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finally the tulips are in bloom now. and some of our other plants. maybe in june or july the roses turn to bloom.
@Gemini41A
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April 30. The Czechs celebrates the "burning of the witch" day. it is used to believe that the power of witches would weaken as the weather got warmer. So they thought that if they made something that looked like a witch and burned it, so they could finally get rid of the cold weather. But according to myths/stories from great grandparents, here in vysocina, they really burned witches some 100+ years ago. like in any other parts of europe and america, where they burn people who they believed practicing witch craft and patronizing demons. But unlike in other areas, they used life size witch dolls, in our area only used regular witch dolls. heheh And before going home, after the witches where "punished", i bought this candy. its called turkish med. (med means honey here) for 2.50$.
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First street marlet of the year here in our town. This year. More sellers this time compare to previous 2 years. Aside from farm produce, also selling dried spices, honey, nuts and other kind of sweet, home made pastries, meat products and more. Cant take photos of all. Im worried they dont like being photograph. Hehe Bought this sweet creme roll too. Hehe
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celebratings the birthday of my husband's auntie at 80 years old. aside from typical czech dishes of svickova, rizek/breaded chicken, and grilled chicken. these desserts are my favorite hahaha. they are home made sweets. 2nd photo is loaf bread with many kinds of nuts. although its delicious. its like eating a rock hahaa. needs to dip in hot coffee or tea and left for few seconds to soften the bread.
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Happy weekends my friends! Finally, i been able to bake some goodies since its a long weekends. been planning to bake something but so tired and no mood for it. 1st photo is bundt cake in sheep form. every year we baked this cake for the easter sunday or easter monday dessert. 2nd and 3rd is gingerbread cookies and oatmeal cookies. unfortunately my oatmeal cookies got burnt, as it was my first time to try. i always have burnt cakes or cookies during my first tries. hahaha. our oven really hates me. hahaha
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My brother in law decided to order these compressed saw dust for our boiler while the prices is still tolerable. we try to avoid using gas boiler as much as possible now due to high price of gas and electricity. Approximately its around 1000kg, its for the whole year round of use. during summer days we don't use heater to save woods. also later on, we will again order chopped woods for alternate use. The sacks is much higher than me hahaha
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Happy Palm sunday to all my christian friends here!! They used this branch as a replacement for plam branch. Because no plam trees here. I'm staying for 4 years but honestly never attended a plam sundayand easter sunday church services yet. Hehehhe For some reason im always sick. 😁
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When you thought its over but he is back with a vengeance. Hahhha A snowy and windy morning here in zdar nadsaz., czech. Back in full gear winter outfits hahaha.
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Order this in an online filipino store. Costs me more than 40$ for these few items. Lucily i ordered ahead of time because now all increases prices by 10% in all items Actually i plan to order more but the budget is not cooperating.maybe next time hehe
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Happy weekend and happy caturday to all!!! This cat really hates me, its my employers cat named filip. Been with them for almost 11 months now and still dont want me touch him. As a revenge, i vaccum his place when he is there hahahha. But he is nice. Dont eat or steal human food but loves littles cookies and cakes.
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My kind of dinner tonight. Because i'm so tired from work so i decided to cook something easy to prepare. I had 2 cups of steam rice. 2 scrambled eggs, instant noodles in spicy flavor and mango juice.
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Done with my booster shot today! I hope no more covid episode anymore. as a treat, I bought this nice sweet, called, indianek, a czech sweet. A dessert known as an Indianer, which rose to fame in Vienna in the early nineteenth century, when it was served by an Indian magician. indiánek means 'little Indian'. in translation. it is a whipped egg white mousse covered in chocolate on top of a cookie.
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Fun fact! Did somebody do this also?? Hehehhe. Cutting toothpaste tube in half to scrape off remaining paste. Hehehe Been doing this since i was young. To save toothpaste and money. Hahah
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flowers are starting to bloom here in our garden. soon tulip, lavander, roses and others will follow. soon more colorful garden again. aside from them, raspberries, currant, and gooseberries will bloom too. not to mention our neighbor's apple tree and plum tree too.
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throwback time! "Pearl of the king", visited this giant pearl in 2015, in Boracay island, Philippines. The pearl is owned by a Chinese-Filipino businessman, Richard King, chairman of the Crown Regency Hotel in Boracay Island, Aklan, Mr. King inherited the so called biggest pearl from his grandfather as it reportedly came from Palawan sea like the “Pearl of Allah” or popularly known as “Pearl of Lao Tzu/Tze” and is considered as largest known pearl in the world which measures 24 centimeters and weighs 6.4 kilograms. Unfortunately we never had a nice picture of the pearl because of the photobomber fish who sleeps on it during the course of our visit. 2nd photo (right), courtesy of google.
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yesterday my mother in law's cousin and wife visited us again. they gave us around 30 kgs of potatoes, eggs from their chicken coop, 2 kgs of beef and this lovely flower, one for me and for my mother in law as gift for celebrating the women's month. when they visit, they normally give some gifts which is very highly appreciated due to increasing prices of commodities now. last time they visited they gave walnuts and ginger bread.
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Throw back Thursday! Visited in 2018 The Paoay church of Ilocos norte. Church was still under renovation/repairs at that time. The Saint Augustine Church commonly known as the Paoay Church, is a Roman Catholic church in the Municipality of Paoay, Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. The church was completed in 1710, the church is famous for its distinct architecture highlighted by the enormous buttresses on the sides and back of the building. It is declared as a National Cultural Treasure by the Philippine government in 1973 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the collective group of Baroque Churches of the Philippines in 1993.
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Throw back time! The infamous Basco, Batanes light house. we visited this back in 2018. Batanes is located in the northernmost province in the Philippines. its around 2.5hrs by plane from Manila. Inside is possible to see and climb the top part for less than 1$ entrance ticket (at that time). I love the place because no traffic there, I can assure you of that hehehe. food and people are so nice. but some senior residents dont speak tagalog nor english. The now a days " I❤ Batanes" signage is not yet there during our visit. I love to this place someday again, hopefully. food and hotels are affordable but not the flight tickets hehehe.
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finally after 5 months, my package arrives yesterday. im so worried that if not arrive soon, some items will reach expiration dates. but now i am so glad that they received it and enjoying the little gifts i had for them. some of the items is already distributed to designated persons hehehee. other items not included in the photo, like baby clothes for my nephews, tons of chocolates, diapers and bath essentials. hehehe :) ;)
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Munching on my favorite snack since i was a kid while watching some series. But because i bought it in a filipino store it cost me 1.30$ for one pack. 3x the normal price in the philippine market.
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throw back time! hehhe this photo in pink horse is taken back in 2017 when we visited Baguio city, Philippines. we stayed there for 3 days so we don't have enough time to explore the area so much. hopefully soon we can visit it again. love to see the strawberry farm there. Most unforgettable experience we had there is during our stay in our hotel, forgot the name, late evening we heard some footsteps going up and down and up and down. my partner cant take it anymore, check it out but unfortunately no one is awake, no one is walking in the hall or in the stairs. the guard/ front man evening snoring in the reception hall. next morning we ask somebody about the hotel, and during the world war 2, many died there and throw their bodies there (it just an open space during the time). 3rd and last day we saw a local celebrity. forgot the name. hehehe. too bad i didn't ask for photograph. because we are in a hurry at that time to leave.
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hello my friends, how are you? still not in good shape so i dont engaged much lately, although time to time i reply to some comments if i can. still in isolation due to covid, which last night we found out that my bosses got "covid" last week and still not okay today. but they didnt say that to us ( me and co worker), she keep us working there knowing they putting both of us in danger. now I got the virus, and we have a senior citizen here. hope nothing will happen to her, if not all the blame will be on me. I will get back in engaging as soon as i will be okay. have a nice day/evening to all!!
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3rd week and i have still cough. Doctor prescribed me new sets of meds. Worst for 2nd time pcr test i am positive in covid-19. Grrr. I knew they will alter it. Its not my 1st time to have worst cough which ended up in pneumonia. I hope a negative result soon!!!
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Our valentine's day dinner. To celebrate the day, i cooked stir fry noodles since its hubby's favorite and then i ordered pizza for added treats. as for the gifts he gave me a red rose and a box of chocolate. in return i also gave him chocolate. we dont normally go out on a date and eat in a fancy restaurant.(only time to time) he prefer to be at home and eat home cook meals! Happy valentine's day to all!
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Just want to flex few of my stamp collection from czech post! I have few more in the Philippines but many of them got damaged so cant sell it a very high price. I also have few old and modern day post cards too.
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Stocking up on some cold desserts. Hehe i still have cough and sore throat so i cant enjoy it for now but hopefully soon. I want to buy milka ice cream but not available so i bought oreo and toblerone ice cream on stick.
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My dinner for tonight garlic rice and luncheon meat with spicy shrimp paste in bottle. Our typical pinoy dish. Sometimes fried eggs and dried fish/squid. Also Today my pcr test came negative. Although still with sore throat and hoarse voice. But still so relieve that no need to do quarantine and do certain protocols. ;) ;) Happy weekends to all!!
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Watching the opening ceremony of 2022 winter olympics, and giving support to our only representative, Asa Miller . Too bad michael martinez cant join for this year. I hope our govt will support our players both financial. Moral and all the support they needed. so the country can send more athletes for more chance of winning medals. Go Go Go kabayan!
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Just because of sore throat and slight fever, i have to take the pcr test tomorrow. Grrrrr I really dont believe in covid. I know that they are just manipulating the result. I have a friend who also starting with sore throat and ended up as covid 19 positive. Good luck to me tom. :( :(.
