Month: November 2022

Umbrellas- Yes or No?

At home I have a big black umbrella in the car. And at least one in the house. Last Christmas I received the gift of one with a yarn/knitting theme. I’ve sat under a golf one at a lacrosse game, but when I think about it, I use them rarely. I’m not sure why but I’m thinking about it. This trip I’ve relied on a hooded rain jacket when I’m out and about in the rain.

I learned in the History of umbrellas – umbrellas have been around for 4000 years! Who knew?

Do you use an umbrella?

Marija Juric Zagorka sculpture –
B.1873 D.1957 most widely read Croatian Journalist/Novelist and Women’s Activist
School field trip learning about Ban Josip Jelacic equestrian statue
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They say it’s your birthday

Happy I’m here to bake a cake and share the day with you
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American Food Store and Much More in Zagreb

American Food Store and Much More

There are cranberries and pumpkin for American Thanksgiving.

I bought these beans for my DIL
Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream
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Remembrance Day Croatia

Remembrance Day for the victims of the Homeland War and Remembrance Day for the victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja 2022 in Croatia

There are lanterns with candles burning along the roadways to commemorate Remembrance Day

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May Fourteen be Fabulous!

Happy fourteenth birthday Maura Clare. love, FF

October 2022 when visiting Pittsburgh
Your sparkle and positive spirit were evident at birth!
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Wordless Wednesday

On the way to the playground -Zagreb Signage in English

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Quotation Inscribed on a Shoe

Zagreb Croatia Shop Window on llica – the longest street in Zagreb

Sir Edwin Hardy Amies 1909-2003 from UK “Couturier; dressmaker for Queen Elizabeth II; Head of Special Operations Executive in Belgium during World War II” And Costume snd Wardrobe Designer for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

If you are looking into having a Bespoke Suit tailor made on Saville Row in London it takes six to eight weeks according to this GQ article note: “With a bespoke suit, a pattern is designed and made from scratch based on the client’s measurements, often from 20+ measurements involving multiple fittings, and takes considerably longer to produce than a made-to-measure garment. This ensures a precise fit, particularly in the shoulders as well as the posture areas” just no “cheap shoes”

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Walking in Zagreb City Center

Every Monday Restless Jo posts her walks (click to see Tróia) she has many blog followers sharing their walks. Jo often leaves a good word on my blog. Although I’ve been “walking along” with Jo for years, this is my first time to join the community of walkers, too. Total 5.6 miles walk but…..

I started on the tram. I had the four kuna ready.

Waiting for the tram
I made it on the tram!

I actually started my walk at the Zagreb Botanical Garden in beautiful autumn colors

A very old tree
100 year old swamp cypresses (Taxodium distichum)
The rock garden
A rose still blooming
Persimmon tree
Original entrance used only for ceremonies now
The dinosaur tree. A new species discovered in Australia. “One of the most famous living fossils and the greatest botanical discovery of our time is a plant discovered in 1994 in a hidden canyon of the Australian Wollemi national park, not a 100 miles away from Sydney. This is so called Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) belonging to the araucaria family (Araucariaceae), thought to be extinct and only known from fossils. Our specimen was planted on the 20th anniversary of its discovery. It is protected by a small cage which both attract the visitors and is useful for protecting this subtropical tree from winter cold.”
On to the center.
A busy marketplace. You can buy all sorts of fruits, nuts, vegetables, and even a broom or woolly socks.
On the way to the center https://eco-zagreb.hr/o-nama/
Vincek
Chestnuts Roasting
Zagreb Funicular ( incline)
Croats invented the necktie
I need to find out who this sculpture is. There are lots of scientists, inventors, throughout the center
The cathedral is under renovation
Weather station
Chestnut honey on the right
Representing country women coming to market

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St.Martin’s Day

St.Martin’s Day was celebrated Thursday evening at the school.

First the story of St.Martin was told to the families inside the school. Then the families went outside to see the circle of all the school children. The children carried lanterns they’d made and gathered in a circle to sing. There were candles along the stairs and paths to light the darkness.

Inside where the story of St.Martin was told
A glass jar with colored tissue paper decoupage a tea light at the bottom

“Martin of Tours (died 397) was a Roman soldier who was baptized as an adult and became a bishop in Gaul. He is best known for the tale whereby he cut his cloak in half with his sword, to give half to a beggar who was dressed in only rags in the depth of winter. That night Martin had a vision of Jesus Christ wearing the half-cloak.”

Five years ago I attended another St.Martins Day in Berlin. Here’s that post

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Jajomat

Egg machine. Fresh eggs – 24 hours.

Jajomat is an Egg Machine

A short video showing the gathering the eggs to putting them into the vending machine.

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