a>. Who would have dreamed that?!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> First to the GGD for X-rays. Waiting for the results. Taking the subway to some doctor for <b>medical– and blood tests.</b> At 1:00 PM with this result back to the Consulate. And<b> ready at 4:30 PM after questions; fingerprints and taking the oath that we had filled in the truth. Our long day got rewarded with a heavy, sealed parcel for our permanent visa for the sum of F 800.00 (Florin = Dutch Guilder)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAf0UUxhJ6Z4cC8xU38nAGUYNLpAL8P_dhjjd3OEAOzYBG6VxlLSC9n4YGUJMZFeO0_97PyKnrhLVPQmGgPFiYDjR1VKUQX9zsADzjc0ucveX61T4QNatCFMsAYCJ2IGnKDcAtgmKBuXTf3krp-YyMMgA4NmaEIZfahUrNPgZtrkHXE5y6gGFuinDHEI/s4626/04%2024%2084%20X-ray%20P.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4626" data-original-width="4428" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAf0UUxhJ6Z4cC8xU38nAGUYNLpAL8P_dhjjd3OEAOzYBG6VxlLSC9n4YGUJMZFeO0_97PyKnrhLVPQmGgPFiYDjR1VKUQX9zsADzjc0ucveX61T4QNatCFMsAYCJ2IGnKDcAtgmKBuXTf3krp-YyMMgA4NmaEIZfahUrNPgZtrkHXE5y6gGFuinDHEI/w612-h640/04%2024%2084%20X-ray%20P.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's x–rays</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqDYTGY-Rqy6g9KJNQar7n2ApxCkqpju5Uwe0ga80R1x-1VYtqMOZ4QTHHGlPGhZjjWyN-GnJlpNtTFtDIFUGAC2GeLurhJ8gagXa51KAt9E6mQr45hj_eYlwJcMTqWzbWsbt0j5oCynhEgwkYG96FpOjVqwwZr5arKAFeNkFikslHwLDOPhv3HrfeW8/s4631/04%2024%2084%20X-ray%20M.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4631" data-original-width="4536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqDYTGY-Rqy6g9KJNQar7n2ApxCkqpju5Uwe0ga80R1x-1VYtqMOZ4QTHHGlPGhZjjWyN-GnJlpNtTFtDIFUGAC2GeLurhJ8gagXa51KAt9E6mQr45hj_eYlwJcMTqWzbWsbt0j5oCynhEgwkYG96FpOjVqwwZr5arKAFeNkFikslHwLDOPhv3HrfeW8/w626-h640/04%2024%2084%20X-ray%20M.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That is me...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyCGE5_aOorlPNbTIlYByEKlnMjl6M6fHCl9sWjkOFCFbaJqmKztRsFlGGCFvjTVurzfUMZCJ1xBhkrKaZRQeDy318nqEQIGJTLh2fLLi2Z7ML1QcGXH314aaz31MC_dhNvI3zoU4TZTG3qncT1alUdF8A0AgtcHexURTCMf-853fFuBhFVETZRnvZDA/s1024/03%2015%2084%20CONSULATE%20GENERAL%20OF%20THE%20UNITED%20STATES%20OF%20AMERICA%20appt.%20date%202%20fl%20400%20p:p.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="1024" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyCGE5_aOorlPNbTIlYByEKlnMjl6M6fHCl9sWjkOFCFbaJqmKztRsFlGGCFvjTVurzfUMZCJ1xBhkrKaZRQeDy318nqEQIGJTLh2fLLi2Z7ML1QcGXH314aaz31MC_dhNvI3zoU4TZTG3qncT1alUdF8A0AgtcHexURTCMf-853fFuBhFVETZRnvZDA/w640-h152/03%2015%2084%20CONSULATE%20GENERAL%20OF%20THE%20UNITED%20STATES%20OF%20AMERICA%20appt.%20date%202%20fl%20400%20p:p.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">LOTS OF DOCUMENTS and we had to pay a total of F 800 and as you can see here US $ 100 was equivalent to F 310 so it was US $ 258 for April 24 of 1984</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOE1HMG3flsqCPJDDLN-Y1p-0rCFWgUTBDEesQmIAVx-cZFqQwSikVE2PJmaT2ZK5DZ24LrM6JwgVwOV07w-wL7pp4IzruiwQLIeDrwR8Crtkf6MB6S5PVPpCSC_h3YcHAqvkVA4UGuPACAcLO8XpGFgaVvVOvApxVyYE3A-q3PLL_dgWGNAqfSvPaN2k/s1205/01%2005%2093%20Fingerprints%20P%201%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1205" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOE1HMG3flsqCPJDDLN-Y1p-0rCFWgUTBDEesQmIAVx-cZFqQwSikVE2PJmaT2ZK5DZ24LrM6JwgVwOV07w-wL7pp4IzruiwQLIeDrwR8Crtkf6MB6S5PVPpCSC_h3YcHAqvkVA4UGuPACAcLO8XpGFgaVvVOvApxVyYE3A-q3PLL_dgWGNAqfSvPaN2k/w640-h408/01%2005%2093%20Fingerprints%20P%201%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's finger prints... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMzm7vp4pTDwcvjHCnJ1Jf6Wze36tjFIPt9pUfOe0bWbdPJADTl8CVOevDcmkanOX5Z57HMmLFQQD48O7f2VTwNEQFdqqCUmXBC5w8tv8Fmyjxh-6wMMXWbZ3CtKQcHTLpukIQiwtmuOWudLb_tfxqL6cP3KG5b8Zv-GowIwiEt96xtotA-WgFRYoQGE/s1190/01%2005%2093%20Fingerprints%20P%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1182" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMzm7vp4pTDwcvjHCnJ1Jf6Wze36tjFIPt9pUfOe0bWbdPJADTl8CVOevDcmkanOX5Z57HMmLFQQD48O7f2VTwNEQFdqqCUmXBC5w8tv8Fmyjxh-6wMMXWbZ3CtKQcHTLpukIQiwtmuOWudLb_tfxqL6cP3KG5b8Zv-GowIwiEt96xtotA-WgFRYoQGE/w636-h640/01%2005%2093%20Fingerprints%20P%202.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">FBI = FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Yes, like a criminal we got thoroughly checked out!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-84295549703506492242024-02-23T19:00:00.087-05:002024-02-23T19:05:28.412-05:00What a SCARE Early Morning<div style="text-align: center;"> On January 16, at 5:45 AM we rudely got woken up...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Somebody was ringing our front–door bell with such aggression and banging on the door as well!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='640' height='360' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzp0l6v5s2nh-ikcPZgcZHL-pTKeA-CuMjejex0u8WasIWzYcoAu4nHMcubYQ76j-8nTpnLjx-gZWFlUXJOuQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It scares you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter opened the door and I heard a woman's voice...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quickly done my morning robe and did greet her and invited her inside, out of the cold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was in such panic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wearing plaid pajama pants and a red wool winter coat over it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I let her take a seat on our oak chest below the coat rack and she then tried to call 911.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But her cellphone was DEAD so she asked me to call for her, which I did.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She also asked me to call a friend, which I did and she talked briefly to her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then the Sheriff arrived and assessed the situation. <b>He went into our front lawn, where she'd driven her car, to get info off her license plate.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Later he called for the EMS (Emergency Medical Services) and a backup Sheriff deputy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That elderly lady was from our neighborhood but we never met her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By 6:41 AM I took this short video with my iPhone as <b>the backup Sheriff drove her car carefully out of our front yard</b>—avoiding the mail box and not again getting inside the tiled ditch next to our brick walkway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>He got escorted by another sheriff as the woman's car had NO lights!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCps6oF6iuUYvUeUf84tdyNKfF0tA2GbDtZUx1NpfBqlUIUoCjMxviPVLAvOaXdxyM_aditSU-oJLwcFPXGdENmUjp5gwIJdrkaXPXgry3TCYtISt0VKSYy9ityThsejYvZ3lNTJfZJ-PSKWGBPMaOaWmjYy_ZEsOTeB3-9p8ntC1M_elQB6-SV1R04t4/s1024/Pipe%20under%20Brick%20Walkway%20+%20Trench%20Mariette's%20Back%20to%20Basics%2011.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCps6oF6iuUYvUeUf84tdyNKfF0tA2GbDtZUx1NpfBqlUIUoCjMxviPVLAvOaXdxyM_aditSU-oJLwcFPXGdENmUjp5gwIJdrkaXPXgry3TCYtISt0VKSYy9ityThsejYvZ3lNTJfZJ-PSKWGBPMaOaWmjYy_ZEsOTeB3-9p8ntC1M_elQB6-SV1R04t4/w480-h640/Pipe%20under%20Brick%20Walkway%20+%20Trench%20Mariette's%20Back%20to%20Basics%2011.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter had placed two big tiles alongside his <b>neatly dug out trench for water control.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see more here: <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2014/01/pipe-under-brick-walkway-trench-for.html" target="_blank"><b>{Pipe under Brick Walkway & Trench for Water Control}</b></a> ←click link to see <b>how our Felines supervised Pieter ten years ago...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She had broken one of the big tiles as she obviously, with one wheel drove through it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOTUGIoTP8gnEpEgrzcjFKzrQ3W5IAMpzRPBZJ0kuC0yrEU8ariCrcU5KpbYplSIR6Kz9WyZTAJfjWShCjj_KQ2FxCWq43nxbx-Ka_y_7am_mCiwVtAKgkFoXamT1_s_7H-J6D_2c93UbFKELh-fOb6pXRcpnXEzBw3rvhAi6foqeOsNlHzQWI5gI2gg/s4032/01%2016%2024%20tile%20broken.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOTUGIoTP8gnEpEgrzcjFKzrQ3W5IAMpzRPBZJ0kuC0yrEU8ariCrcU5KpbYplSIR6Kz9WyZTAJfjWShCjj_KQ2FxCWq43nxbx-Ka_y_7am_mCiwVtAKgkFoXamT1_s_7H-J6D_2c93UbFKELh-fOb6pXRcpnXEzBw3rvhAi6foqeOsNlHzQWI5gI2gg/w480-h640/01%2016%2024%20tile%20broken.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One tile is completely gone (maybe scooped up by her car?) and the other broken...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had early breakfast as it was impossible to go back to sleep!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-3992797589259700572024-02-19T19:00:00.003-05:002024-03-01T16:23:39.599-05:00Our Japanese Magnolias in Sunshine Today! <div style="text-align: center;"> It was not easy to watch our Japanese Magnolias (scientific name <i>Magnolia x Soulangeana)</i> opening up on such dark and dreary days...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But today it was SUNNY! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYL7NaJzJs4U13O8vJI5ToHghEAwgR5183chxIi2OiXJnUihroM2sjnuNiLA5ZaCX-6aq67swwkaXZBiSlF3WgDNkQzEjQ3VIPnfC0qV9gb6jNZj82ZHtefA7KHNceIwcJPWAvJQ3z7AKGoPoUX7-1MTt2pkp_KpBQUR5gD4Kn35MkkKTe6hOXp7kvfLI/s4032/02%2019%2024%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYL7NaJzJs4U13O8vJI5ToHghEAwgR5183chxIi2OiXJnUihroM2sjnuNiLA5ZaCX-6aq67swwkaXZBiSlF3WgDNkQzEjQ3VIPnfC0qV9gb6jNZj82ZHtefA7KHNceIwcJPWAvJQ3z7AKGoPoUX7-1MTt2pkp_KpBQUR5gD4Kn35MkkKTe6hOXp7kvfLI/w480-h640/02%2019%2024%201.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yay, that warms one's heart...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnhm0Mf600J4Ux4l2HJDv5DlUm4HH2F20Ye4Q2OYeeyr2u9CBlkqINR46fS5Q2RdSioDOHPM0N0hB6JBsf_RMhVJi8aDH_XlgLjio_e4A654xCEqPcxT5Tb0JoGYDbuvPpQSs-PdeNcliGsJE45jrT-uKCVx-zrAUUk3Vj_f3iN23OzI_R8kkJ3UJ4bQ/s4032/02%2016%2024%20Japanese%20Magnolias%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnhm0Mf600J4Ux4l2HJDv5DlUm4HH2F20Ye4Q2OYeeyr2u9CBlkqINR46fS5Q2RdSioDOHPM0N0hB6JBsf_RMhVJi8aDH_XlgLjio_e4A654xCEqPcxT5Tb0JoGYDbuvPpQSs-PdeNcliGsJE45jrT-uKCVx-zrAUUk3Vj_f3iN23OzI_R8kkJ3UJ4bQ/w640-h480/02%2016%2024%20Japanese%20Magnolias%201.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was on February 16... no sunshine at all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjje4yHw472nvHr8F2aMnnL-G8NTLD7wQjOzgYp1V9u_RezND9byFuN9Z5O-DnvCmv8jS-oI8XaGyAtAQF6jaqM82rRKzQd3OssaGtMY79nPY4kA_A5wvXj_owWYqkelK9Do_SNAMVxrfR-jp5pgYD7I_ziZor4CxLxhelcvXe5OUGNOBJEYs4FAnuvey4/s4032/02%2016%2024%20Japanese%20Magnolias%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjje4yHw472nvHr8F2aMnnL-G8NTLD7wQjOzgYp1V9u_RezND9byFuN9Z5O-DnvCmv8jS-oI8XaGyAtAQF6jaqM82rRKzQd3OssaGtMY79nPY4kA_A5wvXj_owWYqkelK9Do_SNAMVxrfR-jp5pgYD7I_ziZor4CxLxhelcvXe5OUGNOBJEYs4FAnuvey4/w640-h480/02%2016%2024%20Japanese%20Magnolias%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is our 2nd Magnolia tree and I must say that a big tree fell into it when still young.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's why it is so lanky but it does its very best!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwTKT5bfgE5L0C-sp6zuSbwZHGibvOxGx-iZauVVWDfw6CkXtsUsxZPik0UBd3rcqyAro9D9QIeDgk7GM1li4UZbw5FDXn_P9BOya-7UAb5x9ni6AngAdaXRQshUc1uDQ4XaR9MowC7pzQWOuaLYt_CKMVplSo-fGNaKs99UOv9gZFkuQVVrPpVfOE5Q/s4032/02%2016%2024%20Japanese%20Magnolias%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwTKT5bfgE5L0C-sp6zuSbwZHGibvOxGx-iZauVVWDfw6CkXtsUsxZPik0UBd3rcqyAro9D9QIeDgk7GM1li4UZbw5FDXn_P9BOya-7UAb5x9ni6AngAdaXRQshUc1uDQ4XaR9MowC7pzQWOuaLYt_CKMVplSo-fGNaKs99UOv9gZFkuQVVrPpVfOE5Q/w640-h480/02%2016%2024%20Japanese%20Magnolias%203.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did spot lots of insects inside those blooms and that means the birds like our resident Eastern Phoebe can gather their protein once again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This side of the house we use for feeding our birds and we observe them from the bay window area where we enjoy our meals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7ZiiyD53PuvVT_KHpMCiyEj48kPfWRcfAEqQTZ3wiujKluAjizXebV8STGzjBjOvYzyoVe2L8Oio3w0cMBiVBFyhhA8HE194oTnM9A_aAS4buvXmbnNG-PIVjKOpKhWFkyasIeIq-9h2QCZaFfv9yNLHglgmivcn8S5mskicpiM12CxbDoY7I89nPo8/s4032/02%2016%2024%20Japanese%20Magnolias%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7ZiiyD53PuvVT_KHpMCiyEj48kPfWRcfAEqQTZ3wiujKluAjizXebV8STGzjBjOvYzyoVe2L8Oio3w0cMBiVBFyhhA8HE194oTnM9A_aAS4buvXmbnNG-PIVjKOpKhWFkyasIeIq-9h2QCZaFfv9yNLHglgmivcn8S5mskicpiM12CxbDoY7I89nPo8/w640-h480/02%2016%2024%20Japanese%20Magnolias%204.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love their color transformation from dark bud to light inside petals...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Xng7MpqSG5kI0fga6ZsptcnS19Jz8W1Cau8FzAMjFEGyDWv7qN6r5MgKsoK0aDU4gQDw8z_0JPGVj_3cTJWO1IkmRPCnQvShkqStqPE5wghbTILw4te09yij3-GW-cRROwUhRCBgd7iOFmo-7AXUlkQt7wCyvQtg-R4cA-Oc7CzzOiKGbBcc8pCZqY8/s4032/02%2019%2024%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Xng7MpqSG5kI0fga6ZsptcnS19Jz8W1Cau8FzAMjFEGyDWv7qN6r5MgKsoK0aDU4gQDw8z_0JPGVj_3cTJWO1IkmRPCnQvShkqStqPE5wghbTILw4te09yij3-GW-cRROwUhRCBgd7iOFmo-7AXUlkQt7wCyvQtg-R4cA-Oc7CzzOiKGbBcc8pCZqY8/w640-h480/02%2019%2024%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once more a picture taken today with blue sky and towards our home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj683coGABXAUj-jsgG_Mxm6umO3pXx1CJ1HoGrWyPRUWXfxZaI18pxIBHvje-d5wRkrefWw_aLLKTxghnahHeS-2-io0k0ThSW6Tu9RbLZ-bG0YOq5sBvTKe4inOmusliHwIS6j8-zn006AZLWzWU85hVeV0yedCnhuOc79QTpZzsHr9pLNIc8Trgj2XY/s4032/02%2019%2024%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj683coGABXAUj-jsgG_Mxm6umO3pXx1CJ1HoGrWyPRUWXfxZaI18pxIBHvje-d5wRkrefWw_aLLKTxghnahHeS-2-io0k0ThSW6Tu9RbLZ-bG0YOq5sBvTKe4inOmusliHwIS6j8-zn006AZLWzWU85hVeV0yedCnhuOc79QTpZzsHr9pLNIc8Trgj2XY/w640-h480/02%2019%2024%203.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And from beneath the lanky one towards the home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ought to have the rose arbor and everything else pressure washed again...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now first we live through pollen season!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But spring is arriving! </div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-81969313260613006092024-02-15T20:00:00.096-05:002024-02-16T11:16:40.816-05:00PANSIES SMILING<div style="text-align: center;">Already on February 10 I took these photos of our SMILING PANSIES</div><div style="text-align: center;">Due to my bronchitis I took a lot of rest...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzsjV1qH8kzfi7D6f6fEYhHbFUNIitV2BhPVXUercvfQrDo1WzQS1id_6pRMG5WWxX-QBnOwQRBfZ-VmA8lTHqWgwGDrWQcTLL4kibep_VLMM0XMu-DyD-ML0CRjp9tKBJeuCalUvUsAoaY1D-YzsuQYckv2CvKRZI6iXkfp9tsN3xCyDi1qXdC6u9mc/s4032/02%2010%2024%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzsjV1qH8kzfi7D6f6fEYhHbFUNIitV2BhPVXUercvfQrDo1WzQS1id_6pRMG5WWxX-QBnOwQRBfZ-VmA8lTHqWgwGDrWQcTLL4kibep_VLMM0XMu-DyD-ML0CRjp9tKBJeuCalUvUsAoaY1D-YzsuQYckv2CvKRZI6iXkfp9tsN3xCyDi1qXdC6u9mc/w640-h480/02%2010%2024%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After lots of freezing nights and also rain, the pansies that Pieter planted early at the end of November.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They hardly showed, nor could lift their faces up...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I waited for better days to capture them—February 10.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisinlEFiZ9zSGrJIQegTrYvwnf1U2tRwUEanmL5SGhkMq3qsvTXnLbD8vsJVDAM5dEfojOESOHtJg3p88le5_RTGbY6NEbkrLedu-z97ahxmVg7qB3re5ubHMy-_nvGfq-vbx8wOib3RvTOzQEDqRlFPT7_hysG3mESY9vRRk6W2Cn1CRGtRwBPYPTEHc/s4032/02%2010%2024%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisinlEFiZ9zSGrJIQegTrYvwnf1U2tRwUEanmL5SGhkMq3qsvTXnLbD8vsJVDAM5dEfojOESOHtJg3p88le5_RTGbY6NEbkrLedu-z97ahxmVg7qB3re5ubHMy-_nvGfq-vbx8wOib3RvTOzQEDqRlFPT7_hysG3mESY9vRRk6W2Cn1CRGtRwBPYPTEHc/w640-h480/02%2010%2024%201.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The entire length of Fiberglass Window Boxes along the driveway's retainer wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqC2fDOPc1Y29Vl4-2PXB7sMoxoZGeeyig_gV073B7VN-4e4M4IU3rtiV-GJzK1ZHLaTDgeC4Obcf_7YJw0MWHyemfINuLVHUVCiHiDD3s5JcoJ7gHcojHSOqIIRnjLhDJl0svRbW3azF8_HV2_Qqsh4_Zh5pKVt9DG7l5NlSul74GbT4RKkBtFcVH9X0/s4032/02%2010%2024%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqC2fDOPc1Y29Vl4-2PXB7sMoxoZGeeyig_gV073B7VN-4e4M4IU3rtiV-GJzK1ZHLaTDgeC4Obcf_7YJw0MWHyemfINuLVHUVCiHiDD3s5JcoJ7gHcojHSOqIIRnjLhDJl0svRbW3azF8_HV2_Qqsh4_Zh5pKVt9DG7l5NlSul74GbT4RKkBtFcVH9X0/w640-h480/02%2010%2024%203.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also captured our 'ever flowering' Rosemary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started with several new trailing Rosemary plants as they are evergreen and always blooming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A paradise for bees—year round!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhyphenhyphenhaG7vP8-exvzZjlAGcaf66NrHWMKAYTcNqaqVklJ9Jq_AS2OO2pZtMotndXay3ISuwuxYjfHAhY1B0zTSGFFOt64x39cci4k1UCqofIiVe551j6jp1d8dHsVBEeEowIeCd9KUTDJ_lNOvaccEY54OZvMZErYOHdA3LafE4vbda4rNKZx2Pb_v2_Gg/s4032/02%2010%2024%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhyphenhyphenhaG7vP8-exvzZjlAGcaf66NrHWMKAYTcNqaqVklJ9Jq_AS2OO2pZtMotndXay3ISuwuxYjfHAhY1B0zTSGFFOt64x39cci4k1UCqofIiVe551j6jp1d8dHsVBEeEowIeCd9KUTDJ_lNOvaccEY54OZvMZErYOHdA3LafE4vbda4rNKZx2Pb_v2_Gg/w480-h640/02%2010%2024%204.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another view, now the other direction towards the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2z35st3oiTuZhZDoePtZ2F89H3vYxvM4skGJLgF0sjPFiw6kuyw5-u0IhbHFO8uSNMrStZV1LgeLW1wrUFKXSUonPX3hVTr69hdt6IUDLkld9Z5_u5XuiUMfyNxhIUeSCiLoNSsCGFAGBSVVc0RKvhgj33RfMQNITqAKbVHYKt6nbAA6kXUGYYVKoBw/s4032/02%2010%2024%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2z35st3oiTuZhZDoePtZ2F89H3vYxvM4skGJLgF0sjPFiw6kuyw5-u0IhbHFO8uSNMrStZV1LgeLW1wrUFKXSUonPX3hVTr69hdt6IUDLkld9Z5_u5XuiUMfyNxhIUeSCiLoNSsCGFAGBSVVc0RKvhgj33RfMQNITqAKbVHYKt6nbAA6kXUGYYVKoBw/w480-h640/02%2010%2024%205.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now walking around and showing you our Fiberglass Window Boxes at the kitchen bay window and veranda.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And on February 10, our Japanese Magnolia started budding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2zYaBEaj1pBSYeWWozOAiY3gtS_4xk3kUa9LUOK7Hy0B7weSGcpNYz4VVhyXXVu5346S3u_bHvFuC3hQXJ5_T5IdPefw9D2tsKRF5pK0uUa6c6jyS1x18S2xX3D8-40DlUaRWXOQz5iGrPk_yQ3pou-9hbyNyRbdtW3ZXo56s_4zLhgdDtvTTb3QZ5U/s4032/02%2010%2024%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2zYaBEaj1pBSYeWWozOAiY3gtS_4xk3kUa9LUOK7Hy0B7weSGcpNYz4VVhyXXVu5346S3u_bHvFuC3hQXJ5_T5IdPefw9D2tsKRF5pK0uUa6c6jyS1x18S2xX3D8-40DlUaRWXOQz5iGrPk_yQ3pou-9hbyNyRbdtW3ZXo56s_4zLhgdDtvTTb3QZ5U/w480-h640/02%2010%2024%206.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hoping there will be no more frost...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkb8BmTt1_MK04vEGuYt5pft7WcRVJ6wuRLo1tcvF8NGduhTKuK4NiaHG7dqZ3wUmXY8gG3UOm5DmbonKn8OHEw1Vfok6zhVrsKw2GMB93kYMGhHscClTYG8SepiCLDbXHUnlGaEKfq99V0pmtFgFtuWXMz5Qwn0Q5LBREr4wb8KrzmFqgWwFGZxu3p8/s4032/02%2010%2024%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkb8BmTt1_MK04vEGuYt5pft7WcRVJ6wuRLo1tcvF8NGduhTKuK4NiaHG7dqZ3wUmXY8gG3UOm5DmbonKn8OHEw1Vfok6zhVrsKw2GMB93kYMGhHscClTYG8SepiCLDbXHUnlGaEKfq99V0pmtFgFtuWXMz5Qwn0Q5LBREr4wb8KrzmFqgWwFGZxu3p8/w640-h480/02%2010%2024%207.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our kitchen bay window, where the middle Fiberglass Window Box is showing the BEST progress yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also you see the blooming orchids...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznb4rET83-l2h0klKhu5t1JCS_LeXsEP8slu96bGHsiuUSlLAgtGtlAptAafPQQqtdhd9f95PnME7YSHMMKbwrcSnedvO54a-vaI7B4r6SXIlWiq05SAkYromZRYMp4AsPsK4SH2A7wyynKls7FGEFflKhncg6YC1MFaR_B46gi8AnHsnF0uExONrUw8/s4032/02%2006%2024%20Pinal's%20June%2017%20orchids%20blooming%20again.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznb4rET83-l2h0klKhu5t1JCS_LeXsEP8slu96bGHsiuUSlLAgtGtlAptAafPQQqtdhd9f95PnME7YSHMMKbwrcSnedvO54a-vaI7B4r6SXIlWiq05SAkYromZRYMp4AsPsK4SH2A7wyynKls7FGEFflKhncg6YC1MFaR_B46gi8AnHsnF0uExONrUw8/w480-h640/02%2006%2024%20Pinal's%20June%2017%20orchids%20blooming%20again.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These orchids were a gift from a friend's daughter and her husband, given to us on June 17.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They bloomed a 2nd time and flowers were so HUGE that one stem is kind of broken... not fully severed though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, IF the sun is out, we enjoy our breakfast in the sunshine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSD5W084DBPyGgnQY38BQz4aKvU0d8Hx_REWRfZn7iJlkDxx0iD3MHWyWgMXCY4JRPCzRbj4ZK9XNKPqhF9gmh6F11xjCXvkclaMKYigQJSDLdRXJFSdmyKdyzG7wWKC_lIIA-Dv3VANC6tCdfq29QZ6N5tNIsxZD8DZ0VjuaWyufY5V1Ca_KhiTQqDVY/s4032/02%2010%2024%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSD5W084DBPyGgnQY38BQz4aKvU0d8Hx_REWRfZn7iJlkDxx0iD3MHWyWgMXCY4JRPCzRbj4ZK9XNKPqhF9gmh6F11xjCXvkclaMKYigQJSDLdRXJFSdmyKdyzG7wWKC_lIIA-Dv3VANC6tCdfq29QZ6N5tNIsxZD8DZ0VjuaWyufY5V1Ca_KhiTQqDVY/w640-h480/02%2010%2024%208.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SMILING PANSIES also on this side of our home!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We opted for this color to match our Golden Mist home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCo4acZrQbOZMsBiph7cSBhHz_YbBSfF1RPQ4L6IvDKaQY_nImiGdW7JF6mv7pn5LnaQrSknDB2HE3QTHcTbDqFiSvNMzhC3YCLFtxloEjuwwabUhQqPot14zt7aUIBuxWCTVG823upD4_FxMnkMrZvz39bykA-nf_A2DjxxPqJ_lUO2ARRE8xiG1oKQ/s4032/02%2010%2024%209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCo4acZrQbOZMsBiph7cSBhHz_YbBSfF1RPQ4L6IvDKaQY_nImiGdW7JF6mv7pn5LnaQrSknDB2HE3QTHcTbDqFiSvNMzhC3YCLFtxloEjuwwabUhQqPot14zt7aUIBuxWCTVG823upD4_FxMnkMrZvz39bykA-nf_A2DjxxPqJ_lUO2ARRE8xiG1oKQ/w480-h640/02%2010%2024%209.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also have blooming Rosemary as patio pot plants to keep our bees happy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Are you also enjoying some spring flowers?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related link:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2023/04/our-golden-mist-home-and-quercus.html" target="_blank"><b>Our Golden Mist Home and Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold</b></a> | Previous post by me</div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-72224161525802560002024-01-19T20:00:00.031-05:002024-02-17T11:02:52.796-05:00R.I.P. Sweet Speckie Girl<div style="text-align: center;"> 0n January 8 of 2010, my Pieter drove all the way from Atlanta where we stayed at the Hyatt Place, to Waynesville in North Carolina... It was icy when we arrived and with snow on the ground.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Had to be very careful on my crutches...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOTwMeedmx3NaGuDS1-NZj3qj2mWDlP9oEUg0Kj5hzeOt5ExCdwMN0CgU1USC4d8zjmcbV1sNYn58VUVluZ7grCnpnGwzDqBg0eGXcpfYOYo_aE9obJe06RRqkdUyrW3KfUR1HneAkcg4khOmwIOa7hdgAV2fkmGQK12Ebdc5dTZV310ZcD5FvRp7QcM/s3264/01%2026%2010%204.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOTwMeedmx3NaGuDS1-NZj3qj2mWDlP9oEUg0Kj5hzeOt5ExCdwMN0CgU1USC4d8zjmcbV1sNYn58VUVluZ7grCnpnGwzDqBg0eGXcpfYOYo_aE9obJe06RRqkdUyrW3KfUR1HneAkcg4khOmwIOa7hdgAV2fkmGQK12Ebdc5dTZV310ZcD5FvRp7QcM/w480-h640/01%2026%2010%204.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">January 26 of 2010 our new tuxedo kitty girl Speckie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUvULaFcEVUrIDDFEIzfL994RMbyWFSK8xYmD4w41bAcXSnzIY1Zi8m3s_yQzxFB5fCJ52DuAcPVg2VcTSxG2wQQJOh6KTxx2P8wcVFpIbrOrigX2gtEA_oC1QaRfV06sFzmWaNc4Lw104k_sR7n-Uc1nJfk9gKL5B2IvB2yCTyGL6OESIhO6Iy00e0I/s764/Speckie%20from%20Haywood,%20NC%20Address.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="764" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUvULaFcEVUrIDDFEIzfL994RMbyWFSK8xYmD4w41bAcXSnzIY1Zi8m3s_yQzxFB5fCJ52DuAcPVg2VcTSxG2wQQJOh6KTxx2P8wcVFpIbrOrigX2gtEA_oC1QaRfV06sFzmWaNc4Lw104k_sR7n-Uc1nJfk9gKL5B2IvB2yCTyGL6OESIhO6Iy00e0I/w640-h128/Speckie%20from%20Haywood,%20NC%20Address.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, this was our mountain tuxie! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She rode home inside a carton box, on my knees, while Pieter did all the driving as I was on crutches and in pain, without any muscle power...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took us nearly 5 hours to reach home and we both were too tired for introducing Speckie to the rest of the kitties. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I stayed with her in the Rose Suite downstairs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next day, on January 9 of 2010, I ended up in the hospital due to being almost totally paralyzed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-angel-sister-mariettes-back-to.html" target="_blank"><b>{My Angel Sister & Mariette's Back to Basics Explained}</b></a> ←click on link.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvfOyKZMtsFB-G3kWg7q098jM-O5lne2v4bqF4TUszecfC-ysYZ9IQTwBUm3ZDttMNYG8is5J3xw_W64m1rGBFRoI73EUvy1dMmYdbm4r4AQ0W0yWN5e_FoCqV3q7PhzXJfUgQ8_rU6IO9FK9fjZ2oBgrokYlAhJleum90KOcppmO2CvO1m2dOKR5Rw8/s3264/01%2026%2010%205.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvfOyKZMtsFB-G3kWg7q098jM-O5lne2v4bqF4TUszecfC-ysYZ9IQTwBUm3ZDttMNYG8is5J3xw_W64m1rGBFRoI73EUvy1dMmYdbm4r4AQ0W0yWN5e_FoCqV3q7PhzXJfUgQ8_rU6IO9FK9fjZ2oBgrokYlAhJleum90KOcppmO2CvO1m2dOKR5Rw8/w480-h640/01%2026%2010%205.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">January 26 of 2010, showing her stunning whiskers and eyebrows...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTnElUyf0zfY-yrea6eV5cSKCq3YK3i4xNCO83fgtdIJeuhL3TYpODYGeXoVBGCUoYlHGA1LoXRxtqwqGfstEw0CXNaMoGwY36t5Piynb2T5OccXuQ3PxemCEqRxLHlooqTLzcZJ9H8M_5uA2dlZo-YP7lYkPJo5ll8kOsGmlbNffGRwyFCVM6-KDThU/s3264/01%2026%2010%201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTnElUyf0zfY-yrea6eV5cSKCq3YK3i4xNCO83fgtdIJeuhL3TYpODYGeXoVBGCUoYlHGA1LoXRxtqwqGfstEw0CXNaMoGwY36t5Piynb2T5OccXuQ3PxemCEqRxLHlooqTLzcZJ9H8M_5uA2dlZo-YP7lYkPJo5ll8kOsGmlbNffGRwyFCVM6-KDThU/w640-h480/01%2026%2010%201.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jan 26 of 2010, her white underbelly and booties while on her windowsill pillow in the kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMCic9zmJGcHsEV9m8636g7lrybW1zO3j8gkLUCSpvyRDUCAm4IPiN2idFfUuxEMMJrYJfkLfklP3cuYMeRwDhSSJQvy4x03aChpVUMBPgM7IhnR6ZzyAKNZ3jGQiN3llZPSkjB_rgxSAFKwewSpBAJxWYaKX7sGoDT1jjhczB1IQgbQPZ9SnSVE2j-A/s3264/06%2028%2010%20%20Speckie%20spayed.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMCic9zmJGcHsEV9m8636g7lrybW1zO3j8gkLUCSpvyRDUCAm4IPiN2idFfUuxEMMJrYJfkLfklP3cuYMeRwDhSSJQvy4x03aChpVUMBPgM7IhnR6ZzyAKNZ3jGQiN3llZPSkjB_rgxSAFKwewSpBAJxWYaKX7sGoDT1jjhczB1IQgbQPZ9SnSVE2j-A/w640-h480/06%2028%2010%20%20Speckie%20spayed.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June 28, 2010, Speckie outside after she got spayed...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She also wore short white gloves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_DdIhWamaH9iLudP3X-8kz9wMlmaZXn6EBr0OvvXg6IqMcVbNFUC7uVT0oeMR8KfJz4HXNjs0KpDN9Oj0SSwhTJ-T75-CCX5gKLvI_zLMjWZznUAVQvO8_j9fKtottVit6_gOjVsObBUiOgwUxIz2-RC-cE7a4p3Xiji7partQoIJ8bvmoexVrQKbhs/s3264/07%2027%2010%20%20Speckie%20&%20Bandido.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_DdIhWamaH9iLudP3X-8kz9wMlmaZXn6EBr0OvvXg6IqMcVbNFUC7uVT0oeMR8KfJz4HXNjs0KpDN9Oj0SSwhTJ-T75-CCX5gKLvI_zLMjWZznUAVQvO8_j9fKtottVit6_gOjVsObBUiOgwUxIz2-RC-cE7a4p3Xiji7partQoIJ8bvmoexVrQKbhs/w480-h640/07%2027%2010%20%20Speckie%20&%20Bandido.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">July 27 of 2010, Speckie and Dido on my lap at breakfast time... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Both are Angels now!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1j1BhDKv88M0Uh3VS7vyVgS89QhrnfXW4apfi4RVfbKrUnH8X0LrQ5Uf_6T7ZDpBMSwCg5Vvjh_IqfdI3GYOiNqmMLr1OoH4FE_M9woWeLSHtTC-4o6F86lCoeIFfNkHuxXpfqQCMDj6z-qpMZH9wmtgIr70BKyz1agP7J75WzMVoVZDyWo_0GjbuITo/s1280/06%2026%2012%20%20Speckie.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1j1BhDKv88M0Uh3VS7vyVgS89QhrnfXW4apfi4RVfbKrUnH8X0LrQ5Uf_6T7ZDpBMSwCg5Vvjh_IqfdI3GYOiNqmMLr1OoH4FE_M9woWeLSHtTC-4o6F86lCoeIFfNkHuxXpfqQCMDj6z-qpMZH9wmtgIr70BKyz1agP7J75WzMVoVZDyWo_0GjbuITo/w480-h640/06%2026%2012%20%20Speckie.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie dreaming on top of the retainer wall on June 26, 2012
<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tg4OReq_XeA?si=f1mEDrSHspamOU5P" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></center></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fall of 2012, our feisty Speckie girl found a bluish snake...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPt-5W3wDT0TRyt-5hL1vHe9FUhS2xiHzFZM_V65OQ_82jJf54q7zgnXtG9i6GLWr6SSEy1GJeeA2KC6fmTOSpjeAUQtIJarPBhkPuPPvzvjjiuq_2ZFjap5PxI-xXCBSntoYmcAQqxowfpsK1C1okOD0GGBlufu8qq6NgU1qrXH5NQlWec5LHAwabQ80/s2880/IMG_0771%20Fall%202012%20Bluish%20snake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="2880" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPt-5W3wDT0TRyt-5hL1vHe9FUhS2xiHzFZM_V65OQ_82jJf54q7zgnXtG9i6GLWr6SSEy1GJeeA2KC6fmTOSpjeAUQtIJarPBhkPuPPvzvjjiuq_2ZFjap5PxI-xXCBSntoYmcAQqxowfpsK1C1okOD0GGBlufu8qq6NgU1qrXH5NQlWec5LHAwabQ80/w640-h348/IMG_0771%20Fall%202012%20Bluish%20snake.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A cute bluish snake... Don't know what it is—any idea?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See more images here: <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2012/11/our-spicy-girl-with-snake.html" target="_blank"><b>{Our Speckie girl with Snake}</b></a> ←click link</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LaBPnHSDTwDSkYk4ig_zU276Tup0i057h4reoktTT7cWZsNjuKP23DlJkYlez8cHolQ8Q2oZlHU6xAFsrbia846iknYuiloqK8BZkAPwR1bwnIGzq6yRCdz-xiyf4F0dUF_WcuzyE-NWb10BM5xkbonLTfB94JmMUuCvZd6CBhorg-wl7NzPownNfco/s1024/08%2006%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LaBPnHSDTwDSkYk4ig_zU276Tup0i057h4reoktTT7cWZsNjuKP23DlJkYlez8cHolQ8Q2oZlHU6xAFsrbia846iknYuiloqK8BZkAPwR1bwnIGzq6yRCdz-xiyf4F0dUF_WcuzyE-NWb10BM5xkbonLTfB94JmMUuCvZd6CBhorg-wl7NzPownNfco/w640-h480/08%2006%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie in her favorite spot, adjacent of our kitchen bay window on August 6, 2013</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5BtDigfmAhIWl_kSiy6oMBam9AzhvSi9VoC6H0PTLh8NZ1R5ZtGZD1skvfePA8B08KEjZQyi9Wy00ylHqf8S-QOT04F5KGU9cIeRIleWDYfYtO1rQADroWW1I4B62ztTK72Gr39JTaNiM2_Uwu7tfUpmWnRMzNGwIcY_7ggzc8O-36ob0_HewIrmDwc/s640/08%2001%2015%20%20Speckie%20lazy.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5BtDigfmAhIWl_kSiy6oMBam9AzhvSi9VoC6H0PTLh8NZ1R5ZtGZD1skvfePA8B08KEjZQyi9Wy00ylHqf8S-QOT04F5KGU9cIeRIleWDYfYtO1rQADroWW1I4B62ztTK72Gr39JTaNiM2_Uwu7tfUpmWnRMzNGwIcY_7ggzc8O-36ob0_HewIrmDwc/w640-h480/08%2001%2015%20%20Speckie%20lazy.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie on the window sill in office being LAZY... on August 1, 2015</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFERqBPBxjSA_85S4cxQ8LzAXIOChGZV1Uz7uJ9osyDBa-oeCRecvuHxMqciy0QKe2VgCpSbX4Z58bOyfWCnbdK1r5wmrw8U27x6kn_DFus0z0yIkdtIgnzr7NjW2Rzfho3VNuKAXctgTYRZAUMxsqfUMz-zw33A2klQY_vE9BBn_0IDxxrMMaZeMQro/s640/08%2001%2015%20%20Why%20you%20wake%20me%20up.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFERqBPBxjSA_85S4cxQ8LzAXIOChGZV1Uz7uJ9osyDBa-oeCRecvuHxMqciy0QKe2VgCpSbX4Z58bOyfWCnbdK1r5wmrw8U27x6kn_DFus0z0yIkdtIgnzr7NjW2Rzfho3VNuKAXctgTYRZAUMxsqfUMz-zw33A2klQY_vE9BBn_0IDxxrMMaZeMQro/w480-h640/08%2001%2015%20%20Why%20you%20wake%20me%20up.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mami <b>why did you capture my MOUTH?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFW4CqcYfDL42uEgu1Nx_Uwg6xUi1SIRQq_WayVt3bLrcXz9FOpg-HpG3vP3ZPraEAVEeQVftgXZVJIdo3Kf28u3ULOfNnplyms-Oz3elK_K25F0Om9BtEAdn7OjITHMYrRuxON0xNU2OO0xyccdTmxoTehF3mj8f9gDu7GmV6EXN1ekF1MVsTowHdpk/s3264/08%2004%2017%20Mami%20you%20don't%20go%20away%20AGAIN%3F%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFW4CqcYfDL42uEgu1Nx_Uwg6xUi1SIRQq_WayVt3bLrcXz9FOpg-HpG3vP3ZPraEAVEeQVftgXZVJIdo3Kf28u3ULOfNnplyms-Oz3elK_K25F0Om9BtEAdn7OjITHMYrRuxON0xNU2OO0xyccdTmxoTehF3mj8f9gDu7GmV6EXN1ekF1MVsTowHdpk/w640-h480/08%2004%2017%20Mami%20you%20don't%20go%20away%20AGAIN%3F%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On August 4, 2017 Speckie confronted me in front of my iMac: <b>Mami, you don't go away AGAIN?!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We just got back from our trip to Miami, visiting friends and our stay at the Hyatt House, Miami Airport.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhThMgjZEjuGqQhcuepkhaYzM_pP-dKqycj74H2wvMY6j7oFTLHYy0jNKk25WmVpjP6Y0cF3wLJ7FV2TGZYQka01OPxdtb_OSimgurPM1Bqx-qdmov2lS_L8yYnv_phKczsTSe3LWCOJvDiOajI5SEezXcAEir7sP4dtdq5TPpDhQzzrY1emIvfBWaxxA/s3264/04%2008%2020%201%20Speckie%20girl%20watching.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhThMgjZEjuGqQhcuepkhaYzM_pP-dKqycj74H2wvMY6j7oFTLHYy0jNKk25WmVpjP6Y0cF3wLJ7FV2TGZYQka01OPxdtb_OSimgurPM1Bqx-qdmov2lS_L8yYnv_phKczsTSe3LWCOJvDiOajI5SEezXcAEir7sP4dtdq5TPpDhQzzrY1emIvfBWaxxA/w480-h640/04%2008%2020%201%20Speckie%20girl%20watching.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A serious and hard working Speckie girl on April 8, 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/06/manuscript-writing-and-our-office.html" target="_blank"><b>Manuscript Writing and Our Office Manager </b></a>←click on link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEu0etkfnyLARtHNAm2O9lMOR3v2y7ZVqbgQk_EDumF_NDEaESo7b_duBQWNL8qwJGp6N-3jXw3TgAuU5kwMSnaAYWL8kuQBAaIYFHfgH83nn2jLUiwdrMxnbJsgm6F9UPQpSLc9YFDlSf2K3_PcvtfwmpkfOmUv2kHuxNpLaMU-AkOXa_JF1Rhitob7g/s3264/03%2024%2021%20Speckie%20bij%20vet%20voor%203-jr%20rabies%20spuit.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEu0etkfnyLARtHNAm2O9lMOR3v2y7ZVqbgQk_EDumF_NDEaESo7b_duBQWNL8qwJGp6N-3jXw3TgAuU5kwMSnaAYWL8kuQBAaIYFHfgH83nn2jLUiwdrMxnbJsgm6F9UPQpSLc9YFDlSf2K3_PcvtfwmpkfOmUv2kHuxNpLaMU-AkOXa_JF1Rhitob7g/w480-h640/03%2024%2021%20Speckie%20bij%20vet%20voor%203-jr%20rabies%20spuit.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie inside basket pet carrier at vet Amanda's for her 3–annual Rabies shot on March 24, 2021</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTufE3_kBjbAhab65BBSHs7gjNaHml1PGGa9FaD1Qtk62OXt53mIqciDFveY5kn4W0PPDfqSqhFuODD9cNEs_RQ9ZWDkSW3ScikIHIvszdNOxZDJUmpi_9VtDpV1XkUZUg2hgwOa34UUf8uzqQTa5n4iQT9JdcDXRLdM7CpS8m99Tg9dB2ueM7TfQl7Q/s3264/06%2027%2021%20Speckie%20in%20fresh%20made%20clean%20bed%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTufE3_kBjbAhab65BBSHs7gjNaHml1PGGa9FaD1Qtk62OXt53mIqciDFveY5kn4W0PPDfqSqhFuODD9cNEs_RQ9ZWDkSW3ScikIHIvszdNOxZDJUmpi_9VtDpV1XkUZUg2hgwOa34UUf8uzqQTa5n4iQT9JdcDXRLdM7CpS8m99Tg9dB2ueM7TfQl7Q/w480-h640/06%2027%2021%20Speckie%20in%20fresh%20made%20clean%20bed%202.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie on June 27, 2021 in our fresh made bed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Our kitties always help us with that!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9treJt6B0eK0UgGpDjo66taOFFDyCgeVUez1E9ar0LyLgWfuhT5S_9BOIHfuHOR2VSHN8NGROD1BLmGephk6CDnmmCqxRF-0VOS48sX7I800YqJJXFInFe041cladrTqtqsxB9I2J9IsENaplfTY1P3fYHEnyQHmFjafB8LxaYese8YkkyO2ZLsN60Zk/s4032/02%2027%2022%20Speckie%20girl%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9treJt6B0eK0UgGpDjo66taOFFDyCgeVUez1E9ar0LyLgWfuhT5S_9BOIHfuHOR2VSHN8NGROD1BLmGephk6CDnmmCqxRF-0VOS48sX7I800YqJJXFInFe041cladrTqtqsxB9I2J9IsENaplfTY1P3fYHEnyQHmFjafB8LxaYese8YkkyO2ZLsN60Zk/w480-h640/02%2027%2022%20Speckie%20girl%201.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie talking to us on February 27, 2022</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2022/03/talking-speckie-girl.html" target="_blank"><b>Talking Speckie Girl </b></a>←2 second video of our Tuxie girl...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie is now again with her mentor Barty boy, who taught her everything when I was paralyzed and in the hospital. <a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/11/rip-sweet-barty-boy.html" target="_blank"><b>R.I.P. Sweet Barty Boy</b></a> ←click link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie died because of kidney problems... She rallied several times after getting some steroid shots to perk her up. Her breathing got worse and worse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So today, after I went to Mass and picked up Pieter from Rotary lunch, we both went back with Speckie inside the basket pet carrier. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>We both agreed that she did not have to suffer more... she had not eaten for over a week.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Around 2:00 PM she became an Angel and I was petting her and talking to her and her Papi sat on a chair near her...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Never easy but this was the best after having had her for 14 years and some days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>We LOVED her </b>and her siblings by adoption LOVED her, she was an easy kitty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blog.catblogosphere.com/speckie-forever/" target="_blank"><b>Speckie Forever</b></a> | The Cat Blogosphere with beautiful memorial graphic made by Ann from <a href="https://zoolatry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Zoolatry</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogvillepotp.blogspot.com/2024/01/speckie-girl-otrb.html" target="_blank"><b>Speckie Girl OTRB</b></a> | Blogville Power of the Paw</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kRlvMyHYeY52IYOKTkQ545JKNJsZC47bbh3qxO7loCg4JpPC6mZVGGFLULntaxzqXW7NXP51TgHzFS6CDzSu2e4lHStQYPAkIiCEoewI9Nz4ENVoRopgESMet4L_9xPczSgX3Ir4Q5aD8Xf1YPUAWEFIpYkPHF6989qchme9JiX9akP2SnEIdJsFDDM/s600/SPECKIE-Forever.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kRlvMyHYeY52IYOKTkQ545JKNJsZC47bbh3qxO7loCg4JpPC6mZVGGFLULntaxzqXW7NXP51TgHzFS6CDzSu2e4lHStQYPAkIiCEoewI9Nz4ENVoRopgESMet4L_9xPczSgX3Ir4Q5aD8Xf1YPUAWEFIpYkPHF6989qchme9JiX9akP2SnEIdJsFDDM/w640-h640/SPECKIE-Forever.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2021/07/ill-be-darned-i-did-it-again.html" target="_blank"><b>I'll Be Darned - I DID IT AGAIN</b></a> | post from where Speckie's image for <b><a href="https://blog.catblogosphere.com/speckie-forever/" target="_blank">Speckie Forever</a></b> came from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2014/01/pipe-under-brick-walkway-trench-for.html" target="_blank"><b>{Pipe under Brick Walkway & Trench for Water Control}</b></a> | Speckie was such a hard worker too...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgOF7HdHUd7Y_VoVAVxcbziUpYBGr-shtJP75pJYEG6YmkgKYx5zQ0A8hsu5sR8j01-PIBbzvAt8SKXcno49bskB5qVcztz0-zkt_Opgs2zG8iAZzhEHWbIQO1h_K32Pa7Aa1HKoAghQ90updkBiua2KCwBaaRE8-mZPssvji6HXoQTreqI7AhuXLFzE/s640/Speckie.RIP.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="640" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgOF7HdHUd7Y_VoVAVxcbziUpYBGr-shtJP75pJYEG6YmkgKYx5zQ0A8hsu5sR8j01-PIBbzvAt8SKXcno49bskB5qVcztz0-zkt_Opgs2zG8iAZzhEHWbIQO1h_K32Pa7Aa1HKoAghQ90updkBiua2KCwBaaRE8-mZPssvji6HXoQTreqI7AhuXLFzE/w640-h632/Speckie.RIP.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pipoandminkoandfreckleswoofs.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-memory-of-speckie.html" target="_blank"><b>Another beautiful Speckie Memorial at Meezer's Mews & Terrieristical Woofs</b></a> ←click link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once more mentioned on <a href="https://blog.catblogosphere.com/saturdays-with-sierra-81/" target="_blank"><b>The Cat Blogosphere </b></a>←click link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgVkKPNPwzATX5BKIGyjk0GaqoSjQcvccFJkfi4Ym2mmYtR23P62sBK97Mel92ySPSg-TNnwFpyRxbzsGvnlP1QhpRJsb21dXMoVpwbJXuWTqbnciEjyYeC05ng70g4McF2U8smGVycDTSDSGkuVL0JP3vi0IDHgxLhXk12a_MMxE4B4Yq9taSku8FX8/s576/Speckie%20ourrainbowfriends.blogspot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="576" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgVkKPNPwzATX5BKIGyjk0GaqoSjQcvccFJkfi4Ym2mmYtR23P62sBK97Mel92ySPSg-TNnwFpyRxbzsGvnlP1QhpRJsb21dXMoVpwbJXuWTqbnciEjyYeC05ng70g4McF2U8smGVycDTSDSGkuVL0JP3vi0IDHgxLhXk12a_MMxE4B4Yq9taSku8FX8/w640-h480/Speckie%20ourrainbowfriends.blogspot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie on <a href="https://ourrainbowfriends.blogspot.com/2024/01/speckie.html" target="_blank"><b>Our Rainbow Friends </b></a>←click link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jlqgp7Cd2SQ_tgQ1sYCmXFhkYjZjWLxemhI7oLbFOPq2FOJ-_8PavP1kTdPiL604-ArRA9mhTQI_pfMmbWIWt0A8wPStR45Q1w0_lx9Dz1zVUBqD3OyG9RENrdE68kriKsnsnPRPB2dfm_uegIDf1z6lm5d40wGxF4yB09VHCwTtkqOtG305T4T3548/s1268/Cat%20Blogosphere.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="762" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jlqgp7Cd2SQ_tgQ1sYCmXFhkYjZjWLxemhI7oLbFOPq2FOJ-_8PavP1kTdPiL604-ArRA9mhTQI_pfMmbWIWt0A8wPStR45Q1w0_lx9Dz1zVUBqD3OyG9RENrdE68kriKsnsnPRPB2dfm_uegIDf1z6lm5d40wGxF4yB09VHCwTtkqOtG305T4T3548/w384-h640/Cat%20Blogosphere.png" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie shown top left on <a href="https://blog.catblogosphere.com/" target="_blank"><b>The Cat Blogosphere</b></a>'s sideline ←click link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa1LpMM4Luy10d7e_gSG_SSa0KxppxktqSvtqvYO13-nYZidP85-2sr9wemuVvzY0qoJv8wqxG0QZeglTplaAlLSgFkxyC9Iu21CRoc2TktzE9ULCugYHlD7i5FudFGaYwMgQeQWi2IrQ1Lk9ThVxypwCsbS7L-aka0Ptwc__SEU3sigzz3YeKvvo7G4/s600/JAN-2024-OurRainbowFriends-2.15.2024-R.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa1LpMM4Luy10d7e_gSG_SSa0KxppxktqSvtqvYO13-nYZidP85-2sr9wemuVvzY0qoJv8wqxG0QZeglTplaAlLSgFkxyC9Iu21CRoc2TktzE9ULCugYHlD7i5FudFGaYwMgQeQWi2IrQ1Lk9ThVxypwCsbS7L-aka0Ptwc__SEU3sigzz3YeKvvo7G4/w640-h640/JAN-2024-OurRainbowFriends-2.15.2024-R.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckie mentioned here on <a href="https://blog.catblogosphere.com/our-rainbow-friends-january-2024/" target="_blank"><b>Our Rainbow Friends – January 2024</b></a><b> </b>←click link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com122tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-32707089594039356832023-12-26T20:00:00.065-05:002024-01-03T12:54:45.796-05:004,000,000 Pageviews on my Humble Blog<div style="text-align: center;"> It just so happened on December 23 that I was<b> getting close to 4,000,000 Pageviews on my Humble Blog...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCAj4lhbi2RXDuTZIVWXOR5FurlOCtjcSwH4xOQD0vYYT2vkUZ3I-Ad3LvNPB7FsMco9oFjcIJpVQTB-05Mil1nN7-u5UkXE4R-R6xziBtuTooQRW6GbAfOWX3ovl4bk2dveWXIfxN_cz858zjBPdmc9u31yDHyr2jhZaEyjA5c-yhwb8hAejP_my4ZI/s486/3,999,999%20around%2021%2000%20o'clock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="486" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCAj4lhbi2RXDuTZIVWXOR5FurlOCtjcSwH4xOQD0vYYT2vkUZ3I-Ad3LvNPB7FsMco9oFjcIJpVQTB-05Mil1nN7-u5UkXE4R-R6xziBtuTooQRW6GbAfOWX3ovl4bk2dveWXIfxN_cz858zjBPdmc9u31yDHyr2jhZaEyjA5c-yhwb8hAejP_my4ZI/w640-h264/3,999,999%20around%2021%2000%20o'clock.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What an impressive figure of<b> 3,999,999 around 21:00 o'clock!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaufz2DdPoZZOn2h1SK43YA0yjbcgtaVWKIS2avb091q282WuYDyzRG6w9wYmHvfTstyR-9Oa6a6O6UWz2ji8J89PLHZuxQXgDO14i2bio-6Msi1rExQIuNZzB421MHa-UBvVA7hOS4NkTMIHEOoF6DunzcGxULa8IIZji3hEiKYf4ixyvOlwKZkEuK30/s498/4,000,000%20six%20minutes%20past%2021%2000%20o'clock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="498" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaufz2DdPoZZOn2h1SK43YA0yjbcgtaVWKIS2avb091q282WuYDyzRG6w9wYmHvfTstyR-9Oa6a6O6UWz2ji8J89PLHZuxQXgDO14i2bio-6Msi1rExQIuNZzB421MHa-UBvVA7hOS4NkTMIHEOoF6DunzcGxULa8IIZji3hEiKYf4ixyvOlwKZkEuK30/w640-h246/4,000,000%20six%20minutes%20past%2021%2000%20o'clock.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Six minutes later it showed this<b> 4,000,000</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_S16gDEnoYos65_aeUloHnfkMQ8ESYAQWkubL-gBmnVA40mzGixW6307AGc9q1RU2tEAM3gYnjSCzFMWqxlrgrhPVGgtgRd219sFjpGCjsNi1q13saswRl70Sx4Uc27ZpdbMCujptz464VCpn2wjprWc5Wm3vfP7fyvrWENs8nPfhUr3rzmZ7Tv24PU/s1474/12%2024%2023%20Pageviews%20HIGH.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="122" data-original-width="1474" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_S16gDEnoYos65_aeUloHnfkMQ8ESYAQWkubL-gBmnVA40mzGixW6307AGc9q1RU2tEAM3gYnjSCzFMWqxlrgrhPVGgtgRd219sFjpGCjsNi1q13saswRl70Sx4Uc27ZpdbMCujptz464VCpn2wjprWc5Wm3vfP7fyvrWENs8nPfhUr3rzmZ7Tv24PU/w640-h53/12%2024%2023%20Pageviews%20HIGH.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For whatever reason, my Pageviews for<b> November and December were HIGH...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">In Add a Gadget click on Blog's stats.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mine is showing 'vague print' meaning it is already in use!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thank You Visitors for Reading my Writing and Viewing here.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>It also shows that original content is being appreciated!</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related links:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2014/07/999999-pageviews-on-my-humble-blog.html" target="_blank"><b>{999,999 Pageviews on my Humble Blog}</b></a> | previous post by me on July 3, 2014</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2017/01/2000002-pageviews-on-my-humble-blog.html" target="_blank">{2,000,002 Pageviews on my Humble Blog</a>} </b>| previous post by me on January 5, 2017</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2021/08/3333333-pageviews-on-my-humble-blog.html" target="_blank"><b>{3,333,333 Pageviews on my Humble Blog}</b></a> | previous post by me on August 26, 2021</div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-18789049986730257462023-12-11T20:00:00.085-05:002023-12-14T14:32:55.310-05:00POINSETTIA DAY on December 12<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Guess most people DO love Poinsettias for the Advent and Christmas season.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But do you know its history?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.poinsettiaday.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Poinsettia Day</b></span></a> ←click link</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The date marks the death of Joel Roberts Poinsett,</b> an American botanist, physician and Minister to Mexico who in 1828 sent cuttings of the plant he'd discovered in Southern Mexico to his home in Charlotte, South Carolina. Botanically, the plant is known as Euphorbia Pulcherrima.” <span class="caption"><i>(Submitted on March 11, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)</i></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you click on the above link: Poinsettia Day, you can read: <b>In July of 2002, the House of Representatives created Poinsettia Day, </b>passing a Resolution to honor Paul Ecke Jr. who is considered the father of the poinsettia industry.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihirBsLmzYKd77kNo0Ho64xJgTOcN7bQNCIoki7Cvf_GpW5MFuhXhZrC6aL8mM0jOPpvK2LKrJAFaXPkXSoEInsqDA9gcdGeLVDYRCKdtFBE-z1aAcL2tvS0uAHQWktknSL4mmRG-03GY/s1600/Poinsettia+Day+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihirBsLmzYKd77kNo0Ho64xJgTOcN7bQNCIoki7Cvf_GpW5MFuhXhZrC6aL8mM0jOPpvK2LKrJAFaXPkXSoEInsqDA9gcdGeLVDYRCKdtFBE-z1aAcL2tvS0uAHQWktknSL4mmRG-03GY/s640/Poinsettia+Day+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These Poinsettias are photographed on the day I became an American Citizen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">On December 3, I <i>forgot</i> to celebrate my 30th birthday...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Joel Roberts Poinsett visited Guanajuato, México in 1822 and both of us were there in the end of March, 1999:<a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2021/07/historic-town-of-guanajuato-mexico-and.html" target="_blank"><b> Historic Town of Guanajuato, Mexico and Adjacent Mines </b></a>←click link</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Cathedral+Mexico+City+Zocala+poinsettias&sca_esv=589391910&sxsrf=AM9HkKnvPQWGAY3HERYqF3CnE7n6tK1ExQ%3A1702132481706&source=hp&ei=AXt0Zd-WKfLKkPIP96OskAY&iflsig=AO6bgOgAAAAAZXSJEWL1Mh6-IUyHtG_GFTwiWPvI5m8M&ved=0ahUKEwifm7nPyYKDAxVyJUQIHfcRC2IQ4dUDCAw&uact=5&oq=Cathedral+Mexico+City+Zocala+poinsettias&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IihDYXRoZWRyYWwgTWV4aWNvIENpdHkgWm9jYWxhIHBvaW5zZXR0aWFzMgcQIRigARgKMgcQIRigARgKSNsZUABYAHAAeACQAQCYAakBoAGpAaoBAzAuMbgBA8gBAPgBAvgBAQ&sclient=gws-wiz#cobssid=s&ip=1" target="_blank"><b>Cathedral Mexico City Zocala poinsettias</b></a> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">←click link for images to enjoy the <b>RED SEA of POINSETTIAS during CHRISTMAS time. </b>We both have visited that Cathedral and it is sad that it is sinking...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>We even do have a Poinsettia tree in our garden;</b> see previous blogpost about it below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqd8SDY_UNfpkrsG3lPhNAuSMAPw93P1RewVNWxqCjjxt2ogaeCRtY1TUTxjtxTY7s3vnV467t197JswalYk-k5_4IA6DZBn8X_CldSOqjBqqGNnLv68cHyLSezXS8aIPY_WsNk1Fsj9k/s1600/History+of+the+Poinsettia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqd8SDY_UNfpkrsG3lPhNAuSMAPw93P1RewVNWxqCjjxt2ogaeCRtY1TUTxjtxTY7s3vnV467t197JswalYk-k5_4IA6DZBn8X_CldSOqjBqqGNnLv68cHyLSezXS8aIPY_WsNk1Fsj9k/s640/History+of+the+Poinsettia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+2.jpg" width="606" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Photo from our Poinsettia with leather deer from India.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can read that previous post below: History of the Poinsettia.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Did you know these facts about the Poinsettia?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Which is your favorite color?</span></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Related links: </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=8087" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Joel Roberts Poinsett 1759 - 1851</b></span></a> </span>Info</div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2010/12/today-i-turned-17.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>{Today I turned 17!}</b></span></a> previous post by me —<b> Yep on December 3 I did turn 30!</b></div></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2011/05/our-pinkneya-pubens-poinsettia-tree.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>{Our Pinckneya Pubens - Poinsettia Tree}</b></span></a> previous post by me about our Poinsettia Tree in our garden.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2011/12/history-of-poinsettia.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2011/12/history-of-poinsettia.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>{History of the Poinsettia}</b></span></a> previous post by me</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2014/02/poinsettia-as-tree-in-indonesia.html" target="_blank"><b>{Poinsettia as Tree in Indonesia}</b></a> | previous post by me</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.homesandgardens.com/advice/are-poinsettia-poisonous-to-cats-and-dogs" target="_blank"><b><br /></b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.homesandgardens.com/advice/are-poinsettia-poisonous-to-cats-and-dogs" target="_blank"><b>Are poinsettias poisonous to cats and dogs?</b></a> | poinsettias are <b>one of the best pet–friendly houseplants</b></span></div></div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com72tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-1531686092693077132023-11-28T17:00:00.035-05:002024-02-17T11:16:30.663-05:00R.I.P. Sweet Dido Boy<div style="text-align: center;"> Our sweet and vocal Bandido or Dido as we used to call him went to be with his favorite kitty fur sis Sacha, who got hit by a car on June 17, 2013</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had to let him go this morning as he barely was eating and so weak...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWUuUIYese0QdbShiR9-mws4AkqmICSGBZvErGnL8c0CW5SIGPJGNjLPTkb2-8OAxoVeddVV7oPQU_HQRFCxfo9ihzR2qVGE4RZsANmmDU3G5skPDLH4wHu2futYVPEgnPsUu0SwF9xbS_7hxPt7qgs0TT5rONfl3leyS1JwaBiPMLKY3kd0G5ToLXgU/s943/5%20Dido%20with%20his%20Mamita%20MariettesBacktoBasics.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="943" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWUuUIYese0QdbShiR9-mws4AkqmICSGBZvErGnL8c0CW5SIGPJGNjLPTkb2-8OAxoVeddVV7oPQU_HQRFCxfo9ihzR2qVGE4RZsANmmDU3G5skPDLH4wHu2futYVPEgnPsUu0SwF9xbS_7hxPt7qgs0TT5rONfl3leyS1JwaBiPMLKY3kd0G5ToLXgU/w640-h420/5%20Dido%20with%20his%20Mamita%20MariettesBacktoBasics.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dido with his Mamita, </b>he was her favorite... That face!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86Obh25Ht5Dwx5HtStfrPdHtn_cDQ8q65CXv6LsSN5MZmhQsmr_LW1eCmI0lRhRvDubPD9IGo5aX5TX3mH_GTwZO7bKO8be-fFJVfAUD7nLt_0MJEX8e_5Qwj8MqzqurzBYv7C2qDMVak2zL6Zoe3sEbxF-J1Wi0cUQhpy8EAwGB8Zj1Mguk9QRR0iV4/s1024/02%2005%2008%20Dido%20+%20Sacha.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86Obh25Ht5Dwx5HtStfrPdHtn_cDQ8q65CXv6LsSN5MZmhQsmr_LW1eCmI0lRhRvDubPD9IGo5aX5TX3mH_GTwZO7bKO8be-fFJVfAUD7nLt_0MJEX8e_5Qwj8MqzqurzBYv7C2qDMVak2zL6Zoe3sEbxF-J1Wi0cUQhpy8EAwGB8Zj1Mguk9QRR0iV4/w480-h640/02%2005%2008%20Dido%20+%20Sacha.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">February 5, 2008 Dido to the left—<b>he was the talker!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sacha his favorite kitty fur sis could stand on her hind legs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFtHL4KsDIsyTr_1pOssqUvAW_BrvvWcXgstxfMaTmAZhD6_BzIKv2myZGe4L2_5vNntPcWEJjm4LzplLeEPkkY0woyR5jVVpuFViL7M54pXJC7_EozUhaUNXLjpxJHSyQK6wfR7H_Rl3oC8L9E_dN5TPlCydxgJFWCvskdLfxfQwWTJvImEMwu4_M_c/s500/05%2002%2008%20Spook%20&%20Bandido.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFtHL4KsDIsyTr_1pOssqUvAW_BrvvWcXgstxfMaTmAZhD6_BzIKv2myZGe4L2_5vNntPcWEJjm4LzplLeEPkkY0woyR5jVVpuFViL7M54pXJC7_EozUhaUNXLjpxJHSyQK6wfR7H_Rl3oC8L9E_dN5TPlCydxgJFWCvskdLfxfQwWTJvImEMwu4_M_c/w640-h480/05%2002%2008%20Spook%20&%20Bandido.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also taken on February 5, 2008—Dido with his tongue out... photo taken bij Dutch friend Mariëlle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPHvafjm4eOwT-lqqBTZGiHhs89OlODOWkEwR7uPQG8B24bZwEZM22sTAkb5DZTWMGSXkSG76AfkrfhpS2DmHu0IfS8MkzGEtJ-Q-RNJZXqFnBxQBXpqBSUH8uHc3licO14MlTrs75qPLhUOuJUta7nVRBwYYrXgPQNgyxPTdUFQgcPVo-FIXm_ePtHE/s2560/02%2007%2008%20Even%20Dido%20got%20tiger%20stripes.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPHvafjm4eOwT-lqqBTZGiHhs89OlODOWkEwR7uPQG8B24bZwEZM22sTAkb5DZTWMGSXkSG76AfkrfhpS2DmHu0IfS8MkzGEtJ-Q-RNJZXqFnBxQBXpqBSUH8uHc3licO14MlTrs75qPLhUOuJUta7nVRBwYYrXgPQNgyxPTdUFQgcPVo-FIXm_ePtHE/w480-h640/02%2007%2008%20Even%20Dido%20got%20tiger%20stripes.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">February 7, 2008 Dido with his <b>velvety silken fur.</b> But he even shows tiger stripes in the sunshine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He had a white cross on his chest and some white hairs on his throat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7v5zITEItdxIh9lC7V9RPwzhR9a0TOOKL1D-f0FYmuUnOKYC8xrxqXGff7iBG3jC9vcmmf8yIVYBemr7biSh3gif13mOsBAi61I9ZiuIseQ6OCL4lUZ4ik6cXdOcOxshDbzz_a-8NbhKFz3AwkrmHPt_tqZsoRyk9AwOIq4Krypl4lXDBoWC605p1cU/s3264/03%2022%2010%20%20Dido%20with%20Papi.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7v5zITEItdxIh9lC7V9RPwzhR9a0TOOKL1D-f0FYmuUnOKYC8xrxqXGff7iBG3jC9vcmmf8yIVYBemr7biSh3gif13mOsBAi61I9ZiuIseQ6OCL4lUZ4ik6cXdOcOxshDbzz_a-8NbhKFz3AwkrmHPt_tqZsoRyk9AwOIq4Krypl4lXDBoWC605p1cU/w480-h640/03%2022%2010%20%20Dido%20with%20Papi.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">March 22, 2010 Dido napping on the down duvet with his Papi...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLY2n2uF7f6eY0TFw08-hYKHha67fN1pljqHEiSz0YekBEebPYQ2zl4ezN7GrIMA5BnpM0P1wGpbQcLlwg0Gm4zgFmdB8Ja2J5gnROTkF7hOm9sWuNAhCnR2qmXg23oH8Ld4v5Uy5NQW1ARpNNjv6rsgVYserSaCggR7o22gThq14P4F0RnTGnh8rakY/s3264/03%2023%2010%20%20Bandido.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLY2n2uF7f6eY0TFw08-hYKHha67fN1pljqHEiSz0YekBEebPYQ2zl4ezN7GrIMA5BnpM0P1wGpbQcLlwg0Gm4zgFmdB8Ja2J5gnROTkF7hOm9sWuNAhCnR2qmXg23oH8Ld4v5Uy5NQW1ARpNNjv6rsgVYserSaCggR7o22gThq14P4F0RnTGnh8rakY/w480-h640/03%2023%2010%20%20Bandido.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">March 23, 2010 Dido looking like an Egyptian Sphinx...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwbcmDv-RqdOl_Mf-bzWK_GtY3lS4RgSAA6GA8fpnXb6Tb3GZWHdoM7suihixbqJJI4MUxVitA5T6xd5abpbyRvNMmMGEzrelhuW6Sz-HpwztF5gtrJSKKb6AHDRYLw5LV14_e2LIT8NNTtjOYnyu7wU6E3B1UOpZfIopjvNN2l2Tvv4nR_2h8KiFifY/s3264/08%2016%2010%201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwbcmDv-RqdOl_Mf-bzWK_GtY3lS4RgSAA6GA8fpnXb6Tb3GZWHdoM7suihixbqJJI4MUxVitA5T6xd5abpbyRvNMmMGEzrelhuW6Sz-HpwztF5gtrJSKKb6AHDRYLw5LV14_e2LIT8NNTtjOYnyu7wU6E3B1UOpZfIopjvNN2l2Tvv4nR_2h8KiFifY/w640-h480/08%2016%2010%201.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">August 16, 2010 on top of our car inside garage...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinimquqTuvnE_8VPHsco18MwG5HiAgUjXP1CUsBCOJMrY8TBkWD1mbKEtMYvh10sHuPmWsBmohtCPS1uD9-ZYJNAY75esW9VCCYYmlA5Qynohgnm7j085SHtaLgnf2ipZ4y8UVwdMs3cgwqOPiIfaHdJ6vputaeMhhs8f1wjwrmWrYiyw61n8LG2GJpzM/s640/12%2023%2010%20Sacha%20&%20Bandido.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="640" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinimquqTuvnE_8VPHsco18MwG5HiAgUjXP1CUsBCOJMrY8TBkWD1mbKEtMYvh10sHuPmWsBmohtCPS1uD9-ZYJNAY75esW9VCCYYmlA5Qynohgnm7j085SHtaLgnf2ipZ4y8UVwdMs3cgwqOPiIfaHdJ6vputaeMhhs8f1wjwrmWrYiyw61n8LG2GJpzM/w640-h522/12%2023%2010%20Sacha%20&%20Bandido.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">December 23, 2010 Sacha and her kitty brother Bandido on top of the duvet cuddling each other...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sacha was the 3rd born and Dido the final one of five.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7rSklWDNFlGwTqdp73fTbfOmyjiognnjHqdEnlG0MfRVXNK4Dg0pU15KkM0qXkXI4JcUU4OwidmfPEEG1V0vURh65AF1I9niAeao_c0bKM0Y2ZkXqAhUhbx7hrGaMRzoFTQd4_-Av40upjb82UoBl4RCKbkyHy0FOQYJDbG-QpuWCqYBEt8g7Wlemh4/s3264/12%2023%2010%20Bandido%20with%20Sacha%208.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7rSklWDNFlGwTqdp73fTbfOmyjiognnjHqdEnlG0MfRVXNK4Dg0pU15KkM0qXkXI4JcUU4OwidmfPEEG1V0vURh65AF1I9niAeao_c0bKM0Y2ZkXqAhUhbx7hrGaMRzoFTQd4_-Av40upjb82UoBl4RCKbkyHy0FOQYJDbG-QpuWCqYBEt8g7Wlemh4/w640-h480/12%2023%2010%20Bandido%20with%20Sacha%208.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before embracing each other—Dido did thoroughly WASH Sacha...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guess he could have eaten her alive!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQPNkegJEy5oIHkJ9cEv3hWwTA7NVigOa4U7Ay433_H8pCOeq5-J8kwclH2c3xZ2_G-iasKtK7zk-TSSnWuTAGKW3skAo0EngshARfoEhh1iFDwDCBzE3FMdOYvokYOFxeHOArlLR_1uZ_vxI5IoHEpDlVGTsfg7_ZGRfC_tHa6ulYRH2yTRAji-yKiw/s1024/08%2016%2011%20%20Bandido%20Mariette's%20Back%20to%20Basics%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQPNkegJEy5oIHkJ9cEv3hWwTA7NVigOa4U7Ay433_H8pCOeq5-J8kwclH2c3xZ2_G-iasKtK7zk-TSSnWuTAGKW3skAo0EngshARfoEhh1iFDwDCBzE3FMdOYvokYOFxeHOArlLR_1uZ_vxI5IoHEpDlVGTsfg7_ZGRfC_tHa6ulYRH2yTRAji-yKiw/w640-h480/08%2016%2011%20%20Bandido%20Mariette's%20Back%20to%20Basics%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cute and alert Dido on August 16, 2011</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDu4H0oHYu0hS7yYWLQprQzJKKG5VqozgjSRoaj6RW0L3Bwx6EaFHvRrdKDjBzk2Oc6xsVMKuDVNO6ur3_TAAm8ZbEtMdV80eQ04T0a-Q_RuENABTG19gQi3yS3LuEPLN435l0Hv3JrqmVViVxMQm8qiW-DQIKQ-HRQxavbE8FPmnreiteojUwbkzYLu8/s1024/08%2016%2011%20%20Bandido%20Mariette's%20Back%20to%20Basics%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDu4H0oHYu0hS7yYWLQprQzJKKG5VqozgjSRoaj6RW0L3Bwx6EaFHvRrdKDjBzk2Oc6xsVMKuDVNO6ur3_TAAm8ZbEtMdV80eQ04T0a-Q_RuENABTG19gQi3yS3LuEPLN435l0Hv3JrqmVViVxMQm8qiW-DQIKQ-HRQxavbE8FPmnreiteojUwbkzYLu8/w640-h480/08%2016%2011%20%20Bandido%20Mariette's%20Back%20to%20Basics%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Overlooking the pond area...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYE63yR4-GmaE2f3kWUnZy9zIBGBFYd8w8hOBOgG5xdaBT-KU5m-pij444sQWcUKPgoQT82cYiyT6psS_TqxikTzxrXKs2L69iyRW065UbVGpzdZmLj-TGAbxfBb_K9f5I5paMAdFqTJzK4HFwk8RX0jkcf7ttRN6b1a_5wE5mmvg1Jyeg9isAz7zOUpo/s1280/05%2027%2012%20Dido.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYE63yR4-GmaE2f3kWUnZy9zIBGBFYd8w8hOBOgG5xdaBT-KU5m-pij444sQWcUKPgoQT82cYiyT6psS_TqxikTzxrXKs2L69iyRW065UbVGpzdZmLj-TGAbxfBb_K9f5I5paMAdFqTJzK4HFwk8RX0jkcf7ttRN6b1a_5wE5mmvg1Jyeg9isAz7zOUpo/w480-h640/05%2027%2012%20Dido.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May 27, 2012—<b>what pet beds? </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dido prefers a shallow box..
<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jwCKBQNxyXw?si=8ZYyg-9rt4VDiMt6" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></center></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June 27, 2013 Dido with his cuddle bear...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25PEVU_l-ts91zvSrJLwihOVLBnnW-3Rojg-Oqo7FxWEvrYmejxTWP_Z0X4yOCpb06sajtkr5TnYC2HrH2xdCrFXAMR2nkK4BG8jDpQQK9QFYo63CA6AfqclUSaj68PUQmUL0J1rO53_MZn2iHBJDSKmOhFf6PbXiXP_bB97Hwtfqy6r5ZIzOLlKY8M0/s2560/10%2014%2007%20Dido.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25PEVU_l-ts91zvSrJLwihOVLBnnW-3Rojg-Oqo7FxWEvrYmejxTWP_Z0X4yOCpb06sajtkr5TnYC2HrH2xdCrFXAMR2nkK4BG8jDpQQK9QFYo63CA6AfqclUSaj68PUQmUL0J1rO53_MZn2iHBJDSKmOhFf6PbXiXP_bB97Hwtfqy6r5ZIzOLlKY8M0/w480-h640/10%2014%2007%20Dido.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">October 14, 2007 when I tried on my wedding dress, holding Dido</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ru7IWXIKnS8IL6DKDvnL1NypVa5DAdbER-gGvKswTanL5VHkbyiO51XW2lfXbr6Zc07C0pU6MBTDP3rKRh9xGNvEPeqTNwmxEYt_FF6gu6IXjONLS3eyp2fsyszIUv9s-9kgfvTwIu1X_xqht2yWvNVzgEsV0tBbjoSu7BJNs2MdkqFwkc9DyGIm6c4/s1024/04%2003%2015%20Escada%20Stretch%20Pants%20Mariette's%20Back%20to%20Basics%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ru7IWXIKnS8IL6DKDvnL1NypVa5DAdbER-gGvKswTanL5VHkbyiO51XW2lfXbr6Zc07C0pU6MBTDP3rKRh9xGNvEPeqTNwmxEYt_FF6gu6IXjONLS3eyp2fsyszIUv9s-9kgfvTwIu1X_xqht2yWvNVzgEsV0tBbjoSu7BJNs2MdkqFwkc9DyGIm6c4/w426-h640/04%2003%2015%20Escada%20Stretch%20Pants%20Mariette's%20Back%20to%20Basics%202.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">April 3, 2015 holding Bandido</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wore those pants for Thanksgiving but of course did NOT fill them up like here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My weight is still 44 kg or 97 pounds—like Dido struggling to survive...<br /><center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Y2pK0vr924?si=imvyFZfPxjL36wHZ" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></center></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">February 13, 2016 Dido with his bouncy mouse...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPLFtK1GWF2CnEt728Fcwez5kPPfZhsGb-M9ilXK8ZtFeIZnCnTvoE6ZB_XaeeAufHIGie6siJTJraiMQ5XmmR7OkUJlnSMy4byw-LqudKkdA4q5QNeOpP-mM2k_vMnhJoXvjYUuP5cNXfyGDO6RkXzFwxpH8_l25l7ffQ4_9ilE7kqu_9fRT6ffo6NM/s1024/03%2028%2016%20UPDATE...%20Mariette's%20Back%20to%20Basics%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPLFtK1GWF2CnEt728Fcwez5kPPfZhsGb-M9ilXK8ZtFeIZnCnTvoE6ZB_XaeeAufHIGie6siJTJraiMQ5XmmR7OkUJlnSMy4byw-LqudKkdA4q5QNeOpP-mM2k_vMnhJoXvjYUuP5cNXfyGDO6RkXzFwxpH8_l25l7ffQ4_9ilE7kqu_9fRT6ffo6NM/w640-h480/03%2028%2016%20UPDATE...%20Mariette's%20Back%20to%20Basics%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">March 28, 2016 Dido on the left with his kitty brother Spooky on bolstered kitty sill pet bed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/EzFPYnHPEXk?si=HW-zcs8sJe-oM6Tg" target="_blank"><b>December 4, 2016 Dido had something with his throat and got hoarse and cried...</b></a> ←click link for short video</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ywUc9Uj6cQfVV0VruoJOkZe-O8GqYji_cFWaDULFOfdUq_LJmHJkH5JlJM-mmkrcH6mDhy9GrcY-8A7PYmGQZo97eHe6jfPe6v9YK9n7uRDq3o__bkkq32Z2TIFseRDzIf9duVQ5Y1ptpDu4kvpbDQcLY_MX9L2fShgIA3InRcuqwWKjs1gmqiamYJI/s1600/09%2029%2017%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1066" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ywUc9Uj6cQfVV0VruoJOkZe-O8GqYji_cFWaDULFOfdUq_LJmHJkH5JlJM-mmkrcH6mDhy9GrcY-8A7PYmGQZo97eHe6jfPe6v9YK9n7uRDq3o__bkkq32Z2TIFseRDzIf9duVQ5Y1ptpDu4kvpbDQcLY_MX9L2fShgIA3InRcuqwWKjs1gmqiamYJI/w426-h640/09%2029%2017%209.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">September 29, 2017 with Bandido boy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WISH those pants would fit like that again...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1a76ltzWGdi-wwLjwY95N8i5Gk8Jp3oI_5HYhyphenhyphen261qsFsx0KMZlY89mp_7fcR37XA3RZm1gSFzCCsbPoKf5rESlAi53dJLa7p3X3ynDiPo7zYnA3Cyqn6pyLx5ve_z6DhDHH3xepbH-vqT3Y9JKTixG93MxjEsoM-vjCLlOKqe5ZojD2CD2gzeJCQOUY/s3264/07%2030%2018%20Holding%20the%20gauze%20in%20place%20with%20this%20newley%20cut%20out%20silk%20knit%20sweater.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1a76ltzWGdi-wwLjwY95N8i5Gk8Jp3oI_5HYhyphenhyphen261qsFsx0KMZlY89mp_7fcR37XA3RZm1gSFzCCsbPoKf5rESlAi53dJLa7p3X3ynDiPo7zYnA3Cyqn6pyLx5ve_z6DhDHH3xepbH-vqT3Y9JKTixG93MxjEsoM-vjCLlOKqe5ZojD2CD2gzeJCQOUY/w480-h640/07%2030%2018%20Holding%20the%20gauze%20in%20place%20with%20this%20newley%20cut%20out%20silk%20knit%20sweater.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">July 30, 2018. On Friday at vet's visit, Amanda discovered a Mammary gland tumor on Dido</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BUT over the weekend the tumor opened up and I had to call her for help.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She said to put a gauze on and tie it around his shoulder and then cover with a<b> onesie.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Did make one from a silk knit sweater's sleeve from Pieter...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Slept with him in the kitchen on the floor—on sleeping bags + duvets—that calmed him!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXJYGZmHeEUsX74W8DQe9K_S6S6hGoTnqA1kz0J3LTzJ55wQXtpKoUM7FdzISFqLHAtPUwpeLDOGRhVuwPixqQE_hQowlEci6m5Ol-wDdqHfVQPnKdP85Fgf1TsHsA7BmRo1lyYSuzEQYCYUliGnLFMeL09AWxttclYPRZpeXxw434LLausCJoNn1rGk/s3264/08%2002%2018%20Dido%20wearing%20his%20silk%20knit%20sweater%20from%20Daddy's%20sleeve%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXJYGZmHeEUsX74W8DQe9K_S6S6hGoTnqA1kz0J3LTzJ55wQXtpKoUM7FdzISFqLHAtPUwpeLDOGRhVuwPixqQE_hQowlEci6m5Ol-wDdqHfVQPnKdP85Fgf1TsHsA7BmRo1lyYSuzEQYCYUliGnLFMeL09AWxttclYPRZpeXxw434LLausCJoNn1rGk/w480-h640/08%2002%2018%20Dido%20wearing%20his%20silk%20knit%20sweater%20from%20Daddy's%20sleeve%202.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Surgery was on July 31st and this is August 2, 2018</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5S9gQxSb4DAJYVHzM6NJ_Dzdl13DCe2LDjviB8edweaU5tCCQcr8YwCZrW__K9TidJ2a1Gzs31pCS0KT8bfCKV46CTpVV99TIFJ2lR5hWzooXBurXTWFpbTtCBxEbvosiQGLjbQhsqfKsfw-WOsh8FU_tXo0wcZCw8GqyAAjrmQZn-aMszyzjbNU1Qgg/s4032/04%2003%2021%20Bandido%20closeup.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5S9gQxSb4DAJYVHzM6NJ_Dzdl13DCe2LDjviB8edweaU5tCCQcr8YwCZrW__K9TidJ2a1Gzs31pCS0KT8bfCKV46CTpVV99TIFJ2lR5hWzooXBurXTWFpbTtCBxEbvosiQGLjbQhsqfKsfw-WOsh8FU_tXo0wcZCw8GqyAAjrmQZn-aMszyzjbNU1Qgg/w480-h640/04%2003%2021%20Bandido%20closeup.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">April 3, 2021 Dido up close with his tongue out...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy_OXCpt3KkCm-2CyQ9iqdaNbkWVqVxFmuwcxuTdxv9QqXcF_-dHe_sZEG5BEldrV03yyBYRYKHMcnhrsF57A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">October 28, 2022 we started giving him more tiny meals per day and also goat milk but we did not manage to nurture him back to good health...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwGN_GStFlJhIHxzyE4CUOpBM4XoWPoBd54FydK2GCSnKdtiN180A34GoFzBmKuLfbAl-AZzDJcBoXHuQhwlWYG5Myhj2WN7t2xZjQ-XUcTAE0HD9__pezGdi6d9xaGSOK4joReEm6xm8Tpa-KrbjY19KU91148wKh-DbU0Og6kP3u0DjTufuSx6I5wM/s4032/06%2018%2023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwGN_GStFlJhIHxzyE4CUOpBM4XoWPoBd54FydK2GCSnKdtiN180A34GoFzBmKuLfbAl-AZzDJcBoXHuQhwlWYG5Myhj2WN7t2xZjQ-XUcTAE0HD9__pezGdi6d9xaGSOK4joReEm6xm8Tpa-KrbjY19KU91148wKh-DbU0Og6kP3u0DjTufuSx6I5wM/w640-h480/06%2018%2023.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June 18, 2023 after my 2nd surgery Dido became my loving and loyal <b>kitty nurse</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosUpkXP-jFQAIQF7Cf2LhQq3bl7lkqE1PoNoTs94jinWkh59qU95IyN2Oi8ruASqPSloPgYFW5137WiSFCI-o5pP_Q85igBQMTUI7tamPSEbpNAVOfGrgvF6EmkeFImtx7rgHhvP7lEL-h52UrH2wbrDICmxVCFt32Wr5X5TIObOb844Cjoe3ZUSJf_I/s4032/07%2004%2023%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosUpkXP-jFQAIQF7Cf2LhQq3bl7lkqE1PoNoTs94jinWkh59qU95IyN2Oi8ruASqPSloPgYFW5137WiSFCI-o5pP_Q85igBQMTUI7tamPSEbpNAVOfGrgvF6EmkeFImtx7rgHhvP7lEL-h52UrH2wbrDICmxVCFt32Wr5X5TIObOb844Cjoe3ZUSJf_I/w640-h480/07%2004%2023%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">July 4 on the sofa in the living room—Dido my constant companion—they sense when we're in pain!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHa8XdDlMT0-ZPfnezQGyiAwc-svlGSZfCEoq3zOZvKidgkgTTiiG8wDhMuY-0vz-jMdnb5MMnoMF5veOyN_dgwDGPrUsBvs-FrCDVavyUZwGv6LoW0qX9IPr5urQg12DuOg-Idc9w9wc37X3EcXjJtp-IYzLVo4CwBIf6djwZXXZ_CiJp3p7-JC61u8/s3088/07%2016%2023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHa8XdDlMT0-ZPfnezQGyiAwc-svlGSZfCEoq3zOZvKidgkgTTiiG8wDhMuY-0vz-jMdnb5MMnoMF5veOyN_dgwDGPrUsBvs-FrCDVavyUZwGv6LoW0qX9IPr5urQg12DuOg-Idc9w9wc37X3EcXjJtp-IYzLVo4CwBIf6djwZXXZ_CiJp3p7-JC61u8/w480-h640/07%2016%2023.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">July 16, Dido with his tongue out but next to me as a body guard...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuIbgoXCAcwhPY1Mzi6HsukG-LYtcS0j2fci3fg_WXZFm61xiGK8woLEuC0hY-NBv8NSYL2NvVCCHv5rtgrASBjSJFBgSd7_oRt_bQdyvhRYylCMGAMSuRpqQfcs7LFP7CD2xudmYi7p2Ad5swsSAzoSYHvd3bf0c1xu-rkpPqjsyrQ5V327u261cnp0/s4032/08%2001%2023%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuIbgoXCAcwhPY1Mzi6HsukG-LYtcS0j2fci3fg_WXZFm61xiGK8woLEuC0hY-NBv8NSYL2NvVCCHv5rtgrASBjSJFBgSd7_oRt_bQdyvhRYylCMGAMSuRpqQfcs7LFP7CD2xudmYi7p2Ad5swsSAzoSYHvd3bf0c1xu-rkpPqjsyrQ5V327u261cnp0/w480-h640/08%2001%2023%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">August 1, with me in the veranda behind screen door—on the oak stool with soft blanket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dido had to be near me!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYy2TxWZKphyphenhyphenpLTEuKVYZ-fR3AjdCHOAbqHkHHxlw8FM1xalW__HFCFfvF6XDDmUxhIZbjA3tRrLirJokptOqpEDD9R78FPNd_eD-ECahswuNXcit7FVAI9-nUwO-fG9kQK52nHz6ho0WZWKXLIq8yHz9Qu1VWZrdY7rvjl4tOwUQYwYfRTjxcRiYoi1Y/s4032/08%2031%2023%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYy2TxWZKphyphenhyphenpLTEuKVYZ-fR3AjdCHOAbqHkHHxlw8FM1xalW__HFCFfvF6XDDmUxhIZbjA3tRrLirJokptOqpEDD9R78FPNd_eD-ECahswuNXcit7FVAI9-nUwO-fG9kQK52nHz6ho0WZWKXLIq8yHz9Qu1VWZrdY7rvjl4tOwUQYwYfRTjxcRiYoi1Y/w640-h480/08%2031%2023%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Always talking to his human parents...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tfDMiqUjptmDQnuEO0SeTfxuzkY0Rc6KQ3UUitl7rGgABJKpn84bpoS-HEgg8KIv02hl8X7npvObUvZzLvQyRbSB6apS-P62uNkJ7ydpKbZoyJjWueFGG-cF4zrcOmQN-jTpmeJUcHvN7SOP0P5HLYJiHXBr00GCIIGSap7QrReNp7XZCnD_yU7n8yY/s3088/11%2027%2023%20Last%20Night%20for%20Dido%20around%2022%2000u%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tfDMiqUjptmDQnuEO0SeTfxuzkY0Rc6KQ3UUitl7rGgABJKpn84bpoS-HEgg8KIv02hl8X7npvObUvZzLvQyRbSB6apS-P62uNkJ7ydpKbZoyJjWueFGG-cF4zrcOmQN-jTpmeJUcHvN7SOP0P5HLYJiHXBr00GCIIGSap7QrReNp7XZCnD_yU7n8yY/w480-h640/11%2027%2023%20Last%20Night%20for%20Dido%20around%2022%2000u%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">November 27, around 22:00 Dido's final night and he opted for sleeping next to me underneath the down duvet...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid5dG42SjYIeYUVcL3D5DKn8tnGsFSwGTgsknB65HjGPXuZJ6JM5z3z_gKSQLW2DcRfhScDwy6948-EC22PhbDNMa8shC9PCF6n8XkkZTrJvQ-j5OdXMWjs8u9MowZbSdfwTpIQja0suf-R_QTT4EXZHFIUwqkziastqNBMLUe3hFjjftOpfh7CZYTY4/s4032/11%2028%2023%20At%200%2043.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid5dG42SjYIeYUVcL3D5DKn8tnGsFSwGTgsknB65HjGPXuZJ6JM5z3z_gKSQLW2DcRfhScDwy6948-EC22PhbDNMa8shC9PCF6n8XkkZTrJvQ-j5OdXMWjs8u9MowZbSdfwTpIQja0suf-R_QTT4EXZHFIUwqkziastqNBMLUe3hFjjftOpfh7CZYTY4/w480-h640/11%2028%2023%20At%200%2043.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">November 28 at 0:43 under the down duvet and next to my cotton flannel pajama... So sweet!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dido sure felt loved and secure and I've told him that he is going to meet his fur sis Sacha soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Y_j4XajGk5XfWiqCDLCwbaLoBuj_F8sG5snGIi8PLALdg0-jHvki4PpuHNaAEhGhi0BG0lFp8yBZAg6LE8AtvTWBNe8LQmvdfnZXUYpDS0KNVc4-XV1o5me7ba9D4Z-3_a9ZOYmtBLpXNb7UNuh1vx3TrVnl20ekIofk3GD5naTTJqXljWUfbXxWqsE/s4032/11%2028%2023%20At%201%2027%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Y_j4XajGk5XfWiqCDLCwbaLoBuj_F8sG5snGIi8PLALdg0-jHvki4PpuHNaAEhGhi0BG0lFp8yBZAg6LE8AtvTWBNe8LQmvdfnZXUYpDS0KNVc4-XV1o5me7ba9D4Z-3_a9ZOYmtBLpXNb7UNuh1vx3TrVnl20ekIofk3GD5naTTJqXljWUfbXxWqsE/w480-h640/11%2028%2023%20At%201%2027%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At 1:27 when I came back from the bathroom... he was still on his side feeling so safe and warm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTcna4HwVMtSU-VsD2K-Gm0pNK-vLU_1KJXGzhjPwtHTnQ_wcql2lF_tIjk5IdEUMkTgITRcUUJPzzWdSbqVoU8GB0WHvNa0LY4_HAI_UBXRaxVcZzxdaNw4QhDq6TwT6yo_fz908D8_uxbcmkTZpbF1Ic8xSPDXhIXRuBQevsGSdE80vXdWCzkfu59I/s3088/11%2028%2023%20At%208%2058%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTcna4HwVMtSU-VsD2K-Gm0pNK-vLU_1KJXGzhjPwtHTnQ_wcql2lF_tIjk5IdEUMkTgITRcUUJPzzWdSbqVoU8GB0WHvNa0LY4_HAI_UBXRaxVcZzxdaNw4QhDq6TwT6yo_fz908D8_uxbcmkTZpbF1Ic8xSPDXhIXRuBQevsGSdE80vXdWCzkfu59I/w480-h640/11%2028%2023%20At%208%2058%201.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dido on my lap at 8:58 this morning...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjzSZWMKRXCNVboxqEopzL-JR3T5jSrGioOt5pM3bL4wtnVYnoxZJNNG09FsvtxEFP2LlCL3Z3QZN0B6977UqbP1D2Y47bssB68gvhDmRVLwityGGzCkBhCojdYdQjA1AVHovEiR0Bw1iRolLE2YMTBC2IxD-IZGBzLth-DZc_qaPbnorPtj6OqnGgek/s4032/11%2028%2023%20At%2010%2023%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjzSZWMKRXCNVboxqEopzL-JR3T5jSrGioOt5pM3bL4wtnVYnoxZJNNG09FsvtxEFP2LlCL3Z3QZN0B6977UqbP1D2Y47bssB68gvhDmRVLwityGGzCkBhCojdYdQjA1AVHovEiR0Bw1iRolLE2YMTBC2IxD-IZGBzLth-DZc_qaPbnorPtj6OqnGgek/w640-h480/11%2028%2023%20At%2010%2023%203.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dido had a<b> final sunny morning... </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is 10:23 and Amanda the vet could not make a house call today so Pieter did take him inside the wicker pet carrier and he held him while he got his shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amanda thought it was cancer that did him in, he had one lump on the side of his chest and what grew inwards?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Two days short of 16 years + 8 months.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Born on March 30, 2007 at our home and died peacefully on November 28, 2023 around 11:00 AM</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter buried him near the other kitties and one of the Mexicans helped him with that, they just arrived to do the lawn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter had weighed him inside his Angel bag and he was 3.5 kg.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">R.I.P. Sweet Dido Boy!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Related links:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://katieisabella.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-new-angel.html" target="_blank"><b>A New Angel </b></a>| Katie Isabella mentioning our Dido to the Cat Blogosphere—THANK YOU!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWORSG-zKziyfd48-NzC_5vYrC6Km3KvUBrR3HWAV41hr2_BP08p4Op5WDKgJWmf-fOS4abmh42wVRPMpQHLIo4RXSFVwGaMM7Z7QNs7yQIAiSzM98zFjbHjf1X2jEn0OwuOy4GPucUC2RyZNM7vIRqI-sWs8IY4T1Swtk8XJFd7spYoEyaCxLeH6eCM/s600/Bandido-DIDO-Forever.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWORSG-zKziyfd48-NzC_5vYrC6Km3KvUBrR3HWAV41hr2_BP08p4Op5WDKgJWmf-fOS4abmh42wVRPMpQHLIo4RXSFVwGaMM7Z7QNs7yQIAiSzM98zFjbHjf1X2jEn0OwuOy4GPucUC2RyZNM7vIRqI-sWs8IY4T1Swtk8XJFd7spYoEyaCxLeH6eCM/w640-h640/Bandido-DIDO-Forever.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blog.catblogosphere.com/bandido-forever/" target="_blank"><b>Bandido "Dido" Forever </b></a>| The Cat Blogosphere with Memorial Graphic...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="576" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfQbIUU_RkvE-Pb7KlmR6BTWHjEYh4uiT_kYyqRlV1zbJ2aQfu88n2OxwwEZyD6PnUFx_atVFwqMPVlol9hC4cVidclVn9aso2jaMZLLXNkQpX6aun7QuXo19APTRN1o1ilWOuJDI-Y0wlx819vqS0J6bOxtb81tkFQxYMxgpfSlZ46YNolgIHTEYozo/w640-h480/Dido.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://ourrainbowfriends.blogspot.com/2023/11/dido.html" target="_blank"><b>Dido</b></a> | mentioned by Our Rainbow Friends </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXpI3VWdEJNU_SN9ddNdXwlmyDNl4Wvr77ctMCezxx8ZIk8JMPyqDgVWGkC023_q5SXxasC86EUSxoU6Xa9fubjjwoTgAa3z1HumKIguouTmOStdNiuLsKOzjB5wCCZvqQvlhcCuXerBEEVJv2dqrLEPpCWyY5CVWswdwWrK6OQ9RfJsdA-rFUXnK3KE/s1204/Recent%20Rainbow%20Bridge%20Angels%20Cat%20Blogosphere.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="684" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXpI3VWdEJNU_SN9ddNdXwlmyDNl4Wvr77ctMCezxx8ZIk8JMPyqDgVWGkC023_q5SXxasC86EUSxoU6Xa9fubjjwoTgAa3z1HumKIguouTmOStdNiuLsKOzjB5wCCZvqQvlhcCuXerBEEVJv2dqrLEPpCWyY5CVWswdwWrK6OQ9RfJsdA-rFUXnK3KE/w364-h640/Recent%20Rainbow%20Bridge%20Angels%20Cat%20Blogosphere.png" width="364" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> Dido mentioned in center bottom on the sideline of <a href="https://blog.catblogosphere.com/our-rainbow-friends-november-2023/" target="_blank"><b>The Cat Blogosphere</b></a> ←click link</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQGaBFl8uvx6MV75A953AS2Mx1obIEJ9w7ywzI2g_6nCdGZXFsYwYvYDbyNFbU6ZdKAGI-8FXtDQUqwd7gcDePgRjDk6f7zGuck_tuZ1YuZNKgWWkT1qjW06CW-WZw9esujfGNeMbcaW1AkdNJt1T2bGUzCh9e8d9xBK9ELzWjzgtKeWP4FfJALDupro/s600/12%2030%2023%20Bandido%20mentioned%20in%202nd%20last%20line,%20right.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQGaBFl8uvx6MV75A953AS2Mx1obIEJ9w7ywzI2g_6nCdGZXFsYwYvYDbyNFbU6ZdKAGI-8FXtDQUqwd7gcDePgRjDk6f7zGuck_tuZ1YuZNKgWWkT1qjW06CW-WZw9esujfGNeMbcaW1AkdNJt1T2bGUzCh9e8d9xBK9ELzWjzgtKeWP4FfJALDupro/w640-h640/12%2030%2023%20Bandido%20mentioned%20in%202nd%20last%20line,%20right.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bandido mentioned 2nd from bottom, right in <a href="https://blogvillepotp.blogspot.com/2023/12/remembering-our-friends-loved-and-lost.html" target="_blank"><b>Remembering our Friends, Loved and Lost during 2023</b></a> ←click link</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/11/rip-sweet-barty-boy.html" target="_blank"><b>R.I.P. Sweet Barty Boy</b></a> | previous post by me and we had to let him go on October 28, 2020</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/06/rip-sacha-girl.html" target="_blank"><b>{R.I.P. SACHA GIRL}</b></a> | previous post by me</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2011/03/our-2-inseparable-feline-siblings-sacha.html" target="_blank"><b>{Our 2 Inseparable Feline Siblings SACHA & BANDIDO}</b></a> | previous post by me</div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com136tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-9159237115337892152023-11-25T20:00:00.009-05:002023-11-25T20:13:14.218-05:00Written Compliments and Book Reviews for my Pieter — II<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Reading such compliments and/or book reviews is uplifting!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyQVmgiD0dn5QhkFYzqnzpH37ytyjNLXj6CH6M8SjMBW5mfX3ZeQHMb8Ci33ejV-JUovY8kXAo2Ke-m7eqvJl-FHLPF12AZcS2_wAE0Cp0nHBVGg6x2KjYjRo0M33_ko4ytXsER7zLHvBjOrHRF5ranqF8uXjvtOTCsMVD3mg_IhyVCpZPiU4ReWu6O4/s674/12%2014%2021%20Spanish%20book.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="652" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyQVmgiD0dn5QhkFYzqnzpH37ytyjNLXj6CH6M8SjMBW5mfX3ZeQHMb8Ci33ejV-JUovY8kXAo2Ke-m7eqvJl-FHLPF12AZcS2_wAE0Cp0nHBVGg6x2KjYjRo0M33_ko4ytXsER7zLHvBjOrHRF5ranqF8uXjvtOTCsMVD3mg_IhyVCpZPiU4ReWu6O4/s320/12%2014%2021%20Spanish%20book.png" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Great book! My admiration for your work.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Truly a fantastic guide to growing mushrooms.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClzlanYEw9nS4Ez5z0RbbGV9Z8GgOhckxHpJiWcgfjETmgubESSRtcNvAOJ9qml2PoolR8NKeH5aieEq27QUTP1LBb-fYqMDZ7sKRAfqSFeOu6c7Fgz4UtA3TH-mX4zrgx15-v9Ve7z8FZhzugqytcv1o0fyhbl4iCWB7ROvMKr2C20X-lYkE5ySe4Cw/s1570/08%2008%2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1570" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClzlanYEw9nS4Ez5z0RbbGV9Z8GgOhckxHpJiWcgfjETmgubESSRtcNvAOJ9qml2PoolR8NKeH5aieEq27QUTP1LBb-fYqMDZ7sKRAfqSFeOu6c7Fgz4UtA3TH-mX4zrgx15-v9Ve7z8FZhzugqytcv1o0fyhbl4iCWB7ROvMKr2C20X-lYkE5ySe4Cw/w640-h450/08%2008%2020.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Best book on mushroom growing</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hmWOSIuETjvV0Bo0EbJkFFl8q2Y06NvdI81jvEeROzKVu4Bpy0FN1S8P2hzEZdb1IZrANfM9ldL8QMYzzQpaOQkg3tv5-Ckqa0bFiegwx5oADQelC7MV3KOdQIzFBSH8B_mU8SLVYr_kKMYJ1SiM7Q7_Bn1hxksa8mAL-MOOVL2oNqUAx96uouA90aY/s642/Your%20original%20one%20was%20always%20considered%20the%20bible%20for%20mushroom%20growing.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="642" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hmWOSIuETjvV0Bo0EbJkFFl8q2Y06NvdI81jvEeROzKVu4Bpy0FN1S8P2hzEZdb1IZrANfM9ldL8QMYzzQpaOQkg3tv5-Ckqa0bFiegwx5oADQelC7MV3KOdQIzFBSH8B_mU8SLVYr_kKMYJ1SiM7Q7_Bn1hxksa8mAL-MOOVL2oNqUAx96uouA90aY/s320/Your%20original%20one%20was%20always%20considered%20the%20bible%20for%20mushroom%20growing.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hi Pieter </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope all is well with you,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just ordered your book on Amazon & looking forward to the read. <b>Your original was always considered the bible for mushroom growing and I often refer to it. It is a well thumbed version from early nineties.</b> Keep things lit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mike</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiab-zBrhNq4r2dzfXPTM4lzqV1M1hyphenhyphena1nFOXUB8ymwCH9e9R1sKMT4YXuipIKcTAHnnZeaZ2PxJSK0JriNQEehTuZzE9BNorErDaEYeT4wFAw3ejqtmIuvGX2mtUgbSPk-DTjHvZiLYPkaX8vTZb3EApgD3qBuGQ4TGfaNLuydoI84UHDljVG9xdSxIbk/s590/05%2003%2023%20From%20Mel%20O'Rourke.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="590" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiab-zBrhNq4r2dzfXPTM4lzqV1M1hyphenhyphena1nFOXUB8ymwCH9e9R1sKMT4YXuipIKcTAHnnZeaZ2PxJSK0JriNQEehTuZzE9BNorErDaEYeT4wFAw3ejqtmIuvGX2mtUgbSPk-DTjHvZiLYPkaX8vTZb3EApgD3qBuGQ4TGfaNLuydoI84UHDljVG9xdSxIbk/s320/05%2003%2023%20From%20Mel%20O'Rourke.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay safe and enjoy life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Best wishes and will always be grateful for your help and advice.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIXf1xd96bjYUlSirbow36Nv0CBqnc1QzS7kkNj-9DU4lhcOKbsjoOwahaLqfpFNVXSCJ0HoyYN1wRJIVTdr5TKohrf-WXMpzVtuxlo_lxLhYGq4ZgqTIZa5zLE-3fbYq_Vl2C0KuK4G4DY87iXwPapLeOH8ndBKUbscQ4RKJPBQYC4HeJzUjopqYKKQ/s682/05%2011%2022%20Done%20so%20with%20enthusiasm%20and%20love%20for%20the%20job!.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="682" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIXf1xd96bjYUlSirbow36Nv0CBqnc1QzS7kkNj-9DU4lhcOKbsjoOwahaLqfpFNVXSCJ0HoyYN1wRJIVTdr5TKohrf-WXMpzVtuxlo_lxLhYGq4ZgqTIZa5zLE-3fbYq_Vl2C0KuK4G4DY87iXwPapLeOH8ndBKUbscQ4RKJPBQYC4HeJzUjopqYKKQ/w400-h285/05%2011%2022%20Done%20so%20with%20enthusiasm%20and%20love%20for%20the%20job!.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Thanks for the times you came to Greenwood Mushroom farm to teach.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Done so with enthusiasm and love for the job!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaESRZ0aUiRAj5eBPJNSAM8cQTloWNNtSAH4BX7H_aXReN3ErE-h7pErDbYiVUPOilrDNp8jnlRBAiB7uwCvKQKQStsMunnXgPZGcndcDEDYZFzMaKZo5LojfKJtownplaSLQt89WKHH_bcpEcRAHF3e6EklHem6l-Ad4x9wx4wZgchuv1HhICwAe7Xs/s666/05%2011%2022%20Vivek%20Sinha%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="544" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaESRZ0aUiRAj5eBPJNSAM8cQTloWNNtSAH4BX7H_aXReN3ErE-h7pErDbYiVUPOilrDNp8jnlRBAiB7uwCvKQKQStsMunnXgPZGcndcDEDYZFzMaKZo5LojfKJtownplaSLQt89WKHH_bcpEcRAHF3e6EklHem6l-Ad4x9wx4wZgchuv1HhICwAe7Xs/s320/05%2011%2022%20Vivek%20Sinha%201.png" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"Your BIRTH IS BLESSING To All.</b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All our Blessings for your Good Health!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_h9_SiCF3Ed7iX0IJ55UMulZKSpldG09l7TCx3b-gS-SfQZvCNQY9j6yYKlMtTV-22Sn7WOwOMWKuTYaTJFJe5iHMm7N1YmKX1Ygzs9EyALCMG65PTgNt9P8g3xrqZbe9IAAK1ypcAFk_wawylCOkYRulCO8Qi_xrUCSDl6eO4e_QlcDoFg94aPsq5M/s544/06%2019%2022%20Alonso%20Lizarbe,%20Peru%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="516" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_h9_SiCF3Ed7iX0IJ55UMulZKSpldG09l7TCx3b-gS-SfQZvCNQY9j6yYKlMtTV-22Sn7WOwOMWKuTYaTJFJe5iHMm7N1YmKX1Ygzs9EyALCMG65PTgNt9P8g3xrqZbe9IAAK1ypcAFk_wawylCOkYRulCO8Qi_xrUCSDl6eO4e_QlcDoFg94aPsq5M/s320/06%2019%2022%20Alonso%20Lizarbe,%20Peru%201.png" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Peru:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Mr Pieter is a hero to all those who once started this cultivation. Next to your words printed in that book, it is a huge help.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you very much for everything—I am organizing and I will see how I manage to get updated to the 2020 book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will leave the country next month.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Thank you very much for everything.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6c4QB-L0rGOz-ASReJwO3pfa-DAMgmykuDKl8jNatfmbVeJTlACCtZW9f07keegBodIR7fpbShPPY4DB4O4cwp9NuQHgXSnFs-hMy3P0yPm8y9KJAX5hqooz5EZgp_lWGdpRdmMCV4_hk1RHUz3yR-r_a1gDYCD3lM4Di4j2l7aEFlqTMGtwKQVyhYE/s900/08%2006%2021%20Paul%20Geraedts%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="900" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6c4QB-L0rGOz-ASReJwO3pfa-DAMgmykuDKl8jNatfmbVeJTlACCtZW9f07keegBodIR7fpbShPPY4DB4O4cwp9NuQHgXSnFs-hMy3P0yPm8y9KJAX5hqooz5EZgp_lWGdpRdmMCV4_hk1RHUz3yR-r_a1gDYCD3lM4Di4j2l7aEFlqTMGtwKQVyhYE/w400-h208/08%2006%2021%20Paul%20Geraedts%201.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vocational school Horst, at the time, is that right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My reply: Yes, I worked at the CCO for over 14 years before we immigrated together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I remember that, we worked there regularly at the time. We were young then... time has flown by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIv1ar3PBFwbQc-HIVLb9VLkBb0dYFPxtV62P3yyTGBc-nitG59s2OZnlDiHIM8C9GjrslCwlXcyQCcbg_eKX5PtGWJOiq73djf6WWodGCHoiX9G4MuQLspsOXgq48r5h2Fs-xaHI36Kn32XT3LHcv59IF7_727v0zBIYzf6BNeGsB0Lvaqv0Fp1CApZE/s926/08%2006%2021%20Paul%20Geraedts%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="926" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIv1ar3PBFwbQc-HIVLb9VLkBb0dYFPxtV62P3yyTGBc-nitG59s2OZnlDiHIM8C9GjrslCwlXcyQCcbg_eKX5PtGWJOiq73djf6WWodGCHoiX9G4MuQLspsOXgq48r5h2Fs-xaHI36Kn32XT3LHcv59IF7_727v0zBIYzf6BNeGsB0Lvaqv0Fp1CApZE/w640-h142/08%2006%2021%20Paul%20Geraedts%202.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nice words. <b>You have indeed meant a lot to the mushroom industry and still do!</b> Enjoy it and stay healthy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Best book on mushroom growing</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispBleBHmrMbqY9eS1YueuZPGJDwbm7xTpqtwYY_kkrns4DKuYrfwGasRJHJ03ep1RxYikLfMGdATLFm9PvouoHx834whiQJIvkdliN_jU1pw6C3_QMehZs6JXSL5MXqD8-uWfbazurUNtmb3-iy6ZAEhEqIZBj7GhmocLkHuOrkFrV9h7dlB5NvFyfYQ/s826/08%2031%2021%20Ralph%20Hazelwood,%20Calgary,%20Canada%201995.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="826" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispBleBHmrMbqY9eS1YueuZPGJDwbm7xTpqtwYY_kkrns4DKuYrfwGasRJHJ03ep1RxYikLfMGdATLFm9PvouoHx834whiQJIvkdliN_jU1pw6C3_QMehZs6JXSL5MXqD8-uWfbazurUNtmb3-iy6ZAEhEqIZBj7GhmocLkHuOrkFrV9h7dlB5NvFyfYQ/w400-h146/08%2031%2021%20Ralph%20Hazelwood,%20Calgary,%20Canada%201995.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Congratulations on your latest addition of Modern Mushroom growing 2020. <b>Your first addition was a great asset to the farm. Your many contributions to the mushroom industry are really appreciated.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKc0w1Jzv-zp_85rHtX_j7at6icHI8jYF5Ghj7tfnBvAWRPhx6pBGSfwqHL6aQe-PdspQljwG0OnOcY8JgmjtlFtVgw_JTMmkQVzuzCnlitmYvOd0iPwjwnAX8L049o1DyrvxinlcvVkCM_9Jl-yAzbWGwEA3UEU-FIaRbw1WfrpypqpatXwXdSPeW0c/s912/09%2003%2021%20FB%20P%20You%20have%20watered%20to%20blossom,%20many%20who%20needed%20the%20most%20by%20Taj%20Mushroom.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="912" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKc0w1Jzv-zp_85rHtX_j7at6icHI8jYF5Ghj7tfnBvAWRPhx6pBGSfwqHL6aQe-PdspQljwG0OnOcY8JgmjtlFtVgw_JTMmkQVzuzCnlitmYvOd0iPwjwnAX8L049o1DyrvxinlcvVkCM_9Jl-yAzbWGwEA3UEU-FIaRbw1WfrpypqpatXwXdSPeW0c/w400-h198/09%2003%2021%20FB%20P%20You%20have%20watered%20to%20blossom,%20many%20who%20needed%20the%20most%20by%20Taj%20Mushroom.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">You have watered to blossom, many who needed the most.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And now it's our turn, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Watering of blessings,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">For your GOOD HEALTH.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pieter's reply: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you so very much; it is greatly appreciated</span>!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AoUFNjOsFozaK-ygyVhJfcRHMILd-4Y2Oa9U3LQkj5DqusBoTaKSWqkksWdxKI0omQzWGCAoviIBg08IymczzSWQ92Xk43JOIEBeyjC691mn85P2xeqG0D-tXlSwNEh4tt8-lh5VLhivdJ3r2cTA_KUxAwqCOw4kbLhFlm7mERJCNtoFaZy7tgPebM0/s978/09%2006%2022%20excellent%20teachers%20and%20kind%20leadership.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="978" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AoUFNjOsFozaK-ygyVhJfcRHMILd-4Y2Oa9U3LQkj5DqusBoTaKSWqkksWdxKI0omQzWGCAoviIBg08IymczzSWQ92Xk43JOIEBeyjC691mn85P2xeqG0D-tXlSwNEh4tt8-lh5VLhivdJ3r2cTA_KUxAwqCOw4kbLhFlm7mERJCNtoFaZy7tgPebM0/w640-h626/09%2006%2022%20excellent%20teachers%20and%20kind%20leadership.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I met Mr. Jans and Mr. Vedder while working at Highline Mushrooms in Canada. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>These are two very excellent teachers. I learned much about caring for mushrooms and much more about caring for people.</b> I left the mushroom industry about two decades ago but their kind of kind leadership cannot be forgotten. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVIhIBIYwjTm28I3hUylBqBGImdez7bwpJ7LgVzZd4Mabgw-7USWUoYallPYJaQgiQF8-pvx8gk8ICjp423fYgTjGQTO4RZ9W0a8zGm9T9pdfc3B2yQJHsuytYvLNyMVvewn6IWmVR8O-toJ2lVLwRrMPG-kR0_xX1050Bl2hXFd-s5GTlHjcJFQdNE4/s870/09%2008%2022%20Frans%20Steegh.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="836" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVIhIBIYwjTm28I3hUylBqBGImdez7bwpJ7LgVzZd4Mabgw-7USWUoYallPYJaQgiQF8-pvx8gk8ICjp423fYgTjGQTO4RZ9W0a8zGm9T9pdfc3B2yQJHsuytYvLNyMVvewn6IWmVR8O-toJ2lVLwRrMPG-kR0_xX1050Bl2hXFd-s5GTlHjcJFQdNE4/w384-h400/09%2008%2022%20Frans%20Steegh.png" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Thanks Pieter, </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>For giving us the opportunity to learn so much about mushroom growing.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>In the early 80s I was one of the students of the CCO. I have learned there so much. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Lessons which help me still today.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm proud and honored that I was privileged to go there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Have done so with lots of passion and in Dutch, German and English for the short courses and ending with only English... Most is being bundled now in our books so not all is lost!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVYXK-ri4X-XXg8Qawi7sZsMNtKy_YtTxOVQK2x5ur5WvMiYu8dCqY4eOBXkuTTpZ1pIXnBMNU_5LE7c-QDOBs1kkKKvsidkktX3aAtT9ExHWWuF72cN6Ya25B67lXGWunfRSHmt6rGfKXhwh4N-Fe3QT0XUx_FpXMwFaS5yxXGNJ2ZZXWB1oQGwn4oA/s762/09%2008%2022%20Len%20Bykowski%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="762" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVYXK-ri4X-XXg8Qawi7sZsMNtKy_YtTxOVQK2x5ur5WvMiYu8dCqY4eOBXkuTTpZ1pIXnBMNU_5LE7c-QDOBs1kkKKvsidkktX3aAtT9ExHWWuF72cN6Ya25B67lXGWunfRSHmt6rGfKXhwh4N-Fe3QT0XUx_FpXMwFaS5yxXGNJ2ZZXWB1oQGwn4oA/s320/09%2008%2022%20Len%20Bykowski%201.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"Pieter, thank you for transitioning the growing of mushrooms with your science but practical approach."</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXcCaCbGkTlWyfzwU9Pc6cnLClDnJd0WADDRxlYjSNwKJCzcIkTjfDLHEpfZFx_aq2VoSZaN5yg6DxJov_P5kqvkgJQVn3-estnVtf0BMuOBqQWaTRJtA5XcJhLCQvC_xgvD7K_c8V2Chx75rZZcEvwC0Zsk3GdhRymuCTzuap6F3-mK3zBOJ-OBIYo4/s848/09%2008%2022%20Len%20Bykowski%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="848" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXcCaCbGkTlWyfzwU9Pc6cnLClDnJd0WADDRxlYjSNwKJCzcIkTjfDLHEpfZFx_aq2VoSZaN5yg6DxJov_P5kqvkgJQVn3-estnVtf0BMuOBqQWaTRJtA5XcJhLCQvC_xgvD7K_c8V2Chx75rZZcEvwC0Zsk3GdhRymuCTzuap6F3-mK3zBOJ-OBIYo4/w400-h306/09%2008%2022%20Len%20Bykowski%202.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Thank you and it is not about how much I know but how to transfer that knowledge in an understandable way and with lots of personal practical experience...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Guess I was born to be a teacher!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmURmM5bZQZkJkgMeN5SWTJLjIg7mQXydxl-21Oc6GV1BqgIW40ZDuFaGONu4FYsidRAeLYh1ZHP9PG35mbxrUHRiY_FeCbpofqYXMcC5mmV5DmPz8DqgH40zhDssiALzDvO3OxX6_lScyTMtmA0jKkzT2UIvuQgFQjONnEYCcEz94WGnl08EQv6De5uc/s910/10%2010%2020%20Frans%20Steegh.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="910" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmURmM5bZQZkJkgMeN5SWTJLjIg7mQXydxl-21Oc6GV1BqgIW40ZDuFaGONu4FYsidRAeLYh1ZHP9PG35mbxrUHRiY_FeCbpofqYXMcC5mmV5DmPz8DqgH40zhDssiALzDvO3OxX6_lScyTMtmA0jKkzT2UIvuQgFQjONnEYCcEz94WGnl08EQv6De5uc/w400-h265/10%2010%2020%20Frans%20Steegh.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I'm glad and honored that I can count Pieter to the masters, from which I learned so much. It was not only mushroom but also for your daily life, helping me to move away from my mind's barriers.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Thank you Pieter, for all what you did for me and the Mushroom community.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BWoWF7mxQhglA01gOjK6qpe3EMIYrTXjy8-6UZNrUbx-twMxDxQHefll2ErEBjiGd4t-piWsEp9r782D2GYkmEbjuOes1KI7_HBj0ubdTZRo1vnGBwSqA0ZQk8r1q5mOEVNOhDGek3DVQEr3vk419Voeb3dJI6XvNEV5nx23QEEacuqL_S2H6HLO1OE/s918/10%2010%2020%20Neil%20Hobson.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="918" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BWoWF7mxQhglA01gOjK6qpe3EMIYrTXjy8-6UZNrUbx-twMxDxQHefll2ErEBjiGd4t-piWsEp9r782D2GYkmEbjuOes1KI7_HBj0ubdTZRo1vnGBwSqA0ZQk8r1q5mOEVNOhDGek3DVQEr3vk419Voeb3dJI6XvNEV5nx23QEEacuqL_S2H6HLO1OE/w640-h552/10%2010%2020%20Neil%20Hobson.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Well worthy Pieter, a great addition for any of 'us'...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Hope it will help many mushroom growers all over the world! The basics never change, even for those that grow in less modern facilities.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm certain it will and never a more true statement in our business Pieter that often missed. <b>You reiterate this so well throughout all stages in your book and now great to have the 2020 edition after referencing you verbally over the years.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1lvStNVmK5ZYt2forUlBiBjY1MBd0tbu83YKZx_tjNfAXLVCNloFgH91S6SES61fnP-j_R2cV3-GSS_wFywg8ALpFJWAbrA98rDw-3EvyPbg7CrrTPNEN7Ze8OMD8XLV5XyTc32UYfmgi7bi3LoGnRylPchrlH72znmTC0gWJdb9QWLIFY8u4XkmR5E/s908/10%2010%2020%20Theo%20Van%20Den%20Boogaard.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="908" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1lvStNVmK5ZYt2forUlBiBjY1MBd0tbu83YKZx_tjNfAXLVCNloFgH91S6SES61fnP-j_R2cV3-GSS_wFywg8ALpFJWAbrA98rDw-3EvyPbg7CrrTPNEN7Ze8OMD8XLV5XyTc32UYfmgi7bi3LoGnRylPchrlH72znmTC0gWJdb9QWLIFY8u4XkmR5E/w400-h283/10%2010%2020%20Theo%20Van%20Den%20Boogaard.png" width="400" /></a></div><b>Mr Vedder was my teacher in 1967 – 1968. Since then I was growing mushrooms till 2 years ago. So the basic knowledge for mushroom growing was all that time with me.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mushroom growing is a very interesting and exciting culture.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pieter's reply:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>That is great to hear from a former student, from the era before the Training Centre was officially opened on September 9, 1969. Yes, today was an anniversary... Your English also st</b>ands out!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you continue to do well in whatever you do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGznLvu1_2NtYDvWsorcqQo9b7yNtlhHqeRB0OchocbeSLHVFvzIuzXa71jO6OXs56eeEV88CoBoiflKhwcX0bUciYWA38mJP8Yd4w1hIOs270VC0rDWJl-bMwVsTR8py6YqUUA-LnJ9jTXulqlXumZU9kVzpBCJLIYJxClcT9X4p5yP9lmVA3VKBn0qg/s1120/11%2015%2014%20Jody%20Folk%20about%20Pieter.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="1120" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGznLvu1_2NtYDvWsorcqQo9b7yNtlhHqeRB0OchocbeSLHVFvzIuzXa71jO6OXs56eeEV88CoBoiflKhwcX0bUciYWA38mJP8Yd4w1hIOs270VC0rDWJl-bMwVsTR8py6YqUUA-LnJ9jTXulqlXumZU9kVzpBCJLIYJxClcT9X4p5yP9lmVA3VKBn0qg/w640-h246/11%2015%2014%20Jody%20Folk%20about%20Pieter.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Oh so good to hear from you Dr. Vedder, some of my best memories of work – was working for Campbell's and growing mushrooms, and my time spent in Georgia at your operation.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I still have your book and frequently pick it up to peruse. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you live near the old operation? Hope you and your family are well and if you ever make it back to PA – be sure to look me up at Golden Oaks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh yes, Bobcat – I'm pretty sure I ran into one before bounded back into the woods, when I first moved back to this area. Thank you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>If you scroll down on this blog, under labels: Mushroom Editorial Review you will find more posts with meaningful compliments!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">As both of us always said:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It is not important what YOU say about YOURSELF — BUT WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT YOU...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related link:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2023/11/written-compliments-and-book-reviews.html" target="_blank">Written Compliments for my Pieter and Book Reviews — I </a></b>| previous post by me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2018/03/1978-pjc-vedders-modern-mushroom.html" target="_blank"><b>1978 - P.J.C. Vedder's Modern Mushroom Growing Book Published in English</b></a> | previous post by me and showing ALL LANGUAGES of Pieter's book — also the Spanish version from first image...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html" target="_blank"><b>modern mushroom growing 2020 harvesting</b></a> | previous post by me</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2022/09/september-9-1969-grand-opening.html" style="font-size: medium;" target="_blank"><b>September 9, 1969 Grand Opening practical Mushroom Training Center in Horst</b></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> | previous post by me <b>about founder and principal teacher Pieter...</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span><b><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2022/07/visiting-castle-gardens-arcen-with.html" target="_blank">Visiting Castle Gardens Arcen with Friend Ellie</a> | </b>previous post by me telling audience where Pieter used to live</span></span></div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-46520516593973467412023-11-19T20:00:00.006-05:002023-11-19T20:00:00.137-05:00Written Compliments and Book Reviews for my Pieter — I<div style="text-align: center;"> It sure <b>is nice to get some written compliments from former students and/or book reviews!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QHzPMwNuqxnRXIb0DDmB-1P9VA_nMyVdh8t_FW8Pubho7ysQW3PyXWifsDqbrYMCRj74GDhO8nd9ehYhX-lBuVpAEImBYZtnw8SBB_A-xXqRLZxv8gktn850RUpmlg2t8xlF2P6OmlgR_WOu044qtEuvyY4OjWJHihBgp8U66Rn7-kdv4SS2CZpinLo/s382/01%2007%2022.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="382" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QHzPMwNuqxnRXIb0DDmB-1P9VA_nMyVdh8t_FW8Pubho7ysQW3PyXWifsDqbrYMCRj74GDhO8nd9ehYhX-lBuVpAEImBYZtnw8SBB_A-xXqRLZxv8gktn850RUpmlg2t8xlF2P6OmlgR_WOu044qtEuvyY4OjWJHihBgp8U66Rn7-kdv4SS2CZpinLo/s320/01%2007%2022.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Despite all odds, you took pain to pen the guidance. <b>Greatest Consultant, far greater in Humanity.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May GOD shower my Good deeds on you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjGknRKNg1xVvQ5Kjx7NGUhDSQSdP7pNrjyfDPoypFfHDgMlJ1_U_o-QJrSTm2uXwy9lXk7a23bqmyiUEQSl53u4J1lbF5QHM7XA9Ff0dtKK-juVDQNwYJkE2E6dlB85LkYBL8f7oSr6XU53dyB33zckY7KNgRbxM6mLZaMmvcXe2lx0MgFIWoeyXbmc/s996/01%2018%2022.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjGknRKNg1xVvQ5Kjx7NGUhDSQSdP7pNrjyfDPoypFfHDgMlJ1_U_o-QJrSTm2uXwy9lXk7a23bqmyiUEQSl53u4J1lbF5QHM7XA9Ff0dtKK-juVDQNwYJkE2E6dlB85LkYBL8f7oSr6XU53dyB33zckY7KNgRbxM6mLZaMmvcXe2lx0MgFIWoeyXbmc/w568-h640/01%2018%2022.png" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Both of us have no PAY MASTER</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDd9V4OoqYxB_P3u-4mlTZo_Iwe9-ZM4CgfiYxPywSZ6ZR5ADmBea-DBq0cKpXUFpSDH0Qo2ffpvKYvrneAOR42piZ7-cymAbnvA4ADmMJOwCN4C5C1UvQwWy8G3NzSF1hY6RZ5bqz-aTItlGC4LTM1jVKftaVtESZmJj_ZD6Ch965n-6IxY6oq9cVuA/s1302/01%2018%2022%20Frans%20Steegh.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="918" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDd9V4OoqYxB_P3u-4mlTZo_Iwe9-ZM4CgfiYxPywSZ6ZR5ADmBea-DBq0cKpXUFpSDH0Qo2ffpvKYvrneAOR42piZ7-cymAbnvA4ADmMJOwCN4C5C1UvQwWy8G3NzSF1hY6RZ5bqz-aTItlGC4LTM1jVKftaVtESZmJj_ZD6Ch965n-6IxY6oq9cVuA/w452-h640/01%2018%2022%20Frans%20Steegh.png" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Very good Article in this Pandemic, I live by the rules which I learned at the Mushroom school CCO in Horst, Netherlands. It was the best school I ever visited, here it was where I learned not only about Mushrooms. But also how the environment where we live in works, including pests and diseases and how to deal with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Wanna thank you for the wise lesson you taught us there in Horst at the CCO. Also I can only recommend everybody to read your books. They are really great!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for your meaningful comment and indeed in whatever I've taught, I tried to do the very best to explain the matter and no–nonsense. <b>Sure, I also am a strong believer in the natural antagonsim!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QymbcxD8JuIzpZDSZJ8SWBduSa00uTUCbrjp5dndT6XrJ_CpGEjueCuBKOUukKJwwsNP5AjCm5c5pdlGeBHarQcJLmf7yKW_jgcaJTxeS5aVR4e-YIB8Ezs8r9vTcUKXYwMyxj1BD0m-pwefy3L4WoMkD6YnHKnGTyc9Ge2WEhCmsomwsK0NpNzMlP8/s882/02%2016%2022%20%20I've%20already%20read%20it,%20it's%20the%20best%20book%20in%20the%20world!!.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="882" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QymbcxD8JuIzpZDSZJ8SWBduSa00uTUCbrjp5dndT6XrJ_CpGEjueCuBKOUukKJwwsNP5AjCm5c5pdlGeBHarQcJLmf7yKW_jgcaJTxeS5aVR4e-YIB8Ezs8r9vTcUKXYwMyxj1BD0m-pwefy3L4WoMkD6YnHKnGTyc9Ge2WEhCmsomwsK0NpNzMlP8/w400-h170/02%2016%2022%20%20I've%20already%20read%20it,%20it's%20the%20best%20book%20in%20the%20world!!.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I've already read it, it's the best book in the world!!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Pieter's reply: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Thank you! It often gets called the 'Mushroom Bible'...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK77ZEib094i_e5hJu7R1q4pGZT6odzFp30JLV8Utv2Qa8ZQdLNUCzpSwG1JCHHF9EiQaki3K-x2JyoZ_kBiJDijQEd-tvuapBgzBSAdLKGX0eFLKEcz6aKR3mWBpePS1RCELv8zcsjdCkBMLGoeA-TMVdsP_SsUdtBG5QM0_tGEOmlrpsZLd8f60A50g/s826/02%2017%2022%20Abhi%20Ram%20Thank%20you%20for%20making%20this%20'Bundle%20of%20Great%20Experience'.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="826" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK77ZEib094i_e5hJu7R1q4pGZT6odzFp30JLV8Utv2Qa8ZQdLNUCzpSwG1JCHHF9EiQaki3K-x2JyoZ_kBiJDijQEd-tvuapBgzBSAdLKGX0eFLKEcz6aKR3mWBpePS1RCELv8zcsjdCkBMLGoeA-TMVdsP_SsUdtBG5QM0_tGEOmlrpsZLd8f60A50g/w400-h349/02%2017%2022%20Abhi%20Ram%20Thank%20you%20for%20making%20this%20'Bundle%20of%20Great%20Experience'.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sir just now I get the copy of modern mushroom growing 2020 hope that this would be a great guide for my mushroom growing life. I will refer through this and making improvements in growing, if there is any doubts in this I will go through with you sir. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Thank you for making this 'bundle of great experience'.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-Zru78bnQy35g7ZCULbL2frGJD2EdAWctdrF2rLZPq5sLMQPHPEVVZtZb4RNNUGsINl_oUXqLmsb5nariVlyfc905uPBo-g4_THg2A4iPykA6hUgUhKqolG3BftYmz0xInOflBWSztOSP_xE9cTy1lqSdifzBk8zNSyqzYGfx0sCxmQ4OUcrCq29w38/s1316/03%2006%2021%20wonderful%20bible%20for%20mushroom%20growers.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="1316" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-Zru78bnQy35g7ZCULbL2frGJD2EdAWctdrF2rLZPq5sLMQPHPEVVZtZb4RNNUGsINl_oUXqLmsb5nariVlyfc905uPBo-g4_THg2A4iPykA6hUgUhKqolG3BftYmz0xInOflBWSztOSP_xE9cTy1lqSdifzBk8zNSyqzYGfx0sCxmQ4OUcrCq29w38/w640-h196/03%2006%2021%20wonderful%20bible%20for%20mushroom%20growers.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you Amazon for this wonderful <b>Bhagwad Geeta for mushroom growers</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dr Vedder is a world class mushroom grower and trainer. <b>I was so happy to see that Amazon was able to get me this wonderful bible for mushroom growers,</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLqja9t5uy1viokHiX3xfQL8qAEMVOO13x7nmKJq-tlZyDppP9c6cE718Z3gn2k3XDJeCeObhv2vvwXJQjAwx4rJDJeWkkN5X6fJDFyP6MS9s2TUYkkSYbx9fIiZVviA9VVmML7WNw0d2GsO4EgX3c-ZgsUOAHTWLEq5ksjvZ5a2BDXu3gR8LQnAdqW0/s720/04%2015%2021%20Ravi%20Balraj%20about%20my%20excellent%20training%20skills.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="720" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLqja9t5uy1viokHiX3xfQL8qAEMVOO13x7nmKJq-tlZyDppP9c6cE718Z3gn2k3XDJeCeObhv2vvwXJQjAwx4rJDJeWkkN5X6fJDFyP6MS9s2TUYkkSYbx9fIiZVviA9VVmML7WNw0d2GsO4EgX3c-ZgsUOAHTWLEq5ksjvZ5a2BDXu3gR8LQnAdqW0/s320/04%2015%2021%20Ravi%20Balraj%20about%20my%20excellent%20training%20skills.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hi Mariette, I am Ravi Balraj, who was in Pond's India. <b>We always remember your excellent training skills.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMrUEEGJC9_p0ouobF-HDTvMoY8XsiItmXkn20cHp3v2kj28RVUXajYKfZZgRXuZ8lDl-vefl-FjmvjR-oH2u0gFOR3EDuKFk34-h7G_f5z8-pxlOnZ3OV2NLY_sNtJt2roYQe_MAXLBOgUSVmVuDmUZyZqmWyG-z5qZUo0hbg5DrElqy9fbckCck6e8/s656/04%2015%2021%20Ravi%20Balraj%20I%20learn%20the%20maximum%20on%20mushroom%20growing.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="656" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMrUEEGJC9_p0ouobF-HDTvMoY8XsiItmXkn20cHp3v2kj28RVUXajYKfZZgRXuZ8lDl-vefl-FjmvjR-oH2u0gFOR3EDuKFk34-h7G_f5z8-pxlOnZ3OV2NLY_sNtJt2roYQe_MAXLBOgUSVmVuDmUZyZqmWyG-z5qZUo0hbg5DrElqy9fbckCck6e8/s320/04%2015%2021%20Ravi%20Balraj%20I%20learn%20the%20maximum%20on%20mushroom%20growing.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still have my notebook where I had jotted down your valuable advices on mushroom growing. And clearing our doubts. <b>Even to this day, those were the days I learnt the maximum on mushroom growing.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmBCIYnUQdxeXXiGpryOrPm5cYo9b5-IrxTNEDu-c0f9pAY3vEXEts_pESKoYzvhfKwjE6av0a9iaA3zfu1RQJW7vCA0BZxFGaH2hnUCdUbJ4DqElcsD2GbueC97ua2t6GVA7Q-PzVu8cvX3hINodAq7A7aTCgStoNG0yFSr8vK9YZQpoqJlS6uftB80/s644/04%2015%2021%20Ravi%20Balraj%20You%20have%20contributed%20much%20more%20than%20your%20books%20for%20the%20mushroom%20world.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="644" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmBCIYnUQdxeXXiGpryOrPm5cYo9b5-IrxTNEDu-c0f9pAY3vEXEts_pESKoYzvhfKwjE6av0a9iaA3zfu1RQJW7vCA0BZxFGaH2hnUCdUbJ4DqElcsD2GbueC97ua2t6GVA7Q-PzVu8cvX3hINodAq7A7aTCgStoNG0yFSr8vK9YZQpoqJlS6uftB80/s320/04%2015%2021%20Ravi%20Balraj%20You%20have%20contributed%20much%20more%20than%20your%20books%20for%20the%20mushroom%20world.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>You have contributed much more than your books for the mushroom world</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We all reference your books for anything on mushroom growing & many growers will continue to do so.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5yX20UQMSdYpT1va9ZoYpZw_8aHD2p_dewDNk5VATIE98skVyRNY0kden4HBEV-Ab8oyNZW5v6haHBEgmV2EKEdA93xpN8zEVGnnpVfBokq914S4cuJQEtY2X87TKsWjsYwingtVGMfikYa1SIDbOgDBIPR0XgHtmqs6P738tKZa8JqjBegqQyuYfk8/s644/04%2015%2021%20Ravi%20Balraj%20You%20are%20the%20best%20teacher.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="644" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5yX20UQMSdYpT1va9ZoYpZw_8aHD2p_dewDNk5VATIE98skVyRNY0kden4HBEV-Ab8oyNZW5v6haHBEgmV2EKEdA93xpN8zEVGnnpVfBokq914S4cuJQEtY2X87TKsWjsYwingtVGMfikYa1SIDbOgDBIPR0XgHtmqs6P738tKZa8JqjBegqQyuYfk8/s320/04%2015%2021%20Ravi%20Balraj%20You%20are%20the%20best%20teacher.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>You are the best teacher</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwP4Lrm-DhHb9AjKjSyXkEEDHJP17EyDw3fAxd0uVVgn4MSR2fF4qgesdYB_Fmvrg9wWsXGqdjLIwhPnqGfeVpIKQmSCWl0DItt6BkZDO_kCTCLXd0L7t5sMI0TFR-Ds-4IjcgANqqsYEbCKsdlnqnsL1I9kcdBUylfSr7BGvoIGeHcIHS6YWOr5EOJY/s1010/04%2027%2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1010" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwP4Lrm-DhHb9AjKjSyXkEEDHJP17EyDw3fAxd0uVVgn4MSR2fF4qgesdYB_Fmvrg9wWsXGqdjLIwhPnqGfeVpIKQmSCWl0DItt6BkZDO_kCTCLXd0L7t5sMI0TFR-Ds-4IjcgANqqsYEbCKsdlnqnsL1I9kcdBUylfSr7BGvoIGeHcIHS6YWOr5EOJY/w640-h301/04%2027%2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am to know that you got gift from Pond's India. <b>Pieter, known for his practical knowledge and his wonder book, I possess.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great love and regard for both of you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May God bless both of you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please send photo of Pond's gift, I want to have a look.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My reply: In good daylight I will but we better first polish the silver...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be patient!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyVJnpGHr8cxdrKW2q3hVkjlQs6TUlEExnvpFo2sxIepCoO9YNrjmcKKdKz-dwp5-YQ_7KKmQ7RR11lS8pgdnc45uaOIcexcqZanrJBt3VafFdijGPUHXDyMMfm6EIznOuaddPcalem_d5z6HkDFfjr6LU1xDT3GNkYTcPg4I1lQel3IoEZkAUmJRXY4/s1868/04%2029%2023%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1868" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyVJnpGHr8cxdrKW2q3hVkjlQs6TUlEExnvpFo2sxIepCoO9YNrjmcKKdKz-dwp5-YQ_7KKmQ7RR11lS8pgdnc45uaOIcexcqZanrJBt3VafFdijGPUHXDyMMfm6EIznOuaddPcalem_d5z6HkDFfjr6LU1xDT3GNkYTcPg4I1lQel3IoEZkAUmJRXY4/w640-h436/04%2029%2023%201.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Never be weak thinking that you be alone but always stick to thinking</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That you alone are enough...!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Congratulations sir.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Happy 94th birthday</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Pieter Vedder sir Grand Father of mushrooms</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply: Thank you and yes, being the Grandfather of Mushroom Growing sounds right...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I am such a big fan of yours sir that I cannot tell you.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-lQz5twgSRrTqcFTlxbvRYJgDj2Bis1H1asZkpRdjrEesK0vbWvobyx7zbXHLKIP3W_0C4pdkdgNBKOE0N3KjR1IfJmx5L8POtKQjphu4ZhjmD-6Hcl4uoA1nYuGlDPce272eC3kgNNVbmZzSE7ZcoCqdUNFty34bzaBVxydAh_E-Uy6R_CPZOilCko/s844/04%2029%2023%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-lQz5twgSRrTqcFTlxbvRYJgDj2Bis1H1asZkpRdjrEesK0vbWvobyx7zbXHLKIP3W_0C4pdkdgNBKOE0N3KjR1IfJmx5L8POtKQjphu4ZhjmD-6Hcl4uoA1nYuGlDPce272eC3kgNNVbmZzSE7ZcoCqdUNFty34bzaBVxydAh_E-Uy6R_CPZOilCko/w500-h640/04%2029%2023%202.png" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you and it is always good to hear that I've meant something to others. May our book still help many for making a living in mushrooms! <b>Did it with all my heart and soul...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-suWMGVdZ5-KEe-MwOZJ1Bk4vhMiDfoJ0mWD3qnRa4_miYiwh7gDDqIH7_dZlHsLUjCNkBZM_agELJhtHAjFQ7sdROo5j9riJKORhf23OXFYuFTiw9hW2TvYQ_i2lIFxY8hbeYklXCZ4ULkx39CpJdzxyDayfOyrf3u6vcdmiY5S9whR60iNg2ujkOU/s850/04%2029%2023%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="686" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-suWMGVdZ5-KEe-MwOZJ1Bk4vhMiDfoJ0mWD3qnRa4_miYiwh7gDDqIH7_dZlHsLUjCNkBZM_agELJhtHAjFQ7sdROo5j9riJKORhf23OXFYuFTiw9hW2TvYQ_i2lIFxY8hbeYklXCZ4ULkx39CpJdzxyDayfOyrf3u6vcdmiY5S9whR60iNg2ujkOU/w516-h640/04%2029%2023%203.png" width="516" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>After Fred Atkins, Mr Vedder sir you took the mushroom industry to a greater height. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you and I owe a lot to Mr. Fred Atkins and I counted him among my very special friends: <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2021/06/fred-atkins-book-mushroom-growing-to.html" target="_blank"><b>Fred Atkins' book Mushroom Growing To-Day helped Pieter Solve Yellow Mold & False Truffle Problem</b></a> ←click link</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisK21JPbUB0MLGFF5mu1JTA0kaCW4CgR8I_e1FWgwv0eG-AvET-_fLq8OFxHhIka13_p_wgjSNO2Df9U5e_rOkPagYObN2QBSdJtYDx4SlioEm0FwNTp9J-SDyv32T-FYgD2k0TT-8jvjq3xC9jgYQ9zWbv1YKKmFnQ5TMUknP0uBMP9mH2wSQh9ufmpU/s612/04%2029%2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="558" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisK21JPbUB0MLGFF5mu1JTA0kaCW4CgR8I_e1FWgwv0eG-AvET-_fLq8OFxHhIka13_p_wgjSNO2Df9U5e_rOkPagYObN2QBSdJtYDx4SlioEm0FwNTp9J-SDyv32T-FYgD2k0TT-8jvjq3xC9jgYQ9zWbv1YKKmFnQ5TMUknP0uBMP9mH2wSQh9ufmpU/s320/04%2029%2023.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This birthday message comes </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Deep from within my heart</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>For everything that you do</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>And all the wisdom you impart.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I'm ever so grateful</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>To have somebody like you</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Who can educate me</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>As wonderfully as you do.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy birthday to you (2023)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XGhkgT0RWog3m-L1hvSGKN4eqmqVZFMwW-AgtYfvz5YNiL7Rp3A23zwF_0bXGyMf0kKN2wdheC-hMVoRGz0DCK7AI9ahW_Az_QDizk4hoLWRBAs_1pFOjiD0_fXQFCKUFSknBamUbFwHFgWiwYETJQvkFeC3gMvY5K649X6Yfnix1xJ5-ma3MO2uAmo/s1568/12%2001%2020%20Goodreads%20Meidimi%20Sokoto,%20Kenya%20(LinkedIn%20contact).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="1568" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XGhkgT0RWog3m-L1hvSGKN4eqmqVZFMwW-AgtYfvz5YNiL7Rp3A23zwF_0bXGyMf0kKN2wdheC-hMVoRGz0DCK7AI9ahW_Az_QDizk4hoLWRBAs_1pFOjiD0_fXQFCKUFSknBamUbFwHFgWiwYETJQvkFeC3gMvY5K649X6Yfnix1xJ5-ma3MO2uAmo/w640-h196/12%2001%2020%20Goodreads%20Meidimi%20Sokoto,%20Kenya%20(LinkedIn%20contact).png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Review on Good Reads:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>★★★★★ Loved it, so much wealth of knowledge</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVQcKwirtRgXbF9zW-6MAEBIrXpuWBv4jMEMEJkOnye82UVWXqs-v7y0DbN_kuCHN56KghyphenhyphenGkfyjverWVu4noouSC4wEvrCzKBIbrZ1k51Z_QFh4pcXwpmXYjihVsKMqviVzS5I00BRcNTP7YPFmok3B8TATD24eVx83P29DgEfkUt3wEN93mn74Twtk/s1366/11%2025%2022%20Frans%20Steegh.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="966" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVQcKwirtRgXbF9zW-6MAEBIrXpuWBv4jMEMEJkOnye82UVWXqs-v7y0DbN_kuCHN56KghyphenhyphenGkfyjverWVu4noouSC4wEvrCzKBIbrZ1k51Z_QFh4pcXwpmXYjihVsKMqviVzS5I00BRcNTP7YPFmok3B8TATD24eVx83P29DgEfkUt3wEN93mn74Twtk/w453-h640/11%2025%2022%20Frans%20Steegh.png" width="453" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Thanks for this profound book you wrote for us. It's a real enchiridion;</b> I'll keep it with my treasure books so I can always have a quick view of questions, difficulties, or discussions.<b> Thank you so much for the lessons which I could learn from you.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for the profound book you wrote. I'll use it as an enchiridion to skill up my knowledge. Thank you for all the lessons you taught me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>That is the main reason why we wrote and self–published our book. To share our knowledge with others. Hoping you use our handbook often!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj-7zu11sheAfSLPuVQknE_WNbO28N-pGxyrEW3uLImnLxPuleC64rjfkTQxO258Se17DW6SB8zBBVcgjH7f_NfXMJqAECC8EiYYr5uVDV_gQ5Wsd2VgAIxh85kU__fU9UssFhSVeq1kMyGG6nllqONveGicwvwxXBOiOFCC6bPxxfKfLjCIp_UqtnqnA/s842/12%2030%2022%20A%20BIG%20thank%20you.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="842" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj-7zu11sheAfSLPuVQknE_WNbO28N-pGxyrEW3uLImnLxPuleC64rjfkTQxO258Se17DW6SB8zBBVcgjH7f_NfXMJqAECC8EiYYr5uVDV_gQ5Wsd2VgAIxh85kU__fU9UssFhSVeq1kMyGG6nllqONveGicwvwxXBOiOFCC6bPxxfKfLjCIp_UqtnqnA/w400-h318/12%2030%2022%20A%20BIG%20thank%20you.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Hi Mr. Vedder, I would like to wish You a Merry Christmas, and thank you for all your knowledge, and sharing it by books, videos, audios, etc. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have been working since 2005 in mushrooms when I was<b> at the university, <span style="font-size: medium;">and the only one book available was yours.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Since that time starting as an entrepeneur, until now as a mushroom farm owner, <b>it has been so helpful as an engineer in mushroom production, communication with workers, organization, etc. all your help and your wife's too.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>I really want to thank you for all development and knowledge in mushroom farm, for all of us, that learn everyday from you!!!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Merry Christmass!!!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtb5L4jmvncyQN764JRWLKVJRU3KQweVrj23oWuRP8tjO84LykiBVnzgU1iFti5f7LpPj6xcYv9h3m1diR3Ym_tu8mvhAROcG1x5-nUNa8XKqh0y5sjy-S0wXLSjZtK9LSzTQfxUFt9dKGZdJBsq6auZrI-xrWIuKwIyPlVB74sTP6ich3ep3iFf9ux2w/s1030/12%2012%2013%20Oud%20leerling%20Jan%20compliment%20voor%20Pieter.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="814" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtb5L4jmvncyQN764JRWLKVJRU3KQweVrj23oWuRP8tjO84LykiBVnzgU1iFti5f7LpPj6xcYv9h3m1diR3Ym_tu8mvhAROcG1x5-nUNa8XKqh0y5sjy-S0wXLSjZtK9LSzTQfxUFt9dKGZdJBsq6auZrI-xrWIuKwIyPlVB74sTP6ich3ep3iFf9ux2w/w316-h400/12%2012%2013%20Oud%20leerling%20Jan%20compliment%20voor%20Pieter.png" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hello Mr. Vedder,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Once upon a time I had the privilege of being taught by you to become a good mushroom grower in the late 70's and early 80's. I have been working in this world for about 25 years. First 8 years as a manager of the tunnel company and then 15 years on my own mushroom farm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>So your knowledge transfer has really helped me. I would like to thank you for that and I look back on a nice period where you taught us the trade in a skillful and humorous way.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We spoke again at the Mushroom Days in Grubbenvorst after you went to the USA.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">By chance I came across your name on the internet, hence this message.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hope all is well with you?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From Limburg I greet you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Former pupil Jan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqcmC91DgNkt_ICKfvctDAJb9AvbD0tGmpknrMlkep1qoeNPrQpaO4N3SmBXejoQPUgu4HOk0YlNf0SuU9rCzvEUOaWPkfFxWuLFMkWX9tGxUa5w663I4XEcBU5Zvxd4igfuRJpbOLkER3hb61xJYS_DXC3HMjGDYhrI9I_UnY0bCTiBVHnMocCnamKU/s1148/2021%20Shawn%20King.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="928" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqcmC91DgNkt_ICKfvctDAJb9AvbD0tGmpknrMlkep1qoeNPrQpaO4N3SmBXejoQPUgu4HOk0YlNf0SuU9rCzvEUOaWPkfFxWuLFMkWX9tGxUa5w663I4XEcBU5Zvxd4igfuRJpbOLkER3hb61xJYS_DXC3HMjGDYhrI9I_UnY0bCTiBVHnMocCnamKU/w518-h640/2021%20Shawn%20King.png" width="518" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>As you say, not every farmer can invest huge capital on high–tech equipment. We need to help the farmer to have good yield with less money.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That is so true, even nowadays and<b> that's why I still explain the BASICS in our book!<span style="font-size: medium;"> Also both of us have always done our consulting work, based on QUALITY which is market value, instead of just high yields...! A BIG mistake would be an incentive program for the managers (even consultants) based just on kilograms but not on quality, which translates into market value!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking forward to receiving the book I ordered.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter's reply:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you meanwhile received it. We were 5 days without Internet so I reply late...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>If you scroll down on this blog, under labels: Mushroom Editorial Review you will find more posts with meaningful compliments!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>As both of us always said:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It is not important what YOU say about YOURSELF — BUT WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT YOU...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related links:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2016/04/part-xvi-of-husband-pieters-trip-to.html" target="_blank"><b>{Part XVI of Husband Pieter's Trip to East Asia - Taipei, Taiwan}</b></a> | previous post by me with great complimentary letter at the end</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2015/01/part-iii-of-husband-pieters-trip-to.html" target="_blank"><b>{Part III of Husband Pieter's Trip to India - Maharaja Amarinder Singh, Patiala Punjab} </b></a>| previous post by me with written letter from Maharaja</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2018/03/1978-pjc-vedders-modern-mushroom.html" target="_blank"><b>1978 - P.J.C. Vedder's Modern Mushroom Growing Book Published in English</b></a> | previous post by me and showing ALL LANGUAGES of Pieter's book!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html" target="_blank"><b>modern mushroom growing 2020 harvesting</b></a> | previous post by me</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2019/03/1982-sinden-award-for-pieter-at-hotel.html" target="_blank"><b>1982 Sinden Award for Pieter at The Hotel Majestic, Harrogate, England </b></a>| previous post by me about PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN THE MUSHROOM INDUSTRY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2022/09/september-9-1969-grand-opening.html" target="_blank"><b>September 9, 1969 Grand Opening practical Mushroom Training Center in Horst</b></a> | previous post by me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2022/01/some-virus-facts-and-questions.html" target="_blank"><b>SOME VIRUS FACTS AND QUESTIONS</b></a> | previous post by me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2022/05/grateful-to-friend-gil-for-capturing.html" target="_blank"><b>Grateful to Friend Gil for Capturing Pieter's 93rd Birthday </b></a>| previoius post by me about Pieter's 93rd B'day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2021/03/happy-reunion-with-swiss-kuhn-family.html" target="_blank"><b>Happy Reunion with Swiss Kuhn Family & United States Consulate for our Permanent Visa</b></a> | previous post by me</div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-36455699023873943282023-11-13T20:00:00.132-05:002023-11-17T11:51:41.282-05:00Milestone Reached<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9-2TmFnwsUwt7GO_0RffnAvZUGa0wXK3Rr6XX6gl_2DNFvSOdVEpWTHQ2ByM00L1HMidIX7UdmQ89tFy0I0myHb1jKCjJ9H3roITrpxbJZ6dKYh7Lf3MxqLXio3CqeEkTd8orFnYngU6611VgJT3gFOftGuKL-TKGUB41e0jBUjY9GgcXmNJ464XO-o/s3117/13a%2011%2010%2083%20Papa%20&%20Moeke's%20foto's.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3117" data-original-width="2296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9-2TmFnwsUwt7GO_0RffnAvZUGa0wXK3Rr6XX6gl_2DNFvSOdVEpWTHQ2ByM00L1HMidIX7UdmQ89tFy0I0myHb1jKCjJ9H3roITrpxbJZ6dKYh7Lf3MxqLXio3CqeEkTd8orFnYngU6611VgJT3gFOftGuKL-TKGUB41e0jBUjY9GgcXmNJ464XO-o/w472-h640/13a%2011%2010%2083%20Papa%20&%20Moeke's%20foto's.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">November 10, 1983...</div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, <b>October 2023 was my worst month</b> with October 10, being only 40 kg or 88 US pounds...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Determined to GAIN weight + strength—I've managed to add 10% to that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvy9DMYttrwua9iKQFcsxtjbbDMa4Buej3IsJBGvuCxhoFMOZyx5ApLGPfLro5eE-PHY5AaBIu3RSNhZCrf7iHr8lHrMCEBxq3Nc0B47PnLDQyrNGk00Spl2Xcd_lgfg1rtVoARa0mGQA8oKOckt-bB3Cg-6bUs_l_qaLaEC5BsqWd_hcRACX3BjpPjA/s4032/10%2010%2023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvy9DMYttrwua9iKQFcsxtjbbDMa4Buej3IsJBGvuCxhoFMOZyx5ApLGPfLro5eE-PHY5AaBIu3RSNhZCrf7iHr8lHrMCEBxq3Nc0B47PnLDQyrNGk00Spl2Xcd_lgfg1rtVoARa0mGQA8oKOckt-bB3Cg-6bUs_l_qaLaEC5BsqWd_hcRACX3BjpPjA/w640-h480/10%2010%2023.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">40 kg... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mh1mvi1ckrhuhvXmMo0KXOamum1hG8VZ7umVvk1C-0zhzTxEFb3syEEH3gYzHZQTJemLteLo7kMqiCvNc9VwF79HeTJeDSit3leG3PcmyvNJd2loMYc-TLyeZQmGquUtGtz4hxIdhY2cFU_-H55DngHlfMTe3y6C625d1zPeiIWmDUSNq3C_scKFmow/s3891/11%2009%2023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3891" data-original-width="2820" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mh1mvi1ckrhuhvXmMo0KXOamum1hG8VZ7umVvk1C-0zhzTxEFb3syEEH3gYzHZQTJemLteLo7kMqiCvNc9VwF79HeTJeDSit3leG3PcmyvNJd2loMYc-TLyeZQmGquUtGtz4hxIdhY2cFU_-H55DngHlfMTe3y6C625d1zPeiIWmDUSNq3C_scKFmow/w464-h640/11%2009%2023.jpeg" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On November 9, best friend Ellie and family from The Netherlands sent us these lovely flowers...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFF4E2GRlBvRuIoUdPaQ08hxCZ3vYaNgooPfcy3UcDnejf2VlNkL-dU2xXADWXvw5kwKg9rZNLr3HbyL6xroie_WuUR7AXNOlC6jZuAQVZja7g9_hQPWT2YcuX4R5jaZvhssIwiMO5v1My9cKh1Qcs1bT-oj-HlZM4FYhRgCLkS6-JysFql9s49tWgYuQ/s4032/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFF4E2GRlBvRuIoUdPaQ08hxCZ3vYaNgooPfcy3UcDnejf2VlNkL-dU2xXADWXvw5kwKg9rZNLr3HbyL6xroie_WuUR7AXNOlC6jZuAQVZja7g9_hQPWT2YcuX4R5jaZvhssIwiMO5v1My9cKh1Qcs1bT-oj-HlZM4FYhRgCLkS6-JysFql9s49tWgYuQ/w640-h480/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%201.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Friday November 10, we gathered with friends (23 in total, including us) around the table at <a href="https://www.dublinfarm.com/ristorante-da-maria/" target="_blank"><b>Ristorante da Maria</b></a> ←click link.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was <b>our THANK YOU for all the help, driving me, food brought, laundry done, cleaning, praying or whatever.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>AND it was also the day that we had our 40th Wedding Anniversary... See first photo!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did not tell that to our friends, but I announced it after the prayer was said by a dear friend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>So grateful!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The waiter made this photo but we FORGOT to have one of Pieter and me together...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter is on the left in the back and me at the head of the table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeF74lHAwSz5dk6ZL3bgQzgWPVS_RH3XbwzTKkjy3g5cGYT_aZDZSnTtZrbas2tQvc5dG1TMiYgOCdSulJuLwDC88hIYZ2TvLLrij9TJDcJTRMlOWWQG5j8tbwXO_eZH4M1xV8tgR2pGL3dXu57WqrFo4IO2OW6ER8Q52ZX7SbsBzzIWVpTyS4ZAx60iw/s4032/11%2010%2023%20Menu.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeF74lHAwSz5dk6ZL3bgQzgWPVS_RH3XbwzTKkjy3g5cGYT_aZDZSnTtZrbas2tQvc5dG1TMiYgOCdSulJuLwDC88hIYZ2TvLLrij9TJDcJTRMlOWWQG5j8tbwXO_eZH4M1xV8tgR2pGL3dXu57WqrFo4IO2OW6ER8Q52ZX7SbsBzzIWVpTyS4ZAx60iw/w480-h640/11%2010%2023%20Menu.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Lady Chef Maria prepared us a delicious 5–course dinner</b> and each guest had selected their Entrée of choice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7puxRQGAlrQLGhv5JN-x5dq_z3_XWns9B8uYfxuGVu-tVyXKFQHopmdHl4GBKwLBzuait5IpoVHZpvRxN6ez48bHn9cnnc6g3JS4k3X4ydLcib-rBj8Q1AWQ3GQtczkvLNo8WRkwuJu1QWD_iW2pnin0KG9HyMFyG01vyzIsK65djm0B-ExvC2E6z6g/s4032/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7puxRQGAlrQLGhv5JN-x5dq_z3_XWns9B8uYfxuGVu-tVyXKFQHopmdHl4GBKwLBzuait5IpoVHZpvRxN6ez48bHn9cnnc6g3JS4k3X4ydLcib-rBj8Q1AWQ3GQtczkvLNo8WRkwuJu1QWD_iW2pnin0KG9HyMFyG01vyzIsK65djm0B-ExvC2E6z6g/w480-h640/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me in my wool Escada suit visiting with friends... FIRST time I wore block heels and also earrings and rings... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rings would still fall off one month ago!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUTD6ZBJwq9CTMsT-XBr8vo8Neht9w1cfUyQe5tIdxTOcEEtUsePN9hFnTcGdVGD7LpquXeZrIoGClfb9UpjUUvCTbPwFcLTuXoPrFxHYVWYKGNooj5ycAi7WVRzbxOHGexqhKiW23mZ8aR91YOu4h-Kv1ESRDGTC3snx0ayNZ67VnNdKWw9AQy4fw6U/s4032/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUTD6ZBJwq9CTMsT-XBr8vo8Neht9w1cfUyQe5tIdxTOcEEtUsePN9hFnTcGdVGD7LpquXeZrIoGClfb9UpjUUvCTbPwFcLTuXoPrFxHYVWYKGNooj5ycAi7WVRzbxOHGexqhKiW23mZ8aR91YOu4h-Kv1ESRDGTC3snx0ayNZ67VnNdKWw9AQy4fw6U/w480-h640/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%203.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter took this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMgDDJLRyk-Nmx-I7julHO1GemODZdq1CenW1Dp0EvyqjtQ3gdcUPi5KLy8nBNasTAGDmJ_C59mhl594o5iRKG0fo9RNU_WHRUabcGcm-tFIgk44ReCkSz2RvmflBXUrRdytI4wgpiwT8SILHKDFX6-SAzan1GqNmKKqKP4VyOAcmRf0Vkju7pSFtFTA/s4032/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMgDDJLRyk-Nmx-I7julHO1GemODZdq1CenW1Dp0EvyqjtQ3gdcUPi5KLy8nBNasTAGDmJ_C59mhl594o5iRKG0fo9RNU_WHRUabcGcm-tFIgk44ReCkSz2RvmflBXUrRdytI4wgpiwT8SILHKDFX6-SAzan1GqNmKKqKP4VyOAcmRf0Vkju7pSFtFTA/w480-h640/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%204.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's my little purse on the table, had no space on chair as I still use a pillow for my back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrqdcEQFazHSbR6QfKWPNlyPT9PWTz7J1hdhrTqN6XDgbm4EBQzHXkZmfLv4BOP43w6netDGYAu7ZavgRWg4gLmaBYQzRI6_J6Vnp27IVoG4W-HY9DEzvBfU68UBjXUrZe04WDvmYk7Er3NT41PDfOGV_SGt3IbGTU0VY2HDRjWBu9Qv-sI968o20H_Y/s4032/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%2012.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrqdcEQFazHSbR6QfKWPNlyPT9PWTz7J1hdhrTqN6XDgbm4EBQzHXkZmfLv4BOP43w6netDGYAu7ZavgRWg4gLmaBYQzRI6_J6Vnp27IVoG4W-HY9DEzvBfU68UBjXUrZe04WDvmYk7Er3NT41PDfOGV_SGt3IbGTU0VY2HDRjWBu9Qv-sI968o20H_Y/w480-h640/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%2012.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me visiting with friends in–between courses...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyG_54ifVJgqMHbkVl3khPY31k418afMzSU-iviwvpBNl5Pmcglyry9EPpOc7eg4z75EcSx9GPa0He7JmWf6DtgljHuPNM3pTdSMueSzIhlF2_5v_7h-BpWNhbyQldjx322kqNIiDlkHJnlJxLIj3nW53l-E9TpOHRz_KHSzsldTI2idJ30uWtn0XIIs/s4032/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%2013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyG_54ifVJgqMHbkVl3khPY31k418afMzSU-iviwvpBNl5Pmcglyry9EPpOc7eg4z75EcSx9GPa0He7JmWf6DtgljHuPNM3pTdSMueSzIhlF2_5v_7h-BpWNhbyQldjx322kqNIiDlkHJnlJxLIj3nW53l-E9TpOHRz_KHSzsldTI2idJ30uWtn0XIIs/w480-h640/11%2010%2023%20Dinner%20at%20Ristorante%20da%20Maria%2013.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter made those photos, including from his salmon with shrimps... We both opted for fish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All enjoyed their dinner and we felt very blessed for being alive and having reached this milestone!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Prayers do get answered!!!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related link:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2021/11/our-contract-for-life.html" target="_blank"><b>Our Contract for Life</b></a> | previous post by me with photos that I got from Mom & Dad's estate — new to us!</div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-9943236712257543172023-11-07T20:00:00.155-05:002023-11-07T20:00:00.134-05:00Big Doors which allow for the Head–End Filling Machine and Mechanical Emptying on a Mushroom Plant<div style="text-align: center;"> Last post I mentioned the Head–End Filling Machine so let us explain that a bit more to the readers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYQtSr9NC_lgF0Mp_2pjpJErO0ard_AFUuNhGcjdKomxACI3iRjTMzPl2MrDXWEbk723R8ODzwPdIdc_VHXxYroMWxDWYtv5TxbE4AiV32xdA5M55Bfb4SkaMio_zvuCssKy7NGdu-K-KpzppSdFNupyQSukwKUFnsjLDBHuD3UBTl3QwCq6RYWl0Fyc/s1360/140%20Fig%2058%20big%20doors%20that%20allows%20for%20the%20use%20of%20the%20head%E2%80%93end%20filling%20machines.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1360" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYQtSr9NC_lgF0Mp_2pjpJErO0ard_AFUuNhGcjdKomxACI3iRjTMzPl2MrDXWEbk723R8ODzwPdIdc_VHXxYroMWxDWYtv5TxbE4AiV32xdA5M55Bfb4SkaMio_zvuCssKy7NGdu-K-KpzppSdFNupyQSukwKUFnsjLDBHuD3UBTl3QwCq6RYWl0Fyc/w640-h614/140%20Fig%2058%20big%20doors%20that%20allows%20for%20the%20use%20of%20the%20head%E2%80%93end%20filling%20machines.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Fig. 58.</b> The growing rooms at this farm are also equipped with the <b>special made big doors that allows for the use of the head–end filling machine and also makes mechanical emptying of the rooms much easier.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">These doors are at the head–end (in Dutch kopeinde) of a growing room!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hence the word: head–end filling machine...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eXGhKwlhDeLxD5XF0T1-YSQc9Cmx070PCFK6oSUi-HSsUoxaXUfSUQRbcmHxT5ZbXL6WtyTc4O-CaHVRfF_uIdy5zIhd6yBNF3tgjflUu0JoKDOmSmB6qAkyhxUVLfzDEhjsYuZCtq3QkRYV9B3qsB3g3zpgZmoI9o-MkK6Uxx9CCxGQONimSpI0jPI/s1140/Kopeinde.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="1140" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eXGhKwlhDeLxD5XF0T1-YSQc9Cmx070PCFK6oSUi-HSsUoxaXUfSUQRbcmHxT5ZbXL6WtyTc4O-CaHVRfF_uIdy5zIhd6yBNF3tgjflUu0JoKDOmSmB6qAkyhxUVLfzDEhjsYuZCtq3QkRYV9B3qsB3g3zpgZmoI9o-MkK6Uxx9CCxGQONimSpI0jPI/w640-h166/Kopeinde.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some other Dutch/English examples</div><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The work corridor includes the entire width in front of the growing rooms and is covered by the same roof. On the other side of the work corridor, there are separate rooms containing a hot water and steam boiler, water supply, cold store, washrooms, shower rooms, etc. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For ease of transportation, etc., the work corridor should not be too narrow; the minimum width required is 4 m. In the work corridor itself, tables for weighing, hand washing basins etc. can be placed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDEBNUjORouHiLj313A-K62HnixKLvHAU5sL1sjzGGs3r04l5a8xxHF1nWNokPxDWOZ2qfdtX2jPDisqhvPOOdxW15LI0JUz0VEKAQZJHI61cCqx1yA2uZvoeKdO0Xgds33_FRvlzDgW642IGyR4-TKPUkEMFXdFbsyE-wD8lQig3ISPoGeBiIw5z0nc/s1480/140%20head%E2%80%93end%20filling%20machine,%20the%20back%20doors%20have%20to%20be%20even%20bigger,%20e.g.%204.5%20m%20wide%20and%203%20m%20high..png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1480" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDEBNUjORouHiLj313A-K62HnixKLvHAU5sL1sjzGGs3r04l5a8xxHF1nWNokPxDWOZ2qfdtX2jPDisqhvPOOdxW15LI0JUz0VEKAQZJHI61cCqx1yA2uZvoeKdO0Xgds33_FRvlzDgW642IGyR4-TKPUkEMFXdFbsyE-wD8lQig3ISPoGeBiIw5z0nc/w640-h358/140%20head%E2%80%93end%20filling%20machine,%20the%20back%20doors%20have%20to%20be%20even%20bigger,%20e.g.%204.5%20m%20wide%20and%203%20m%20high..png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Page 140 of our book: <a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html" target="_blank"><b>modern mushroom growing 2020 harvesting</b></a> ←click for link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As in the case of walls and ceilings, the doors should be insulated properly. These doors should seal to the floor with a rubber strip, without a threshold. The doors in the back wass of the rooms should be at least 2.5 m high to facilitate the filling with slanted conveyor belts, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Nowadays, however, as most shelf bed farms are using the so–called, head–end filling machine, the back doors have to be even bigger, e.g. 4.5 m wide and 3 m high. </b>These doors hang in a special frame on rails, so that they can be lifted somewhat and then moved to the left or to the right. There are specialized companies that are making these large, insulated doors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7Vmr-_Of5ZfmIS-nfxfGvXXmzNbKJyXeJI3bxL5vB4CNn6YGWS3UR1s3Zq5Gg6UUfmDDGpYGhe7uY26VKKmS71sPBB5XznthOT0keiyO4erc9I6wWxs6jYd9OgFpMlvZj0pBrtIaRCiwvYUAQq4EkbFuL2oXvqnQuvvI2LBys7JjOajwwe_imTRzjbE/s1316/Fig.%20124%20Principle%20of%20the%20head%E2%80%93end%20filling%20machine%20developed%20by%20THILOT%20(now%20GTL%20Europe)%20drawing%20done%20by%20author.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1316" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7Vmr-_Of5ZfmIS-nfxfGvXXmzNbKJyXeJI3bxL5vB4CNn6YGWS3UR1s3Zq5Gg6UUfmDDGpYGhe7uY26VKKmS71sPBB5XznthOT0keiyO4erc9I6wWxs6jYd9OgFpMlvZj0pBrtIaRCiwvYUAQq4EkbFuL2oXvqnQuvvI2LBys7JjOajwwe_imTRzjbE/w640-h548/Fig.%20124%20Principle%20of%20the%20head%E2%80%93end%20filling%20machine%20developed%20by%20THILOT%20(now%20GTL%20Europe)%20drawing%20done%20by%20author.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Fig. 124. </b> Principle of the head–end filling machine, developed by THILOT (now GTL Europe) in the Netherlands, to fill full–grown compost and case simultaneously by using nylon nets in shelf beds. When this kind of equipment is used, the growing rooms need to have big or double doors. Drawing done by author (P.J.C. Vedder).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Fig. 125. </b> <b>Head–end filling machine for filling modern shelf bed rooms with a layer of full–grown compost on a nylon net and put on a layer of casing soil simultaneously.</b> The machine will be fed by 2 conveyor belts with hopper; one for casing material (left) and one for compost. DOUBLE T EQUIPMENT</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3f00Jg3mqLhDZmnmTITJ6Ha1h_vE9GR10-vD4vbRtqxFfroBHNKHer4cJ4KSxPX2QkSxtGPeCHzN5gzC1Wg9cA9R-TyA80XGsBajVK9r5uOY9FOyxUWADURPHhTya1nwacG74SXxnjzN6kj_fdfE65Jdmn6EHQ42IzKQCMC_-oZzg25Oabiqg6rFBoY/s1500/Kopvulmachine.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="1500" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3f00Jg3mqLhDZmnmTITJ6Ha1h_vE9GR10-vD4vbRtqxFfroBHNKHer4cJ4KSxPX2QkSxtGPeCHzN5gzC1Wg9cA9R-TyA80XGsBajVK9r5uOY9FOyxUWADURPHhTya1nwacG74SXxnjzN6kj_fdfE65Jdmn6EHQ42IzKQCMC_-oZzg25Oabiqg6rFBoY/w640-h52/Kopvulmachine.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Te koop wegens inruil: 1 kopvulmachine t.b.v. doorgroeide compost, tevens mogelijkheid tot gelijktijdig afdekken met dekaarde, 2 transportbanden. Thilot Holland BV Lottum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For sale due to trade–in: 1 head–end filling machine for full–grown compost, also possibility of simultaneous covering with casing soil, 2 conveyor belts. THILOT Holland BV Lottum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYvfvUidaU0jBtYd6UoP_6PBsZlIC3w-5B7nWKVe3bnY-LuGMS1iqZ_PIIE2hrpn0IUe9Ty6ayfSlNa06AdKL5JMaWZJnI_eRlu24VL9uDFS-Wa46e-66GpxOU7CdZ2QgY4-RWR_JY4K_uNKb5T6eNcVQDRKVJQ1CuJZ6fxgU7tdcexhNC0Y6ixS_Wrw/s1188/Kopvulmachines.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1188" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYvfvUidaU0jBtYd6UoP_6PBsZlIC3w-5B7nWKVe3bnY-LuGMS1iqZ_PIIE2hrpn0IUe9Ty6ayfSlNa06AdKL5JMaWZJnI_eRlu24VL9uDFS-Wa46e-66GpxOU7CdZ2QgY4-RWR_JY4K_uNKb5T6eNcVQDRKVJQ1CuJZ6fxgU7tdcexhNC0Y6ixS_Wrw/w640-h382/Kopvulmachines.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kopvulmachine or Head–End Filling Machines</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS6CbNHlvuk-Zftb18WNTpp39EwyEqSHOCrtnIDJQd_mFfwiRPTZp0TmzbTp1yjBRC9X7EyyI3s4Kl8HyIU4lSsUKLsqvKq9oZfWte8LTzOjMRPj4Y3uLp68X93lcTsdOIsxigG314SpegfZ5Pz_ZZxOy1FCbH-OzJH2ynfctYHxI8NIUzifwOaPJpb8/s2012/Kopvulmachines%20GTL%20Europe.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="2012" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS6CbNHlvuk-Zftb18WNTpp39EwyEqSHOCrtnIDJQd_mFfwiRPTZp0TmzbTp1yjBRC9X7EyyI3s4Kl8HyIU4lSsUKLsqvKq9oZfWte8LTzOjMRPj4Y3uLp68X93lcTsdOIsxigG314SpegfZ5Pz_ZZxOy1FCbH-OzJH2ynfctYHxI8NIUzifwOaPJpb8/w640-h450/Kopvulmachines%20GTL%20Europe.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">THILOT now is GTL Europe and they still produce kopvulmachines or head–end filling machines</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hoping this did clarify one more profound mushroom language word...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it sure does prove how <i><b>any error</b></i> does spread worldwide as one copies from each other with the use of Scraped Content...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related links:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2023/10/profound-mushroom-growing-terminology.html" target="_blank"><b>PROFOUND MUSHROOM GROWING TERMINOLOGY and its BLOOPERS</b></a> | previous post by me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2023/02/1987-growing-quality-profound-mushroom.html" target="_blank"><b>1987 GROWING QUALITY Profound Mushroom Growing Terminology </b></a>| previous post by me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2019/10/husband-pieters-design-for-campbell.html" target="_blank"><b>Husband Pieter's Design for the Campbell Mushroom Plants in Dublin, GA and Hillsboro, TX</b></a> | previous post by me</div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-47575885841154081462023-10-31T12:57:00.000-04:002023-10-31T18:29:46.298-04:00PROFOUND MUSHROOM GROWING TERMINOLOGY and its BLOOPERS<div style="text-align: center;"> It is indeed a special subject Mushroom Cultivation or Mushroom Growing with its very own <b>PROFOUND MUSHROOM GROWING TERMINOLOGY!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since over the years <b>numerous so–called consultants and other mushroom gurus</b> have surfaced, it is interesting to see their use of the English language.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Showing you some BLOOPERS:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnfk_R0y1r6q2V3D5OTZsDCFfrNeJBfuabtZNqfNiLE3bFZSDrv00dMnafw4a-y_MqZwFW-frQw7WH1EmEEcg7QxYpl92Qy4JA90AFTL6O_sEyDvB-lLpOF9l-gdgr9tfKTQhhVqJ-h9oxetilz_0aqAxnFfe1d7yRYrS3xVS67SSKK07b13cVkJCw3U/s2208/July%202021%20Mushroom%20Business%20New%20language%3F%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2208" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnfk_R0y1r6q2V3D5OTZsDCFfrNeJBfuabtZNqfNiLE3bFZSDrv00dMnafw4a-y_MqZwFW-frQw7WH1EmEEcg7QxYpl92Qy4JA90AFTL6O_sEyDvB-lLpOF9l-gdgr9tfKTQhhVqJ-h9oxetilz_0aqAxnFfe1d7yRYrS3xVS67SSKK07b13cVkJCw3U/w640-h326/July%202021%20Mushroom%20Business%20New%20language%3F%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guess this one got created by someonw with cramped fingers while typing...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fung ic lim <b>ate soultions</b> including</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Was it that hard to type <b>including fungi climatic solutions?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Vetdygxz2squCGS6GhK9QzmU5xdMXVBrkW6Yw-jkBYUWI5227NL1FxLA_m8Zv5tQVSwaQ_ZeYIOhZe399VmuCPzJDcOvxGlfc66bLSeFMSPEWIj9uRhGlQet96EAkDpnzXoZrJik7yZmxXPqJwsCchweTp9cA8sIjMJmsw2UstPaXoaoomVk-7psGaw/s1428/flash%20one.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="1428" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Vetdygxz2squCGS6GhK9QzmU5xdMXVBrkW6Yw-jkBYUWI5227NL1FxLA_m8Zv5tQVSwaQ_ZeYIOhZe399VmuCPzJDcOvxGlfc66bLSeFMSPEWIj9uRhGlQet96EAkDpnzXoZrJik7yZmxXPqJwsCchweTp9cA8sIjMJmsw2UstPaXoaoomVk-7psGaw/w640-h208/flash%20one.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep, if you don't date nor label your photos—those image numbers <b>DO SHOW...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the beginning of<b> flash</b> one...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A flash light might have been used when creating this photo but correctly we say:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>First Break.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Flushing is done for </b><b>the transition from vegetative to generative development</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See link below post for indepth information and explanation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdvw5vSmhKau9DV0SEXlCYLw5oubT6YVVb1asW-If7TshLYmaUEWhYXk8V2kAJiMYXjgIZTWBFsi5iosaB0JvajqyE_-ZI-O5MiQUVBJ2oG2agpBwyJUgA1uNLD98oxlLEAzfv_W0n62iHAea5dYS3zHd5Ruf_vaAENNaGQDxHULmhAHAEkGznTyvYKw/s1656/12%2029%2006%20Blow%20down,%20pinheading,%20spraying.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="1656" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdvw5vSmhKau9DV0SEXlCYLw5oubT6YVVb1asW-If7TshLYmaUEWhYXk8V2kAJiMYXjgIZTWBFsi5iosaB0JvajqyE_-ZI-O5MiQUVBJ2oG2agpBwyJUgA1uNLD98oxlLEAzfv_W0n62iHAea5dYS3zHd5Ruf_vaAENNaGQDxHULmhAHAEkGznTyvYKw/w640-h82/12%2029%2006%20Blow%20down,%20pinheading,%20spraying.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just like the use of <i><b>blow–down</b></i> instead of <b>cool–down or flushing.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Pinheading</b></i> should be <b>pinning</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Spraying</b></i> should be <b>watering as spraying indicates the use of pesticides.</b><br /><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxwM_41bwN9VgKGhBVCK-qW8wHloSg5poyj800OicdK1_jhkmR5EkG51vtlFiXrSPkL9b91kY3JWiM_x0pl9_E5FbTNd2hAWgmu5d-b71_x0qUi28W6SvoyUnUxzg6lAearePPgpo03bfe4jRV-DYz05LYZvlcyOgjKL1gqoKj8xbf4nveMC-O8jaC_A/s482/impregnated%20compost%20van%20Mevr.%20Bels%20boekje.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="482" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxwM_41bwN9VgKGhBVCK-qW8wHloSg5poyj800OicdK1_jhkmR5EkG51vtlFiXrSPkL9b91kY3JWiM_x0pl9_E5FbTNd2hAWgmu5d-b71_x0qUi28W6SvoyUnUxzg6lAearePPgpo03bfe4jRV-DYz05LYZvlcyOgjKL1gqoKj8xbf4nveMC-O8jaC_A/w640-h278/impregnated%20compost%20van%20Mevr.%20Bels%20boekje.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">supplement, to boost, <b>(impregnated compost)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">synthetics,<b> synthetic compost,</b> artificial manure</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guess with impregnated compost they just mean<b> at the moment of spawning or after that — full–grown compost...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">synthetics is used for fibers but not in here</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">artificial manure? Really?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Synthetic compost means compost made without horse manure but other natural ingredients.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWEmmPKMHk-4yOhInoRrdps0rQhIY0hpucpaHxa4yoafhir57Zx9fS6QCl7Zzs5jqqcdpwUCeZAlnzaOwUR36Jse7dUuVTLU61hKly-gqP_Xuz0vjIFHBh1Ar1lPTUrcP5eaxsJ6fwsv6C3rejJiJqHm5cHuCB8Sx9HTfKRQysMFvbdYvDHbKu3zmuVs/s1272/December%202020%20Head%20Fillers%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="1272" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWEmmPKMHk-4yOhInoRrdps0rQhIY0hpucpaHxa4yoafhir57Zx9fS6QCl7Zzs5jqqcdpwUCeZAlnzaOwUR36Jse7dUuVTLU61hKly-gqP_Xuz0vjIFHBh1Ar1lPTUrcP5eaxsJ6fwsv6C3rejJiJqHm5cHuCB8Sx9HTfKRQysMFvbdYvDHbKu3zmuVs/w640-h166/December%202020%20Head%20Fillers%201.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6YrBECMlOsaEXQVXQYSw7hLxAURryrhf7Eo6YaTkRW7W_4bwXwBG0W6YAhHrhyphenhyphenXb4rQf7ZhUlHpJKjrmXK776Wbaoz2a6ARZbbG4NfnLFBdujG1N_eFAQ7S1Luogsr5j5CZpTrSUfcxV87nAE6v2Tg-FW8RWIZ1Tzpw-wGiiJSVv4yVEgm66UQg5eGw/s800/December%202020%20Head%20Fillers%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="800" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6YrBECMlOsaEXQVXQYSw7hLxAURryrhf7Eo6YaTkRW7W_4bwXwBG0W6YAhHrhyphenhyphenXb4rQf7ZhUlHpJKjrmXK776Wbaoz2a6ARZbbG4NfnLFBdujG1N_eFAQ7S1Luogsr5j5CZpTrSUfcxV87nAE6v2Tg-FW8RWIZ1Tzpw-wGiiJSVv4yVEgm66UQg5eGw/w640-h612/December%202020%20Head%20Fillers%203.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Head fillers kept rolling off the production lines... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mushroom Business is an interesting magazine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW79BiAH5BhSSx_t-Wmx_HvtAcfdweE3UP9gQngfVHc1Ic47bBkIyKxL6f7EvUcDC_YMLzPsuiNC0lfHYYkjbn2yDb_A5HgrThXkIR0yQJmkUT8dsjk9bw_03_6LWaqC1_yzXyQjOxp_qD8d5gIJyElgbcYqp9FxgNFh5KTOC8M9PniUnAzuCOkBwDUoA/s964/Head%20Filling%20Machine.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="964" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW79BiAH5BhSSx_t-Wmx_HvtAcfdweE3UP9gQngfVHc1Ic47bBkIyKxL6f7EvUcDC_YMLzPsuiNC0lfHYYkjbn2yDb_A5HgrThXkIR0yQJmkUT8dsjk9bw_03_6LWaqC1_yzXyQjOxp_qD8d5gIJyElgbcYqp9FxgNFh5KTOC8M9PniUnAzuCOkBwDUoA/w640-h594/Head%20Filling%20Machine.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out our new head filling machine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All they in fact try to convey is — <b>the head end</b> filling machine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjrBGKtu8T1rPaZJ_8Rt4senAoHUv0a9RTe-aZG45zpjr1lmdGpQlvvRvpqXOeWLTdAfwaGJk-MF-zFhv8u2lRT00cfI7G6T0XZfV9oWbml2rkLegMYBUiBYv1X5S4SO8B0FIfsy_mjmjohmecWxUTLZx5RMmkUK4eMzF8po2WIgX51GttSIHEEiP9DE/s876/Interested%20in%20mushroom%20and%20plactic%20eating%20fungus.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="876" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjrBGKtu8T1rPaZJ_8Rt4senAoHUv0a9RTe-aZG45zpjr1lmdGpQlvvRvpqXOeWLTdAfwaGJk-MF-zFhv8u2lRT00cfI7G6T0XZfV9oWbml2rkLegMYBUiBYv1X5S4SO8B0FIfsy_mjmjohmecWxUTLZx5RMmkUK4eMzF8po2WIgX51GttSIHEEiP9DE/w640-h242/Interested%20in%20mushroom%20and%20plactic%20eating%20fungus.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Interested in mushroom and <b>plactic</b> eating fungus</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Interested in mushroom and <b>plastic</b> eating fungus</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Do microorganisms really EAT?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmvn2aFzz91LOfophwCR3eIaPtpWO9uuhyphenhyphennpLdZrTz_5DjoITSGX9MSSdoqpjhZl9ml5sTLDQcCubg-hZqnpKmJRrTBEy_RFUitm61Puc4fRFyh1rCYaIzFYfCKZ2v-iVVXangPKW5XR3ereYwB6MLPyLE4FtPrP2aReYE1sVOuTczOyrHPAqHrru9PI/s932/Noud%20Spetgens%20LinkedIn%20conveniolnele.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="932" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmvn2aFzz91LOfophwCR3eIaPtpWO9uuhyphenhyphennpLdZrTz_5DjoITSGX9MSSdoqpjhZl9ml5sTLDQcCubg-hZqnpKmJRrTBEy_RFUitm61Puc4fRFyh1rCYaIzFYfCKZ2v-iVVXangPKW5XR3ereYwB6MLPyLE4FtPrP2aReYE1sVOuTczOyrHPAqHrru9PI/w640-h280/Noud%20Spetgens%20LinkedIn%20conveniolnele.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Director Fresh food group/Bio Europe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Handel in Biologische en <b>conveniolnele</b> paddestoelen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Handel in Biologische en <b>conventionele</b> paddestoelen or <b>Trade in Organic and Conventional Mushrooms</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixlddwdvDy4m27fnDrTJd3RHEg6_DD0o8fOfRXCD-2cxtEpZ9sBKudElByqn6rwANlGtoEOZufaK_Z9AeOGLKnIAijTkVb5mx-O9715AB2CWMgPwzVs84yZzTKbGgvIIexsI5F6SjNyFo4BksF1QbOdQsPE7hagF4JC46VkP3L13CyJSVa2LQqxoY9y0/s1746/Trouble%20shouting%20Hay%20van%20den%20Eertwegh%20LinkedIn.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="1746" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixlddwdvDy4m27fnDrTJd3RHEg6_DD0o8fOfRXCD-2cxtEpZ9sBKudElByqn6rwANlGtoEOZufaK_Z9AeOGLKnIAijTkVb5mx-O9715AB2CWMgPwzVs84yZzTKbGgvIIexsI5F6SjNyFo4BksF1QbOdQsPE7hagF4JC46VkP3L13CyJSVa2LQqxoY9y0/w640-h134/Trouble%20shouting%20Hay%20van%20den%20Eertwegh%20LinkedIn.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trouble <b>shouting </b>and maintenance on Poultry, Pigs controllers, (national)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Guess he meant trouble shooting?! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gUf07gc5OTEhDUkJd-5aOh085RbYYSia3abrfEOD4wFdLvL2Y7KmKwLqGAsUj99RH7Gn2_-kiTvVp4-WRoXnMOK4EWt2usjIVSe_dKbusLBIaYE-uv4eqIuDCfMj0UU1lGj8xoQCrayR4nxcG4Va9gdh-W3a2vTvKs_mXopwrbz3f4FOmKIDeubspNU/s1542/Jan%20Gielen%20artificial%20intelligence.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1542" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gUf07gc5OTEhDUkJd-5aOh085RbYYSia3abrfEOD4wFdLvL2Y7KmKwLqGAsUj99RH7Gn2_-kiTvVp4-WRoXnMOK4EWt2usjIVSe_dKbusLBIaYE-uv4eqIuDCfMj0UU1lGj8xoQCrayR4nxcG4Va9gdh-W3a2vTvKs_mXopwrbz3f4FOmKIDeubspNU/w640-h358/Jan%20Gielen%20artificial%20intelligence.png" width="640" /></a><br />Well, if all else fails you can always get this<b> growing assistant based on artificial intelligence.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The problem often is that it is mainly<b> based on 'borrowed' intelligence... and mostly from just scraped content.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related link:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2023/02/1987-growing-quality-profound-mushroom.html" target="_blank"><b>1987 GROWING QUALITY Profound Mushroom Growing Terminology </b></a>| previous post by me</div></div></div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-39236629533087873062023-10-15T15:00:00.004-04:002024-01-11T15:51:41.217-05:00Niagara Falls with Sister Diny<div style="text-align: center;"> Since my sister Diny would be staying with us for a full month, together with her significant other, we had planned a trip to the Niagara Falls in Canada.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjrbtSsty2jCGgM6qzJUqapd5fCjofFEMolE9jKojbVzzkVdmi0k2nhisO8TcGzybYz5mUoedkwu1_CgYnd2rfM063Grf2zmLGaLQFiaicitihnFoiS_qU29oDtBk4x2HwSdbQsQcAX7NO_bASc7ECkgTfhaR5UonhLRnxpHwm5EvPkhL670OvhocHi0/s2560/09%2020%2007%201%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjrbtSsty2jCGgM6qzJUqapd5fCjofFEMolE9jKojbVzzkVdmi0k2nhisO8TcGzybYz5mUoedkwu1_CgYnd2rfM063Grf2zmLGaLQFiaicitihnFoiS_qU29oDtBk4x2HwSdbQsQcAX7NO_bASc7ECkgTfhaR5UonhLRnxpHwm5EvPkhL670OvhocHi0/w640-h480/09%2020%2007%201%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a sight from our room 2329 at the Marriott</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Niagara Falls with Rainbow... on September 20, 2007</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTtMYYEvgAZ2H-jtTSBp8sV0b1KosUWFevIsewW5LvbEd_Z0LZ0oeXgnlrwRiz6rlrWM90kQtMuzM7b4oBKezvmGgYtfM09_m-UukzpCG0jqMLvOZAZ4xNgz0MYqPfjjOsa5xNL8JVjrp-L_Zx7i99HiTJ2mwUthHBBa45qG_P-wF4Pf34uj5tJbMo2P8/s2560/09%2020%2007%202%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTtMYYEvgAZ2H-jtTSBp8sV0b1KosUWFevIsewW5LvbEd_Z0LZ0oeXgnlrwRiz6rlrWM90kQtMuzM7b4oBKezvmGgYtfM09_m-UukzpCG0jqMLvOZAZ4xNgz0MYqPfjjOsa5xNL8JVjrp-L_Zx7i99HiTJ2mwUthHBBa45qG_P-wF4Pf34uj5tJbMo2P8/w640-h480/09%2020%2007%202%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A different view and as you can see, we were very lucky with the weather!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HdsHfhg-dxlIfnM2EBrcz5FgghOght-4uSPWlsJCItPxVB80FHBlvveKLQAAObRUGPStZuVU4ZoNDKjYnkWxwOjUaPhzoLHWvB2TzTsgfzQt3Sb78OyAVJJNxQyxC_A_ab2lEdj51VZHHiM3U7eBjY0sba9Ykq1Iac1BYRk46Owj1dfStg5Lf00kLmE/s496/09%2020%2007%20We%20were%20at%20the%2023rd%20floor%20=%20TOP%20FLOOR.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="496" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HdsHfhg-dxlIfnM2EBrcz5FgghOght-4uSPWlsJCItPxVB80FHBlvveKLQAAObRUGPStZuVU4ZoNDKjYnkWxwOjUaPhzoLHWvB2TzTsgfzQt3Sb78OyAVJJNxQyxC_A_ab2lEdj51VZHHiM3U7eBjY0sba9Ykq1Iac1BYRk46Owj1dfStg5Lf00kLmE/w640-h490/09%2020%2007%20We%20were%20at%20the%2023rd%20floor%20=%20TOP%20FLOOR.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, via Internet I'd managed to get us a room with the Niagara Falls view on their TOP floor 23!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfA5fzZfznKzHH-vubVj8b4Yn1z8_Jaw1YEUkmIhRuXYGy4d48GAyUIIhugDKP_CxEC9OfvUt1Ltbf_F6roVaORZHo-iV_es-3hVBhdhNC5V1MX1SWb7F4THbX9h1d4EvAz5K8nYrVaVI7_XpkT-Z5f4WH96iwmuJ0ua5Rf3YI_BuyGEF5Qjc5cS1jV9E/s2560/09%2020%2007%207%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfA5fzZfznKzHH-vubVj8b4Yn1z8_Jaw1YEUkmIhRuXYGy4d48GAyUIIhugDKP_CxEC9OfvUt1Ltbf_F6roVaORZHo-iV_es-3hVBhdhNC5V1MX1SWb7F4THbX9h1d4EvAz5K8nYrVaVI7_XpkT-Z5f4WH96iwmuJ0ua5Rf3YI_BuyGEF5Qjc5cS1jV9E/w640-h480/09%2020%2007%207%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lunch at the restaurant of Marriott</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">overlooking the Falls</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lHYjFx8NdoT51O5B_JXY-d4qEj5NrQBUPhvxNXSg1LW8yryibDxzj7TWQl5UFbYbtOUAswpoHIQ-gahAO5lh08K7sPoW20w_a08wPk4VK0DSQ1LxaPmMYRa2GM0vJMsB4ma6Ce7TGot_3QY65GmC3BixHtyBULQdUl4uK_xZGCiryzHpMrc448G0apo/s2291/09%2020%2007%208%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2291" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lHYjFx8NdoT51O5B_JXY-d4qEj5NrQBUPhvxNXSg1LW8yryibDxzj7TWQl5UFbYbtOUAswpoHIQ-gahAO5lh08K7sPoW20w_a08wPk4VK0DSQ1LxaPmMYRa2GM0vJMsB4ma6Ce7TGot_3QY65GmC3BixHtyBULQdUl4uK_xZGCiryzHpMrc448G0apo/w640-h512/09%2020%2007%208%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joop, me and sister Diny</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wearing my favorite silk jacket from Escada...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho32fU4ITiQRqGKQQVhd1sBOgbn5AGESvDL7PcHdhII1aeHA_2raRhEO0RZ0mgxAiIfSij8cceTu4VJovSzn8vzmiXrLiYRPAhsO_-4na1pQUjvTgbDUmp0IqgVLe4effn2Duj2twSpWhQiJkZGqrBGwS6MWEv8OPvavHwTujrkSAPxddp6whA2SaGPdE/s2560/09%2020%2007%209%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho32fU4ITiQRqGKQQVhd1sBOgbn5AGESvDL7PcHdhII1aeHA_2raRhEO0RZ0mgxAiIfSij8cceTu4VJovSzn8vzmiXrLiYRPAhsO_-4na1pQUjvTgbDUmp0IqgVLe4effn2Duj2twSpWhQiJkZGqrBGwS6MWEv8OPvavHwTujrkSAPxddp6whA2SaGPdE/w640-h480/09%2020%2007%209%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feeling happy for having reached our destination...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jgii4yVymKaFzXbSdA87eAtGxZGkBPeX6YkVp1YwMJXVWEsgSwhrjWUP26ZupYjPz4vWKngRJh4_uPZm-515twLy4iATaaSLC_kp1k3cRlA3ecDn49-UM0C8OzYX6Lp9kiGcRGON-NWGrg24qczZZRRsch16u9sQTlliw6UbBhsQs2rmBGzB01d0Dds/s2277/09%2020%2007%2010%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1991" data-original-width="2277" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jgii4yVymKaFzXbSdA87eAtGxZGkBPeX6YkVp1YwMJXVWEsgSwhrjWUP26ZupYjPz4vWKngRJh4_uPZm-515twLy4iATaaSLC_kp1k3cRlA3ecDn49-UM0C8OzYX6Lp9kiGcRGON-NWGrg24qczZZRRsch16u9sQTlliw6UbBhsQs2rmBGzB01d0Dds/w640-h560/09%2020%2007%2010%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a perfect day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_UbAPILyRbqdSUKqspheAZfWZBs4D6486XpaQbgIJsrLSizu34oI4hqki5_JXTw7ZUoiGJafN0nPvdEZ7XKYQCEfHvIXg_rjnX9AZ_0JQ2jSQ40BxFHXxLjUxLXefftTEYg_JBErZdRFLdVbR5kkQ0t8ffEyX9QAhGLBFJ6UMAOinZkl90FMDmUlAu0/s2191/09%2020%2007%2011%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2191" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_UbAPILyRbqdSUKqspheAZfWZBs4D6486XpaQbgIJsrLSizu34oI4hqki5_JXTw7ZUoiGJafN0nPvdEZ7XKYQCEfHvIXg_rjnX9AZ_0JQ2jSQ40BxFHXxLjUxLXefftTEYg_JBErZdRFLdVbR5kkQ0t8ffEyX9QAhGLBFJ6UMAOinZkl90FMDmUlAu0/w640-h522/09%2020%2007%2011%20Niagara%20Falls.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Diny with Pieter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We went to Hyatt Place in Roanoke Virginia for our first night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next day, Pieter drives first and then we let Diny drive into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—a historic moment for Joop. By 18:00 we leave the museum and shops at Gettysburg after an ice cream and beer for Joop at a terrace. A long ride of 310 km for me in heavy traffic to Morristown in New Jersey where we spent the night at the Hyatt Summerfield Suites. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next day we went to the Woodbury Commons Premium Outlet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then Pieter drives the first stretch towards the Niagara Falls and at Whitney Point, New York he gassed up and I do the rest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next day we stayed at the Hyatt Summerfield Suites in East Norristown, Pennsylvania for two nights.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did go to the Campbell's Headquarters in New Jersey and stocked up on our favorite Godiva dark chocolate with raspberries. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over the Ben Franklin Bridge I drove them to Shillington, Pennsylvania where we used to live and we visited antique stores in Adamstown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next day we went to Hyatt Summerfield Suites in Charlotte, North Carolina after a stop at Replacements Ltd. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Home next day... For our Infiniti FX35 we accumulated 4,896 km with 520 liters gas at $ 416</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJl-QJVTTBqX297AkfS7mDwXINvuX99g4-5i6WPDUZiykX5l5LAXi39Tn1DTrhX19wjojZQVPfxRIu2kmEVCAZJ05dcVKI4Z4Z2ULIOh-7nTe5Y9V9Tx98WKSfyWZ4Qs3nOqMwcRi2vwqYx5JHmJhBCjIdGwp32NojGUmnKJzRsv2dO2D4uHCmCEg0OM/s1437/Horst%20Kiev%20photo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="1437" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJl-QJVTTBqX297AkfS7mDwXINvuX99g4-5i6WPDUZiykX5l5LAXi39Tn1DTrhX19wjojZQVPfxRIu2kmEVCAZJ05dcVKI4Z4Z2ULIOh-7nTe5Y9V9Tx98WKSfyWZ4Qs3nOqMwcRi2vwqYx5JHmJhBCjIdGwp32NojGUmnKJzRsv2dO2D4uHCmCEg0OM/w640-h274/Horst%20Kiev%20photo.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhFfddHLmz_y_B4AyxHHwIDBCT5ulRH2rl2RHjvMRh7CLzeRCwYcMysuo2T1tmSL1G65MWTvfVbSbUDl9-ATkQ2UtpllxmsNOiV9u6EbCG7v2ubR4FikefIL5oBpZVIt1EavgLkITuQsffZ8XzhendyvxoocrhufigfDHo4AexW4Bai3pI2ezrk7D7_k/s372/Horst%20Kiev%201918%20km.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="372" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhFfddHLmz_y_B4AyxHHwIDBCT5ulRH2rl2RHjvMRh7CLzeRCwYcMysuo2T1tmSL1G65MWTvfVbSbUDl9-ATkQ2UtpllxmsNOiV9u6EbCG7v2ubR4FikefIL5oBpZVIt1EavgLkITuQsffZ8XzhendyvxoocrhufigfDHo4AexW4Bai3pI2ezrk7D7_k/w400-h348/Horst%20Kiev%201918%20km.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From my hometown of Horst, The Netherlands that would be the equivalent of traveling to Kiev in the Ukraine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UjvjFXQ6wsKNXFRsUR5HMTgTjIExn4xuV17x3UpIJgIygYHFt_MSIhCWm4LkKmn_UDpv8WALT7ZdJDQv7ST64u1UZcpnROK3LxKEky_CXYiuXt3pVG7IB9n4d_SLl8vhe6SlKLzqkvZXjP0I5VEYroIgMifnbOvUI3oZatGEFMeZkE3bd_tLZHM9md8/s938/Horst%20Madrid.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="938" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UjvjFXQ6wsKNXFRsUR5HMTgTjIExn4xuV17x3UpIJgIygYHFt_MSIhCWm4LkKmn_UDpv8WALT7ZdJDQv7ST64u1UZcpnROK3LxKEky_CXYiuXt3pVG7IB9n4d_SLl8vhe6SlKLzqkvZXjP0I5VEYroIgMifnbOvUI3oZatGEFMeZkE3bd_tLZHM9md8/w640-h512/Horst%20Madrid.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptu7dMFozPVIlTMOq1Svdscrmfl2mY7bX6NM0wOKIGXvVNYTC90swzNmi8tLt7bsVd193CbG71VIOZxp0Nq69tOCyPLIEEX9sjIWajgZ2G1d8PmpxzhPSZ30GHhvhIcPEDpWtyrz5FDAPmoKEuy2ItjWc3yVRmFScXpAbXLnpEI7XC6U4NX2Y5KKzXdI/s1430/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="1430" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptu7dMFozPVIlTMOq1Svdscrmfl2mY7bX6NM0wOKIGXvVNYTC90swzNmi8tLt7bsVd193CbG71VIOZxp0Nq69tOCyPLIEEX9sjIWajgZ2G1d8PmpxzhPSZ30GHhvhIcPEDpWtyrz5FDAPmoKEuy2ItjWc3yVRmFScXpAbXLnpEI7XC6U4NX2Y5KKzXdI/w640-h170/Picture1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>But we found this in our guest book for an entire month of hosting them...<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While visiting my Uncle Louis in Broken Hill, NSW/Australia he discussed the vastness of their country and ours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He too had to pick up relatives from the airport—the big one long distance, not their local airport where I flew in from Melbourne on a weekend while working there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My aunt Nelly with her husband came to Australia for two months and Uncle Louis toured 6,000 km with them...</div><div style="text-align: center;">That sure did top off our mileage but he wanted to share that as there is so much difference between these continents.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related links:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2023/10/6th-namc-and-niagara-falls.html" target="_blank"><b>6th NAMC and Niagara Falls</b></a> | previous post by me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2018/04/visiting-uncle-louis-in-australian.html" target="_blank"><b>Visiting Uncle Louis in the Australian Outback of Broken Hill, NSW</b></a> | previous post by me</div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-86844726002841051822023-10-05T20:00:00.220-04:002023-10-05T20:02:05.669-04:006th NAMC and Niagara Falls<div style="text-align: center;"> For the 6th North American Mushroom Conference we both traveled on July 15 of 1986 to Pennstate, Pennsylvania where we had the reception at Elks Country Club.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Always great to see many international mushroom friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had lectures at Penn State next two days.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On July 17 we got up at 6:15 AM and after breakfast Pieter's colleague dropped us off at the 1st charterbus stop and we rode by bus towards the Niagara Falls </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4AJzTNxIJWC-4qhgZvxTsO2u-9hQ3cvJ9bf7goQncpXm4XTyKq3puA69TWArY6sO_sxOtSSGNWgaGCg35Oale-bcTfTFtftvy1-2X3avCFTM4yb7pIY9yPsSV3XRwQ0tvRNNJLVOP99VykdCjOgwuMI1aQpw7WrzERzp2KpFg_NuskLgH1jRuRGOwlA/s1743/07%2018%2086%20%20Arrival%20at%20hotel%20Sheraton%20Foxhead%20Niagara%20Falls%20Baljit%20Nanda.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1743" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4AJzTNxIJWC-4qhgZvxTsO2u-9hQ3cvJ9bf7goQncpXm4XTyKq3puA69TWArY6sO_sxOtSSGNWgaGCg35Oale-bcTfTFtftvy1-2X3avCFTM4yb7pIY9yPsSV3XRwQ0tvRNNJLVOP99VykdCjOgwuMI1aQpw7WrzERzp2KpFg_NuskLgH1jRuRGOwlA/w640-h432/07%2018%2086%20%20Arrival%20at%20hotel%20Sheraton%20Foxhead%20Niagara%20Falls%20Baljit%20Nanda.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Baljit Nanda, Pieter and myself</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Klaus Grabbe from Germany, me and Pieter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We laughed about the size of that sundae!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdp-QDFtsSuQAAebStRjpr942-qmqJ8oMnXZCKJ7PqnQK3mhUarcf-M4CtR7ghiEe2KIkh584rLUXqZpt-aRo3em0lBhYzeCh_md3KQ3zF3LV506CbNQ2JDBzwMenO8w9teZdueroR45t36cEcTrbYSRIJRX7sVUQIoFQvQmylbtvG7DzwfYmVu6sY3s/s1779/07%2018%2086%20%20Niagara%20Falls.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1779" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdp-QDFtsSuQAAebStRjpr942-qmqJ8oMnXZCKJ7PqnQK3mhUarcf-M4CtR7ghiEe2KIkh584rLUXqZpt-aRo3em0lBhYzeCh_md3KQ3zF3LV506CbNQ2JDBzwMenO8w9teZdueroR45t36cEcTrbYSRIJRX7sVUQIoFQvQmylbtvG7DzwfYmVu6sY3s/w640-h454/07%2018%2086%20%20Niagara%20Falls.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We arrived by bus around 17:15 and did walk around</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaLUa-NbrdDZ5iCR0LmV1VSKA7A8zkWozjLNv0Yb9y0G8H7KCmYo-YJY-XnnhX9wJEnD7p85f9cz9V0JUdn57VUt2M0JqoPfhKxF1DvVSN-JChRFWry0yC69P9uSPN3cW8go1V-BovHKBCkxlBOCS7Z1H-lPPDzFGiati-zQSqhpNrmttxKaynY9Vlos/s1741/07%2018%2086%20%20Guess%20indeed%20from%20our%20room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="1741" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaLUa-NbrdDZ5iCR0LmV1VSKA7A8zkWozjLNv0Yb9y0G8H7KCmYo-YJY-XnnhX9wJEnD7p85f9cz9V0JUdn57VUt2M0JqoPfhKxF1DvVSN-JChRFWry0yC69P9uSPN3cW8go1V-BovHKBCkxlBOCS7Z1H-lPPDzFGiati-zQSqhpNrmttxKaynY9Vlos/w640-h424/07%2018%2086%20%20Guess%20indeed%20from%20our%20room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View from our room...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFj9HXc_KotXY5ttwG6aTBvwLyKHDFiGOU440NHhxqWtRPIGgEFao5_qq9FVdi9eN0qxCcYuJS06mDZhdwc1nkxURMYXZHvlyBtoR82CKkXb3yHp85n9HSTl2LNhvAmkJhWZaykkajGr3Bmv2_2048ydxNgtY3gz8vcXIwTTRInWDfcRAc3KiJmnqe1I/s1756/07%2018%2086%203%20%20From%20restaurant%20on%20top.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1756" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFj9HXc_KotXY5ttwG6aTBvwLyKHDFiGOU440NHhxqWtRPIGgEFao5_qq9FVdi9eN0qxCcYuJS06mDZhdwc1nkxURMYXZHvlyBtoR82CKkXb3yHp85n9HSTl2LNhvAmkJhWZaykkajGr3Bmv2_2048ydxNgtY3gz8vcXIwTTRInWDfcRAc3KiJmnqe1I/w640-h426/07%2018%2086%203%20%20From%20restaurant%20on%20top.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful gardens below...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7TGdDwkr0PJ0lsvGO6Px5OTE2ZJza1h2vV5kKg-MMgA1ypSZQLpERMMHJoAU65zuXK6njRTlY5xmRxiKs13tSdcKcHm3YDAricRpIoAU7Xw-WqkvVBBsequf4Mq1dbC_9ur1N0xT3DgiMlOknFJOhuGqKnVl-alalm4GGM3RJPBgcfhhbFG_LFkNxGk/s1715/07%2018%2086%204%20Guess%20this%20is%20from%20our%20room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="1715" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7TGdDwkr0PJ0lsvGO6Px5OTE2ZJza1h2vV5kKg-MMgA1ypSZQLpERMMHJoAU65zuXK6njRTlY5xmRxiKs13tSdcKcHm3YDAricRpIoAU7Xw-WqkvVBBsequf4Mq1dbC_9ur1N0xT3DgiMlOknFJOhuGqKnVl-alalm4GGM3RJPBgcfhhbFG_LFkNxGk/w640-h434/07%2018%2086%204%20Guess%20this%20is%20from%20our%20room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quite a view...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Sct2SukF6RY3th_85aumsmwUKv1ngqtnwm5gcLZMyGxTS5DmzQq4QcU7aWNwQxOpreF4yHBkkqOB7-YQztU2crO6ibuKxfayrvuSAHX9pRPfeiy0nGGLh2oV6grSNM0Rgkbr2XvfrtuMWhK_kfHNa3XStmE1MON4lEEjtDx1dMPGZbodESWyZaGlkss/s1421/07%2018%2086%205%20Pieter%20in%20front%20of%20the%20Niagara%20Falls.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1421" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Sct2SukF6RY3th_85aumsmwUKv1ngqtnwm5gcLZMyGxTS5DmzQq4QcU7aWNwQxOpreF4yHBkkqOB7-YQztU2crO6ibuKxfayrvuSAHX9pRPfeiy0nGGLh2oV6grSNM0Rgkbr2XvfrtuMWhK_kfHNa3XStmE1MON4lEEjtDx1dMPGZbodESWyZaGlkss/w640-h446/07%2018%2086%205%20Pieter%20in%20front%20of%20the%20Niagara%20Falls.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was already getting dark...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AGdEniyfAD6IqmSSdYBFcJalvFVphWGXVzA8LYYKocRJyiaOFNBlGtgNfcpKfwtmXfM8N5V1dTG4a9mwK0o3B3hKcVeapRDdJkhcFeyZoDYdcG4Ju0shiz9fG2MlsqsMMRPeFtw14pDnxsMMo-fIrfEE2B_oepPtUDG58R0biyiafvvVj4OEPN2gLBU/s1721/07%2018%2086%206%20For%20only%20one%20night%20here....jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="1721" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AGdEniyfAD6IqmSSdYBFcJalvFVphWGXVzA8LYYKocRJyiaOFNBlGtgNfcpKfwtmXfM8N5V1dTG4a9mwK0o3B3hKcVeapRDdJkhcFeyZoDYdcG4Ju0shiz9fG2MlsqsMMRPeFtw14pDnxsMMo-fIrfEE2B_oepPtUDG58R0biyiafvvVj4OEPN2gLBU/w640-h438/07%2018%2086%206%20For%20only%20one%20night%20here....jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But nevertheless an awesome experience for being there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC70lOKaODAFGTPVTvd7ba0JxXb4gnE8mf6rMyVwIeKK7NQ1GWXJRvSURJLNdp9Bzebzxj-Jwd0mvndOfn3Ow8yxAr5t-1owyEAxGLE0-lDIanLDGEMjG3qJqJk3MpWy2RAgUGoUDOE-p4WI9qqXla3Y89TOiXSYLlw76wIIXiHRc-0-cZ58vGSmkNhg/s1739/07%2018%2086%207%20We%20walked%20around.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1739" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC70lOKaODAFGTPVTvd7ba0JxXb4gnE8mf6rMyVwIeKK7NQ1GWXJRvSURJLNdp9Bzebzxj-Jwd0mvndOfn3Ow8yxAr5t-1owyEAxGLE0-lDIanLDGEMjG3qJqJk3MpWy2RAgUGoUDOE-p4WI9qqXla3Y89TOiXSYLlw76wIIXiHRc-0-cZ58vGSmkNhg/w640-h432/07%2018%2086%207%20We%20walked%20around.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quite a sight</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlhHzF7HcEK4qmRRzb19maWo7ggCOHjw9aWjncX9C6dyxPKwuEhiTxICIlU37xEH6pD6BnhOiiCQ47p3BJLwBZBTMNkYJj9iaNMMiIx4JyhQFTUCF5_UQaUEkew1OKxrvKO9O0DB09GJcd4YX_Uiu_IbC9B8oPfW63jfiRjjeuReUVWjwzMSeOP-17ak/s1744/07%2018%2086%208%20Bye%20Bye,%20we'll%20be%20back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1744" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlhHzF7HcEK4qmRRzb19maWo7ggCOHjw9aWjncX9C6dyxPKwuEhiTxICIlU37xEH6pD6BnhOiiCQ47p3BJLwBZBTMNkYJj9iaNMMiIx4JyhQFTUCF5_UQaUEkew1OKxrvKO9O0DB09GJcd4YX_Uiu_IbC9B8oPfW63jfiRjjeuReUVWjwzMSeOP-17ak/w640-h430/07%2018%2086%208%20Bye%20Bye,%20we'll%20be%20back.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Different angle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi899hfAXohxyp9Dl19UM7-L8L-50WK8nvJT9Bc0beIGM9dxv9DN0_0PglSrSoXxMOmTvedaOHuDRBL1J81pxVuc2vi7XvViOmIcXgEeEkrSCgjE_o4huqCTG5J-aMsvqjkMZDic4JqMxbZGAGpaLBtqMWr15M7lvmPQKPFaOFe2aAO-bBCYNdJQPfVBMk/s1166/07%2018%2086%209%20Getting%20dark....jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1166" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi899hfAXohxyp9Dl19UM7-L8L-50WK8nvJT9Bc0beIGM9dxv9DN0_0PglSrSoXxMOmTvedaOHuDRBL1J81pxVuc2vi7XvViOmIcXgEeEkrSCgjE_o4huqCTG5J-aMsvqjkMZDic4JqMxbZGAGpaLBtqMWr15M7lvmPQKPFaOFe2aAO-bBCYNdJQPfVBMk/w640-h492/07%2018%2086%209%20Getting%20dark....jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter with his Pennstate Unitversity sweater</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkl354iDPXGAXZS5OdyGllbD5HShZnYZ9SVhOUizfozN57mzsyGvo4MkJWAPfFX8RhEwZ5FIIObMVUUleSxEfR9NfQkb-6sfUWwFeKaFIpZE6AS_6bY0xE2tOtzVgkOFdyVNAv92Brz_N3QXpbEdwDzqmsDxapZdAx9XvXu1y9Cl7VY_RJiBW_aMRZq8/s1739/07%2018%2086%2010%20For%20plants%20the%20ideal%20climate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1739" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkl354iDPXGAXZS5OdyGllbD5HShZnYZ9SVhOUizfozN57mzsyGvo4MkJWAPfFX8RhEwZ5FIIObMVUUleSxEfR9NfQkb-6sfUWwFeKaFIpZE6AS_6bY0xE2tOtzVgkOFdyVNAv92Brz_N3QXpbEdwDzqmsDxapZdAx9XvXu1y9Cl7VY_RJiBW_aMRZq8/w640-h438/07%2018%2086%2010%20For%20plants%20the%20ideal%20climate.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sure the climate is perfect for a lush garden!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We enjoyed a nice dinner with view of the Niagara Falls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Several people from my home town of Horst, The Netherlands were attending the Conference as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By 22:00 we went to our room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6k0a81s8lEt_B-xt9iT9hqSrT9WsiTbqUTy7UaoeQKjJDIL5Yf4lQL8YUZufV3tWa6qvTliZndDTvodsviBTADEIGAxCi8yagRxw9BnnQhHyl8PnPnPxUtI65oax5U7gPrchYASn-D8MyA9i1LeuDAfGnmAyEa51bNMvyisEMFDWhyxgDoZwTJHjQr8/s1340/07%2019%2086%20%20Barbecu%20at%20Vineland%20Station%20P%20no%20glasses%20in%20center%20&%20I'm%20in%20yellow%20sweater.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1340" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6k0a81s8lEt_B-xt9iT9hqSrT9WsiTbqUTy7UaoeQKjJDIL5Yf4lQL8YUZufV3tWa6qvTliZndDTvodsviBTADEIGAxCi8yagRxw9BnnQhHyl8PnPnPxUtI65oax5U7gPrchYASn-D8MyA9i1LeuDAfGnmAyEa51bNMvyisEMFDWhyxgDoZwTJHjQr8/w640-h452/07%2019%2086%20%20Barbecu%20at%20Vineland%20Station%20P%20no%20glasses%20in%20center%20&%20I'm%20in%20yellow%20sweater.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieter is center photo in plaid shirt and I'm opposite him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Next day we left by 10:00 for Vineland Research & Innovation Centre where we got to see their horticulture and fruitgrowing under glass such as kiwis and peaches<b> after wine and beer in their garden with a good barbecue.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of wedding couples came to take pictures in their beautiful garden. Situated 100 m from Lake Ontaria, a peninsula with mild climate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbse1w5hncIjD7gHnb5g5zHiKCqSyFOj4jU60jFb9S9XG1znReUAU17K-VzcTe-nMB2Hqvd3_udZWEpZtz0lpUjUZrCq7qu87ZSV4_3gwCVsW_eHE1_DBalqAbP3mzDggGkP6m8he8qwxJZnIhyG1AY2a3ld2G8eTnObB0oUR9PPQ4UjM3ZxhuTi8Nyn0/s1765/1986%20%20Toronto%20Hilton%20Harbour%20Castle%20Hotel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1765" data-original-width="1183" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbse1w5hncIjD7gHnb5g5zHiKCqSyFOj4jU60jFb9S9XG1znReUAU17K-VzcTe-nMB2Hqvd3_udZWEpZtz0lpUjUZrCq7qu87ZSV4_3gwCVsW_eHE1_DBalqAbP3mzDggGkP6m8he8qwxJZnIhyG1AY2a3ld2G8eTnObB0oUR9PPQ4UjM3ZxhuTi8Nyn0/w428-h640/1986%20%20Toronto%20Hilton%20Harbour%20Castle%20Hotel.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From there we went by bus to Toronto to our Hilton Harbor Castle and after unpacking we walked into the city.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa19lUTuuBt9XTd5bTICSWc1Sj9Z9qHBIVYiFUmlhkvUv1tk2MhIM-1pJt4Q2qujDGIP4GdFTlZfL1tN30nHgg_JdDMPqVrE8IJ4HthH131UWYKHtiQXXFN94AmVF6kWv_K2q1euZJlBo0RB8vjzD7j9VN6KqIhuKKtPfwjr_fj1BLO9WMMyidcT2pZ0/s1640/St.%20Michaael's%20R.C.%20Cathedral%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="1035" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa19lUTuuBt9XTd5bTICSWc1Sj9Z9qHBIVYiFUmlhkvUv1tk2MhIM-1pJt4Q2qujDGIP4GdFTlZfL1tN30nHgg_JdDMPqVrE8IJ4HthH131UWYKHtiQXXFN94AmVF6kWv_K2q1euZJlBo0RB8vjzD7j9VN6KqIhuKKtPfwjr_fj1BLO9WMMyidcT2pZ0/w404-h640/St.%20Michaael's%20R.C.%20Cathedral%20a.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Sunday July 20, we got up at 10:00 and went on foot to St. Michaels Cathedral for the 12:00 Mass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gQWkwyV8g1r8zvAmGjxdOmpW5mBtZXU8ZYcizjRXIyKvZYxCSvmgQb4halTWecx1zXcLmfl5SEgZeQ81DCf8Gd18AkYEvSyd-WhKP96siIbbt4TF-3jaSWtHpKLdYRwSWobQMDIapJ2S7p-3eQzxwMMcloCLRWCYcJLLYukxpjt_LUMihkwpQK9rPd4/s1176/St.%20Michaael's%20R.C.%20Cathedral.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1013" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gQWkwyV8g1r8zvAmGjxdOmpW5mBtZXU8ZYcizjRXIyKvZYxCSvmgQb4halTWecx1zXcLmfl5SEgZeQ81DCf8Gd18AkYEvSyd-WhKP96siIbbt4TF-3jaSWtHpKLdYRwSWobQMDIapJ2S7p-3eQzxwMMcloCLRWCYcJLLYukxpjt_LUMihkwpQK9rPd4/w552-h640/St.%20Michaael's%20R.C.%20Cathedral.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWgaN3T4Jo4WUo7yaHskTIfsDd26lIGLu_-ZV8QyBkU4rN2ta5H78tyu7deGpiDL10rj-wiM3uUHdXK5HQSH7AhanQE9cWquzuBZAwOakJlrrJhXCTZoiHdR8pypR45mPIHfAGISe7A9QgNi781kGwquiUglS4j3lFfXh3AdMVeSeShabKnv3zDrlREM/s1162/St.%20Michael's%20R.C.%20Cahtedral.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWgaN3T4Jo4WUo7yaHskTIfsDd26lIGLu_-ZV8QyBkU4rN2ta5H78tyu7deGpiDL10rj-wiM3uUHdXK5HQSH7AhanQE9cWquzuBZAwOakJlrrJhXCTZoiHdR8pypR45mPIHfAGISe7A9QgNi781kGwquiUglS4j3lFfXh3AdMVeSeShabKnv3zDrlREM/w564-h640/St.%20Michael's%20R.C.%20Cahtedral.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Michael's R.C. Cathedral opened in 1848</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No iPhone back than with GPS info...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We further enjoyed the Conference where Pieter was speaker and panelist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Had hoped to receive his lecture from Geoff Price but nope...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did partially post about it:<span style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2015/08/toronto-canada-then-and-now.html" target="_blank"><b>{Toronto Canada Then and Now}</b></a> ←click link.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-54261800783775620592023-09-23T20:00:00.144-04:002023-09-24T02:39:48.948-04:00P.J.C. Vedder on Mushroom Cultivation during Technology Transfer Seminar—Pre–Wet<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Starting off, <b>with our gratitude towards Mushrooms Canada</b>, for allowing us to use their video.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWpM9mUG74W727E2BJ8990doYzojJLVtZuRiNCKceiiUBqPtHvS9zw_l_203U21A0tl8EnlZG8fSH_-JKnvGwP7pfbuCValGR7SV5v4G5I1Z8mlatEYp94jtx8iXL3w6lFj-QyzRQOApE2pqzRiODpTvHEmi9wW8E8ngdrL5XktIASeUaKEru2Xmu2UPM/s400/10%2004%2098%20Pieter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="400" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWpM9mUG74W727E2BJ8990doYzojJLVtZuRiNCKceiiUBqPtHvS9zw_l_203U21A0tl8EnlZG8fSH_-JKnvGwP7pfbuCValGR7SV5v4G5I1Z8mlatEYp94jtx8iXL3w6lFj-QyzRQOApE2pqzRiODpTvHEmi9wW8E8ngdrL5XktIASeUaKEru2Xmu2UPM/w400-h388/10%2004%2098%20Pieter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pieter J.C. Vedder Author of <a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>modern mushroom growing 2020 harvesting</b></span></a> (click link)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>For all those that never met him in person, as an educator, see video below.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWh5nwZcfGDBNaMDkXIPpR_p7y9gGa7QauTL-i-0eKgr1eNCUe6brLx3FniSp1XFUF3ty3XUoH9L3J6VNRLzb3m2bYy2JI_n1G0vh9kPpNYKH9IdI3909ftVgML7YPD9RE2A-2WictWtYpY6PTwuiSDciPt5MSGPhSGPtyIkAK6m7eRwIje0NurUqXSPo/s640/1%20pre%E2%80%93wetting.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="638" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWh5nwZcfGDBNaMDkXIPpR_p7y9gGa7QauTL-i-0eKgr1eNCUe6brLx3FniSp1XFUF3ty3XUoH9L3J6VNRLzb3m2bYy2JI_n1G0vh9kPpNYKH9IdI3909ftVgML7YPD9RE2A-2WictWtYpY6PTwuiSDciPt5MSGPhSGPtyIkAK6m7eRwIje0NurUqXSPo/w638-h640/1%20pre%E2%80%93wetting.png" width="638" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Don't forget the basics.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The basic is, and you can come up with all kind of machinery and all kind of techniques, but it is as simple as this; <b>pre–wetting means make every piece of straw or material what you are using for making compost, wet as soon as possible—every piece of straw and cover it with some slurry, some type of nutrients for those microorganisms, who are actually doing the job</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVsntuxlGt9J1sR4ljiRi_jXvkfozZkgECTaZjyniR9KZPPr3BALJa0vSO9z4UvUlFImdxINlokAEz7UynIO5gtuZlVDcPMOarT5xvOphxCJxs00uZTo60SYsYSTROQZlqpmuKVRXCXvDNeAq56RrJzyzv52lwROFpr0Qk-Bteuh5WJTtPMCuHTjEOYU/s588/2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="588" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVsntuxlGt9J1sR4ljiRi_jXvkfozZkgECTaZjyniR9KZPPr3BALJa0vSO9z4UvUlFImdxINlokAEz7UynIO5gtuZlVDcPMOarT5xvOphxCJxs00uZTo60SYsYSTROQZlqpmuKVRXCXvDNeAq56RrJzyzv52lwROFpr0Qk-Bteuh5WJTtPMCuHTjEOYU/w640-h564/2.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We will go over the few factors later on. <b>Composting means that we give certain microorganisms the opportunity to do in two weeks, what they normally do in half a year; just break down that material. And you should never forget the role of mushrooms in nature.</b> People sometimes forget what the role of mushrooms in nature is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-ULjugmSmSebDjy2oXhcPfwjfevr8vCgq-9IGgLyRMXECnQ4Y2-qsSbtQ0-3t7W0_w_zZW8rQI88kJzsqz4J_igviBvpAZVghlkj6eX3m1_OA27A176Kl4QwMqv9GOja1n5KXFR_gFWWhCsSb9aXj02hVW5fQSNznJ_S1kZ5_hmz1o4AV4VWtDacluM/s606/3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="606" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-ULjugmSmSebDjy2oXhcPfwjfevr8vCgq-9IGgLyRMXECnQ4Y2-qsSbtQ0-3t7W0_w_zZW8rQI88kJzsqz4J_igviBvpAZVghlkj6eX3m1_OA27A176Kl4QwMqv9GOja1n5KXFR_gFWWhCsSb9aXj02hVW5fQSNznJ_S1kZ5_hmz1o4AV4VWtDacluM/w640-h630/3.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also shortness of the material. Aha, so we said try in an early stage to cover every piece of material with a layer of slurry. I'm not using water—and go back to what David said: if it is a kind of a slurry then there is a better water holding capacity of the particles. Yeah, water would run off easier but if it is a kind of runoff material with already some</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSMEmoIJJ0tuk22NFIqxSVjmXSYq6JjNgAi5JfKpbcElDUY2sWV1umzBqtcob5CjWuw1MHWGD-KO5fqTc7QcHKHAEHDtDchwJ8u-sudsCf2x-qB5wJAs_wa29qHf8hYOcnrxeoXWC5IsduZ2Gt7YhrEbDkqSgmWix5ZnzdhuS3fcKmdaPMJ42wNzxO70/s578/4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="578" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSMEmoIJJ0tuk22NFIqxSVjmXSYq6JjNgAi5JfKpbcElDUY2sWV1umzBqtcob5CjWuw1MHWGD-KO5fqTc7QcHKHAEHDtDchwJ8u-sudsCf2x-qB5wJAs_wa29qHf8hYOcnrxeoXWC5IsduZ2Gt7YhrEbDkqSgmWix5ZnzdhuS3fcKmdaPMJ42wNzxO70/w640-h640/4.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">food, some bacteria, some germs in it—yeah it sticks better to the pieces of straw. Try to crush them but not chop it because—because for two reasons—because you can't do the same in a tunnel Phase II, as you can do in a thinner layer if that material is short and a little bit on the wet side. That is the contradiction—then you can handle Phase II maybe in such a layer but not in a higher layer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0WAoh1okCjkaOm2nvDi3Az6bLOzHl66dfJARph95z4R5Q28X8Ipcl4CmwDVRzc_hTvHgIhzA2wTIrkWbt1GWNt8HZ0LNUXughTqh2z65zVFYR4cM9sO-yZy9VnQQJf-0CyDy8qJSW-WYY5GXR1vclECt7LR_Sk4J6fmkjEja5EPe6QOlWr2Eqm2ycow/s592/5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="592" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0WAoh1okCjkaOm2nvDi3Az6bLOzHl66dfJARph95z4R5Q28X8Ipcl4CmwDVRzc_hTvHgIhzA2wTIrkWbt1GWNt8HZ0LNUXughTqh2z65zVFYR4cM9sO-yZy9VnQQJf-0CyDy8qJSW-WYY5GXR1vclECt7LR_Sk4J6fmkjEja5EPe6QOlWr2Eqm2ycow/w640-h614/5.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Talking about composting<b> what you are doing is you are burning off carbohydrates—not because our mushroom could not utilize them but it is too attractive for competitors </b>and so on. So here we start pre–wetting. Pre–wetting means more or less prepare the material for the big happening. <b>Here you start biological</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAUFfq5qmdzZGHbMasnnYckJbZJQlkMaM2zrIKmkEg1H2TRlnkdB0-XdWgBwHXhknuszSRP8XqsY-EiHgukmvZGqE6rkns0xInDmzfLdHi4bqAPZO_9Gfslec92DUFzbza53gqcOkUmVho3jPmpvHG3jz-ORYDMoZyT-mhlNQ0-0K4HZR3bvW7Ve3h-w/s586/6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="586" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAUFfq5qmdzZGHbMasnnYckJbZJQlkMaM2zrIKmkEg1H2TRlnkdB0-XdWgBwHXhknuszSRP8XqsY-EiHgukmvZGqE6rkns0xInDmzfLdHi4bqAPZO_9Gfslec92DUFzbza53gqcOkUmVho3jPmpvHG3jz-ORYDMoZyT-mhlNQ0-0K4HZR3bvW7Ve3h-w/w640-h624/6.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>activity. Microorganisms are breaking down that kind of material and that material of course is organic material.</b> So if you start here at the beginning with for instance a C/N ratio. Everybody I suppose understands the C/N ratio. The ratio between the amount of carbon and nitrogen. In straw the C/N ratio is more or less 80, that means 80 to 1. 80 parts carbon against one nitrogen; that is straw.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="P.J.C. Vedder on Mushroom Cultivation during Technology Transfer Seminar part 1" target="_blank"><b>P.J.C. Vedder on Mushroom Cultivation during Technology Transfer Seminar part 1</b></a> ←click link for watching video</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: red;">Don't forget to click on 'CC' for seeing English caption...</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">Best also to view on YouTube as there are clickable points built in—below video in text!</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div>Readers and/or viewers, should realize, that such a Technology Transfer Seminar was done in a 2nd language for us. Always so for the impromptu, without paper or any note points. </div><div>Also, answering any upcoming questions from the audience.</div><div>Try doing this, for hours on end...</div><div>You must thrive on a lot of knowledge and experience for being able to do this spontaneously, time and time again, and with the same enthusiasm as you did for the very first time!</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Being mighty proud of my Pieter as one of the BEST educators. His knowledge can still help numerous mushroom growers.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><p></p>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-41135316586366327812023-08-31T20:00:00.011-04:002023-09-01T15:03:42.379-04:00Pieter practicing Bach's Minuet<div style="text-align: center;">A happy Pieter on Sunday evening, October 25, 1998 while I was cooking supper...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pieter points to section where he has to play 8 notes at once and also read them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">ENJOY: </div>
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<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9V8SxQYYhbM?si=KZNT_HqfWOwyyMcy" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-54637133409557095362023-07-26T20:00:00.080-04:002023-07-29T18:14:29.177-04:00In Memory of my BEST Role Model EVER<div style="text-align: center;"> On July 27 of 1969, I lost one of my most favorite people...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Heeroom or <i><b>Lord Uncle </b></i>as we respectfully called him.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In my previous post I did already introduce him: <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-14-written-life-message-for-me-by.html" target="_blank"><b>{March 14, Written Life Message for me by my Favorite Great-Uncle}</b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the age of twelve, he began his gymnastic studies on September 27, 1915 in the mission house Saint Willibrord in Uden.<b> Just two months after he'd lost his Dad who passed away at age 47...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">On September 8, 1923, he was dressed as a novice in the mission house Saint Lambertus in Helvoirt. There he also took his first Vows on September 8, 1925. After the novitiate and philosophy, he left for Teteringen in 1926, to the mission house Saint Francis Xavier for the four years of theology. He took the Eternal Vows on September 8, 1928. He was ordained priest by Monsignor Petrus Hopmans, bishop of Breda on February 3, 1929.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On October 12 of that year<b> he left for Rome for higher studies at the Gregoriana and obtained the doctorate in canon law in two years.</b> Back in Teteringen on July 29, 1931, he began teaching morality and law. Overworked, he had to give up his teaching post after four years. He goes to seek peace in Soesterberg, first as an assistant in the parish of Hamersveld. <b>Later he was able to teach Greek.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_wlmO3fqUJMoGrvSAPtY2qO_YhkE3b2Tcj_kOCPQwBjD6ZGPgWp-A_CPZ4ZO2zrKOZz79BDuZXBH4CxPctPI0JMLXUGn2pXBNq06l1wFwJzoAaBmeDF2QycKg5IWU96T9taPuDIjcxWnRUCIU3xHkk1q7_7ahzKGztlCl6HWxqbAlbaPC2Let5KCIdA/s1073/Pater%20J.%20Nelissen%20S.V.D.%201939%20in%20Timor.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_wlmO3fqUJMoGrvSAPtY2qO_YhkE3b2Tcj_kOCPQwBjD6ZGPgWp-A_CPZ4ZO2zrKOZz79BDuZXBH4CxPctPI0JMLXUGn2pXBNq06l1wFwJzoAaBmeDF2QycKg5IWU96T9taPuDIjcxWnRUCIU3xHkk1q7_7ahzKGztlCl6HWxqbAlbaPC2Let5KCIdA/w516-h640/Pater%20J.%20Nelissen%20S.V.D.%201939%20in%20Timor.JPG" width="516" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Father Jan Nelissen on his horse in Timor, Indonesia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJKbYJJ4rx3EmJBLRC9_MdMtnHIosjrecJn3wFnWpnyeD96e7G7TAQhnuPecCFR_LV5HBzuz0yNuNfUKyhjIJmG8iHH3ibVAUUMYzz15pRgV8jg3XP_hVAXB9i87RJJE8aSXFNFljStZxSUiCdsa74_WDLLL1D51GEPm8UxwguFHPB8x3bSgxng1axqo/s3333/03%2023%201929%20%20Page%20181%20Oud%20Horst%20in%20het%20Nieuws%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3333" data-original-width="2295" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJKbYJJ4rx3EmJBLRC9_MdMtnHIosjrecJn3wFnWpnyeD96e7G7TAQhnuPecCFR_LV5HBzuz0yNuNfUKyhjIJmG8iHH3ibVAUUMYzz15pRgV8jg3XP_hVAXB9i87RJJE8aSXFNFljStZxSUiCdsa74_WDLLL1D51GEPm8UxwguFHPB8x3bSgxng1axqo/w440-h640/03%2023%201929%20%20Page%20181%20Oud%20Horst%20in%20het%20Nieuws%203.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>(NVC March 23) In the Limburg Illustration</b> of 1929 there was this photo of neomist Nelissen with his family. To the left of mother Nelissen is Dean Creemers. To the right of Father Nelissen (with white choir shirt) chaplain Leesens can still be seen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRBVLAVlOoftVmXjwv805Yyi_o1Vgqmn8O9FiDgc1Q9sEbqw5PtS0KRZuDG_d0nF_JL_cgqEoT9K3dd4dXSuwqPjdSGfIwAhXz9DBIQR4s3-vbBEBLvPKyiXBcgt3IqwHppb39kNF1A_4pY_8GmIUEYpjsCzR8gpzVQbewGHYUHFWmr1LNG-EGzAsgdI/s387/Limburger%20Koerier%204%20april%201929.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="379" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRBVLAVlOoftVmXjwv805Yyi_o1Vgqmn8O9FiDgc1Q9sEbqw5PtS0KRZuDG_d0nF_JL_cgqEoT9K3dd4dXSuwqPjdSGfIwAhXz9DBIQR4s3-vbBEBLvPKyiXBcgt3IqwHppb39kNF1A_4pY_8GmIUEYpjsCzR8gpzVQbewGHYUHFWmr1LNG-EGzAsgdI/w626-h640/Limburger%20Koerier%204%20april%201929.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Limburger Koerier, April 4, 1929 (Limburger Courier)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Horst,—First Mass. On Easter Day, March 31, the First Mass was celebrated here in the parish Church of St. Lambertus by your Reverence Father J. Nelissen. Preceded by the harmony (orchestration), which for the first time helped to grace such a feast, the newly ordained priest was picked up at the presbytery by brides, shepherds and the clergy of the parish, including Mgr. Hoogers, Ap. Prefect in China, who is currently staying here. The fest ceremony was held by Father v.d. Laar from the Mission House in Uden. After the solemn high mass, the youthful priest was led with the same procession to the parental home, where an appropriate verse was said by one of the brides, after which the neomist addressed a word of thanks to all and gave his first priestly blessing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggqZYzpF5GQF9nxzwoK7WdYvXali_pHVxPNnR3MGTRg1ealGKuwk0xO5WPa1bgndwOBKdtKHo8KhXSBdXnN-AANqponhmJ54vOcktGhQmZkk6crQtGKJWzX7TyaeA0dl2pxXLy8QhM2cGyVaPyqTB9LqePrH9b7sswkJ1Wrwl4VJVj5jAZ4JUl2Hgqkg/s4318/03%2031%2029%20Heeroom's%201ste%20H.%20Mis%20in%20Horst%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2879" data-original-width="4318" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggqZYzpF5GQF9nxzwoK7WdYvXali_pHVxPNnR3MGTRg1ealGKuwk0xO5WPa1bgndwOBKdtKHo8KhXSBdXnN-AANqponhmJ54vOcktGhQmZkk6crQtGKJWzX7TyaeA0dl2pxXLy8QhM2cGyVaPyqTB9LqePrH9b7sswkJ1Wrwl4VJVj5jAZ4JUl2Hgqkg/w640-h426/03%2031%2029%20Heeroom's%201ste%20H.%20Mis%20in%20Horst%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heeroom with family on March 31, 1929 when he did his first Holy Mass in his home town of Horst.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Second row from top his older brother Handrie is seen next to him and his Mother, <b>widow since Heeroom was 12 (my Dad's maternal Grandmother wears a lace toer or poffer),</b> and another Priest. Dad's eldest sister (as a bride) and Dad's Mom, sister from Heeroom. Dad's first cousin Piet Poels to the right with his wooden leg.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heeroom is holding his hands on the shoulder of Dad's younger sister Nel (as a bride) and the little one next to her is Dien, another of Dad's first cousin I guess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seated left to right is Dad's younger brother Jeu and first cousin Jan Poels, Hermans, <b>my Dad with his folded hands, </b>Dad's younger brother Jack and first cousin Nel Poels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Standing in back is Aunt Anna & Uncle Lei Nelissen, Aunt Ciska (wife of Uncle Handrie), Aunt Bertha (Nelissen), Aunt Anna (Nelissen), Uncle Louis, Dad's Father, Uncle Leonards & Aunt Marie (Nelissen).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdjLzEan7l6Ig51YlRJ1WUrU1RdQ6jj3HBGsOj5twaR7OQUeQDh76QiSER4j-644i_mc6W-3b7M8yhAlk3LCMWVYHhOPAUptOxGevp_Dxj6rA-1OIQncFldxb5wzVp6s8OffOvI2KuwmGk1vu_8MjbshVvTZSlJZm_jjR62qZHeBoUruFrHEro-D-bIU/s1260/09%2020%2038%20J.%20Nelissen%20S.V.D.%20before%20departure%20to%20Timor,%20Indonesia.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdjLzEan7l6Ig51YlRJ1WUrU1RdQ6jj3HBGsOj5twaR7OQUeQDh76QiSER4j-644i_mc6W-3b7M8yhAlk3LCMWVYHhOPAUptOxGevp_Dxj6rA-1OIQncFldxb5wzVp6s8OffOvI2KuwmGk1vu_8MjbshVvTZSlJZm_jjR62qZHeBoUruFrHEro-D-bIU/w476-h640/09%2020%2038%20J.%20Nelissen%20S.V.D.%20before%20departure%20to%20Timor,%20Indonesia.JPG" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">September 20, 1938 departure to Timor, Indonesia as a missionary</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5irJjxUoq6BsEH9ppGJYcVJDeGvsL5QZK3Y_85kZ9ESiFGTUXEOUINbQ1oPaTTVx55VxAObOfJplP1vM5tZ7CimHcabgufcsnCijOZd82SLB9Y12rSFjhF13gB4oyROLCMWGA3vPf4yh4NApHodU3c6mhEXYzbR4ELWRZq9G4tSpjk7WICiSvKHQND38/s2169/09%2020%2038%20Vertrek%20naar%20Timor%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2169" data-original-width="1542" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5irJjxUoq6BsEH9ppGJYcVJDeGvsL5QZK3Y_85kZ9ESiFGTUXEOUINbQ1oPaTTVx55VxAObOfJplP1vM5tZ7CimHcabgufcsnCijOZd82SLB9Y12rSFjhF13gB4oyROLCMWGA3vPf4yh4NApHodU3c6mhEXYzbR4ELWRZq9G4tSpjk7WICiSvKHQND38/w454-h640/09%2020%2038%20Vertrek%20naar%20Timor%202.jpeg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In memory of my departure to the Mission of Timor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">September 1938</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">P. Jan Nelissen S.V.D. <b>(Society of the Divine Word).</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQTlD9zhR10CEx7p7rj7FseQvveheKPPA0V3XVFJd9Wr0_NHayWQ4Ntp_1julh4lACBNetcIjBtGrHvxTnXl3Babcd0xDlghqyjWxafLfylldrH-btQVvnpq70dz1izq7C9CWjxjCeOozr4ukj7QAPiJGONTHFqqGfx0LZOzkf_BNCJq3w3bL4lObmjA/s1645/Heeroom%202nd%20row%2014th%20from%20left.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1645" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQTlD9zhR10CEx7p7rj7FseQvveheKPPA0V3XVFJd9Wr0_NHayWQ4Ntp_1julh4lACBNetcIjBtGrHvxTnXl3Babcd0xDlghqyjWxafLfylldrH-btQVvnpq70dz1izq7C9CWjxjCeOozr4ukj7QAPiJGONTHFqqGfx0LZOzkf_BNCJq3w3bL4lObmjA/w640-h390/Heeroom%202nd%20row%2014th%20from%20left.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Farewell of all Steyler Missionaries Autumn 1938 as they're sent off into their Mission</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heeroom is 2nd row from bottom, 14th</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZg_fjQffmWfOZJV58sw2OImcQ3WGGwzgVmvKZboRN9v2kSbzMZru9XwFDUHHaFxuflPurKxsotzlKohRT56-gmfXiFc91YPIiq37iS0I-X2MBgpX2nPIjP-jMQWcg6BMMV_IVN0hPULl5a_fnVfW83sfpaS1diOFOBUxG_QAkvh3a_DR6bQbT3yniRY/s1714/Heeroom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1714" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZg_fjQffmWfOZJV58sw2OImcQ3WGGwzgVmvKZboRN9v2kSbzMZru9XwFDUHHaFxuflPurKxsotzlKohRT56-gmfXiFc91YPIiq37iS0I-X2MBgpX2nPIjP-jMQWcg6BMMV_IVN0hPULl5a_fnVfW83sfpaS1diOFOBUxG_QAkvh3a_DR6bQbT3yniRY/w640-h454/Heeroom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All names being mentioned here <b>from bottom up and from left to right.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaAJbMzsHFIQrwq8mL-kh0pv9kpztBMZwtkhHvVgEK9aQ-qf8eMUtbVhN_8BBj2qzQghMfdAPZls9iIRB7lpdW53qnBpJ1jRX9kurFZkRkEgJXEsjYU07AVcKgYMkneCBM_sWIsJY9Gi1v4pv2kFYk02wV1uXdCgVHA82nrcDMxY3Bc7u5fvapxJ3AcM/s2550/Mooi%20Limburg%2024%20september%201938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2003" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaAJbMzsHFIQrwq8mL-kh0pv9kpztBMZwtkhHvVgEK9aQ-qf8eMUtbVhN_8BBj2qzQghMfdAPZls9iIRB7lpdW53qnBpJ1jRX9kurFZkRkEgJXEsjYU07AVcKgYMkneCBM_sWIsJY9Gi1v4pv2kFYk02wV1uXdCgVHA82nrcDMxY3Bc7u5fvapxJ3AcM/w502-h640/Mooi%20Limburg%2024%20september%201938.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Mooi Limburg 24 September, 1938</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful Limburg published it on September 24, 1938:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two Missionaries from Horst left this month for their Mission station on the small Sunda Islands. Above the Reverend Father Vostermans S.V.D.; <b>below the Reverend Father Dr. J. Nelissen S.V.D. left for Timor (Indonesia) on September 20.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, on September 20, 1938 it was departure <b>from Antwerp, Belgium on the 'Coburg' a freight ship,</b> for Timor, Indonesia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He ended up in the station of Lahoeroes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>After the invasion of the Japanese, all Dutch missionaries from Timor were interned on May 24, 1942 in</b> <b>Atambua and transferred to a camp at Makassar on Sulawesi in early September.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>They were first able to return to Timor on November 18, 1945—3.5 years later...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmqFfxMNGZOfENqf1KpSI-KLWEX-iA4AYE0projJ0UrE_srSiQuoHyXO4dMAOHY8AmAx6P7GVbgGWxD1e7kwxEYHBhR2qkiISDgtVM0bRSFZIJ4l6D2i9fkPrIpKbxyaq1GyJCG6OzRnOk8YEbbiVIJ5Sqe2VgGzTLtpMhXNke6tV9w-JfA0OVLmbt9g/s1802/No%205%20Begraafplaats.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1802" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmqFfxMNGZOfENqf1KpSI-KLWEX-iA4AYE0projJ0UrE_srSiQuoHyXO4dMAOHY8AmAx6P7GVbgGWxD1e7kwxEYHBhR2qkiISDgtVM0bRSFZIJ4l6D2i9fkPrIpKbxyaq1GyJCG6OzRnOk8YEbbiVIJ5Sqe2VgGzTLtpMhXNke6tV9w-JfA0OVLmbt9g/w640-h416/No%205%20Begraafplaats.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://geheugen.delpher.nl/nl/geheugen/view/begraafplaats-manga-na-dystenterie-epidemie--dijk-wiebe-van?facets%5BsubthemeStringNL%5D=Oorlog&coll=ngvn&maxperpage=4&page=1678&identifier=MUSE01%3A3445" target="_blank"><b>Het Geheugen</b></a> ←click link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>No. 5: Cemetery under the mango (Kali Bodjo January 1945).</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>After the dysentery epidemic.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found in a blog post, written by Father Jan Van Zeeland SVD this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Father Jan Nelissen SVD writes on October 30, 1945: "In the cemetery of Kali Bodjo, under a mango tree, are buried fathers Jacob de Bruin, Henk Greuter, Antoon Hinke, Willem Martens, Leo van Well and brother Crispinus de Wilde".</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1jRlUhVK44YcEMjYqsdm6N-B-7Bf4iMLu3RByYgq5HE4_I1YuApq8DaEqlAjd4_AkA5F537C1gcIxjEGpTcFhizfkVpxy-oPtOC29XxLdrqAiH_NllJc_kQ89SoSuX0fPueknuvbKjwu57C17JiPGwYVt-CjhRycEHke3DXDdgga96yy3PYJrZqL2Js/s1680/No%206%20Ingang%20in%20ons%20hok%20van%20Blok%20IV.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1680" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1jRlUhVK44YcEMjYqsdm6N-B-7Bf4iMLu3RByYgq5HE4_I1YuApq8DaEqlAjd4_AkA5F537C1gcIxjEGpTcFhizfkVpxy-oPtOC29XxLdrqAiH_NllJc_kQ89SoSuX0fPueknuvbKjwu57C17JiPGwYVt-CjhRycEHke3DXDdgga96yy3PYJrZqL2Js/w640-h454/No%206%20Ingang%20in%20ons%20hok%20van%20Blok%20IV.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://geheugen.delpher.nl/nl/geheugen/view/ingang-ons-hok-blok-iv-dijk-wiebe-van?coll=ngvn&maxperpage=36&page=1&query=Ingang+in+ons+hok+in+Blok+IV&identifier=MUSE01%3A3435" target="_blank"><b>Het Geheugen</b></a> ←click link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>No. 6: Entrance in our barack of block IV in Kali Bodjo: a bamboo construction, with lines of laundry inside:</b> <a href="https://cc.museon.nl/?query=search=Inventarisnummer=[66685]&label=Inventarisnummer&sortlabel=Inventarisnummer&showtype=record&query=search=Inventarisnummer=[66685]&label=Inventarisnummer&sortlabel=Inventarisnummer&showtype=record#/query/e1d62813-fced-4ebc-b333-e695e5402d77" target="_blank"><b>museon omniversum</b></a> ←click link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmx-vpxFAQQfpt87X5D7WYgCNqTCKqyNY_S1b91qYKVJ8L9nAe3LMhbBWKHIgkhjHMSfyuxSWV99nf7uOrFSRz2lv3XFQHOOsUFso4VHngSIihYiwkgCK9rYZfpHnVSk-wfrw4_ARCcAoyTVcokc4wDgvx7BFAqcWeFin2dHjalSrtMluQcofuWm-yM8M/s2006/No.%2010%202%20Barakken%20in%20Kali%20Bodjo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="2006" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmx-vpxFAQQfpt87X5D7WYgCNqTCKqyNY_S1b91qYKVJ8L9nAe3LMhbBWKHIgkhjHMSfyuxSWV99nf7uOrFSRz2lv3XFQHOOsUFso4VHngSIihYiwkgCK9rYZfpHnVSk-wfrw4_ARCcAoyTVcokc4wDgvx7BFAqcWeFin2dHjalSrtMluQcofuWm-yM8M/w640-h454/No.%2010%202%20Barakken%20in%20Kali%20Bodjo.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>No. 10: 2 Baracks in Kali Bodjo. Little street between block 5 and 6. February 1945:</b><a href="https://cc.museon.nl/?query=search=Inventarisnummer=[66688]&label=Inventarisnummer&sortlabel=Inventarisnummer&showtype=record&query=search=Inventarisnummer=[66688]&label=Inventarisnummer&sortlabel=Inventarisnummer&showtype=record#/query/721baae5-6e1d-46ce-be3b-9e807a36e072" target="_blank"><b> museon omniversum</b></a> ←click link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguze-P9-j7L5mNYtf1En-ppzHtGMPix6laIon7TOh9I7XbiwLkeazP5gqOUPMVTbWz_pDxCen5DQPjFjD7gg29ocWbCWsVCYG1dj5A3KOGF0UtXsv5eh9xKpFVOljHddp4I9xyb1hktnFF8Q519f1Ql4p1s01ABONX_r8FmJhvogw6Jn7SjFKmxYAwCkk/s646/1947%20Lahoeroes,%20Timor%20Heerom%20rechts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="646" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguze-P9-j7L5mNYtf1En-ppzHtGMPix6laIon7TOh9I7XbiwLkeazP5gqOUPMVTbWz_pDxCen5DQPjFjD7gg29ocWbCWsVCYG1dj5A3KOGF0UtXsv5eh9xKpFVOljHddp4I9xyb1hktnFF8Q519f1Ql4p1s01ABONX_r8FmJhvogw6Jn7SjFKmxYAwCkk/w640-h462/1947%20Lahoeroes,%20Timor%20Heerom%20rechts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Father Jan Nelissen to the right in 1947 in Lahoeroes, Timor/Indonesia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jan Nelissen arrives on leave in The Netherlands on March 24, 1948 and leaves for Timor on April 27, 1949 from Rotterdam with the passenger ship m.s. 'Sibajak'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Meanwhile he did marry my Parents on Saturday, February 26, 1949. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_WTO6kV1auQyvZzV-7-0bJ8NbNJuRmf81Ey22tAPmyQrsfE8zIw5EMR39IGmQmFk6R2xdNr08uMsTH8qaosVde1gYkaZ5XdPUgCfyqgbG232ZIwbzRy8OW-DWMsPWtdTCCPVU0_XVoTxNIatNftKSRfGtQIRczt9IRZB3tI5iq2DKYtC-nkBF_UuzuA/s2984/04%2021%2049%20Second%20departure%20Timor%20niet%20schoon.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2984" data-original-width="1820" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_WTO6kV1auQyvZzV-7-0bJ8NbNJuRmf81Ey22tAPmyQrsfE8zIw5EMR39IGmQmFk6R2xdNr08uMsTH8qaosVde1gYkaZ5XdPUgCfyqgbG232ZIwbzRy8OW-DWMsPWtdTCCPVU0_XVoTxNIatNftKSRfGtQIRczt9IRZB3tI5iq2DKYtC-nkBF_UuzuA/w390-h640/04%2021%2049%20Second%20departure%20Timor%20niet%20schoon.jpeg" width="390" /></a></div><b>Second departure to Timor on April 21, 1949</b><br /><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jan Nelissen did not only work in ordinary soul care. He participated in the administration of the region and from 1957 was spiritual leader of the minor seminary of Lalian. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is currently impossible to determine which mission stations he had due to a lack of data. In any case, he was pastor in Kupang from 1962 to 1966. Together with Father Cor Kooy, also from Timor, Jan Nelissen lands at Schiphol on November 30, 1962.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>That is when he wrote Life Message for me in my poetry album on March 14, 1963.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In an informative Pdf by <a href="https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/files/1413986/Van_Klinken_The_making_of_Middle_Indonesia.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Van Klinken The Making of Middle Indonesia</b></a>: ←(click on link) I found the following on page 211:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih75F8Ss2Gh1Vtfu-kkVMQrurkAbPAcE-PUcHF6Tkx1Z-bhi-0LjauUZSmX_2Em_nMJGXLlXNrSGYHaKHcZ3tXq1z69TcidkmCB24Avq75qEMeBc1W7flPIWN_piJEJ1WQQhu7RKslPILJE3l1Q5W1QZLSUgKS-tdQWTWiBxBh1kfKkeI6JMPJsdpthz8/s2008/Van%20Klinken%20Page%20211%20about%20killing%20the%20priest%20Johann%20Nelissen.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="1326" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih75F8Ss2Gh1Vtfu-kkVMQrurkAbPAcE-PUcHF6Tkx1Z-bhi-0LjauUZSmX_2Em_nMJGXLlXNrSGYHaKHcZ3tXq1z69TcidkmCB24Avq75qEMeBc1W7flPIWN_piJEJ1WQQhu7RKslPILJE3l1Q5W1QZLSUgKS-tdQWTWiBxBh1kfKkeI6JMPJsdpthz8/w422-h640/Van%20Klinken%20Page%20211%20about%20killing%20the%20priest%20Johann%20Nelissen.png" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>'If some time I were to tell you to kill the Catholic priest would you do it?³</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEpNRWpvnxmoHKqz_zLioSynD41-DkeeF8iGt_O6Qt347jsMjJ0W6sFRRSznkuEzaWZJwHmdwVbv4VqEiMtc9qOhvA9DwUbs1mnmB4b-mqJAniENhW8R-QGgBahPPDKvnMmthQfeiA-GYccMHQyj_sGTZhhNdkLZjVrBwfKtzteL_paGf5lOC3FLd048/s1024/Van%20Klinken%20page%20211%20onderaan.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="1024" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEpNRWpvnxmoHKqz_zLioSynD41-DkeeF8iGt_O6Qt347jsMjJ0W6sFRRSznkuEzaWZJwHmdwVbv4VqEiMtc9qOhvA9DwUbs1mnmB4b-mqJAniENhW8R-QGgBahPPDKvnMmthQfeiA-GYccMHQyj_sGTZhhNdkLZjVrBwfKtzteL_paGf5lOC3FLd048/w640-h126/Van%20Klinken%20page%20211%20onderaan.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>³ </b>Interview with Eleanor Toma, Buraen, 21 June 2009. <b>This could refer to the then 65 year old SVD priest Johann Nelissen.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The above is quite shocking to read!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPwPYKBQ1A5nOcxz_3z4mqYw1f-fyoaYyo0Odbaa6s0DaXUBLDReyUVfxbh-SR7mciYum2FKiZYxQw3gGAEjS1E7zHip8ImU_v-RUFubCCPlEbj-EWJMgOmKJN6KqA5EJUNKuIdoO6PfUkMwhdah898gTHl1sCm9UgzbEW7kfoqlr9elWHFXZTteR_Wg/s732/Bidprentje.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="509" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPwPYKBQ1A5nOcxz_3z4mqYw1f-fyoaYyo0Odbaa6s0DaXUBLDReyUVfxbh-SR7mciYum2FKiZYxQw3gGAEjS1E7zHip8ImU_v-RUFubCCPlEbj-EWJMgOmKJN6KqA5EJUNKuIdoO6PfUkMwhdah898gTHl1sCm9UgzbEW7kfoqlr9elWHFXZTteR_Wg/w446-h640/Bidprentje.JPG" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>July 27, 1969 in Manila, Philippines</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Father Dr. Sjang Nelissen SVD</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Petrus Johannes Hubertus Nelissen was born in Horst 11 June 1903. After studying in Uden, Helvoirt and Teteringen, he was ordained a priest on 3 February 1929. Study in canon law in Rome complemented his education. As a professor in Teteringen he trained missionaries, but he asked too much of his strength and was only able to fulfill that function for four years. In 1938 he left for Indonesia and was a missionary in Timor until his death; in all kinds of positions — pastor, spiritual director at the minor seminary, leader in the Timor region, advisor to several bishops — he gave his best efforts. The last work that called him to Manila was also for the mission, which he served with all his strength, meticulousness, devotion to duty, and priestly devotion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We pray that the Lord may lead this quiet worker, who did not allow himself rest, to find peace in His Kingdom.</div><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then suddenly this working life comes to an end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>At the request of the General Chapter, Jan left for the Philippines as a member of the Legal Committee to prepare a new mission statute.</b> He arrived in Tagatay, 60 km from Manila, on July 12. He did not look well and complained about pain in the kidney area. He was taken to Lourdes Hospital in Manila, a hospital of our Blue Sisters (SSpS). It was not possible to remove a large stone by natural means.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Surgery was necessary: a kidney did not work or hardly worked because of stones. On Saturday, July 27, 1969, the day he was to be operated on, he died suddenly. "Because his kidneys were no longer working properly, the whole body was gradually poisoned and his heart, which was already not strong, could no longer process it" (Father Wim Vergoossen S.V.D, SVD-niews nr. 235, p. 9).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"I was standing next to his bed in the last moments and he could only shout twice: "Oh, my God" and then a little later: "Pray for me". </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He died at ten o'clock in the morning. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Later we heard that Father Nelissen had died of pulmonary embolism (Letter from Father Jos Diaz Viera S.V.D.).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Because it was Saturday, he was being buried the same day on the cemetery of our Mission House in Manila. On Sunday there were 8 Masses in that Church!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Y39M3pqhV3AdegzU0ytlvULw7n6MOpTWtMfYHh1Qua1B9wvhqt9PKep7xBj1bzXJd49ZHZwTRy-wlMX7GpXO0gyqtvFTDEhsb9m7Law8uE5KSvnbDxk7dlWdyH2BPwljvufnD_llxF6_YVydzlNpACIZbImWlABh1gYz6azN9weYSINxz6hdxdGQbpg/s686/1.%20In%20de%20Seminarie%20Kapel%20de%20kist%20nog%20open.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="686" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Y39M3pqhV3AdegzU0ytlvULw7n6MOpTWtMfYHh1Qua1B9wvhqt9PKep7xBj1bzXJd49ZHZwTRy-wlMX7GpXO0gyqtvFTDEhsb9m7Law8uE5KSvnbDxk7dlWdyH2BPwljvufnD_llxF6_YVydzlNpACIZbImWlABh1gYz6azN9weYSINxz6hdxdGQbpg/w640-h430/1.%20In%20de%20Seminarie%20Kapel%20de%20kist%20nog%20open.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the Seminary chapel with the sisters from the island of Flores/Indonesia, priest and <b>Dutch Ambassador family</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">At the cemetery<b> Christ the King, Manila</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHX0wNrP6MMaBF4B5rU4QJnrP4_ZxkcO-CLYhA4dGQsNVhqEg7uV--8J504jXx5hGmNnhzEKh00lIO4zXwJRJ0cWO8JJWVzQ9aSHh2gEeZ0PREq7gN3sE8pxJ9Qg1iQoXnHWyGfiKNeRe5iLcfgBdqgmS7RTohBYm9CTNOvJlvWcsG3Zj6GmOtXlf-tc/s686/4.%20Voor%20het%20graf%20gesloten%20wordt.%20Een%20familie%20v.d.%20Ned.%20Ambassade%20te%20Manilla%20was%20er%20bij.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="686" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHX0wNrP6MMaBF4B5rU4QJnrP4_ZxkcO-CLYhA4dGQsNVhqEg7uV--8J504jXx5hGmNnhzEKh00lIO4zXwJRJ0cWO8JJWVzQ9aSHh2gEeZ0PREq7gN3sE8pxJ9Qg1iQoXnHWyGfiKNeRe5iLcfgBdqgmS7RTohBYm9CTNOvJlvWcsG3Zj6GmOtXlf-tc/w640-h432/4.%20Voor%20het%20graf%20gesloten%20wordt.%20Een%20familie%20v.d.%20Ned.%20Ambassade%20te%20Manilla%20was%20er%20bij.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><b>A family of the Dutch Ambassador in Manila was there.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">R.I.P.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ONE DAY WE WILL MEET AGAIN!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>With lots of respect, your great–niece 💞</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Related links:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-opa-granddaddy.html" target="_blank"><b>{My OPA - GRANDDADDY}</b></a> | Previous post by me also showing things from Heeroom that I still keep!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2021/02/dad-sang-solo-on-mom-dads-50th-wedding.html" target="_blank"><b>Dad Sang Solo on Mom & Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary</b></a> | previous post by me</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-paternal-great-grandmothers-wearing.html" target="_blank"><b>{My Paternal Great-Grandmothers wearing their Lace Toer}</b></a> | previous post by me</div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-74441856070919857382023-07-24T20:00:00.031-04:002023-08-31T12:43:01.205-04:00Pieter In The Mood—My Youngest Brother Will Arrive Next Day<div style="text-align: center;"> Yep, after working VERY hard for several days to have home and garden looking perfect for the arrival of my youngest brother Jan and his wife Wilma—Pieter plays on his organ "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pieter's 'duck face' tells he is HAPPY!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sure glad that I captured this moment...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x03mbDD8fns" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center><center><br /></center><center>Enjoy!</center>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-18925191689031693822023-05-28T20:00:00.047-04:002023-05-28T20:00:00.145-04:00Husband Pieter Talks About His Experiences during WWII in TV Interview<div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Memorial Day is on May 29 so it is again important for the young(er) generations to hear first hand stories from people that were deprived from ANY FREEDOM:</div><div 560="" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MZy8TYDw5Ac" style="text-align: center;" title="YouTube video player"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MZy8TYDw5Ac" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center><center><br /></center><center>If you view this on YouTube you will find clickable links below video from the segments where Pieter is mentioned with photos and where he speaks. Also don't forget to click on 'CC' for seeing English caption...</center><center><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">Related link:</center><center style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2022/05/by-husband-pieter-my-life-as-teen.html" target="_blank"><b>By Husband Pieter: MY LIFE AS A TEEN DURING THE WWII ERA</b></a> | previous post by husband Pieter</center>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-43013185983426415632023-05-22T11:00:00.004-04:002023-06-17T04:09:49.965-04:00Patriotic Service // Dublin FMC | May 21, 2023<div style="text-align: center;"> <span> Of course this year I could not lend my soprano voice for this performance but proudly share it here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>My Pieter managed to go and he sure enjoyed it—even more so after all we've been through and still are going.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry, when I finally wanted to view this myself, as I was able to, it had been changed to private by one brilliant person because of issues with the cross and flames—<b>and that 21 days AFTER performance!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_2xuplH-K8HHNCyevxZu0FO9I59LTinLmDmrMOIEN1Q4toEB9eA6VYIfIXIIDNEIcE3XzvNgZ77t79A8IGX2y9ERgMLuO5IKgkWq7uIT1q_A4LQQjChdRbTyxzdShCzLepQZxfJG4V_bbyXzInfa5ENmn-RdyTbyBKSmR_2kT4RYRJ3waLwq76xy/s1096/Sunday%20May%2021%202023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="730" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_2xuplH-K8HHNCyevxZu0FO9I59LTinLmDmrMOIEN1Q4toEB9eA6VYIfIXIIDNEIcE3XzvNgZ77t79A8IGX2y9ERgMLuO5IKgkWq7uIT1q_A4LQQjChdRbTyxzdShCzLepQZxfJG4V_bbyXzInfa5ENmn-RdyTbyBKSmR_2kT4RYRJ3waLwq76xy/w426-h640/Sunday%20May%2021%202023.png" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday, May 21, 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e8DQDMzWAYM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center><center><br /></center><center>Well, it seems back but with very weak sound...</center><center><br /></center><center>ENJOY</center><center><br /></center><center>Pieter J.C. Vedder is seen under fern, below flag...</center>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-7418682939060899532023-05-13T20:00:00.190-04:002023-12-24T22:43:31.429-05:00Mother's Day and Missing In Action<div style="text-align: center;">First off, a few words since my final posting shortly before 8:00 PM on my Pieter's 94th Birthday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">By 10:15 PM while brushing my teeth, I got the most excruciating pain in my left chest, mainly from the back area and also front.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Barely could breath.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pieter got up and brought me to the local ER.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They did a Nuclear Stress Test on Monday around 11:00 AM and 24 hrs later got the results as being negative and no blockages.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Got discharged on Tuesday afternoon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Called 911 at 6:00 AM on Thursday and by ambulance (same lady that took me to ER on February 21) to the local hospital.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Got a very active and alert doctor and after a CT Scan of the Spine area he ordered the Air Evac Lifeteam to transfer me to Savannah Memorial University Hosptial.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We got 3 x start problems warning —</b> so off I came from this helicopter and another, bigger one got ordered in.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enough time for having a CT Scan with contrast done to get more insight in the tear in my Aorta (in the back as it crosses from the chest into back and then down to legs to supply them with blood.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it took me till Friday afternoon to press for the results of this final CT Scan—it did not transfer to Savannah.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But finally they had insight and the Vascular surgeon decided on Saturday afternoon to do a Stent Graft in my Aorta through my groin area both sides.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Surgery went well and I have been for 6 nights in ICU and then got sent to another room.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My Pieter came with a driver on Friday, still being in lots of pain and in the unknown...</div><div style="text-align: center;">A 3–hour drive one–way. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Rough on all of us and I felt constantly so exhausted.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday my Big Sis did come to pick me up!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Such LOVE is a good life elixer and makes you feel ready to fight.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My first quiet night home in a comfy bed was pure bliss.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Had to take my pain meds, strong ones... but they've helped me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Typing this after breakfast on my lap—quite an accomplishment!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry for no visiting nor commenting or replying....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Need to REST</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for your LOVE and PRAYERS!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Mama Thelma, the biological Mother of our adopted daughter Liz was a most pleasant lady.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since we found her after Pieter's lecture at the 12th NAMC in Vancouver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql_YGnttUnYSJL_MyygosvY6Au_E39B1ZU0O1EZZpeFC1d6OTRclgHQ6wJRQmGvk6H9gaALCUh7vMbzv0mqOzwQ6lnqnqpICb_due72epl7iI-OLI3jPJlUT-NCdDcIFdofux6Ca5jy5tN-OW3EGPZNuGaJZci7yT1Yno1W1mY-2jOS1EK6-75MUX/s1320/Mama%20Thelma%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="924" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql_YGnttUnYSJL_MyygosvY6Au_E39B1ZU0O1EZZpeFC1d6OTRclgHQ6wJRQmGvk6H9gaALCUh7vMbzv0mqOzwQ6lnqnqpICb_due72epl7iI-OLI3jPJlUT-NCdDcIFdofux6Ca5jy5tN-OW3EGPZNuGaJZci7yT1Yno1W1mY-2jOS1EK6-75MUX/w448-h640/Mama%20Thelma%202.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just one of her special cards</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZiYyAzkL8cleXnhATaRgWbF0DoO1dNWjPZgC3BTIwjqNlJcagf8CKz73zK_sZMohRLUZqHSEwDNoJHNaw0R2R7mYv_u7fd9U4KfKht9WttAMAz-FSF1fuPclxRCOktlxvQs6lotZFll0aRKnC4oc33owG64fLbmh9k-88-WzG1QkiSPMpr8ol8yg/s1114/Mama%20Thelma%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1114" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZiYyAzkL8cleXnhATaRgWbF0DoO1dNWjPZgC3BTIwjqNlJcagf8CKz73zK_sZMohRLUZqHSEwDNoJHNaw0R2R7mYv_u7fd9U4KfKht9WttAMAz-FSF1fuPclxRCOktlxvQs6lotZFll0aRKnC4oc33owG64fLbmh9k-88-WzG1QkiSPMpr8ol8yg/w640-h446/Mama%20Thelma%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Vancouver</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidasdKtt0K2zVtyMPkeYXMTxA4vXsjw0rb_WmqGEV3e9EtHUOfv5qU-jqFmwA0D6-SQyDSXLD43dzX2wRYwtUfNenmRLsTnVGb43FDXbm4fUiAg27ovy3Zg5o03rnRjhcbCoOb-Bfc7tp2bJLzPl_84L17efTRh1b7dVOGSDRoBZWKNcv8FtvFVS3u/s1126/Mama%20Thelma%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1126" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidasdKtt0K2zVtyMPkeYXMTxA4vXsjw0rb_WmqGEV3e9EtHUOfv5qU-jqFmwA0D6-SQyDSXLD43dzX2wRYwtUfNenmRLsTnVGb43FDXbm4fUiAg27ovy3Zg5o03rnRjhcbCoOb-Bfc7tp2bJLzPl_84L17efTRh1b7dVOGSDRoBZWKNcv8FtvFVS3u/w640-h460/Mama%20Thelma%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of her special writings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2002 May 14</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hi Mariet Pieter & Spooky</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I want to thank you for those two wonderful home video tapes of your beautiful home and the gardens. I watched it twice... Once by myself, and once with my kid sister (youngest) Ginny, we both enjoyed it, so much.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You have quite a spread.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I watch the before and after tapes! And you have done a fantastic job on your land.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's just marvelous, beyond words, what else can I say...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your house inside is gorgeous I might say, you do have a lot of precious, costly things...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did you buy them at different places that you have worked at, and on holidays?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's just spectacular the whole house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's always nice to have good friends like yours too...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It always helps when you're feeling down and out, (Don't you think so).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My son James and I are going to the Inland for the long holiday to visit my oldest sister Dorothy, maybe spend a couple of days with her. Get away from Vancouver for a while. Besides there is nothing really exciting going on around this old town.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today, you won't believe it, the sun has come out to smile at us, but it's too cold to run around in shorts... usually every other day it <u>rains</u> and rains.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, my dears I really don't have any exciting news for you, except that my health has improved a little and that makes me happy, and now I'll have to close with all my regards and love, hugs and kisses to all including your beautiful Spooky.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May God bless you all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With love,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mama Thelma</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDtBQQrxlFXUfnsEGlpOwPQyGOqRmIsgqzDV-DAjMLbmqzFdql6v3cLBPvmdvWHjmD2McSQiDA6ScsuIzwCGColJRvln00qrMh0SpVTPyIkG7CNps6BWO43G8FyfIXaqzzK7pLm9eaMrlMJgEdKLs27NP9GiIsvx7J1sBnrxO7qy32pXWhO_cgYVR/s548/Mama%20Thelma%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="548" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDtBQQrxlFXUfnsEGlpOwPQyGOqRmIsgqzDV-DAjMLbmqzFdql6v3cLBPvmdvWHjmD2McSQiDA6ScsuIzwCGColJRvln00qrMh0SpVTPyIkG7CNps6BWO43G8FyfIXaqzzK7pLm9eaMrlMJgEdKLs27NP9GiIsvx7J1sBnrxO7qy32pXWhO_cgYVR/s320/Mama%20Thelma%204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mama Thelma wrote the above, the day following Mother's Day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Previous years I even got Mother's Day cards from her—meaning a lot to both of us!</div><div style="text-align: center;">She thanked us for taking care of her daughter and for giving her a Royal Academy education.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, we both lived quite frugal in order to manage that, but feeling proud for having done so.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Loyalty has a deep meaning for both of us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An entire box, filled with letters and cards from Mama Thelma, we passed on to Liz and therefore I no longer have them... only this one I had left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did not have a scanner yet, at the time we passed those letters on to Liz...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related links:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2011/12/our-daughter-liz.html" target="_blank"><b>{Our Daughter Liz}</b></a> | previous post by me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2018/10/vancouver-british-columbia-canada-in.html" target="_blank"><b>Vancouver British Columbia, Canada in 1996 and back again in 2018</b></a> | previous post by me with Mama Thelma</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2022/08/some-thoughts-about-training-and-farm.html" target="_blank"><b>Some thoughts about training and farm management on a mushroom farm by Pieter J.C. Vedder</b></a> | Pieter's lecture at the 12th NAMC Conference</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2016/07/foster-daughter-anita-on-other-side-of.html" target="_blank"><b>{Foster Daughter Anita on the Other Side of the World}</b></a> | previous post by me</div>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974466215163623524.post-64768887569003836282023-04-29T20:00:00.005-04:002023-04-29T20:00:00.133-04:00Another Birthday for my Pieter is Ending<div style="text-align: center;"><b> Pieter's 94th Birthday</b> started with sunshine for breakfast!</div><div style="text-align: center;">That was the perfect setting...</div><div style="text-align: center;">It does bring you IN THE MOOD!</div>
<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jvvqMOmf41w" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center><center>On Sunday evening, October 25, in 1998, Pieter was in a happy mood so he played Glenn Miller's In The Mood which was recorded in 1939</center>Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.com30