tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66349432896491965032024-03-13T19:02:28.174+01:00Meerschwein ExtraordinaireMookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-17150203070082254832010-06-20T17:11:00.000+02:002010-06-20T17:11:24.632+02:00Shots, ash clouds and baboon hugs...<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After his busy day at UCL London, the weekend was calling for Lippe - the weekend, and the vet!!! Oh yes, Miss Posh Cat <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jazzydacat">@jazzydacat</a> had to get her yearly shots!!! I don't know much about that stuff, as I was only being shot once, when I had a bad inflammation in my eyes and the vet shot the vitamins right into my neck!!! I guess, she never heard about those painless little vitamin pills... But however, this is not about me... Darn it!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Before they took off to the vet, Lippe needed an English breakfast to start the day. Otherwise, the noises coming out of his tummy had been sooooo loud, that the vet would have thought he was the patient!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">When Lippe's tummy was filled up with sausages, he was ready to leave the house. But where is our poshy cat?! Still in front of the mirror?! As if the pink carrier wasn't stylish enough!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Hours later - arrival at the vet's. Jazzy had to find her engagement ring from <a href="http://www.twitter.com/cokiethecat">@cokiethecat</a> first!!! She refused to leave the house without it!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Jazzy recognized the place, I will try to translate her expression: "Darn it, darn it, darn it!!! How come, they brought me here again?!" While Lippe still seems to dream about sausages, steaks, ice cream, sweets...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">There she is, Samantha the vet, and Lippe got really excited, as he awaited an old grumpy man to be the vet... He tried to catch her eye, but his blue eyes didn't work, Samantha kept concentrating on her job.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">We're all feeling with you, Jazzy!!! OUCH!!! But she kept her stiff upper lip and was like "anything going on here???" Lippe was a bit afraid to get prickled himself, so he tried to hide under Jazzy's tummy... And according to the vet, there is enough space to hide, as she mentioned the BAD diet word!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Back home, Jazzy and Lippe both needed a nappy. At least, it's not forbidden to dream of treats and you won't need a diet after tasting them!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But when Lippe had a look at sleeping beauty Jazzy, he thought, she might be a wonderful fluffy fur bed for him!!! He just had to give it a try!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But when they turned on the TV, the fun was all over!!! Lippe's beloved BBC News girl told them about the Icelandic volcano with the funny name and the not so funny ash cloud it was sending towards them!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I proudly present their efficient little helper to fight aliens and ash clouds!!! The stylish (of course) "bad ash helmet"!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But the ash cloud did not only bring design awards for the bad ash helmet, it also caused BIG trouble to Lippe's schedule!!! He was set to fly to the USA after visiting Jazzy, but the cloud said NO, no one's gonna fly, where I am flying!!! Naughty!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">There was a BIG pawty to say goodbye to Lippe at da Jazzy's house, but no one knew, he would return!!! But that's another story to tell... Oh yes, Lippe wanted adventure and he got plenty of it!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Moving on to Kolo was a rather short trip, as the Isle of Wight is not too far away from London and Kolo's pawson Judith even is a born London girl!!! The beautiful isle is located in the English channel 3-8 miles off the south coast of England and you can only reach it by hovercraft!!! What fun for Lippe!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The first thing Lippe saw when he arrived, were Kolo's wide open arms, to give him one of his BIG baboon hugs!!! And we all know, Kolo is a professional hugger!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Lippe mentioned to be a bit hungry, just a tiny bit and Kolo and his mate <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Leroy_Sealion">@Leroy_Sealion</a> offered him chocolates and a warm welcome tea.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">That made Lippe feel at home right away and he told Kolo and Leroy everything he had seen so far. They were quite impressed by his stories!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But Kolo had something on tab to impress with as well - his lovely garden!!! He took Lippe outside to show him around.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Lippe just loved Kolo's beautiful balcony with all the flowers and had to check if he could offer a helping hand to water them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And Kolo had another surprise for Lippe - he and his family have their own football museum at their house!!! At least do they have enough footy collectibles, to open up a museum with them!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">...and especially with the World Cup Willie toffee tin, which was created for World Cup 1966 in England. I bet, he thought, there were still toffees inside!!! And I'm sure, he would have eaten 44 years old toffees!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">After looking at the pawsom football collection, Lippe had a chat with the Gunnersaurus, who has a very important job - he is working as the FC Arsenal London mascot. He had a lot to tell about being such a famous mascot and Lippe started to think about replacing Hennes, the living billy goat, as mascot for FC Köln, when being back home...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Later, Lippe went up to the balcony again, to enjoy the beautiful view, Kolo has from his home. He can see Portsmouth on one hand...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But this was only Lippe's first day at Kolo's home and there is sooooo much more to tell... And I promise to catch up with my next post sooner!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But to let everybody know - Lippe already entered the US shores and is currently with his first US host <a href="http://www.twitter.com/grrlysquirrel">@grrlysquirrel</a>, who lives near Boston, MA!!!</span>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-54454486719937108092010-05-19T18:59:00.000+02:002010-05-19T18:59:23.272+02:00Where is my Nobel Prize?!<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On his second day in London, Lippe went to work with <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jazzydacat">@jazzydacat's</a> human sister Miss Trea. And "dat Trea", to say it with Jazzy, works at University College London (UCL). Pretty much fun, fun, fun for professor Lippe!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But you all know it - Lippe can't start his day, without his breakfast!!! As he is a good looking chap, it is not necessary for him to spend much time in front of the mirror, he rather has his toast, egg and English breakfast tea.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">They soon arrived at UCL and Lippe was really impressed!!! University College London was founded in 1826 and has the highest number of professors of any university in the United Kingdom. They have 648 established and personal chairs and I guess, Lippe got chair number 649!!! But at UCL, they also have the highest number of female professors, and hearing this was music to Lippe's ears!!! But wait - ears?! Okay, let's say, they are hidden inside his head!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Nowadays, UCL is ranked fourth in the world's top ten universities and Nobel Prizes have been awarded to 21 former academics and graduates. In October 2009, Professor Charles Kao was awarded a Nobel Prize for Physics. There are students from more than 140 countries outside the UK studying at UCL.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">At the South Cloisters, Lippe met Jeremy Bentham, who is considered the godfather of UCL. Mr. Bentham lived from 1748-1832 and was a philosopher, jurist and legal and social reformer. He faught for the separation of church and state, freedom of expression, equal rights for women and animal rights!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Today, Mr. Bentham lives in his wooden cabinet called the Auto-icon!!! And believe me, it's really him!!! As requested in his will, his body was dissected as part of a public anatomy lecture. Scary!!! Afterward, the skeleton and head were preserved and stored in the Auto-icon. Mr. Bentham's skeleton was stuffed out with hay and dressed in his clothes. Scary!!! But now, it's getting REALLY scary - for the 100th and 150th anniversaries of UCL, Mr. Bentham's Auto-icon was brought to the meeting of the College Council, where it was listed as "present but not voting"!!! I guess, that's fine English humour!!! By the way, the Auto-icon has a wax head, as the original head was badly damaged in the preservation process. But it has been displayed for many years, together with the Auto-icon. And yes, it's getting scary one more time - it has been stolen during student pranks on more than one occasion!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">...I said, Lippe came to offer her a helping hand and not to steal her rice crackers!!! Oh boy!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But Lippe found a job as printer boy - that means, he kept playing with the printer...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">After playing and probably breaking the printer, Lippe had to check my bloggy, to make sure he's satisfied with the way I'm writing about him and his journey!!! He did not send me a letterbomb home, so, I guess, I'm doing okay...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And Miss Trea is editor of UCL Science, a glossy magazine which has a circulation of 13,000!!! Now, guess what - they mailed me issue 23 of UCL Science and I found a very interesting question inside!!! "Do you get sunburn from starlight?" What do you think??? I've learned, the risk of getting sunburned from starlight is even smaller than the threat of being killed by lightning. But it's a good headline for a scare story, isn't it?! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you for this great day Lippe spent with you at UCL, Miss Trea!!! I hope, he learned a lot and he can take over his chair, when he finished his world trip!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But that's not today's story!!! This post is about Lexie ( <a href="http://www.twitter.com/dogstoyevsky">@dogstoyevsky</a> for those of you, who still haven't met her) and her mum and dad, taking Lippe out to their boaty, the Atlantis!!! </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">OMG, Lippe must have been sooooo excited!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">They removed all fishing gear, including A frame, winch and beam arms. Then they stripped out bow cabin and fishhold and built bedrooms and en-suite in the old fishhold. They also removed the old galley (kitchen), put in a new generator and reconditioned the engine. Lexie's mum and dad also built a new maindeck structure and a new wheelhouse, spray-foamed all the new accomodation, installed chain and locker, a new deck winch and new anchors!!! That's really exciting, isn't it?!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">My mom painted this Charlie Chaplin a few years ago. For me, that's all I have to tell about it, but you don't know my mom and how crazy she is about Charlie Chaplin... She says, she's in love with him - and I'm afraid, she's serious...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So, she won't let me get out of this, without telling the whole story of Charlie Chaplin's life. I was like "mom, don't bore anybody!!!" and told her, a brief Charlie story is enough!!! She would like me to type a 10 page post, but I will only give you the bare fact. But, if anybody wants to chat about Charlie Chaplin with my mom, PLEASE contact her, and free me from discussing his films and life again and again!!! Thank you!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16th April 1889, in Walworth, London. His parents Hannah and Charles senior both were music hall artists. They separated when he was very young and little Charlie and his elder half-brother Sydney continued to live with their mother. Their life included extreme poverty, being put into workhouses and seeing their mother's mental decline moving on and on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">At age 9, Charlie joined the Eight Lancashire Lads, a dancing troupe, which toured through England. Back in London, he took over parts in Jim, a Romance of Cockayne and Sherlock Holmes. By that time, his brother Sydney had joined the Karno Company and managed, to get Charlie involved, too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">In 1910, Charlie first toured the United States with the Karno Company and returned for a second tour in 1912. During this time, he met Mack Sennett, owner of the Keystone Film Company and was hired by him. In 1914, Charlie was starring in his first film, called Making A Living. He was first seen as the mustachioed little tramp in Keystone's Kid Auto Races at Venice, which was released February 7th 1914.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">In 1915, just one year after the Tramp's birth and 50 films later, his success was overwhelming and he moved to Essanay Company. Noteable films of the Essanay period include A Night Out, The Champion, The Tramp, Work, The Bank and Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">In 1919, Chaplin co-founded United Artists and made his first film for them in 1923 - A Woman of Paris, which maybe is the least known of his films, as he only had a guest appereance as a porter. A Woman of Paris was followed by his classics The Gold Rush (1925), The Circus (1928), City Lights ( 1931, my mom's all time favorite) and Modern Times (1936). Chaplin was not a supporter of talking films, which is not surprising, as the Tramp got his magic from being a pantomime. So, it wasn't until 1940, that he made his first talking film, the Great Dictator, followed by Monsieur Verdoux (1947) and Limelight (1952), Chaplin's look back at the world of music halls.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">He made two more films, A King in New York (1957) and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967, with Marlon Brando and Sofia Loren). Charlie spent his final years in Switzerland, writing new music for his films and enjoying his family, before he died on Christmas Day 1977.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Happy posting!!!</span>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-43763176854794560042010-04-07T18:59:00.000+02:002010-04-07T18:59:34.258+02:00Wanna sit on my park bench, baby???<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday was a great day for me!!! Wanna know why??? I received the first parcel of my life!!! It was sent to me by my darling <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jazzydacat">@jazzydacat</a> and she had ordered my present on the internet - in German!!! Clever kitty, that Jazzy!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It was a BIG parcel and it was addressed to Herr Mookie Kobs - and I really don't know, why my mom finds this funny... Humans!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And now, guess, what was inside - a park bench just for me!!! Mom wanted to make me lay down on it, with her ridiculous slice of carrot, but I was really hungry and decided to see, if the bench had a nice taste too...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">...nope, it's definitely no food!!! So, I had a lay on the bench, but suddenly slipped down and almost landed on my back!!! My mom was laughing hard, telling me "Oh Mookie, I'm afraid, you're too fat for that bench!!!" Unbelievable!!! Am I fat?!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I love my bench and I love you, my dear Jazzy!!! And believe me, I'm not fat, darling, I'm only fluffy!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you sooooo much for your pawsome present!!! BIG HUGS and lots of XXXXXXX to you!!!</span><br />
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<br />Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-23847410986998838802010-04-05T20:11:00.000+02:002010-04-05T20:11:43.628+02:00Another sad goodbye and some woofin' wif da Lexie...<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Little Lippe's trip is going sooooo well, it's just overwhelming!!! I knew, my anipals would take great effort in giving Lippe a good time at their places, but the adventures he experienced so far, were just pawsome!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Traveling the world is great fun, but there are also sad moments to go through. Saying goodbye is always hard for Lippe and his hosts. He spent a wonderful week in Oakham with Fuzzy, but time flew by way too fast again!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">...and the next morning came. Lippe, Fuzzy and his siblings met for a group hug...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">...followed by a last BIG hug from Fuzzy, before Lippe had to leave.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you, thank you, thank you, Fuzzy!!! You were a great host and became a very good friend for Lippe!!! I'm sure, he will visit you again, when he's back from his adventure!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But Lippe had to move on to his next destination at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/dogstoyevsky">@dogstoyevsky</a> 's, to arrive their on time for Easter!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But I guess, Lippe had football on his mind, when Lexie asked him for a game and not throwing this iron thing around...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Beneath Colchester Castle are the remains of the most famous Roman buildings, the Temple of Claudius (built 54 AD - 60 AD). The Romans built the temple, to show off their power and success, but the native Britons felt oppressed by them, so that the temple became a main target of the rebels led by Queen Boudica, who attacked the Roman town of Colchester in AD 60. They barricaded themselves into the temple, but after two days, they were all killed by the Romans. Up to 30,000 people could have been killed, but the town and temple were rebuilt after the revolt.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Around 1076, the great stone base of the ruined temple became the foundation for Colchester Castle. But the huge size of the temple meant, that the keep of Colchester Castle was the largest ever built in Britain. Nowadays, it's the largest existing example in Europe.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Hollytrees Museum is situated in an 18th century house, which was used as a private residence until 1929. Then, it was turned into a museum. It was built in 1718 and is called Hollytrees, because of two holly trees planted there in 1729.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">At Hollytrees Museum, Lippe discovered 300 years of English history and he learnt much about the life of the rich and the poor people during that period.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you Lexie and peeps for all the great adventures and the many, many pawsome pics you took for us!!! We hope you're enjoying Lippe's stay with you as much, as we do!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And check out her pawsome <a href="http://dogstoyevsky.blogspot.com/">bloggy</a> as well!!!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-78579459024484229342010-03-28T18:36:00.001+02:002010-03-28T18:38:37.994+02:00Get your lesson in English history!!!<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As some of you told me, they find it very interesting to learn more about the places Lippe's hosts live in, I did some research and talked to Fuzzy, to add more information to my new blog post about Lippe's time in Oakham. So, get ready for a little, funny lesson in English history!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Rutland Water is a drinking water reservoir in the county of Rutland, not far away from Fuzzy's hometown Oakham. It is one of the largest artificial lakes in Europe - set in 3,100 acres (13 km²) of countryside and has a 25 mile (40 km) circular track for walking or biking.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">In 1975, the Gwash Valley was flooded and Nether Hambleton, as well, as most of Middle Hambleton, were demolished. Upper Hambleton survived and now sits on the Hambleton Peninsula within the lake.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Please, note the funky red waistcoat, Fuzzy's human made for Lippe!!! He is being treated like a prince!!! To me, Fuzzy, Wheatus and Lippe are "Team Red" now!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It is one of the principal examples of the 16th century English Elizabethan architecture and has 35 major rooms, more than 80 lesser rooms, plus halls, corridors and bathrooms!!! I'm more than glad to hear, no one got lost inside there!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The house is set in a 300 acre deer park, which is home to a herd of fellow deer!!! Of course, Lippe had to pay the deer a visit as well!!! One of them was not shy at all and came really close, so that Wheatus was able to take this pawsome pic of Fuzzy, Lippe and the deer!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Then, they went into the shop, which is no surprise to me, as Lippe loves to shop!!! But what they found in the shop really surprised me - my salt and pepper look-alikes!!! I guess, Lippe was surprised to see me at Burghley House too!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Before they left homebound, Fuzzy told Lippe, that Burghley House is also well known for historical movies. Even parts of "The Da Vinci Code" were shot there!!!</span><br />
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</div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-44828853400742555512010-03-25T19:01:00.000+01:002010-03-25T19:01:11.199+01:00Lippe entered England!!!<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our little pal Lippe entered the shores of England yesterday!!! <a href="http://www.twitter.com/i_am_fuzzy">@i_am_fuzzy</a> and his brothers gave him a warm welcome in German - and made our eyes water!!!</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Then, after an exciting day, bed time came. Fuzzy put on his plaid pyjamas, which matches perfectly with Lippe's shirt and read a good night story to him, to make him feel cosy and at home!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you so very much for giving our Lippe such great times, Fuzzy!!! He looks sooooo lucky in the pics you took!!! We send all our love and BIGGEST HUGS to you!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But there was another surprise waiting for us, when we opened the mail box today - a post card Lippe sent us from the Netherlands before he left to England!!! Everybody was freaking out and wanted to read the card first, but we finally decided, that Hugh should read it out loud, as he is <a href="http://www.twitter.com/bijntje">@bijntje</a> 's cousin and I sniffed on the card, to make sure it has Lippe's smell on it. I can tell you - it has!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Dear family,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I am leaving this town and go on my way to England. I am missing you all but am very excited about my trip around the world. I promiss that I'll be a good boy and let you know about what I am doing.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Love & kisses</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Lippe</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">England here I come</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Enjoy your stay with Fuzzy, Lippe!!! Have a wonderful time, Fuzzy is taking good care of you!!! But we miss you though!!! </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-49047304429114589612010-03-23T18:49:00.000+01:002010-03-23T18:49:20.464+01:00I fall for you boy...<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My mom loves music and she loves to play drums!!! Her favorite drummer is Andy Hurley from Fall Out Boy. And guess what?! She once ran into Andy Hurley in Cologne, when she was out to do some window shopping!!! And now, guess again - did she talk to him??? No, she didn't!!! She was close to a heart attack, but cool enough, to pretend, she wouldn't know him!!! Did I mention, I have a silly mom before???</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">However, I just found a pawsome comic builder called <a href="http://www.bitstrips.com/">bitstrips</a> on the internet and created another version of her "Hurley drama"...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">One of Maassluis' attractions definitely is the old mill!!! It was built in 1690 and Lippe had to see it!!! </span><br />
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</div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-40993807579245290692010-03-15T19:15:00.000+01:002010-03-15T19:15:18.889+01:00Send piles of post cards for a brave human girl!!!<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anipals, please take a few minutes, to learn about a brave little human girl!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Her beautiful name is Satori, she is 10 years old and has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (type II). She can't crawl or walk and uses a power wheelchair. As she is physically weak and her body doesn't hold it self up well, she developed severe scoliosis, which means, that she has a crooked spine. I know about this disease, because my mom suffers from a type of scoliosis as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Satori's curve of her spine is now starting to crush her lung, so on March 31, she will have full spinal fusion. She will travel to California to get this done and the Docs will open her back from the neck all way down, insert 2 titanium rods, one on either side of the spine, wire the whole thing up and place donor bone in between all the vertebrae. Then everybody has to cross their paws and thumbs, that it will all grow together fusing her spine into one long bone!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Satori has to stay in hospital for 7-10 days and her mom had the idea to get people to send her post cards from all over the world!!! I found out about her plan on Twitter and thought to myself "Mookie, you're a professional post card collector and you know well about scoliosis = you're perfect to offer your help!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Now, anipals, PLEASE, I know we're able to move sooooo much!!! We're BIG in animal charity and now, Satori's mom Melissa needs our help, to put many, many smiles on her little girl's face!!! And it's sooooo easy, to make her brave daughter Satori happy!!! Just pick nice post cards to send to her into hospital!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The mailing address is:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Satori Lewis</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Surgery date 3-31-10</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Davis 7 Pediatrics</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">UC Davis Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">2315 Stockton Blvd.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Sacramento, CA 95817 USA</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It is very important to include the surgery date!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">If you are in the US, you should mail your post cards on or about March 25 through April 2nd.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">If you are outside the US, you should mail your post cards in time to arrive in California on March 30 through April 5th. Note: I know that post cards from Germany/Europe take about 7-10 days to arrive in California.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">For more info, or to contact Satori's mom Melissa, see: </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/HautTotes">@HautTotes</a> and <a href="http://postcardsforsatori.blogspot.com/">http://postcardsforsatori.blogspot.com/</a></span>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-56634681830390648302010-03-14T20:23:00.000+01:002010-03-14T20:23:44.180+01:00Introducing Mookie 2.0<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday was my Gotcha Day!!! I have been living with my mom for 3 years now!!! She always took good care of me during these years and from time to time, she made me presents. My opinion - it could have been more...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But however, she wanted to celebrate my 3rd Gotcha Day with a very special present - the Mookie doll, aka Mookie 2.0!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">There are so many artists in our Twitter community, like <a href="http://www.twitter.com/snuffynorton">@snuffynorton</a>, who designes pawsome clothes and is blessed with great talent; or <a href="http://www.twitter.com/elineof">@elineof</a>, who makes adorable cute teddies and puts all her heart and soul into her handmade goods; or <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ZackRabbit">@ZackRabbit</a>, who is a comic artist, as well, as a more than popular cooking chef!!! There are sooooo many creative anipals, it's impossible to mention them all. But you all inspired my mom and gave her ideas!!! So, she decided to make the Mookie doll for my anniversary!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She has no clue about all that stuff and just tried to fix all parts together!!! heehee </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Here is the result: Mookie 2.0!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you for the present, mom, I'm happy we met... And you're lucky, I picked you to spend my life with!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you very much for taking these pawsome pics, Bijntje!!! Everybody may comment on them in <a href="http://www.twitpic.com/photos/Bijntje">Bijntje's TwitPic </a>as well!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">You might know, that I have a little crush on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/grrlysquirrel">@grrlysquirrel</a>, but she is human and has a human boyfriend. When I found out, she won't leave him for me, it almost broke my piggy heart, but I said to myself "Mookie, you have to accept her decision!!!" And believe me, I won't fight her boyfriend, as he could break all my bones with his little finger!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But lately, in my dreams, the vision of a wonderful piggy beauty shew up again and again!!! I asked my mom to paint her for me, so I can show it here on my blog.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So, if you're somewhere out there, princess of my dreams, remember, here is a handsome, young male, who has piles of carrots to share, seeking you...</span>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-58245905334738509872010-03-04T18:47:00.000+01:002010-03-04T18:47:19.130+01:00Lippe got ready for take off!!!<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First of all let me say a BIG thank you to all my wonderful anipals!!! I was overwhelmed by all your positive and kind reactions on Lippe!!! You rock, you rule, you made me smile and my mom's eyes water - oh yes, she is one of these emooootionaaaal mom's, that like to cry their eyes out!!! Did I mention, I'm a guinea pig with issues???</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But this is not about me, it's about Lippe and his trip around the world!!! So many of you commented on my post, or contacted me, to let me know, they would like to host Lippe and show him around at their places!!! And you made it possible, that Lippe left us today for his exciting journey!!! THANK YOU!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">If you are still interested in hosting Lippe on his trip, please let me know!!! He would like to visit as many anipals as possible!!! And please remember, we offer a place for our stuffed pals in beautiful Cologne as well!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Before Lippe could start off his trip, he had to get prepared for it. Most important - bathing!!! He was not amused about this point, but I told him, it had to be!!! </span><br />
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</div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-29310917335420389762010-02-28T17:52:00.000+01:002010-02-28T17:52:19.715+01:00Lippe has a dream...<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I guess you already know it by now - each and everybody in my family is completely nuts - except me!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have to live with a baking lion and a Green Day loving teddy; oh yes, I'm a guinea pig with issues!!!</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S4p9oxqMBrI/AAAAAAAAAJA/4Glvw_3ie9E/s1600-h/lippesitzt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S4p9oxqMBrI/AAAAAAAAAJA/4Glvw_3ie9E/s320/lippesitzt.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But there is another member of my crazy family I want to tell you about. His name is Chewbacca, yes the one from Star Wars, but we call him Lippe. Lippe is the German word for lip and we call him Lippe, because of his outstanding lip!!! He is a Wookiee with a BIG dream - he wants to see the world!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I don't know, if you heard about it yet, but many of our stuffed little pals develop great ambitions and start dreaming of traveling around!!! I just found out, there even is a travel agency for them on the internet, as well, as sites, where you can register, to send your friend out into his journey!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">When they found out about stuffed pals traveling the world, everybody here wanted to go on a journey - except <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Poooldiii">@Poooldiii</a>, who is to cowardly. A cowardly lion, imagine that!!! Oh boy!!! And <a href="http://www.twitter.com/F_R_E_D_I">@F_R_E_D_I</a> can't leave for too long, as he wants to see Green Day live again in June. All the others were too BIG, so we decided to give Lippe the opportunity to travel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But we feel a little uncomfortable sending him to people we don't know. So I told him, I would ask my Twitter pals, if they would like to host him on his trip. I have been a part of the anipal community on Twitter for more than a year now and I know, we can trust our Twitter pals!!! And I also know, that nothing is impossible!!! I started my post card collection with one post card from <a href="http://www.twitter.com/beardoctor">@beardoctor</a> and received almost 70 (!) post cards, plus Christmas cards, Halloween cards, Valentine's Day cards and friendship cards from my anipals by now!!! It's so overwhelming and amazing, I still can't believe it!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So, wherever you're from, near or far, if you would like Lippe to visit you, please let us know!!! And please be willing to take one or more pics of Lippe at your place and tell us, what he is doing there with you!!! As I would like to update my blog about his trip, or set up a travel blog for him!!!</span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S4p978f5VVI/AAAAAAAAAJI/W3E-B7KmkK4/s1600-h/lippeliegt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S4p978f5VVI/AAAAAAAAAJI/W3E-B7KmkK4/s320/lippeliegt.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">We picked Lippe, because he is small (10"/25cm) and he weighs less than a bar of chocolate (80 grams/less than 3 oz). He is also experienced in traveling, as he has been to NYC before. But please note, that he is short of money and he would appreciate your help on his way. You would have to pass him to his next destination, but you may let us know, if it's okay with you, to send him to another country, or if you would prefer to mail him within your own country to have lower shipping fees!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">If you have a stuffed pal, or are one, wanting to travel, we may offer you a place to stay in Cologne as well!!! So, if you would like to pay us a visit, please let us know!!! And I promise to send my mom to our famous cathedrale to take pics with our guests!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Okay, now we're waiting impatiently for your responds!!! Please help Lippe's dream come true!!!</span>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-68393485817907123392010-02-26T18:29:00.000+01:002010-02-26T18:29:08.080+01:00You are my sunshine, my only sunshine!!!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have to tell you all about the 2nd award I received for my bloggy!!! My friend Eline from Norway got the Sunshine award for her blog <a href="http://thehighnorth.blogspot.com/">From the high North</a> and passed it on to me!!! How exciting, everybody have a look at it!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you sooooo much Eline, my dear!!! BIG HUGS to you!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Now, it's my turn to bring some sunshine to 12 other bloggies, that put a smile on my face and brighten my days (note the rhyme, please)!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Here they are and they come in no other, than alphabetical order (you all know I'm German, so perfection is always my goal): </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://monkeysbrother.blogspot.com/">Arthur's Blog</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://busy-buttons.blogspot.com/">Busy, Busy Buttons</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://christophersgroove.blogspot.com/">Christopher's Groove</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://poldiscupcakes.blogspot.com/">Fueled by cupcakes</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.henryandfriends.co.uk/">Henry and friends</a> (no bloggy, but pawsome webpage)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://jazzydacat.blogspot.com/">JAZZYDACAT'S BLOGGY</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://jinjinpixelsbloggy.blogspot.com/">Jin Jin & Pixel's Bloggy</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://kolosworld.blogspot.com/">Kolo's world</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://dogstoyevsky.blogspot.com/">Life without borders (as if!)</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://mariodacat.blogspot.com/">Mario's Meowsings</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.maxthequiltcat.com/">Max The Quilt Cat</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.sidthecatahoula.com/">Sid the Catahoula</a> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Now for the rules!!! Oh yes, there are some, but don't panic!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">By accepting the award, you have to give sunshine to 12 other bloggies that light up your everyday life. Link the nominees in your post about the Sunshine award and let them know they were nominated by commenting on their blog. It's as easy as that, so come on pass the sunshine!!!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-58483859172724513632010-02-15T14:21:00.001+01:002010-02-15T14:24:04.040+01:00Rose Sunday = nom noms, lots of nom noms!!!<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's Rose Monday today and there will be a BIG carnival parade in Cologne's city center. But I live in a part of Cologne called Porz and we already had this year's carnival parade yesterday afternoon!!! It's called Rose Sunday parade and I told my mom to take some pictures to show you, what was going on right outside my door!!!</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k6-C3T2lI/AAAAAAAAAGI/dCfNqi0kl9E/s1600-h/geissboeckev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="384" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k6-C3T2lI/AAAAAAAAAGI/dCfNqi0kl9E/s640/geissboeckev.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Let's start with one of my favorites. This football waggon with 1 FC Köln mascot Hennes was created by carnival club Närrische Geissböck.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k7za8an7I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/phIhjga96F8/s1600-h/engel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="308" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k7za8an7I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/phIhjga96F8/s640/engel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">A group of angels throwing Kamelle (sweets) and distributing Strüssjer (flowers).</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k8ZvObnNI/AAAAAAAAAGY/CQbhGQ3rZ7k/s1600-h/nubbele.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="376" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k8ZvObnNI/AAAAAAAAAGY/CQbhGQ3rZ7k/s640/nubbele.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">This clown is called Nubbele and the waggon was made by carnival club Poorzer Nubbele.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k9BDhnXTI/AAAAAAAAAGg/B10L93A6mAE/s1600-h/krokodile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="331" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k9BDhnXTI/AAAAAAAAAGg/B10L93A6mAE/s640/krokodile.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Some crocodiles with lots of nom noms in their bags!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k9Yw4jQ4I/AAAAAAAAAGo/e3MWvw9Sgnk/s1600-h/piraten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="417" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k9Yw4jQ4I/AAAAAAAAAGo/e3MWvw9Sgnk/s640/piraten.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">This pirate ship is part of our carnival parade every year. It was created by the carnival club Eiler Freibeuter.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k96JL_EMI/AAAAAAAAAGw/_yq0sJWSKIo/s1600-h/froesche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="281" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k96JL_EMI/AAAAAAAAAGw/_yq0sJWSKIo/s640/froesche.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Here is a group of frogs with their little princess.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k-YOcrxlI/AAAAAAAAAG4/ViVmyHtBJ2E/s1600-h/lappenclowns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="324" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k-YOcrxlI/AAAAAAAAAG4/ViVmyHtBJ2E/s640/lappenclowns.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">These clowns are called Lappenclowns (rag clowns), because their costumes are made of many, many single rags.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k-59smAbI/AAAAAAAAAHA/hzL_ScU8Cys/s1600-h/guidocantz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="484" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k-59smAbI/AAAAAAAAAHA/hzL_ScU8Cys/s640/guidocantz.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">This waggon belongs to Colonian comedian Guido Cantz, who is also known on TV here in Germany. He stands at the very front of the waggon, but he's not in the pic!!! Never let my mom take a picture for you...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k_kFHxRfI/AAAAAAAAAHI/meGdzGgUlKs/s1600-h/haetzepoeppelche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="369" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k_kFHxRfI/AAAAAAAAAHI/meGdzGgUlKs/s640/haetzepoeppelche.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Another favorite of mine is the big turning man on the Hätzepöppelche waggon!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k_4VwczTI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/uSdlow7yZmA/s1600-h/haetzepoeppelche2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="368" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3k_4VwczTI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/uSdlow7yZmA/s640/haetzepoeppelche2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Congrats mom, you didn't ruin that one too!!! Here he is, looking at us!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lAcIATM-I/AAAAAAAAAHY/SY14w1nICZA/s1600-h/leuchttuerme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="420" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lAcIATM-I/AAAAAAAAAHY/SY14w1nICZA/s640/leuchttuerme.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Some funny dressed lighthouses!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lAum9s0SI/AAAAAAAAAHg/_VvDO4FBhcE/s1600-h/schiff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="443" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lAum9s0SI/AAAAAAAAAHg/_VvDO4FBhcE/s640/schiff.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And here are more pirates!!! </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lBDxluprI/AAAAAAAAAHo/tJeQRXIAaoQ/s1600-h/weltwagen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lBDxluprI/AAAAAAAAAHo/tJeQRXIAaoQ/s640/weltwagen.jpg" width="555" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">A world waggon...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lBSWtPQjI/AAAAAAAAAHw/FYFwXnyarSg/s1600-h/weltkugel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="601" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lBSWtPQjI/AAAAAAAAAHw/FYFwXnyarSg/s640/weltkugel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">...and the Colonian Statue of Liberty!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lB3lFlXTI/AAAAAAAAAH4/orhXqjxA9yw/s1600-h/fideleelsdorfer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lB3lFlXTI/AAAAAAAAAH4/orhXqjxA9yw/s640/fideleelsdorfer.jpg" width="435" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The most beautiful waggons in the Porz Rose Sunday parade are always made by the carnival club Fidele Elsdorfer!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lCZ9sjlcI/AAAAAAAAAIA/_NE4hzZ0yF8/s1600-h/fideleelsdorfer2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lCZ9sjlcI/AAAAAAAAAIA/_NE4hzZ0yF8/s640/fideleelsdorfer2.jpg" width="457" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Their topic this year was the football World Cup 2010. Look at the HUGE cup they created!!! </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It's absolutely worth looking at more of their waggons on their <a href="http://www.fidele-elsdorfer.de/">homepage</a> in the Bilder-section!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lD0BYB_SI/AAAAAAAAAII/rCPTzn8UzSw/s1600-h/uglycowboys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="620" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3lD0BYB_SI/AAAAAAAAAII/rCPTzn8UzSw/s640/uglycowboys.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Here are the Cologne Ugly Cowboys with their pawsome waggon!!! You have to imagine the horse's heads... Yep, my mom is a brillant photographer!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-41948326524011325502010-02-11T16:02:00.000+01:002010-02-11T16:02:24.943+01:00Kölle Alaaf!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3PeAgY2NrI/AAAAAAAAAFI/izGFIuY-WZs/s1600-h/mkarneval.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="184" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3PeAgY2NrI/AAAAAAAAAFI/izGFIuY-WZs/s200/mkarneval.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You might all know I'm a Colonian boy, but I don't know, if you already heard of our big tradition called Karneval (carnival)??? If not, I want to tell you a little more about it!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Carnival has been celebrated almost as long, as Cologne exists. And Cologne is more than 2000 years old!!! Once, there where Greek and Roman rulers in my city and they celebrated spring festivals to honor their Gods. And they celebrated with loads of wine, women and song...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Then, the ancient Germans took over Cologne and celebrated winter solstice to praise their Gods and as an expulsion of the winter demons. And we all know, winter demons can be very mean...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Later, the Christians celebrated the period of Lent, prior to Easter, as Karnival, a farewell to meat!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">In the middle ages, the masquerade often took on drastic forms and the celebration of carnival was very wild!!! Many men dressed as the devil and behaved like it too, very much to the displeasure of the church, who tried to prohibit the carnival, but the people would not listen to them!!!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3PgncANvFI/AAAAAAAAAFg/TkkW0_3SlWs/s1600-h/rosenmontagszug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3PgncANvFI/AAAAAAAAAFg/TkkW0_3SlWs/s320/rosenmontagszug.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Carnival is also called the 5th season and is declared open at 11 minutes part 11 a.m. on November 11th. The peoples carnival spirit is then temporarily suspended during the advent and Christmas period and picks up again in January. The street carnival, a week-long festival, takes place between the Thursday (Women's Carnival Day) before Rose Monday and ends on Ash Wednesday. The highlight of carnival is Rose Monday (Rosenmontag), celebrated with a huge parade in the streets of Cologne!!! More than 1 million spectators from all over the world come to see the Rose Monday parade every year!!! That makes Cologne carnival one of the largest street festivals in Europe!!!</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3Pg6zYr9zI/AAAAAAAAAFo/JFP-qDDJ8eU/s1600-h/rotefunken.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3Pg6zYr9zI/AAAAAAAAAFo/JFP-qDDJ8eU/s320/rotefunken.jpg" width="257" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">On February 10, in 1823, Cologne celebrated it's first Rose Monday parade. Even involved was the former city militia called "Rote Funken". And not to forget the triumvirate (Dreigestirn), 3 people, who are granted the titles of virgin, peasant and prince. The virgin and peasant as a reminder of the former free imperial city of Cologne. And the prince as the highest representative of the festivities, leading the main carnival parades.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So, cheer with me 3 times "Kölle Alaaf, Kölle Alaaf, Kölle Alaaf!!!" That means Cologne alone, but never shout "Helau" in Cologne!!! That's what they do in our neighbour city Düsseldorf and there is a big rivalry between Cologne and Düsseldorf!!! It all started in the 13th century, when the catholic Archbishop of Cologne lost a battle against troops from protestant Düsseldorf. They became rulers and made Düsseldorf more important than Cologne, although Cologne had already been a big and important city by that time and Düsseldorf had only been a nearby village!!! Needless to say Düsseldorf is still unimportant, even though it is todays capitol of North Rhine-Westphalia... Oh yes, Cologne got a raw deal again... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And now, guess what - I don't know many Germans on Twitter, but I found a friend from my neighbour city Düsseldorf there!!! Okay, she ain't a native Düsseldorf girl, maybe that's why we get along and I like to tease her for living in that dingy town of Düsseldorf!!! If you want to meet her, please visit <a href="http://www.twitter.com/BettinaWagner">@BettinaWagner</a>!!!</span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3QZhM1oC0I/AAAAAAAAAGA/qbWVOqLzEVs/s1600-h/karnevallogo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S3QZhM1oC0I/AAAAAAAAAGA/qbWVOqLzEVs/s200/karnevallogo.png" width="163" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Kölle Alaaf!!!</span></div></div></div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-70998332578935559982010-02-06T15:23:00.000+01:002010-02-06T15:23:19.676+01:00My crocheted self...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have to tell you all what happened to me a few days ago!!! I went to Twitter, just like any other day and found a message from my dear friend Stinky <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheRealStinky">@TheRealStinky</a>!!! He told me, he finally updated his blog and added something, he already wanted to show me for a long time!!! I was very curious and went to his blog. When I opened it, a picture of myself appeared and when I scrolled down a bit, my crocheted self appeared... </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S213g0M1TyI/AAAAAAAAAE4/MP5r00LxGMA/s1600-h/Mookie_doppelganger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S213g0M1TyI/AAAAAAAAAE4/MP5r00LxGMA/s320/Mookie_doppelganger.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you ever seen anything like this before??? I definitely haven't and I still can't stop laughing!!! But if you visit <a href="http://therealstinky.blogspot.com/">Stinky's blog</a>, you'll find out about his look-a-like too... </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-68379370848531789392010-02-01T19:08:00.002+01:002010-02-01T19:18:40.366+01:00I'm honest... honest scrap!!!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2cQwWHcHRI/AAAAAAAAAEY/VBXITpI8jNo/s1600-h/henrymookie1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2cQwWHcHRI/AAAAAAAAAEY/VBXITpI8jNo/s320/henrymookie1.JPG" width="254" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday was a lucky day for me!!! When I opened Tweet Deck, I found a DM from my dear friend Henry!!! I think you all know him, but if not, you should get to know him right away!!! Or just after reading this entry... Everybody loves Henry, because he is a great-hearted bear, with soul and personality!!! He is kind and always helpful, just seeing his Twitter avatar brings a smile to my face!!! Henry has been awarded with the Honest Scrap Award by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><a href="http://www.twitter.com/kyba">@kyba</a><span id="goog_1265018048729"></span><span id="goog_1265018048730"></span> for his unique web presentation on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/henryandfriends">@henryandfriends</a>, as well, as on his homepage <a href="http://www.henryandfriends.co.uk/">http://www.henryandfriends.co.uk/</a>!!! And guess what - Henry picked my blog to honor it with the award too!!! I was very touched, because there are so many pawsome bloggies and I am still just a newby to Blogger!!! Thank you sooooo much Henry, it means a lot to me and I really appreciate receiving the award from you!!!</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">What comes along with the honor of being honest scrap is the duty of telling 10 things about yourself, no one knows yet and then pass the award on to 10 other bloggers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So, here we go, be prepared for 10 things about my secret piggy life you possibly never wanted to hear!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">1. I like to pee in the corner of the living room ( oh, oh, this is getting embarrassing for me!!!).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">2. It's said, that I poop more than my mom, but I don't really agree with this point.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">3. I'm not into fruits and I hate some of them - Kiwis, stay away from me!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">4. I have not been sick in 3 years now!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">5. I never drank, drink, or will drink a drop of my water!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">6. I dream of becoming the new mascot for my football club FC Cologne!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">7. I have a little crush on Linny from Wonder Pets!!! Adorable smart girl!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">8. I am kind of vain, my fur is always brushed and I think strawberry blond is the best you can look!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">9. I am a professional beggar and I know how to turn my mom into a puppet on a string!!! (Oh, but that one ain't really new!!!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">10. I am the smallest voodoo priest in the world, fighting bad weather with my magic!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And now, it comes to the 10 blogs I want to give the award to!!! I tried to be as correct as any good German and did some research to find out, if any of the blogs I want to honor already received the Honest Scrap Award and I didn't find any hints on the blogs. But I forgot to put my glasses on, so, if anybody already got the award, please just feel lucky to be honored again!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">These come in no particular order:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2cZnfeXnxI/AAAAAAAAAEw/og-9vrsGbQ0/s1600-h/ZackaryProfile1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2cZnfeXnxI/AAAAAAAAAEw/og-9vrsGbQ0/s200/ZackaryProfile1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">1. Mister Awesome himself!!! I'm truly sorry, I forgot to nominate you for a shorty award in awesome, but I'm glad you made it with commanding lead!!! His Blog is awesome, his comics are awesome, his Twitter is awesome, his cooking show is awesome - HE is awesome!!! Mister Zack Rabbit <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ZackRabbit">@ZackRabbit</a> !!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://somebunnyscreation.blogspot.com/">http://somebunnyscreation.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">2. Miss Lexi-Lou Nafziger for brighten so many of my days with her pawsome blog!!! I miss you and I want to keep up your memory with this award!!! I guess you see it from up there, your sisfur Buttons <a href="http://www.twitter.com/BusyButtons">@BusyButtons</a> is doing a great job too!!! </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2bPAuCLP9I/AAAAAAAAADQ/4DG0Bm6UtRs/s1600-h/lexieloub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2bPAuCLP9I/AAAAAAAAADQ/4DG0Bm6UtRs/s200/lexieloub.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://lexi-dog.blogspot.com/">http://lexi-dog.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2bPkzc-slI/AAAAAAAAADg/a2DjOnE9J00/s1600-h/meandgavboston424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2bPkzc-slI/AAAAAAAAADg/a2DjOnE9J00/s200/meandgavboston424.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">4. Michelle Stringer <a href="http://twitter.com/grrlysquirrel">@grrlysquirrel</a>, a very dear human friend of mine (and I must confess, I got a crush on her too), for her nice blog about her life and her views on the world... and of course on Gavin DeGraw!!! <a href="http://grrlysquirrelheartsgavin.blogspot.com/">http://grrlysquirrelheartsgavin.blogspot.com/</a></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2bQZ5--LNI/AAAAAAAAADw/skrBXcemjLA/s1600-h/danablog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2bQZ5--LNI/AAAAAAAAADw/skrBXcemjLA/s200/danablog.jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">6. Another human friend of mine, my fit Turnschuh Miss Dana Pixie <a href="http://www.twitter.com/danapixie">@danapixie</a> for her blog to support #pawcircles on Twitter and for letting us all know, whose anipals are in need for good thoughts and prayers!!! </span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://pawcircle.blogspot.com/">http://pawcircle.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2bQueuAZHI/AAAAAAAAAEA/sZIuEk37jpc/s1600-h/doc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2bQueuAZHI/AAAAAAAAAEA/sZIuEk37jpc/s200/doc.jpg" width="187" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">8. Mister Bear doctor <a href="http://www.twitter.com/beardoctor">@beardoctor</a> for his lovely and interesting blog about the life of a wise bear and his people The Human and Her!!! We truly miss you, Doc, but being smart as ever you knew this was gonna be a tough winter and did the only right thing - escape to the Spanish sun!!! But someday, spring will come and you'll be in it's suitcase!!! <a href="http://beardoctor.blogspot.com/">http://beardoctor.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">9. My sporty friend Shawnee <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ShawneeShep">@ShawneeShep</a> , who tells about her hiking adventures (you have to see her funky vest for cold days) and the life of a German Shepard!!! <a href="http://shawneetheshep.blogspot.com/">http://shawneetheshep.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2bQ4VY9RBI/AAAAAAAAAEI/mLQseIwcTnY/s1600-h/shawnee_hike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2bQ4VY9RBI/AAAAAAAAAEI/mLQseIwcTnY/s200/shawnee_hike.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">10. And not to forget - Sir Hellkitty himself <a href="http://www.twitter.com/SirFudgeEsq">@SirFudgeEsq</a>!!! I don't know how you will react on the award, because I'm not sure if it's befitting your social status to join in our nice and funny game of passing this award forward!!! But all I can say is "comrade, accept the honor I want to pour out over your head like warm pee pee!" <a href="http://sirfudgeesq.blogspot.com/">http://sirfudgeesq.blogspot.com/</a> </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2baEAX-wrI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/dTvMaLqigZc/s1600-h/Sir_Fudge_Soviet_Flag_%26_Ushanka_(Reverse).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S2baEAX-wrI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/dTvMaLqigZc/s200/Sir_Fudge_Soviet_Flag_%26_Ushanka_(Reverse).jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I love you all and you make my life sooooo much richer!!! BIGGEST HUGS!!!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-88075055499023227192010-01-30T17:05:00.000+01:002010-01-30T17:05:01.328+01:00My funky new piggy cursor!!!<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just found a really funky guinea pig cursor to add to my blog!!! I hope you all like it and it brings a smile to your faces!!! By the way... can you see it at all???</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I can tell you it is hard work being a hustlaman, when your mom always sees the cutie pie in you!!! I mean I may be little, I may be fluffy and I must confess yes, I have little button eyes, but I am still the ladies pick, mom!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So let's be indulgent to my her, as she can't help it, she just has the mom-view on me!!! But next time, remember what I told you and bring that player pig to paper!!!</span>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-43196820054812748432010-01-19T18:58:00.001+01:002010-01-29T10:34:21.787+01:00You call it football, we call it passion!!!<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have to say Twitter is magic!!! I made so many friends from all over the world!!! And I want to tell you more about all these great pals I found there!!! I was very amazed and impressed by all your kind and positive reactions on my blog about my very special kitty friend Sir Fudge Esq!!! Thank you all sooooo much, I really appreciate your interest in my blog!!! BIG HUGS ( to you too, Sir Miesepeter)!!!</span> <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S1WPjfRRjvI/AAAAAAAAACA/ZgmqOh37Fr4/s1600-h/kolokarte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S1WPjfRRjvI/AAAAAAAAACA/ZgmqOh37Fr4/s320/kolokarte.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Today, I want to tell you about another pawsome friend of mine!!! His name is Kolo, he is a baboon and he lives on a beautiful English isle. What makes our friendship so special is our passion for football. England and Germany both have a long tradition in football, England is even called the home of football. </span></div><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But our two countries both share a big rivalry. And this rivalry is not just about football. It also has something to do with this terrible war started by the little evil, moustache wearing man in the late 1930's. This war made English and German people fight and kill each other. The Germans destroyed many beautiful English cities, like London, where Kolo's pawsons come from. And my hometown Cologne was destroyed by English bombs. The nasty little man, who started this all off, decided to leave the world cowardly in 1945, but the world he left had changed and people here in Germany, as well as in England, were deeply shocked by what they had gone through. For a long time, people in both our countries weren't able to forgive each other and so they found another battlefield - the football pitch...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Football is favourite for both, the English and Germans and both are fanatical about it!!! As I told you before, England is where it all started. The English national team, called the "Three Lions", played their first match in 1872. They became World Champions in 1966, when the World Cup took place in their home country. The final was contested by England and Germany. English player Geoff Hurst shot a controversial goal in extra time. The ball hit the underside of the cross bar, bounced down and was cleared. The referee was unsure, if it was on, or over the line, so he consulted his linesman. They had a non-verbal communication, cause they had no common language. Afterwards, the referee awarded the goal to England. Germany felt cheated and fobbed off! But let's see, what happened earlier... The German national team had their first official match in 1908. They played unofficial matches against England in 1899 and 1901 and those games ended with embarrassing high losses for Germany!!! And in 1909 Germany's highest loss ever happened to occur against English amateurs - it was a 9:0 loss, for those of you, who are interested... Oh yes, it was a pity for Germany in the beginning, but they improved their football skills and became World Champions in 1954, 1974 and 1990!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">There is definitely enough space for a football rivalry between England and Germany!!! The English claim to be the number one football nation, as they gave birth to our beloved game. But the Germans say "we are three time World Champions, so whose number one in football, huh?" Or "the goal in final 1966 was no goal and you did not deserve to become World Champions that year, it should have been our title instead!" There might be a rivalry between Kolo's and my country, but there ain't a rivalry between us!!!</span></span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S1WQHPssvbI/AAAAAAAAACI/jrzkS_wYLDo/s1600-h/kolotrikot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S1WQHPssvbI/AAAAAAAAACI/jrzkS_wYLDo/s320/kolotrikot.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Kolo is an Arsenal supporter. FC Arsenal London was formed as "Dial Square" by workers at the Royal Arsenal munitions factory. That was back in 1886. By today, FC Arsenal are one of Englands 4 most successful football clubs! They're called "The Gunners" and their mascot is the "Gunnersaurus". Kolo took his name from former Arsenal player Kolo Touré and he was very sad, when Touré left the club last summer!!! My footie-pal Kolo catched me with his passion for Arsenal and I always cross my paws for a win!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S1W-fH3Fs3I/AAAAAAAAACo/AvLVt5rTW9g/s1600-h/Fc_hennes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S1W-fH3Fs3I/AAAAAAAAACo/AvLVt5rTW9g/s320/Fc_hennes.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Now let me tell you about my football club, the 1 FC Köln. It was formed in 1948 and it's mascot is a living billy goat called Hennes! Hennes the 1st was given to the club by a circus director in 1950 as a lucky charm. That worked out really well for a while and Cologne celebrated many successes. Nowadays, they're hardly staying in 1st Bundesliga, which is the number one football league here in Germany. But I'm a "kölsche Jung" (that's Cologne dialect for Colonian boy) and I'll keep on supporting the club! It belongs to the city like our cathedral and you can't be Colonian brewed, without supporting the FC! Kolo always hopes for a win for my team too, but most of the time, we don't have enough paws to cross together to help it!!!</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Kolo made me learn a lot about Arsenal and I brought FC Köln closer to him! We talk footie on Twitter and we even play footie on Twitter, we're just great friends in football! This summer, the next World Cup will be held in South Africa. There is a possibility, that England and Germany will have to play each other in the round of the last 16 teams. That means one of our countries would have to kick out the other... How sad, cause World Cups are held only every 4 years and I want England and Germany to stay in the competition as long as possible! And most of all, I don't want Germany to kick out Kolo's team or be thrown out of comp by them!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S1WQ245a4wI/AAAAAAAAACY/3YpjvUqjFvA/s1600-h/koloarsenal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S1WQ245a4wI/AAAAAAAAACY/3YpjvUqjFvA/s320/koloarsenal.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">World Cups are the biggest celebration in football and Kolo and I are longing for it to start! I will be very sad, if England kicks us out in summer, but if it happens to be, they were the better team! Then I will support England and cross my paws for them to become World Champions! I know Kolo will do the same for Germany! We gonna have great fun, watching World Cup and cheering together!!! And guess what?! It would be even less embarrassing for Germany to be thrown out by the next Champions...</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S1W8kPH0akI/AAAAAAAAACg/8b53UoOC7Jo/s1600-h/engldeutschl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S1W8kPH0akI/AAAAAAAAACg/8b53UoOC7Jo/s320/engldeutschl.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But what I'm trying to say with all my pathetic talking is, that I found a very, very pawsome friend in Kolo! He is the best footie-pal I can imagine! So, if you're interested in football, or just want to have a great buddy, you should meet him!</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://twitter.com/Kolo_Martin">http://twitter.com/Kolo_Martin</a></span></div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634943289649196503.post-3416392116142164272010-01-12T10:07:00.036+01:002010-01-13T10:15:06.067+01:00Hello RRRiot Kitty!!!<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Today I want to tell you all how I got my blog's name!!! I have been thinking about the right name for quite a while. Needless to say, that I had enough time to think, as it took my mom months to manage my first entry... But every name I found didn't really satisfy me!!! Until someone special gave me ideas...</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;">I am talking about my Mister Sir Fudge Esq!!! If you haven't met him yet, get your damn asses up and find out about him!!! I'm talking this way, because it fits Mister Fudge. He is a very unique kitty (and he will hate me for calling him a kitty, but to me, every cat is a kitty), as, for God's sake, he likes to swear and loves his booze!!! A lot of booze... But most of all, he hates hugging or kissing!!! When I wanted to give him a *nose tap* he asked me "ARE YOU NUTS???" So, he strongly refuses to be a part of our hugging-community on Twitter and #Pawcircles are disgusting him, he thinks they're just to fit human needs and for their boohoo!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span><br /><div><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;"></span></span></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;">Isn't he lovely??? Yes, he is!!! Believe me, Mister Fudge has a BIG heart!!! He is a Miesepeter (as we call someone very grumpy in German), but he is a nice one!!! Before Christmas he put on a Santa hat, because I was indignant at his lack of Christmas spirit!!! He did it just for me even though it caused him pain!!! Pain??? Pure agony!!! Okay, he kept posing with a Vodka bottle, while wearing the Santa hat, but that's Mister Fudge!!! And when I came out as his Rudi, it brought tears to his eyes, and he was not afraid to confess it to me!!! He is a kitty riot, he brings the action to Twitter, cause he might be a rather inconvenient fellow to some on there!!! But he doesn't care, he just keeps swearing his ass off, grumbling about #Pawcircles!!! But he does it with a wink and a smile...</span><span style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S02A1KjEtmI/AAAAAAAAABw/sURCYdfw6jM/s1600-h/Sir_Fudge_Absolute_Xmas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426134776904201826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S02A1KjEtmI/AAAAAAAAABw/sURCYdfw6jM/s200/Sir_Fudge_Absolute_Xmas.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S02BJqU1lGI/AAAAAAAAAB4/9mbFNhrlXRA/s1600-h/mxmas.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426135129031808098" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S02BJqU1lGI/AAAAAAAAAB4/9mbFNhrlXRA/s200/mxmas.JPG" border="0" /></a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S02BJqU1lGI/AAAAAAAAAB4/9mbFNhrlXRA/s1600-h/mxmas.JPG"></a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S02BJqU1lGI/AAAAAAAAAB4/9mbFNhrlXRA/s1600-h/mxmas.JPG"></a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;">That's why I love my Mister Fudge!!! He might be vain, he might be grumpy, but he's honest and never fishing for compliments too!!! Never??? ... Okay, let's say never!!! And I know for sure about his hearty side!!! He is from Austrian origin and he has a favour for Sissi, the Austrian empress!!! I don't know, if you all know her, but there are movies about her life and they're so corny IT HURTS!!! And now imagine that old Miesepeter watching his Sissi dvds, while having a whole bottle of Scotch, keeping on swearing like a bluff sailor tattooer!!! I'm sure that one day, Sissi will open his heart and he will be ready for a hugging orgy!!!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S0xZlVgRDeI/AAAAAAAAABo/vY3Kp8uZDIU/s1600-h/sissi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425810149037116898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGhIl7HtcQ/S0xZlVgRDeI/AAAAAAAAABo/vY3Kp8uZDIU/s200/sissi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;">But how did it come to the name "Meerschwein Extraordinaire"??? I don't know why, but in some way Mister Fudge shows me a lot of respect!!! He strongly believes he's better than me, as I'm just a little piggy. And believe me, he won't refuse to tell me so... But he takes my advice and often leaves me more than surprised about it!!! That means a lot to me, as you know, Mister Fudge is a very honest kitty and not scared of being uncomfortable!!! And he gives me names, that show his respect for me. He often calls me Graf Schnille von Meerschweinstein, which is a rather blown up name, as Graf is an Earl, but Mister Fudge loves aristocracy and anything with an intellectual touch!!! Guess why he calls himself an Esquirer??? But he also started calling me a Meerschwein (guinea pig) extraordinaire, which might be blown up too, but it's unique - just like Mister Fudge!!!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Now everybody, swear the hell out of it and meet Mister Fudge, he won't bite you!!! Won't he...???</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><a href="http://sirfudgeesq.blogspot.com/">http://sirfudgeesq.blogspot.com/</a> </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><a href="http://twitter.com/SirFudgeEsq">http://twitter.com/SirFudgeEsq</a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span></div></div></div>Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726284973019051427noreply@blogger.com6