Friday Five and Facebook

Good morning, the time is flying and it's time now to join with 
Tanya's Willy Nilly Friday and Amy's Five on Friday.

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At first any photos of my azalea - it has bloomed so very rich and nice.

A few years ago it was a small flower pot in the house. 
Threw leaves and flowers were always full of aphids.

So I took it to the court, that rain can wash away the aphids.

There have it forgotten and after a cold winter I saw: it is still alive!

Then I planted it in the garden and now is healthy and thrives.

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On Weekend had an unexpected meeting with two people from Russia and a teacher from my childhood.

It was an interesting and rather visit, have enjoyed.

But how did it happen, is a special story.

I'm not a fan of social networks. I have on Facebook just a fake account and use very rarely.

One day my sweetheart said to me: "Look on facebook, someone from Russia is searching for people in our town" and I immediately thought: I know for who they are are looking.

So I've chatted for the first time in my life. Earlier I had not knowed, how that works ...

The searching teacher woman is now 88 years, has no internet, so I brought her the message on paper. She was very happy and we all met up here with me. I was pleased also to see her again.

The Russian people were very sympathetic, but something has got me thinking.

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I don't know nothing about the life of modern people (here in my autistic isolation).

Okay, I have a Desktop and internet, but not a smartphone, iPad, Tablet and all this mobile stuff.

Have these things never needs and to learn how to handle would cost me a lot of valuable time. More than I would have benefited from them all.

In short, I experienced for the first time people who are going all the day with such things and are almost constantly online. That was very strange for me.

Even before the visit I had to keep facebook online for many hours to respond if a question comes.

Normally, my PC works only 2 hours a day ...

Now again and again look to respond. Well, I wanted to be helping and friendly. But it takes a tremendous amount of time. Only these few days.

It's all over for me, no problem.

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But I think: what's a kind of a life, this constant networking and constantly reading something by 100 friends and share content - what is that and why? Constantly show pictures and write where I am, what I do there? And seen from the other also.

For me it has something of stalking and compulsion to control. Voluntary exposure.

And all that liking and sharing of other contents - that can be nice and interesting, but it is also always necessary?

Okay, I'm show in my blog posts every day some pictures. Share them with other bloggers in memes.

I'm enjoying this alldays creativity when memes give me a topic. And like to create my own content. It's fun for me.

But only to share external contents - that seems to me a little boring.

And this facebook (or other social networks) seems for me like a vampire. It sucks many energy and time out from the real life.

I do not understand this: if I'm in a (foreign) town, I want to look and sit quietly on a bench, in a cafe, I want to breath the athosphere and smell the air. On the place, where I am.

If I always have to use a smartphone - I'm really still able to? What's about the real life?

For me it was a horrible experience to see such a thing.

Really unthinkable for myself.

Perhaps that sounds arrogant, and many will not understand my fear. It is so self-evident today.

But these are just my thoughts now.

This way of life has very frightened me.

I had previously no idea of ​​the extent of such things - - -

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At last a famous flower video. That's digital art...

And now I say: have a great weekend with beatiful real flowers, colors , scents and sunshine all.

Enjoy your real life.