This is my entry for the @qurator Monday Missions... this week, featuring a different topic for a photo of each day of the week (sounds a bit like the Hungry Caterpillar...). Anyway, I was going to just do all the photos and little interesting blurbs in this post at the start of the week... I know how I do things, by the end of the week... I will have forgotten about this post!
Money
Australia was the first country to develop and deploy polymer (plastic...) currency in 1988 (the Australian Bi-centennial) to replace the paper bills. It's something that is still quite novel for many people around the world as quite a few countries have stayed with the paper bills. These notes were developed by the CSIRO (the Australian Government's Science Development wing...) in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of Australia (the Australian central bank...).... or was that the RBA in collaboration with CSIRO? No... Science before Money...
Anyway, it was developed to replace the old paper notes with a more secure and durable alternative... with the benefit that they are just so much more colourful and pretty than the drab paper alternatives that age really badly!
On release, there was the usual outcry of the sky falling in.... after all, the polymer notes would shrink if you put them in the oven. Or if you left a hot iron on it... Something that would NEVER happen with paper notes... they would BURN with FIRE and SMOKE, just like good money should!
Tea
I'm sure that this was a typo on the part of the contest organisers... this is not how you spell C-O-F-F-E-E! However, I will play along... on the off chance that that actually meant to write TEA...
I'm sure that most houses have this tea problem... Tea is the household equivalent of garden weeds. You are at the supermarket... tea costs a euro per packet, and it's supposed to be good for you... so you pick up a few different flavours to have on hand for when you want a hot drink without the delicious goodness and taste of Coffee.
However, upon trying out a single tea sachet... you find that it's horrible!... actually, we had one the other day that the whole family tried. In Dutch, it was called Zouthout (Sweet Wood...)... and it tastes like, sugared twigs... as if you bit a tree and then added sugar.
However, I digress... tea, you try one and then you put away the whole box for later... much much much much later... until you find that the horrible things have taken over the whole shelf and are starting to push out useful foods! I should try burning them....
What's in your fridge?
Oooooh... I got lucky on this! I had cleaned out the fridge yesterday in preparation for a big grocery shop today! So, it really looks like I have a clean and empty fridge all the time!
Sadly, in the clean up, you missed out on the half dozen lemon halves... my wife cuts a lemon to have in a hot drink every morning... and saves the other half in the fridge for the next day. I ask her why she doesn't just use the whole lemon... but apparently, it is too lemony! In practice, we end up with a million lemon halves in the fridge... in various states of mouldiness...
Something that is always there in the bottom of our fridge is a piece of Cuisse de Canard... a sort of French spiced preserved Duck... It's really handy for heating up quickly in the oven (about 10 minutes...) to stir through with pasta and some vegetables! A quick meal that is the adult upgrade to the instant noodles and canned tuna of student days!
Tree
From our back window... we have the least loved tree in our neighbourhood... well, I guess it is loved by the neighbour who actually owns it... but it hangs over two other neighbours (us included...) and completely shades another neighbour's garden... It is a great example of one person's "rights" and "freedoms" intersecting with other people...
The greatest annoyance to us is the fact that it drops sharp pine needles onto our grass... which means, when it is shedding needles (in windy weather... which happens quite often in The Netherlnads...)... it can be a bit of a painful walk in bare feet or socks in our back yard!
Party
It is a bit of a testament of a busy household with two parents both working and two kids away from extended family that some small tasks get relegated to the later later later category of priorities! Weeks ago, we had dressed up the house for one of our daughter's birthdays... and the decorations are still up! Probably I should take them down now... instead of writing this!
Shoes
Okay... the UGG boot is Australia's iconic indoors crappy sheepskin comfort-wear... that was how it was when I was growing up and I'm steadfastly going to remain that way. In recent years, it has become a trendy fashion icon (how....?????) and something that people wear outdoors... seriously, if water gets in there... it is going to be super uncomfortable!
However, the opinions of one random fashion challenged male seem to be on the losing side of things... my daughter's friends (who often speak their mind quite openly and bluntly....) keep asking why I'm wearing girl's shoes... and my students (who have on the most part learnt to differentiate between their inner and outer voices...) just look at me strangely when I answer the door wearing these comfy shoes...
Screw you all! These are not fashion icons... they are crappy indoor wearing comfy boots... what the hell is wrong with the world!
Sweet
Lastly... this is the view of the cupboard where the sweets are stored from the viewpoint of our youngest daughter. Unlike her older sister (who will stash and never eat her sweets...), our youngest will pig down anything and everything and then start laying claim to everyone else's goodies!
Each morning she will hazard an attempt for a sweet... and is weirdly surprised when we say "no". Nothing ventured, nothing gained I guess...
So, this is the view from her head height... it is the unattainable goal... sitting at the top, way out of reach of her little body... yet, if only she could stack together enough chairs... or corrupt and cajole the older sister... there would be an untold wealth of sweetness and sugary tooth decay awaiting!
Maybe I should a primed mousetrap up there as a lesson to prying hands...
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With all those lemon halves in your fridge, probably opening your fridge brings out a lemony scent. There is always something hiding at the bottom of the ref, I find all sorts of stuff from year old coffee beans to toys lol.
Nope... it is a mouldy scent! I don't even want to think about looking under the fridge...
Those are unusual notes saw them a couple of years ago for the first time when husband went to visit his sister in New Zealand.
As for sheepskin boots, crazy comfy indoor winter shoes, had slippers like that when we lived inland, yes warm not fashionable but who cares.
Who drinks tea when it is coffee that kick-starts you every day, only drink some tea during winter during the day after coffee, still prefer plain water LOL....
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Yep... coffee... and if no coffee... plain water! Not funny flavoured water!
The bank notes are pretty cool, they were unusual at first... but they are just so much nicer and more colourful!
Always coffee and then lots of water, no flavoured water unless it's freshly squeezed lemon.
Longer lasting if people don't try iron them LOL...
Well done @bengy. Thanks for showing me this one @jaynie. 👍🏿
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it?!
Got a good laugh on your expose of your wife's lemon halves, lol! You gotta love them though. :) On the tree in the neighbor's yard, if that was where I live, one would have to attempt to get permission from the local government to have it removed. Might your area have a similar restriction possibly?
Here, it's because it's a pine and destroying them isn't allowed.
Ah well... in the end, the tree is a bit annoying... but not annoying enough to kick up a stink with the neighbour. They are nice people! Sometimes, it just isn't worth the fight!
Oh I think maybe you misunderstood me. I wasn't suggesting any confrontations with your neighbors. :) What I meant is that your neighbors may not be allowed to cut that tree down because it's pine. That's if, for example, there is a law where you guys live that is like the law here where I live.
Generally here where I am, if you want to get rid of a pine, it has to be a threat of destroying property, or have some tree disease. Minus anything like that and you won't be cutting down your pine without chancing a huge fine for doing so!
Yes, I did misunderstand! I'm not sure what the law is here with pines... I'm not sure that it is protected, but I would have no idea!
We have several trees in my part of America that one has to get a permit to cut down. Two that I specifically know of here where I live are pines and oaks, because I have a pine and two oaks on my property, and I'd like to get rid of the pine and one oak but I can't.
President Trump just recently signed some UN "Trillion trees initiative" or something like that, so I think there's a good chance that trees are going to start getting more attention, care and protection from the world.
We have new bills now. That one is old 🤑
Serious? I have to look and see what is new!
Zouthout is the best ! So are the UGGS
Well... yes, Uggs are comfy... not sure about that tea though!
Oh shame, not only do you wear girly boots, you also torture your child by placing delectable things out of her reach hahaha.
At least your musical abilities saves your reputation Lol
Tough being a parent at times my friend.
Blessings!
Haha... they AREN"T GIRLS SHOES!
Oh my goodness! I have certainly touched a nerve here Hahaha.
No need to shout my friend and I have no problem with you wearing gir oops, shoes of any kind Lol.
Btw. I think you know by now that I like to tease Lol.
Blessings!
Heh, no problem. I'm strong enough to wear shoes that other people have the wrong idea about!
Hahaha, yust teasing my friend.
I know that you are strong.
Blessings!
HAHA! I worked at a bank for a while when I was younger. It was amazing to see how many people melted their bank notes in the over or even toasters! LOL
Seriously... I thought it was a joke! What are they even doing in the oven or near a toaster... people never ceases to amaze me... in an interesting way!
hahahahahha!!!
Was it you in our server the other day that said rooibos tea tasted like pencil shavings LOL
Someone said that amidst our tea convo... LOL
I guess most things that are good for you taste like crap :D
Nope not me! I actually love Rooibos, it is one of the few teas that I will drink... especially as it is Caffeinne free, which is great for nighttimes... I had never heard of it until I moved here to Netherlands, but I think it is a South African import?
Yes it is South African. I drink rooibos all day! I probably klap about 6 cups a day haha!
are 7 interesting photos that express emotions, feelings.
Thanks... glad you enjoyed it!
Interestings facts about Australian currency/money. I'm going to check this monday mission thing. Looks interesting. Thanks for sharing
It's a nice way to get the brain going if you are a bit short on ideas to write about!
Nice one! Good luck to you 😊😊
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Thanks! It was fun to write!
Haha Bengy. You reminded me to look into my cupboard to see a few different boxes of tea that should be tossed. I finally settled on keeping the box of white tea I drink and a box of regular black tea in case of company,
I should try white tea... I had tried that somewhere, and I think that was an okay one!
I have to purchase the white tea (Uncle Lee’s) at the health food store -most grocery stores don’t carry it. It is not processed as much as other teas.
Hahaha, yeah, I still have some Christmas decorations up, too. Now I'm calling them 'winter decorations,' despite that we have no snow.
Your tea shelf looks remarkably like mine. It must be a universal!
Start calling them 2020 decorations and then you are set for the year!
I also used to have piles of different tea boxes, for the very same reasons and ended up with little to no space in the cupboard. I learnt from a friend that I can donate to a small community shop in my neighbourhood, which I did.
As for the birthday party decorations - 4 months later some of them are still hanging... In my defence, I tried to take them out but my son asked me to keep them. ;))
Indoor Ugg boots, not a fan! The outdoor ones, yes. Although some of them look plain ugly, they keep my feet warm. Too bad can't wear them in the snow.
It's a goof trick to place the sweets and treats higher. For us it worked a few months until my junior learned to climb on a chair.Thank you @bengy for a delightful read! I totally get your wife's habit of having warm water with lemon. I do the same, with just half of lemon. The only exception is that I use the other half for salad dressing later on.
I'll suggest the salad idea for her! or maybe I should just use it to de-calcify the kettle. I didn't know that community shops would take opened and half used tea boxes... I will check!
Ugg boots are indoors... you are wearing them wrong!
Thanks for sharing. Plastic money! That's amazing. This seems like an interesting contest.
The contest is a nice way to get the writing ideas flowing if you are short on ideas for the week. Plastic money... it's weird to start with, but it grows on you! Not literally unfortunately!
This is great, a glimpse into the life of a very busy family :) From the uggs to the fridge, birthday flags and of course sweets, love it! Made me chuckle this morning @bengy
Glad it was amusing! It was quite fun to write!
Oh My Goodness!.. I was laughing the whole way through this post.. True and funny at the same time. hahahaah... awesome!
Heh... thanks! I had lots of fun writing it!
That's the important thing. Self gratification boosts the self esteem and keeps life fun. :-)
I have weed in mine! It's the best way to stop odor from taking over the flat.
Maybe the tea will work?
Yeah, I drink tea too.
Sorry to hear that...
That I'm drinking tea?
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Pleasure! It's nice to be able to fill out all the topics without going outside into the cold!
You have a sense of humor, @bengy! This made me laugh out loud. I love your defense of your Uggs. Yes they are quite the fashion statement, and very high priced! I really enjoyed all the little vignettes from your life.
Ha... glad you found it amusing! These days, the UGGs that I have are not the high fashion ones... the are just regular old things that you find in the Sunday markets!
Glad I'm not the only one that ends up buying tea that looks good but turns out to be awful and eventually gets tossed! I'm like your youngest, have to hide the sweets....but from myself;)
Nice post @bengy!
Haha... hiding sweets from yourself... that never really works! I hide chocolate from myself, and I find that that I always seem to know where they are!
LOL
The UGG has become an iconic American winter snow boot. The early models were useless in the snow - so slippery! But they have new soles that have made them excellent snow boots. I do not step in any mud or puddles in them though! And they last and last for thirty years.
You really need to do something about that fridge. It's making me feel very bad about myself. lol
Lol... snow boots?!?!??... we don't even have any snow in Australia!
I know! The early UGGs were for, as I understand it, surfers and walking in sand. When they first hit the US we used them for snow, but they were worse than useless on ice. The soles have been switched for sale in the US and they make excellent snow boots now. Nearly everyone has a pair.
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