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Is it that time of the year again?

My, time flies when you’re having fun.

Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and similar feasts.

Even if it comes almost too late: Happy Easter to all my Christian friends!!!

…This is becoming a “season’s greetings” blog.
The next holiday is upon us.

Merry Christmas, everyone, and I hope you’ll enjoy the wintery photos I took around the house and neighbourhood.

*hugs everyone and throws some tinsel*

outdoor Christmas tree

icicles

winter sun

Eid mubarak to all my Muslim friends!

Eid mubarak, everyone!!!

….

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 be 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…)