Anna

@LadyDuck (505410)

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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Thank You For Listening

Anna @LadyDuck (505410) • Italy 2 Mar 16

Have you noticed the new improvement? Going to the profile of each user, you can see again the statistics of its activity. I mean, you can see again how many discussions, responses, comments, the user made. This is useful to...

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rebelann1949 I only remember those things that had a huge affect on me @LadyDuck That is human nature.

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Is Strawberry Time

Anna @LadyDuck (505410) • Italy 23 Feb 16

Bless the Spain and their wonderful weather, the fresh Spanish strawberries have reached our Swiss shelves. This morning, coming back from the Post Office, I have stopped at the grocery store to buy a box of strawberries. I have...

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rebelann1949 Even when we lived in Germany I cannot recall wild strawberries but we did find wild blueberries and raspberries, I should say mom found those, I was too young to care at the time @LadyDuck

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Who Is The Killer?

Anna @LadyDuck (505410) • Italy 12 Nov 15

This morning, I have read in the news that Alabama police has charged with murder a 8 year old kid. This sounds incredible, but this young boy, yesterday has killed a 1 year old girl. The little girl did not stop crying, he...

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rebelann1949 Yes, so far that has been proven @LadyDuck

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Still Learning

Anna @LadyDuck (505410) • Italy 25 Aug 15

I have joined one week ago, but I am active only since yesterday. I am still looking around to better understand how the site works. I have read the guidelines and the rules but there are still unanswered questions: - How short...

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rebelann1949 I do not recall YouTube being involved with Mylot guidelines @LadyDuck

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Spätzli The Swiss Pasta

Anna @LadyDuck (505410) • Italy 18 Mar 16

A few days ago @Inlemay wrote a post mentioning the spätzli. Spätzli (or Knöpfle) are a kind of egg noodles served in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Hungary, as a side dish of meats prepared in sauce. The recipe of the dough...

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rebelann1949 May I remind you that you are a professional cook whereas I have no clue about that kind of cooking @LadyDuck This means what you might consider easy may be difficult for me ..... I never had to cook for anyone other than myself so I suppose in many ways I...

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Bunnies Everywhere

Anna @LadyDuck (505410) • Italy 12 Mar 16

Two more weeks and it's Easter. Traditionally, the day of Easter, people exchange small gifts, such as chocolate bunnies or the chocolate eggs. They are both very popular. Today I have paid a visit to the supermarket to check...

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rebelann1949 Yeah, to me they are not pets but there are a few who post online about their 'pet' rooster @LadyDuck

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Strolling On The Lake Shore

Anna @LadyDuck (505410) • Italy 28 Mar 16

In spite of what the weatherman has announced, we had a beautiful and sunny Easter. We received my family to have the Easter lunch together. In the afternoon, we all decided to cross the border and go for a walk on the shores of...

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rebelann1949 American actors have no idea how precious these places are to the residents and seemingly have no respect for them either @LadyDuck

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My culinary experiment for today. Do you ever try something totally new?

The Horse @TheHorse (239363) • Walnut Creek, California 26 Jul

Yesterday I scored some Marie' Callender's Sesame Chicken at Safeway. It cost $4.49 and was in the frozen food section, next to my beloved Stouffer's frozen meals. The Sesame Chicken can be cooked in a regular oven (some frozen...

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The Horse Understandable. I hope you find something to "graze" on, just to stay healthy.

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Oh look our window garden

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (39552) 26 Jul

Oh look Our window garden Kept it simple 2 x Cucumber plants which did not die when we were on holiday And 2 Coriander pots, bought in Tesco last Thursday The Cucumber plants are doing well This week we will add 2 Cherry...

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck Well not much direct sunlight to worry about now Anna for the rest of this year We have had our summer already

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I treated Myself tonight, I deserve it

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (39552) 24 Jul

I treated myself tonight , I deserve it. So I took Yvonne for a run on the bike tonight and we ended up in the City of Dundee, I thought it was a great chance for us to visit the big huge extra big Tesco miles to walk around...

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck Yvonne has stopped the hunt for another house just now She said we won't get as nice neighbours as we have now.

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Sight seeing on holiday

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (39552) 7 Jul

So we did a bit of sight seeing today. Not where we intended going But where we went was ok It's on the shore of the Cromarty Firth It looks down to where the Caledonian Canal starts and goes to where Loch Ness starts, So...

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck He is really set in his ways Anna We are the same age Were in the same class at school But he is an old 65.

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typhoon Noul the name offered by which country?

nice @nicegolden (417) • Shenzhen, China 26 Jul

for the name in Chinese means rosy clouds,wondering what's the story behind. the typhoon hit yesterday and has gone now ,left wastes everywhere,and rainy days a while absent here,wish everybody a fine day

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DE @LadyDuck

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Turkish Delight

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (39552) 25 Jul

Turkish Delight Well it is supposed to be Turkish Delight But it is not what I remember to be Turkish Delight It's less Turkish than I am And a lot less of a delight. 1/5 Maybe less

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck Why can't they just leave things alone just like they used to be.

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

Anna @LadyDuck (505410) • 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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rebelann1949 I stopped doing anything once I had been retired for 2 years @LadyDuck I finally realized that the only reason I ever participated was due to the fun I had getting dressed up as a vampire or something just to get my co workers attention. Now I have none so why...

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Got an alert on my phone

snowy @snowy22315 (211296) • United States 26 Jul

Dangerous thunderstorm until 11 PM. 80 MPH winds. Sounded like sticks and stones hitting the house and windows Amazingly power has stayed on..although yTV went off. I thought about getting in the closet as even the bathrooms have...

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snowy @LadyDuck That's good. It is hot in parts of the US now too, but not here.

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Most Tedious Task

Anna @LadyDuck (505410) • Italy 10 Apr 16

What is the most tedious task in your opinion? For me it's something that comes once a year, filling tax forms. Both yesterday and this morning I only had a very little time for myLot, but finally the tax forms are filled and...

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rebelann1949 Yes, exactly @LadyDuck

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Today's Trip to Ullapool

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (39552) 14 Jul

Today's trip to Ullapool was a really good one. Another gorgeous day, warm and sunny Traffic not too bad 70 miles each way surrounded by scenery at it's Scottish finest No wonder the tourists love Scotland. So we got there...

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck I think this will be one a routine for you Anna A good thing to do.

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Omg yum you must try these

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (39552) 14 Jul

Omg these are yum You really do need to try them if you can get them. Luckily for us We got two boxes The description is on the box Yum

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck That's so sad, and scary too. Choking might be more of an issue would t it?

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Meet Rosie, Do you think that she is pretty?

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (39552) 26 Jul

Meet Rosie This is Rosie A beautiful lovely friendly dog we met when we were on Holiday yay for us No idea what breed she is I didn't ask But she likes me , as she came running to our caravan every time her and her owner...

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Jimbo45 Clever also Anna She soon worked out I am a soft touch.

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Today's trip to Fort Augustus

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (39552) 13 Jul

Today's trip to Fort Augustus Today's trip to Fort Augustus was a really good one Lovely weather, sun shining, warm Roads were quite quiet. So we had a good trip there. Went the scenic route there and returned by the even...

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Jimbo45 @LadyDuck I wish my neighbour would give me a steak Anna I hope you got some lovely vegetables to accompany your nice steak

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