My Daily Banana

 

Photo of the Day:

 

This is a wall painting / etching I saw in Berlin last year

Doesn't it look good?

The paint and plaster is etched away through to the bricks

 

 

Event of the Day:

22nd July 2011

Anders Behring Breivik caused a Bomb explosion in the Oslo parliamentary quarter; two hours later he turned up on the island of Utøya where he massacred 77 youths.

Birthday of the Day:

22nd July 1947

Don Henley
 

the drummer of the Eagles he was the lead vocalist on many of the Eagles hit recordings such as Desperado, One of these Nights and Hotel California

22nd July 1948

Otto Waalkes
 

The East Friesian comedian, half an hour of his humour is palatable, but no longer (he's as good as Monty Python, the main difference is he's alone on stage and he does Kraut humour)

When I drove a taxi on Sylt, back in the early nineties, I had him as a guest. That was interesting, we had a long talk, in English while I drove him to an early game of tennis. I can't remember what we talked about or if he gave me a tip, but I remember we had a good conversation.

Died on this Day:

22nd July 1992

Wayne McLaren aka Mr Malboro Man
 

He died of lung cancer at 51, what a horrible way to die.

Don't smoke it's addictive and look at all the people it has slaughtered.

 

Thoughts:

My Daily Banana 
has hit the ton. Today is my 100th publication! Who would have thought I would keep going so long? Me in the least!!
Has anyone other than me read all my posts? If yes, then well done and thank you.

Without you people out there I wouldn't have lasted this long, it's not that it is hard work or that I can't think of anything to write about; sometimes I have to steal the time from some other important or not important activity. If I think about it though; there's always time to be found somehow; like now I could be working, racking in the dollars, but instead what am I doing? Blogging! I don't earn money with it, but I can say I've brought our family and friends closer together

If I look into the statistics of the blog; until today 2745 people have visited my blog: And where they all come from, amazing: Chile, Russia, Ukraine, France, India, United States and United Kingdom have both gone over the 400 mark, Australia 250 and Germany 1350. That means I have had an average of just under thirty visitors a day! Thanks!

Today it's my

Gunnera manicata time.

Look at how it has grown over the past 100 days:

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My Daily Banana

 

 

 

Photo of the Day:

 

 

 

 

Event of the Day:

 

21st July 1969

 

Niel Armstrong is the firstman to step on the Moon

 

At 02:50 am GMT he stepped onto the Moon and said "One small step for man and one giant leap for mankind!"

 

 

Birthday of the Day:

 

 

21st July 1948

 

Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam
 

 

I loved his music when he called himself Cat Stevens; my girlfriend at the time Eileen also and my daughters love his album Tea for the Tillerman. His first hit recording came out in 1966 "I Love My Dog"; a catchy tune; it reached #28 in the British charts

 

 

Died on this Day:

 

21st July 1796

 

Robert Burns

 

A Scottish poet he died at thirty-seven. His best known poem is "Auld Lang Syne" (a version sung by Rod Stewart)

 

 

Thoughts:

 

Today we went to Leck and had a stroll around the village. It's much nicer than I thought; usually I only drive through the village to and from work. It has quiet roads with quaint thatched roof houses and well-built gentry houses.  I could imagine living in those areas otherwise it is quite a dump.

Thirty years ago, before perestroika, the village boasted two air-force camps and a few thousand soldiers; today there is only one regiment of soldiers and they don't come into or live in Leck like in the past. In the eighties they even had a strip joint, I remember going in there with Heike and her sister. What a dive; that was a once only visit.

 

The roof will not hold much longer.

Leck Hüs
the renovation was funded by the European Union

Someone is paying out a heap of money refurbishing this house

The Tax office

This is not a door, it's an entrance

Isn't this a good piece of ninteenth century architecture?

The vicars house and parish office

A couple of mishaps

 

 

 

 

My Daily Banana

Photo of the Day:

the time on the sundial is one:fifty pm. in Central Europe fourteen:fifty
What ever: Time for a cappuccino

Event of the Day:

20th July 1968

"In-a-gadda-da-vida" recorded by the Dutch heavy metal group Iron Butterfly was the first heavy metal song to enter the Billboard charts, it reached #117

Birthday of the Day:

20th July 1938

The lovely Diana Rigg was born in Doncaster, England

 

 

I will always remember her in a sexy leather cat suit as Emma Peel in the 1960's version of the TV-series the Avengers

20th July 1940

Carlos Santana

He played at Woodstock and revolutionized Latin American music by playing it in a rock style. One of his best recordings was "Black Magic Woman"

Died on this Day:

20th July 1973

Bruce Lee died at the age of 32

 

 

after taking a painkiller to treat a headache; his brain reacted to the medication and swelled from 1400 to 1575 grams a gain of 13%.

Thoughts:

This weather is getting on my nerves! I can't remember when my hayfever last took over my life. Before I get up in the morning my body is itching and when I get up I can't see because it's as if there was a screen stuck to my eyeballs, then the real itching starts; it's a wonder my eyes don't wear out from all the rubbing.

 

Today Heike couldn't sleep, so she got up at seven:thirty; much too early for me, it's Sunday and I don't get out of bed until nine. When I eventually got up she had been waiting an hour and a half for me and I was moody; the poor las'. It's not an easy life living with me!

 

Yesterday we had planned on cycling to Leck to visit our daughter and have a coffee in a cafe that opened last week. The idea was good but it didn't work out, my havfever put an end to our plans. Instead we walked through town and I took some door/entrance photos. Our plan today is Leck again, but in the car, that is if I can persuade Heike to go there with me (we had a bit of a niggle, because of my attitude or as I call it hayfever). Like I said it's taken over my life!

 

 

Friedrich Paulsen School
Main building

Friedrich Paulsen School
Behind this door there used to be a dormitory

Two well kept wooden doors
The house was built in the thirties; I don't know how old the doors are.
 They won't be the original doors, the house was built in a workers estate and sold to the public in the eighties.

I like this house!
The cellar is built above ground and the house on top;
nothing for a handicap person

Today I end with a flower:
how original!

 

That's it for today

My wish is that I will be fresh and friendly tomorrow

We shall see.