LAPSE OF MEMORY

Welcome to ABC Wednesday, Round 20, Letter L!!!  I have to admit that I had a slight lapse of memory this past week about doing the introduction.  I did remember but then got busy doing my own personal contribution and then proceeded to figure I was done and ready!  So, I'm just getting into bed here and thought I'd check my emails one last time and what do you think...an email from Roger, our level-headed administrator asking if I was doing it!  He must be laughing at me because usually I'm so organized.  I'm so lucky he emailed me.

Anyway, it's past my bedtime now so I better just wish everyone a lovely and lively week and I do  hope your Spring is springing better where you are than it is here.  I think the crocuses have given up because I see daffodils trying to sprout but not many blooms around just yet.  See you over at The Pedalogue (my blog site) where I am lamenting how life is passing by like the speed of light.
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ABC Wednesday L

1. 20 – L – Melody Music	2. The Happy Wonderer-ellen b.	3. LIFE at LIGHT SPEED	4. Rajesh	5. Jaipur Garden : Lovely Lilies	6. Amit Agarwal: Lennon John	7. Scotland of India - Sights and Aromas of Coorg
8. Lilac	9. Lublin	10. Lake	11. Namaki: L for Longtail boat	12. photowannabe	13. daybyday: L is for Loom	14. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC Wednesday: L
15. A Creative Harbor ~ 77	16. Lively Greens - Jesh StG	17. Joy, Raft of Apples: Little	18. Ramblin' with Roger -Lydster natal day edition	19. Pictografio: Lamp	20. Locozoom: Ling Temco Vought A-7P Corsair II	21. Pictografio: The last moments #1
22. L is for Solomon Linda	23. Indrani	24. Bev, Canada	25. Portrait of Luke | ZONGRIK	26. Bluer Than the Sky - Traveling Gishi	27. Kołobrzeg County Photo, L for Lighthouse	28. Gattina
29. Flowers and Pots for our Garden - L for Labor	30. L is for Lake - Greensboro Daily Photo	31. Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: LEAD the Way	32. alexa in nyc, usa	33. LIONEL THE LION	34. LAKE	35. LONDON, ENGLAND
36. LIDO, VENICE	37. Day One Photography: Lizard	38. LindyLouMac's World in Photos: ABC Wednesday - L -	39. Trubes/books	40. I Blinked And the World Was Gone: The Lost Man	41. Island Rambles: All Lovely Little "L's"	42. Margy BC, Canada
43. YOU and I	44. ann	45. Nickers and Ink: Always an Audience	46. Up Too Late, As Usual ...: Lovely Late Night On A	47. Beautiful Lie - Anita

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Happy Birthday toooo

 

Hi all members of our ABC-Wednesday-family. 

On March the 25th, we all can and may congratulate NORA with her birthday!

Congratulating you NORA and wishing you all the best of Luck, Love & Happiness!!

If someone wants his/her date to be added to our Birthday-Calendar, just let me know!

♫ M e l d y ♫ (abc-w-team)

K for F D Kilday.

Fay Diane Kilday.  

This delightful poem from F.D. Kilday , I would like to dedicate to my darling husband Ian....

Because of you,

 My world is a much nicer place, Because of you

 I know what it means to love

 unconditionally

 I have faith in the human race.

 Because of you,

 I know what it means to give unselfishly.

 Because of you,

 I believe in magic and mystery

 and worlds unseen.  

 Because of you,

Ian showing one of  his special Birthday beers..Cheers, Sante, Braust !

As most of my friends on ABCW know that Ian will be having a tripple by-pass vi' open heart surgery within 4-5 weeks

.So please join me in prayers and special thoughts for a good recovery.

 I know we are both in our early 70's but there is so much more we want to do. Particularly, to spend valuable time with our beloved families, they are everything to us.

Our first born grandchild Molly celebrates her 13th birthday today...

A teenager at last..

 ' Happy Birthday Molls'.

 Her Mummy Kirsten, our eldest daughter, is Keeping a close eye on this Kittenish little lady, being fully aware of the capers she got up to when she was a teenager !

She is a lovely girl, kind loving and does very well at her school... Keep up the good work darling Molls, we are so proud of you.xxx

To finish this most touching prose by Faye Diane KILDAY.

 'There is joy- wherever you are

 and have ever been.

 And all because of you'

My sincere thanks to the ever Joyful Denise who first devised abcw, to Roger who uses his Journalistic skills, ably assisted by the Jaunty Leslie. Not forgetting the busy team who Jog around abcw and make appropriate comments on their allotted memes.

Best wishes to all abcw contributors.

Di,

ABCW team.

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ABC Wednesday 20K

1. ♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫	2. Ramblin with Roger: K is for kaleidoscopes	3. Rajesh	4. KNIGHTS	5. Jaipur Garden	6. photowannabe	7. Indrani
8. Knight's Armor and Pretty woman	9. Kruszyniany	10. daybyday: K is for a Kangaroo	11. Namaki K is for Koh Lanta	12. King	13. Kampinos	14. A Creative Harbor : 76
15. Joy, Raft of Apples: Kirkgate	16. Pictografio: Kraków-Zabłocie station tunnel	17. Locozoom: "Kapitan Borchardt"	18. Komarno Shipyard	19. Krakus Mound path	20. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC WEDNESDAY: K	21. K is for Khudadad Khan
22. Island Rambles: Kestrel Kinsol Trestle	23. Arnoldo L. Romero	24. Kolobrzeg County Photo, K for Kreatywność	25. YOU and I Spring blooms	26. Gattina	27. ann 2	28. K is for Kernodle (Middle School) - Greensboro Dai
29. a spirit of simplicity: K is for Kara	30. vonnieb1702 ♥	31. alexa	32. Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: The Kenan's Mill Cornmeal	33. Day One Photography: Kitties For Adoption	34. Visual St. Paul: A Kindle Reader: Men Reading #2	35. Margy Meanders
36. Koi Fish - Jesh StG	37. Kfar Sallama, Galilee	38. Bev, Canada	39. hapzydeco	40. The View from the Top of the Ladder	41. Khidrapur-Kopeshwar Temple- Part 1	42. Khidrapur-Kopeshwar Temple- Part 2
43. KANGAROO & KOALA	44. Reader Wil, Keep Calm	45. Carin's Kiss	46. Suzy at Photos are fun: KindnessTrees Coffee

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20-J = Joop

 The challenging letter of this week is J and I've chosen for the name Joop 

This post is an introduction to all of you...
meet my husband, Johannes Wilhelmus Antonius, called in short: Joop
(This photo is taken on June 4th 2016, on Joops' 59th birthday)



We met on Sunday May 15th 1977 and became friends, part of a larger group with no couples in it at that time. Due to an accident on 28th of October 1979 I broke my back and landed in hospital for almost a year. He and (just) one other friend (who died 29th of december 2015 at the age of 58 due to cancer after her husband died in 2000 at the age of 54 due to cancer also. She left behind 4 young childeren, the youngest one was just 5 months old at the time her husband died) stayed at my side.

8th of June 1980 we became officially a couple. On the 25th of December 1980 we got engaged and on the 28th of April 1983 we started living together. On the 9th of December 1983 we got married. On the 10th of January 1985 we became parents of our daughter and she became a sister on 29th of November 1990 when her brother was born. On 13th of March 2013 we became grandparents.

We have survived lots of anguish which almost drove us apart but we wouldn't give in so we fought for our marriage, ourselves and our "significant other" and we succeeded!

Still going strong together and with full intent to keep it that way!

 Have a nice ABC-Wednesday-day / - week
 ~ ♫ M e l o d y ♫ (ABC-W-team)
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ABC Wednesday 20J

1. Ramblin with Roger: J is for Japan, US & WWII	2. Portrait of Jasson | ZONGRIK	3. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC Wednesday: J	4. Jaipur Garden	5. Bennies Son's Bakery	6. Melody Music » 20-J	7. Trubes/ random J's
8. Junagadh	9. The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b.	10. Jane Austen	11. Lea's Menagerie: Junco	12. photowannabe	13. Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	14. Indrani
15. Jurassic castle	16. Jarosław	17. daybyday: Jelly Beans!!	18. A Creative Harbor : J ~ Jetty	19. Joy, Raft of Apples: A trio of Js	20. Island Rambles: Jay	21. Arnoldo L. Romero
22. 3.14 Jouissance  – food & films	23. J for July, Kolobrzeg County Photo	24. Gattina	25. J is for James Julian	26. Broken and Beautiful - Jesh StG	27. Alexa—J is for "Jean"	28. vonnieb1702 ♥
29. Day One Photography: Jellyfish	30. hapzydeco	31. JACKAL AND JAGUAR	32. JACARANDA	33. JERSEY	34. Namaki: J is for Junk	35. LindyLouMac's World in Photos: ABC Wednesday - J -
36. Bev, Canada	37. Jwellery - Part 2 - Pearls Random Photography	38. J is for Jewish Federation - Greensboro Daily Phot	39. The View from the Top of the Ladder	40. ann	41. Just Out Of My Comfort Zone - Anita	42. Jojoba
43. Up Too Late, As Usual ...: Just because?	44. Photos are fun: Just ... and Tree Love #4	45. Carin's Jump	46. Carol Carson

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Again double congratulations

 

Hi all members of our ABC-Wednesday-family. 

We have 2 members of our ABC-Family to congratulate!

First of all,  LINDA, she celebrates hir birthday on march 12

And secondly, 2 days later, on march 14, ELLEN

Wishing the both of you a wonderful birthday and lots of luck, love and happiness for many years to come, surrounded by all the people you hold dear to your hearts.

If someone wants his/her date to be added to our Birthday-Calendar, just let me know!

♫ M e l d y ♫ (abc-w-team)

I love music

As usual, when I have an intro to write but don't have a topic, I go to the MUSIC. These are:

# songs that start with the word I, and not I'll or I'm, which would make the list even LONGER!
# that I know; there's a couple other titles that sounded familiar, but eh
# that went to number 1 on the US Billboard pop charts
# that came out before 1992, because my Billboard Book of Number One Hits ends there

Links to all; hope they work in your country

I Am Woman - Helen Reddy 19721209-1

I Can Help - Billy Swan 19741123-2
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash 19721104-4

I Can't Get Next To You - the Temptations 19691018-2
(I Can't Get No) - Satisfaction - Rolling Stones 19650710-4
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall and John Oates 19820130-1
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops 19650619-2
I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles 19620602-5

I Feel Fine - the Beatles 19641226-3
I Feel the Earth Move -Carole King 19710619-5 (Two-sided hit with It's Too Late)

I Get Around - the Beach Boys 19640704-2

I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 19681214-7

I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John 19741005-2

I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder 19841013-3

I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit 19810228-2
I Love Rock 'n' Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 19820320-7

I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton 19740914-1

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 19870808-2

I Think I Love You - Partridge Family 19701121-3
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany 19871107-2

I Want to Hold Your Hand - the Beatles 19640201-7 (studio versions are notoriously difficult to find in the US; this is the group on the Ed Sullivan Show)
I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner 19850202-2
I Want You Back - The Jackson Five 19700131-01
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - Elvis Presley 19560728-1

I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March 19630427-3
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor 19790310-3

I Wish- Stevie Wonder 19770122-1

I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow 19760117-1 (written by Bruce Johnston)

As for those numeric designations, that represents the week, in YYYYMMDD format, that the song first went to number one. The number after the hyphen indicates how many weeks it was nimber one, not necessarily consecutively.

Note that the first three I Want... songs all went to #1 the same relative week (31 Jan-2 Feb)
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ABC Wednesday 20I

1. 20-I – Melody Music	2. Inscriptions	3. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC Wednesday: I	4. ICE FLOES	5. photowannabe	6. Industrial	7. Indrani
8. Indoors	9. Icycles	10. A Creative Harbor : A SHUTTERBUG EXPLORES ~74	11. Island Rambles: Ice	12. daybyday: An Irish tune	13. Ramblin with Roger: I is idiosyncrasy of inches	14. Joy, Raft of Apples: Ing
15. Portrait of Izac | ZONGRIK	16. Imperfect - Jesh StG	17. Italy Photography	18. vonnieb1702 ♥	19. Pictografio: Inachis io	20. Locozoom: TS-11R Iskra bis DF #2	21. Pictografio: Ivy #1
22. I is for Ivar the Boneless	23. Arnoldo L. Romero	24. In The Shadows, Kolobrzeg County Photo	25. Gattina	26. ann	27. ann	28. I
29. I is for International Women's Day - Greensboro Da	30. namaki : I is for Irrigation	31. Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: Ideas for Infants	32. alexa	33. IBIS	34. ISLAND	35. IKARIA
36. hapzydeco	37. TrubesI/Ink	38. Day One Photography: I Love You	39. LindyLouMac's World in Photos: ABC Wednesday - I	40. Internatl. Women's Day	41. Bev, Canada	42. The View from the Top of the Ladder
43. Up Too Late, As Usual ...: Inside My Head?	44. Nickers and Ink: Reset in Motion	45. Dharmakarmaarts: I is for Image	46. Carin's Job	47. Islet of Biri – Mom's Shout Out	48. Bennies Son's Bakery

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Double congratulations are in order

 

Hi all members of our ABC-Wednesday-family. 

We have 2 members of our ABC-Family to congratulate!

First of all, 2 days late because I didn't know is Carin

The second one celebrates his birthday the 7th, Roger

If someone wants his/her date to be added to our Birthday-Calendar, just let me know!

♫ M e l d y ♫ (abc-w-team)