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Ramadan kareem!!

After all those beautiful pictures it’s time for a little shocker again.

Just a little one; I promise.

During the recent storm one of the roof panels of our greenhouse flew away.
After having picked it up from the lawn and having sunk into the mud with a normal ladder, I went behind the house to fetch a stouter ladder. It doesn’t sink as easily, yet it is rather heavy and was standing behind a lot of other stuff that hadn’t been needed during winter.

While I was still struggling to get one end free of the tomato stakes, the other end tipped over a top-heavy bucket containing several heavy pieces of iron.
Of course this hit me full in the left calf.

I do not recommend standing on tiptoe on a ladder in a storm, half lying on a slanting roof that would not support your weight if you really leaned on it, with a leg that is screaming at you, while you’re wielding some plyers in a frantic attempt to wrestle those weird (and seemingly spring-loaded) clamps that hold the panels in place under the framework again.

The pics I took several days later are rather low quality, the first one being rather blurry and the second way too dark, but I think they’re giving a “nice” impression of the bruise/scratch I got.
Enjoy.

Actually, that would make a cool tattoo design….

And it was even more colourful than any Easter egg.

So…

Happy Easter, everyone!!

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Edit:

Ok, I’ll ge generous and pander to someone’s delusions.
If you click on the image you’ll get a picture of the shark without my bruise.
Both images are - obviously - the property of Frans.

© Frans 2010

*ducks and runs back into cover before getting stoned by everyone*

A blessed Eid al Adha / bayram to all my Muslim friends!!!

(And happy bayram…)

… to all my Muslim friends!

(Please do keep in mind though that dehydration can be a problem during the summer months and don’t ruin your health, should the weather seriously not agree with the fasting.

I know I sure would have needed a doctor today had I not been able to drink, and I am not even fasting…)

Yeah, I found the pc today, am still missing half of my brain though.

Depending on how the pics that I took look on the pc, one or two photos may bling up this post. But not just now. Too much work to fetch cam, upload pics to pc, edit, and upload to server.

I already had breakfast today and shopped for buns and drinks, so my work for today is more than done.

*huffs pitifully*

*huffs some more*
That’s the best I could do, standing shivering in the garden, taking pics of the neighbours’ rockets… I mean, it’s supposed to be blurred like this. That’s art.

see post title

Merry Christmas to everyone!!

… to all my Muslim friends yet again.

Have a blessed Eid al Adha.

Feel free to pick your own spelling.
There are so many out there on the net.
You’re doing that to confuse all non-Muslims, don’t you…?

Oh, and bro:

Happy bayram!