My Daily Banana
Photo of the day:
An example of a well kept Friesian thatched roof farm house
Word of the day:
challenge
a call to someone to participate in a
competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or
strength, to duel (Sir, choose your weapons)
German: die Herausforderung
Name of the day:
Boris
from the Turkic name Bogoris meaning „short“ or
„wolf“
Event of the day:
28th. April 1814
The first allotment garden (Schrebergarten) was
grounded by Pastor Schroder, in Kappeln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
For my German speaking
followers (you could also say that I’m too lazy to translate my own text):
Der Pastor
bekam kein Gehalt, sondern ein Grundstück zur eigener Bewirtschaftung. Durch
eine plietsche Eingebung (oder einfach Faulheit) teilte er den Grundstück in 24
Parzellen und verpachtete sie an einzeln Personen mit der Vorgabe, dass sie ein
Verein gründen sollten. Pastor Schroeder hat such dann als Vorsitzender des
Vereins ernannt; und hat eine Satzung erstellt.
Typical aerial view of an allotment garden
We also had an allotment garden, here in
Niebüll, back in the 1980's. Fresh vegetables, fruits and a playing cum
learning ground for our children.
Back in 1984, when we travelled over to Perth,
Aussieland to visit Mama and Papa; it was strawberry time. As we couldn’t be
there to pick them and we didn’t want the birds to feast on the sumptuous
fruits. We asked a local handicapped home (die Mürwicker) if they would like to
harvest the strawberries, in return were to keep the garden, weeding, mowing
and such things.
When our holidays were over and we went back to
the garden our neighbours had many tales to tell us about how comically they
harvested and kept our garden, talking to the flowers and enjoying themselves.
Typical inhabitants of an allotment garden
Birthday of the day:
28th April 1908
Oskar Schindler
in Svitavy, Czech Republic
Died 9th October 1974
In Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, Germany
Austrian businessman and subject of the novel
Schindler's Ark and the film Schindler's List. (d. 1974)
A hero of his time!
Died on this day:
28th April 1999
Sir Alf Ramsey
In Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Born 22nd January 1902
In Dagenham, Essex, England
Football manager. 1966, he managed the English
national football team that won the World Cup. The best team England ever had
and will ever have. The names of the players are immortal, Bobby Moore, Nobby
Stiles, Gordon Banks, Geoff Hurst
Cycle ride of the day:
Wind, wind, wind; this north-east wind is
getting on my willie. Today it souped up again to about five-six Beaufort. That
wasn’t too bad, the sun was beating down and we had seventeen degrees
centigrade.
In one of the crofts, in the backfields, there
was a daffodil gathering, not the daffodils, the people wanting to see,
worship, buy them or just be seen amongst the „in-Crowd“. I cycle the roads
around there because it’s very quiet and hardly any cars pass me; in three days
maybe one. Well this weekend it was like riding along main roads, I had
continuous traffic coming from the front and the rear. I’m glad, cycling wise,
that the weekend’s over.
The Intercontinental Five Kilogram
Challenge:
The duellers are:
Fraser Martin
(live weight 98 kg) representing
Victoria, Australia (seconded by Mrs Karen Martin)
against
Raymond Martin
(live weight 100.1 kg)
representing Niebüll, Germany (seconded by Frau Heike Martin)
So we have a new dueller, my sister wants to participate.
The new particulars
Andrea Dunlop (born Martin)
(live weight: 89.5 kg) representing Perth, Australia (seconded by ??)
Good luck, let the best (wo)man win.
The challenge: Who can lose five kilos live
weight the fastest?
Follow our
challenge weekly, every Monday morning, on this blog, it will definitely be
exciting.
Bye, see you all tomorrow. Have a good
dayJ
