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January 2021

Fr 01/01
New Year´s day ...
Sa 02/01
Working on the lightening of my lego castle ...
Su 03/01
Walk to Blaubeuren, a very nice place near Esslingen. There is a dark blue water resurgence, amazing ...
Mo 04/01
Still on holiday ...
Tu 05/01
Excursion to the Black Forest (Kniebis, Aussichtsplatform Ellbachseeblick) with TONS of snow ...
Amazing day ...
We 06/01
Bank holiday ...
Snow again, love that ...
Working on my smoothie lamps, having a photoshooting in the cellar ...
Th 07/01
Still on holiday ...
Fr 08/01
Last holiday ...
Sa 09/01
Week-end ...
Su 10/01
Week-end ...
Mo 11/01
Back to work at that day ...
Tu 12/01
Nothing special ...
We 13/01
Nothing special ...
Th 14/01
Nothing special ...
Fr 15/01
I took 1 day holiday today ...
Sa 16/01
Week-end ...
Walk in the Black Forest again, in the fields of snow ...
Su 17/01
Working on the lightening of my castle ...
Long walk in snowy Esslingen ...
Mo 18/01
Not working today, they call it "Gleitzeit" :-)
Tu 19/01
Nothing special ...
We 20/01
Nothing special ...
Th 21/01
Kurzarbeit ...
Fr 22/01
Kurzarbeit ...
Still working on my new illumination of the castle ...
Sa 23/01
Week-end ...
Su 24/01
Week-end ...
Redesign of the chapel is finished ...
Mo 25/01
Nothing special ...
Tu 26/01
Nothing special ...
We 27/01
Nothing special ...
Th 28/01
Nothing special ...
Fr 29/01
Kurzarbeit ...
Sa 30/01
Picking up my new glasses at Look Meisteroptik in Esslingen ...
Su 31/01
Just relaxing ...


February 2021

Mo 01/02
Nothing special ...
Tu 02/02
Kurzarbeit ...
We 03/02
Nothing special ...
Th 04/02
Nothing special ...
Fr 05/02
Kurzarbeit ...
My present boxes have arrived ...
Sa 06/02
Week-end ...
Su 07/02
Week-end ...
Working on the lightening of the money box ...
Mo 08/02
Kurzarbeit ...
Tu 09/02
Nothing special ...
We 10/02
Nothing special ...
Th 11/02
Snowy day in Esslingen. Day off for me ? don't remember.
Fr 12/02
Kurzarbeit ...
Also a snowy day in Esslingen. Long walk in the gardens of the city.
Sa 13/02
Week-end ...
Su 14/02
Week-end ...
Redesign of the money box achieved. ...
Mo 15/02
Kurzarbeit ...
Tu 16/02
Nothing special ...
We 17/02
Nothing special ...
Th 18/02
Nothing special ...
Fr 19/02
Kurzarbeit ...
Sa 20/02
Week-end ...
Su 21/02
Week-end ...
Mo 22/02
Kurzarbeit ...
Tu 23/02
Nothing special ...
We 24/02
Nothing special ...
Th 25/02
Nothing special ...
Fr 26/02
Kurzarbeit ...
Sa 27/02
Week-end ...
Su 28/02
Week-end ...
Working on the money box ... how to store as many coins as possible :-)


March 2021

Mo 01/03
Kurzarbeit ...
Tu 02/03
Nothing special ...
We 03/03
Home office
Pino in action ...
Th 04/03
Home office
First planing of the exhibition of Schwabenstein in Hechingen ...
Fr 05/03
Kurzarbeit ...
Sa 06/03
Week-end ...
Su 07/03
Week-end ...
Mo 08/03
Kurzarbeit ...
Today is Slobi's birthday (43) !!
Cooking some panamanian stuff for diner :-)
Tu 09/03
Ordering my CE stickers ...
We 10/03
Home office
Th 11/03
Home office
Fr 12/03
Kurzarbeit ...
Sa 13/03
Week-end ...
Su 14/03
Week-end ...
Mo 15/03
Kurzarbeit ...
Tu 16/03
Nothing special ...
We 17/03
Home office
Th 18/03
Nothing special ...
Fr 19/03
Kurzarbeit ...
Sa 20/03
Working on my castle for the next exhibition ...
Sunny walk in the Vineyard with Slobi
Su 21/03
Working on my castle for the next exhibition, planed in Hechingen ...
I need to plan a village next to the castle walls.
Mo 22/03
Kurzarbeit ...
Tu 23/03
Nothing special ...
We 24/03
Home office
Th 25/03
Nothing special ...
Fr 26/03
Kurzarbeit ...
Sa 27/03
Lego day, still working on the village next to the castle.
And working on my my insta-account for the lamps: photo-shooting.
Su 28/03
Relaxing ... Week-end ...
Mo 29/03
Kurzarbeit ...
Cooking some sand cakes for easter ...
Tu 30/03
Nothing special ...
We 31/03
Nothing special ...


April 2021

Th 01/04
Home office
Fr 02/04
Day off : Karfreitag ...
Sa 03/04
Week-end ...
Su 04/04
Week-end ...
Mo 05/04
Day off : Ostermontag ...
Tu 06/04
Nothing special ...
We 07/04
Home office
Working on my village ...
Th 08/04
Home office
Working on the castle. Ordering some plexiglas for the coming exhibition in Hechingen ...
Fr 09/04
Nothing special ...
Sa 10/04
Lego day, again. Time is running.
Su 11/04
Lego weekend ...
Mo 12/04
Kurzarbeit
Tu 13/04
Home office
We 14/04
Today is Xavier's birthday (48)
Th 15/04
Nothing special ...
Fr 16/04
Home office
Sa 17/04
Week-end ...
Su 18/04
Last preparations for the exhibition ...
Mo 19/04
Kurzarbeit
Working on my bottles, and in particulat Dome's football trophee bottle ...
Tu 20/04
Nothing special ...
We 21/04
Home office
Th 22/04
Nothing special ...
Fr 23/04
Having a day at home ...
Packing all the parts of my castle in the Euroboxes, ready for transport.
Sa 24/04
Installtion day in Hechingen,
together with Andreas.
Su 25/04
Week-end ...
Mo 26/04
Kurzarbeit
Last time at Markus' workshop in Stuttgart for working on glas,
finishing the trophee lamp for Domenico.
Tu 27/04
Nothing special ...
We 28/04
Home office
Th 29/04
Home office
Fr 30/04
First Covid19 injection


May 2021

Sa 01/05
Working on my device for drilling the glas bottles
Su 02/05
Week-end ...
Mo 03/05
Kurzarbeit
Tu 04/05
Nothing special ...
We 05/05
Home office
Th 06/05
Home office
Fr 07/05
Nothing special ...
Sa 08/05
Week-end ...
Su 09/05
Week-end ...
Long walk with Slobi at the Neckar. Yes, walk ... Dont believe we do jogging.
Mo 10/05
Kurzarbeit
Tu 11/05
Nothing special ...
We 12/05
Home office
Th 13/05
Bank holiday : Christi Himmelfahrt ...
Fr 14/05
Today, the company is closed ...
Sa 15/05
Week-end ...
Su 16/05
Week-end ...
Mo 17/05
Kurzarbeit
Renovation of the terrasse,
Day 1
Walking in the vineyards ...
Tu 18/05
Renovation of the terrasse,
Day 2
We 19/05
Home office
Th 20/05
Home office
Fr 21/05
Nothing special ...
Sa 22/05
Week-end ...
Su 23/05
Week-end ...
Mo 24/05
Bank holiday : Pfingstmontag ...
The renovation of the terrasse is over,
the plants can be outside again ...
Tu 25/05
Resting day
Visit at Dr Czech because of my knee,
getting ortopedic soles ...
We 26/05
Already today on holiday ...
Th 27/05

Travel to Venice for a few days with Dagmar ...

Th 27/05
From Esslingen zu Venice, 1st night at Domus Ciliota
Fr 28/05
Visit of the campanile, of the Doge's palace, the canals ...
Second night in Venice
Sa 29/05
Again through the city, on the water, in the gardens and on the Punta della Dogana after sunset.
Last night in Venice
Su 30/05
From Venice to Florence, walk in the city, Ponte vecchio, night in Florence.
 
Mo 31/05
Visit of the basilica St Laurent, Plazale Michelangelo, night in Florence


June 2021

Tu 01/06
Day trip to Sienna, San Gimigliano and back to Florence.
We 02/06
Last day in Florence: Gli Uffizi, Piazzale Michelangelo and last night there ...
Th 03/06
Back to Esslingen via Milano. Visit of the Dom, stop at the Starbucks Roastery ...
Fr 04/06
Staying at home today, the company is closed.
Yesterday was a bank holiday, Fronleichnam.
Visit at the urologue ... Next visit in 4 weeks to see evolution.
Sa 05/06
Regular medication ...
Su 06/06
Marcel&Eduardo at home ...
Building some Lego mosaic ...
Mo 07/06
Company Frey at home, replacing the elevation pump ...
Tu 08/06
Company Frey at home, end of the installation ...
Collecting my bottles ...
We 09/06
Nothing special ...
Th 10/06
Compiling a photo album with our holiday pics for Mum's birthday ...
Fr 11/06
Check at the urologue ... all is ok :-)
Covid19 vaccination 2/2 ...
Sa 12/06
Buying some wood at Metzger in Plochingen,
in order to build my milling device ...
Su 13/06
Some garden work at Eva's place ...
Mo 14/06
Kurzarbeit
Company Frey at home, this time for the replacement of the evacuation pipe at the main floor ...
Tu 15/06
Buying some toys online for Salomé's birthday ...
Collecting my bottles ...
We 16/06
Nothing special ...
Th 17/06
Nothing special ...
Fr 18/06
Nothing special ...
Sa 19/06
Today is Mum's birthday (77) !!
Buying an outdoor lightning for Josy's terrace ...
Su 20/06
... for Josy's birthday with all neighbors.
Mo 21/06
Kurzarbeit
Visit of SWE (gas company) to change the gas counter ...
Tu 22/06
Today is Sébastien's birthday ...
... and Gerlinde's birthday too !
Collecting my glas ...
We 23/06
Nothing special ...
Th 24/06
Nothing special ...
Fr 25/06
Kurzarbeit
Sa 26/06
Having my injection ...
Shopping and preparation for the birthday party ...
Today is Salomé's birthday !
Su 27/06
My birthday !! Turning 48 ...
Memorable brunch till 20:00 ...
Mo 28/06
Picking my bike up at the store after refurbishing for a new season ... As if i was THE biker of the year.
Tu 29/06

Business trip to Biel (Bienne) in Switzerland ...

Tu 29/06
From Esslingen zu Biel, Sleeping in front of the lake of Morat (Murten), amazing village with medieval fortifications. Diner with Philippe Dubois at the hotel.
 
We 30/06
Business discussions and driving back to Esslingen.
 


July 2021

Th 01/07
Getting TÜV for my car, going to Göppingen for that.
Fr 02/07
Nothing special ...
Sa 03/07
Sorting Lego parts at Uwe's place (LUGbulk), before we had our monthly meet at his place ...
Su 04/07
Brunch with Gordana / Vati at our place ...
Grill in Eva's garden for her birthday ...
Mo 05/07
Nothing special ...
Tu 06/07
Collecting bottles in bars in Stuttgart as raw material for my lamps, like almost every week.
We 07/07
Going to the dentist ...
Going to Albatros bar, as i couldn't do it yesterday
Th 08/07
Nothing special ...
Fr 09/07
Nothing special ...
Sa 10/07
Week-end ...
Su 11/07
Week-end ...
Collecting some Elderflower ...
Mo 12/07
Nothing special ...
Tu 13/07
Crazy rain in the region ...
We 14/07
Jens' birthday (40) ...
Visit at the urologue ...
Th 15/07
Nothing special ...
Fr 16/07
Nothing special ...
Sa 17/07
Jens' birthday party with Marcel and Eduardo ...
Sorting my LUGbulk with Eduardo, the lots for Sébastien, Eduardo and myself were put together ...
Su 18/07
Week-end ...
Mo 19/07
Nothing special ...
Tu 20/07
Collecting my bottles ...
We 21/07
Going to Albatros, again one day later than the other bars ...
... and testing my device to drill bottles.
Th 22/07
Testing the drilling of my square bottles ...
Half day off.
Collecting the rest of my stuff at Wandelwerk ...
Fr 23/07
Home office
Having a glas at Josi's place with Marcel&Eduardo, Jens and Heide ...
Sa 24/07
Week-end ...
Su 25/07
Communion of Helene, celebrated at the place where we usually have turkish brunch in Stuttgart ...
Marcel&Eduardo visiting us ...
Mo 26/07
Monthly meeting ...
Tu 27/07
Collecting bottles ...
We 28/07
Today is Zoé's birthday (11) ...
Visiting Tibor at his office (Tatoo studio) to show him my lamps ...
Th 29/07
Nothing special ...
Fr 30/07
Nothing special ...
Sa 31/07
Corona - CSD Stuttgart with Marcel&Eduardo, Jens ...


August 2021

Su 01/08
Working on drilling my bottles ...
Mo 02/08
Nothing special ...
Tu 03/08
Collecting my bottles ...
We 04/08
Last day in the office ...
Some blood test, checking my antibodies to corona vaccine ...
Th 05/08

Travel to Amsterdam for a few days ...

Th 05/08
From Esslingen zu Amsterdam, Drag show with Bianca del Rio and night at Hotel Urban Lodge, in Sloterdijk ...
 
Fr 06/08
Day in Amsterdam, antibody test positive, all ok. Lego Store, etc.
Sa 07/08
From Amsterdam to Frankfurt, Evening at Moxy : "Night queen" Party.
 
Su 08/08
Back to Esslingen.
Mo 09/08
Nothing special ...
Tu 10/08
Going to my doctor and to the hospital to get my medication ...
Collecting my bottles ...
We 11/08
Collecting bottles at Albatros ...
New fridge for Heugasse delivered today ...
Th 12/08
Shopping at my favorite hardware store ...
Visiting my orthopaed and collecting my med at the pharmacy ...
Fr 13/08
Nothing special ... watering my plants in the office ...
Sa 14/08
Milling tests for my wooden sockets ...
Taking part to the Fetish pub Crawl in Stuttgart ...
Visit of Marcel&Eduardo ...
Su 15/08
Drag evening at the Renitenz Theater (Vava Wilde and her troop)
Seen there : Bamby Mercury ...
Mo 16/08
Bringing some order in the house ...
Tu 17/08
Culantro is growing at Eva's place ...

Holiday at Mum's place ...

Tu 17/08
Departure to Villers for our late summer holiday in Villers, witha target: doing NOTHING.
We 18/08
Nothing special ...
Th 19/08
Nothing special ...
Fr 20/08
Nothing special ...
Sa 21/08
Diner with Xavier and the girls, with a big cake for their Birthday (6 and 12) ...
Su 22/08
Nothing special ...
Mo 23/08
Nothing special ...
Tu 24/08
Nothing special, relaxing in the sun ...
We 25/08
Visit of Hervé in Villers ...
Th 26/08
Nothing special ...
Fr 27/08
Shopping in Carrefour ...
Sa 28/08
Back to Esslingen ...
Su 29/08
Relaxing sunday ...
Mo 30/08
Back to the office, summer holiday is over ...
Tu 31/08
Nothing special ...


September 2021

We 01/09
Regular Check at my doc at the hospital ...
Th 02/09
Business day trip to Delemont, in Switzerland ...
Fr 03/09
Helping for Marcel&Eduardo's move from Reichenbach to Esslingen ...
Sa 04/09
Move of Marcel&Eduardo, part II
Working on drilling my wooden sockets with own-made stencils, not really a success ...
Drag spectacle at Merlin Kulturcenter in Stuttgart ...
Su 05/09
Week-end ...
Mo 06/09
Nothing special ...
Tu 07/09
Nothing special ...
We 08/09
Nothing special ...
Th 09/09
Nothing special ...
Fr 10/09
Nothing special ...
Sa 11/09
Fleamarket and late sales saturday in Esslingen, many people walking around.
Displaying my lamps for sales and contact with potential customers.
All neighbors sitting at our place till late in the evening.
Su 12/09
Quiet sunday.
Mo 13/09
Nothing special ...
Tu 14/09
Bringing my car to ATU in the morning for changing lamps ...
Collecting my bottles in several bars of Stuttgart.
Evening gril at Eva's place.
We 15/09
Afternoon in Hechingen, removing my castle from the Lego exhibition at the "Hohenzollerisches Landesmuseum" ...
Th 16/09
Collecting the money from the piggy bank I inserted in my castle €€€€
Fr 17/09
Nothing special ...
Sa 18/09
Monthly meeting at Schwabenstein, our Lego User Group based in Stuttgart.
Su 19/09
Quiet sunday ...
Mo 20/09
Political event on Esslingen's marketplace: the future Chancellor Scholz makes an election speech ...
Tu 21/09
Collecting bottles as usual in Stuttgart's gin bars.
We 22/09
Owner's meeting for Apo11 in Remshalden with Sabine.
Drink with Marcel&Eduardo at home ...
Th 23/09
Cash audit for our Lego User Group Schwabenstein at Uwe's place, the treasurer.
Fr 24/09
Nothing special ...
Sa 25/09
Shopping at my favorite hardware store ...
Working on glas at home, first prototype of bedside lamp finished ...
Su 26/09
Going on working on my bottles ...
Election evening in front of the TV with Josi ...
Mo 27/09
Monthly meeting with topic social legislation. Bringing Diana back home ...
Tu 28/09
Collecting my bottles in different bars in Stuttgart ...
Diner at Marcel&Eduardo's place
We 29/09
We got visit of a customer today, busy day ...
Short drive to Eva's place to collect the culantro plants we let her grow ...
Th 30/09
Nothing special ...


October 2021

Fr 01/10
Nothing special ...
Sa 02/10

Week-end in Antwerpen ...

Sa 02/10
On the way to Antwerpen, taking part late at Schwabenstein's annual meeting.
 
Su 03/10
Drag show in Antwerpen at the Cargo club
Mo 04/10
I took a day off, driving back to Esslingen.

Evening at the movie theater (alone): Dune Ep.I

"In the year 10191, a gigantic power struggle for supremacy over the Galactic Empire of Mankind breaks out: for this reason, the cosmic emperor Shaddam IV sends Prince Leto to the inhospitable desert planet Arrakis, where monstrous sandworms live that produce a mental drug - the Spice. But Leto's son Paul, with the help of the drug, becomes the savior and liberator of the oppressed desert planet inhabitants in the fight against Shaddam's forces."

Tu 05/10
Big tour in Stuttgart to collect my bottles ...
We 06/10
Market day, Eduardo buys some vegetables for the herbs paste we use to cook.
Th 07/10
Shopping at Obi ...
Fr 08/10
Injections for B12 and against the Flu ...
Sa 09/10
Day in Ulm ...
Shopping at Toys'r Us ...
... at the Blaucenter, at TK Maxx, where i could find a new leather jacket.
Su 10/10
Week-end ...
Mo 11/10
Nothing special ...
Tu 12/10
Nothing special ...
We 13/10

Evening at the movie theater with Slobi, Marcel&Eduardo: James Bond : No time to die

"James Bond is no longer on duty as a secret agent and is enjoying his retirement in Jamaica. But his respite is short-lived, as CIA agent Felix Leiter tracks Bond down to ask for his help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be more treacherous than expected, leading 007 to a long-lost love and onto the trail of a villain with new weapons technology."

Th 14/10
Today is Marcel's Birthday !!
Fr 15/10
Nothing special ...
Sa 16/10
Brunch for Marcel's birthday ...
Su 17/10
Working on the bottles with Eduardo ...
Mo 18/10
Monthly meeting ...
Tu 19/10
Collecting my bottles ...
Regular on visit at our place ...
Today is Peter's birthday ...
We 20/10
Nothing special ...
Th 21/10
Nothing special ...
Fr 22/10
Nothing special ...
Sa 23/10
Week-end ...
Su 24/10
Week-end ...
Mo 25/10
Nothing special ...
Tu 26/10
Nothing special ...
We 27/10
Nothing special ...
Th 28/10
Watching RuPaul Drag Race with Marcel&Eduardo ...
Fr 29/10
Nothing special ...
Sa 30/10
Week-end ...
Su 31/10
Halloween in Untertürkheim ...
...combined with a drag gig at the Youth center RATH, where i used to enjoy brunches on sunday morning a few years ago ...


November 2021

Mo 01/11
Today is bank holiday ...
Tu 02/11
Nothing special ...
We 03/11
Nothing special ...
Th 04/11
Nothing special ...
Fr 05/11
Nothing special ...
Sa 06/11
Week-end ...
Su 07/11
Week-end ...
Mo 08/11
Quicktest for corona at Esslingen railway station but i don't remember why. Maybe for a dinner in town or something ...
Tu 09/11
Nothing special ...
We 10/11
Nothing special ...
Th 11/11
Nothing special ...
Fr 12/11
Nothing special ...
Sa 13/11
Week-end ...
Su 14/11
Week-end ...
Mo 15/11
Nothing special ...
Tu 16/11
Nothing special ...
We 17/11

Exhibiting @ Spielmesse Herbst 2021 ...

We 17/11
Installing my castle on the Trade Fair, in the evening. It was supposed to be installed next to Marcel's catle, but we could not make it. So, it was a stand-alone castle, without the plexiglas frame, but with all the sensors for lightening. LOVED IT !.
Th 18/11
Normal working day.
Fr 19/11
Normal working day.
Sa 20/11
Being today part of the Spielmesse herbst, great experience with people enjoying my MOC ... Great success too for the money boy i included ...
Su 21/11
Second day at the Spielmesse ...
Parallel to that, a lot of other trade fair take place. animal, camping, street food, etc.
Mo 22/11
Back to work ...
Tu 23/11
Nothing special ...
We 24/11
Nothing special ...
Th 25/11
Nothing special ...
Fr 26/11
Sick today ...
Sa 27/11
This week-end is ComicCon week-end. My castle is still on place ...
Su 28/11
Monitoring the visitors this week-end too,
and unmounting in the evening ...
Mo 29/11
Today is the monthy meeting of the crohn group ...
Tu 30/11
Nothing special ...


December 2021

We 01/12
Nothing special ...
Th 02/12
Nothing special ...
Fr 03/12
My collegue Gaby turns 40 !
buying big baloons for her
Sa 04/12
Week-end ...
Su 05/12
Week-end ...
Mo 06/12
Nothing special ...
Tu 07/12
Nothing special ...
We 08/12
Nothing special ...
Th 09/12
Nothing special ...
Fr 10/12
Nothing special ...
Sa 11/12
Week-end ...
Su 12/12
Week-end ...
Mo 13/12
Nothing special ...
Tu 14/12
Visit to the klinikum for a visit to my doc (my belly is not feeling good) and i managed to break my toe ...
We 15/12
Nothing special ...
Th 16/12
Covid 3rd injection ...
Fr 17/12
Drinking some mulled wine in front of the house with the neighbors ...
Sa 18/12
Week-end ...
Su 19/12
Week-end ...
Mo 20/12
Nothing special ...
Tu 21/12
Nothing special ...
We 22/12
Diner at the asian/vietnamese restaurant in Esslingen (Asia City) ...
...and esspresso at the italian finger food restaurant on the way back.
Th 23/12
Day off, bringing some order in the house ...
Fr 24/12

X-Mas holidays in France ...

Fr 24/12
On the way to Villers, no big tour this year to prevent a corona spread to Mum, diner with Mum ...
 
Sa 25/12
X-Mas lunch at Mum's place with Xavier and family
 
Su 26/12
Nothing special, eating the rests :-)
 
Mo 27/12
Resting, good quiet time at home ...
Tu 28/12
Lunch with Xavier during his break,
and on the road again on the way back to Esslingen just after ...
 
We 29/12

Tina visiting us for new Year's Eve ...

We 29/12
Back on time in Esslingen to bring some more order in the house and collecting Tina at the railway station ...
 
Th 30/12
Nothing special
Fr 31/12
Preparing New Year's Eve diner with Tina ...
Foie gras, Salmon, Tiramisu ...