Tuesday 28 June 2011

Quiet

Photo taken at the Open Air Museum in Arnhem
It's quiet in my home. I don't have the radio on, Wuppie stopped miaowing, for a few minutes anyway and even outside the only thing you can hear is the leaves rustling. And then there are the beeps. In my home. I haven't got a clue what produces those beeps, but I can hear them. I know the washing machine and the dryer are both off and the only other electrical thing I've got upstairs is the hot water boiler/heating thingy. Which probably beeps just to annoy me! It sounds like morse code! Perhaps there's a garden gnome that got stuck and is looking for help, but since I don't read morse (yes I know)...

Thinking of garden gnomes: did you ever see the film Amélie? A fantastic French film that was a world wide hit a few years ago. And she helped her father by sending his garden gnome all over the world. If the garden gnome could do it: so could he.

I'm rambling about things now and nothing sensible comes out. So, I'll stop.

6 comments:

  1. We have those mysterious beeps too. I blame my husband's blackberry-type thing.I think he sets the alarm when he's in a different time zone and then forgets about it and since he does not hear high sounds well he doesn't hear the beeps anyway!

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  2. My neighbor on the other side of the street has a whole collection sitting in his front yard. Actually it's not him but his 16 year old son who collects them. Isn't that cute ? while others smoke shit, he tiedies up his gnomes.
    I am melting today imagine we have 38 °C and not a little blow of air ! If you don't see any post from me tomorrow, then there is only grease, bones and hairs left from me !

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  3. Have you got fire alarms or carbon monoxide alarms in your house? They beep loudly when the batteries need to be replaced.

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  4. It's such mysteries that keep life interesting.

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  5. My friend Dorito LOVES garden gnomes. She's even got a kit to make them herself. I'm going to have to show her this post!

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  6. Love the gnomes. I think I saw the movie but really don't remember it that well. Guess I better watch it again.

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