Anna

@LadyDuck (494090)

Italy

Joined myLot 11 years ago

I am Italian and I live in Switzerland. I like, gardening, crafting, writing, baking, cooking and chatting with people.

ladyduckblog.blogspot.ch/

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Winter Solstice and Superstitions

Anna @LadyDuck (494090) • Italy 21 Dec 22

Today is the Winter Solstice, the day when earth's poles reach their maximum axial tilt away from the Sun and today winter starts. According to an ancient middle oriental superstition the "Dark Spirits" walk the earth during "the...

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Deborah-Diane @LadyDuck - I agree that having a missing person is the worst experience for a family. It would be awful to not know what happened. This is especially true when it happens to children, because you don't know if they were killed, or if they were "sold" to...

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Death by chocolate

Judy Evans @JudyEv (372722) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Feb

Yesterday we went on a bus trip to the Swan Valley on the outskirts of Perth with other residents from our village. One of the places we visited was a chocolate factory. We were given a few samples and wandered through the shop...

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Judy Evans @LadyDuck I don't like them but the dinner-plate ones really put me off!

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UPDATE:The good, the bad, the ugly, and the unknown.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (55245) 3 Feb

For the few that have asked, I will update my post about my sweet old neighbor and his death. I wrote this original post last week. His daughter and granddaughters are cleaning out his home today. They had to wait until there...

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Marie Coyle @LadyDuck If that helps him be peaceful in his mind, that's good. Would the neighbor come up for the short period of time and stay with him if needed, or just watch to make sure he didn't leave?

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Too much!

Toni @toniganzon (73765) • Philippines 24 Feb

I knew for a fact that when I eat too much oysters, I will suffer from indigestion. But each and every single time it is served on the table, I simply cannot refuse to devour as much as I can. My sister and I love oysters even...

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Toni @LadyDuck Gillardeau is the ones they serve here in 5 star Michelin restaurants. Air freight from France on a daily basis. So it's very costly.

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Why would he live like that?

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (18692) 22 Feb

So I was in a neighbour's house the other day delivering a parcel that we took in for him He lives like a pig. How house is a mess It stinks of piss It's dirty Bags of rubbish lying every where. Cig ends on the floor A sinkful of...

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck I bet your house is really clean and tidy and well furnished and well looked after.

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Yvonne cooked Dinner

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (18692) 24 Feb

Standing cooking a meal and doing all the prep is quite difficult for Yvonne so this meal is an absolute triumph as she did everything herself including peeling the potatoes Seems she is getting a bit better every day as she...

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Jimbo45 I thought that you would be the one to point out the adequate amount of food Anna I don't think anyone else has

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The Origin of the "Trick-or-Treating" Tradition

Anna @LadyDuck (494090) • Italy 22 Oct

Most of myLot members surely know that "trick-or-treating" is a Halloween tradition in which children go door-to-door and recite the phrase to receive candy. This tradition, called "souling", dates back to the...

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Thelma @LadyDuck We had 17C today and very sunny. Yes, it won’t last as I have heard from the weather forecast.

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Are there Pinoys here?

cuttyrish @cuttyrish (2695) • United States 28 Nov

I am half german-jew, half filipino (pinay) from the United States, but i am currently in Baguio, working with my kids. I speak English,Tagalog, and Ilocano. I hope to meet you guys here, and share your experience as well, as i...

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cuttyrish It's my dream to to italy someday.

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Yvonne got a burst tea bag lol

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (18692) 22 Feb

Poor Yvonne She got a burst tea bag in her tea and didn't notice it She must have broken the tea bag when she was brewing it in her cup It's horrible when that happens Isn't it? I suppose it has happened to most of us at some...

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck Ah I have only looked at PG Tips with a string I should shop around

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Small annoyance but extremely irritating.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (55245) 1 Feb

That is, it's the little things that can make a person want to scream in frustration. Ever hear of a floater? Sure you have. Basically, there are two definitions of a floater. One is a person, dead or alive, floating in...

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Marie Coyle @LadyDuck Oh, my gosh. Anna, that was one determined lady for sure!

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A hard day's work

Judy Evans @JudyEv (372722) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Feb

When Vince went to Thailand recently, he took a small suitcase and a backpack. Both had seen better days. The idea was that he’d buy new ones in Thailand as prices were likely to be cheaper. He would then leave the old ones...

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Judy Evans @LadyDuck That was lucky! And I'm guessing maybe insurance paid for it? Sometimes claiming insurance isn't worth the effort.

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Thought he loved me

DianneN @DianneN (249782) • United States 24 Feb

Yesterday, my husband came home with this bouquet of flowers for me. I felt so happy and thanked him. It turned out that the supermarket was celebrating one of their anniversaries and gave them away for free. And I thought hubs...

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DianneN @LadyDuck What else did they have to do?

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The Artistic Side of the War

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 24 Feb

You may remember when I went to Camp Breckenridge a couple of years ago and how I fawned over the artwork on the walls of the one building left standing from the time it was a POW camp. It’s amazing to see the artistic side of...

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Four Walls @LadyDuck — yes, it wasn’t like “revenge” the way the Soviets were on the Germans. The resources were lacking.

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Dancing to Macarena

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (94646) • Daytona Beach, Florida 16 Feb

The Macarena is a 1990s line dance performed to the song “Macarena” by Spanish pop duo Los Del Rio. Great for all ages, this dance craze is easy to do once you've got the basic moves down. Then, just turn up the music and start...

macarena and dance

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck When I thought about Bingo and how it was years ago It made me wonder why all the players didnt die of lung cancer. A smoke filled room with older people dreaming of a big win

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Hot on the Heels

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (18692) 17 Feb

Hot on the heels of one Amazon delivery Knock knock who is there It's another Amazon delivery This time for Yvonne She ordered some soft drinks Lucozade and 7 Up Glad it arrived when it did as now I can dispose of all the...

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck Yay Scotland is a cool dark place , most of the time lol

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We just had a HUGE storm.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (55245) 19 Feb

This was a whopper! It's been really windy and humid all evening and night. I heard thunder for over and hour and lightning was flashing like crazy. We got severe storm warnings on the phone. And then it really let loose! It...

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Marie Coyle @LadyDuck I am sure he will miss it, but you will know when it's time.

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Deliveries gone wrong

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (55245) 24 Feb

Walmart did it again. This has happened before, that I ordered nothing from Walmart, but received a grocery order that wasn't mine. A few years back I did get several orders that weren't mine--all grocery, mostly cold items,...

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Marie Coyle @LadyDuck Oh, dear. I hope it goes well.

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New stands for our Qwirkle game

Judy Evans @JudyEv (372722) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Feb

A friend dropped in this morning and presented us with these boards he had made. He and his wife came for lunch the other day and we played a few games of Qwirkle. He thought the stands we had which came with the game (you can...

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Judy Evans @LadyDuck Vince isn't too bad but he is bad at remembering appointments. We write everything down now - the time, the place and any other information we need.

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Too much!

Toni @toniganzon (73765) • Philippines 24 Feb

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Toni @LadyDuck Yes, the sweetness disappears once oysters are cooked. Only the fresh good ones have that sweet taste.

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I witnessed a big kindness today.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (55245) 21 Feb

I didn't have any errands to run or places I had to be today, with one exception and that was the pharmacy. It was actually a prescription for myself, and not the son--shocker, right? But I went, it's very close by. As usual, it...

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Marie Coyle @LadyDuck Yes, that's the problem for sure. Not enough volunteers to go around to do the pick-ups.

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