Uglyworld #260 - What Happens When An Uglydoll Borrows Your Camera

Uglyworld #260 - What Happens When An Uglydoll Borrows Your Camera, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

Have you ever wondered to yourself what happens when you decide to let an Uglydoll borrow your camera for the day?

Today I found out the hard way....

Almost 16Gb of photographs which contain various parts of Wage's anatomy and random objects from here, there and everywhere.

Don't get me wrong, they're funny (Wage still laughs whenever I ask him about the pics he took) but having to sort through almost 1000 images to find stuff that is keepable (or usable) is quite a hard task and one that Wage has kindly deligated to me.

I particularly like this one which he said he shot while a security guard was forcibly removing him from the female changing rooms in one of the local department stores in Aachen.

Wage is completely mad (but great fun too).

Uglyworld #256 - Wage Makes A New Friend

Uglyworld #256 - Wage Makes A New Friend, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

While exploring the village of Monschau Wage found himself a new friend who he wanted to introduce us all to.

It turns out that the chaps name was Hans and he worked at the local textile mill where he could be found wringing the water out of the fabric after it had been soaked in the water pulled into the old mill from the river Rur.

Hans was nice enough to stop his work for a few seconds so that Wage could have his picture taken with him (which Wage was over the moon about).

Uglyworld #255 - Daytrip to Monschau

Uglyworld #255 - Daytrip to Monschau, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

Wage, Babo and Jeero suggested to Scottish mum that instead of taking the long drive down to Koblenz which was already planned that we should go visit Monschau which was only a 30-40min drive from where we live outside of Aachen.

The village of Monschau is pretty cool, it is high up in the hills to the South West of Aachen and as such there is more snow around. The streets of the village are all small and are surfaced with cobble stones, with many buildings having that cool "leaning" style to them as they've moved a little since they were first built.

Wage, Babo and Jeero were all dressed for the colder weather and after seeing how fast the water was flowing down the river, they decided to pose on one of the bridges with the steeple of the church at the village square poking up over the buildings which lined the river, and the outline of the old ruin which sits on top of the surrounding hillside.

Uglyworld #234 - "Is It An Early Xmas Present For Us?"

Uglyworld #234 - "Is It An Early Xmas Present For Us?", originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

Wage and Babo had heard me answer the door earlier this evening and wondered who was there and more imporantly what they wanted (i.e. had they brought anything interesting, or tasty for that matter for them to "take care of" for me).

I told them that it was only some local kids selling homemade biscuits in order to give a better christmas to blind local rabbits (not sure how they bought that story, but it seemed to work all the same).

Later on I summoned Babo and Wage to the living room where I told them to stand perfectly still with their hands over their eyes. After catching them both peeking through their fingers a few times they finally did the job properly, and I placed something in front of them and then quickly got the camera ready and shouted "ok, open your eyes NOW!!!".

The expressions on both of their faces as they turned to each other and shouted "TRAY" was simply priceless - as you can see in the photo they even held hands for a brief second or two amidst all of the excitement!!!

P.S. The hat Wage is wearing is my first ever attempt at crocheting, and I reckon it came out quite well :)

Uglyworld #233 - Wage's Winter Wonderland

Uglyworld #233 - Wage's Winter Wonderland, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

Wage has been outside playing in the garden nearly all day, he says that he loves the snow so much as it's so cold and white and fluffy under his feet.

He only came in for lunch and dinner when we shouted on him for about the 200th time, and then went straight back out again once he finished eating....he sure does love playing in the snow!

Uglyworld #231 - Shhhh There's A Reindeer In The Garden

Uglyworld #231 - Shhhh There's A Reindeer In The Garden, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

Babo and Ice-Bat were standing at the window looking out towards the garden and all of the snow which lay there.

All of a sudden they could hear footsteps coming down the stairs to a chorus of "shhhh" from Wage, Jeero and Ox. Once the trio were beside Babo and Ice-Bat they whispered, "There's a reindeer in the garden".

They all quickly put on their clothes and I gave them a carrot each to take with them as they slowly walked towards the reindeer who was munching away on some grass down near the swimming pool. I had warned them to be as quiet as possible and not to make any quick movements or the reindeer would run away.

Thankfully they listened to my advice and were able to get right up close to the reindeer and feed it the carrots they had with them.

Ice-Bat looked to be the most afraid, whilst still looking at the deer with the same excitement as all the others.

Uglyworld #230 - Posing in Snow Country

Uglyworld #230 - Posing in Snow Country, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

After walking about 10 metres through the snow they realised that it wasn't going to be a quick walk to the wind turbine and decided instead to pose for a photo with it in the background.

As they made the challenge earlier that the first Ugly to reach the turbine got the front seat of the car to themselves for the trip back to Aachen, understandably Wedgehead and Jeero weren't going to let Wage out of their sight incase he made a run for it and left them behind.

Thankfully Wage didn't turn and run, and after playing a little longer in the snow they each agreed to take turns in the front seat for the rest of the journey home.

Uglyworld #229 - First Ugly to the Turbine Wins

Uglyworld #229 - We're in Snow Country Now, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

On the way home to Aachen from Freiburg the car was continually filled with big shouts of "wooow", "aaaaah" and "cool". I had forgotten all about the fact that the uglies had yet to experience their first winter in Germany with us and didn't know what snow really felt like.

I pulled over into one of the autobahn services and let them get out of the car and into the snow - they were so excited to stand in it and look out over the white covered fields towards whichever city sat on the horizon.

Wage challenged Jeero and Wedgehead to a race, whoever reached the windmill first would get the front seat the rest of the way back to Aachen. Jeero and Wedgehead were too busy admiring the view to worry about Wage's challenge though...

Uglyworld #190 - Good Night Sleep Tight

Uglyworld #190 - Good Night Sleep Tight, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

Last night myself, Wage and some engineers from America went a walk up the hill to the castle in the German city of Marburg, Wage was exhausted after the long climb and didn't want to come down to the bar for a beer with me (I really thought he was getting sick or something when he said "no").

By the time I arrived up I found him lying in bed snoring away with a cute little note on the pillow beside him which said "Good night - Sleep tight!" and had a little sheep drawn on it - he's sometimes bad, but he more than makes up for those times with his good doings...

Uglyworld #146 - Maximum Wage Was An Instant Hit

Uglyworld #146 - Maximum Wage Was An Instant Hit, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

This morning when Babo woke up he was greeted with the smell of a cooked breakfast coming from upstairs.

Babo shouted from downstairs "Baz, can I have an extra egg today?", and he was stunned when he noticed I was sitting downstairs on the couch watching TV!!!

He woke Jeero up and asked him "Baz is down here, who is upstairs making breakfast?"

Jeero replied "Don't worry, it will be Mireille, just go back to sleep!"

Icebat had been awakened by the Q and A session and decided that he would fly upstairs and say hello to Mireille.

As Icebat flew back down he had a massive smile on his face at who he had found in the kitchen - Maximum Wage had been upstairs making them all breakfast to break the ice.

All the little uglies thought Wage rocked and scoffed down their breakfast so that they could spend more time asking questions to the big guy.

Uglyworld #145 - Sleeping Ugly

Uglyworld #145 - Sleeping Ugly, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

Don't worry - the title doesn't mean we're in for an Uglython of the little guys acting out famous kids stories...

With the magic beans due to release their magic tomorrow the little guys all decided that it would be a good idea to head to bed. Wage, Jeero, Babo and Wedgehead were tucked up in bed for 9pm in anticipation of the big day which lay ahead of them all.

Shortly after they were all sound asleep the door opened and in walked the product of one of the magic beans, Maximum Wage said he didn't want to wake them up as they looked as though the needed their sleep, and it was his fault that he had arrived earlier than planned anyway.

They're still all snoring away blissfully unaware of their new big cousin.

Uglyworld #10 - Wage Exploring Juelich Citadel

Uglyworld #10 - Wage Exploring Juelich Citadel, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.

Braving the ever increasing amount of thunder and lightning Wage ventured around the walls and inside of Juelich Citadel.

Thankfully we were treated to around 45mins of crash, bang, wallop without the rain which kicked in just as we were returning back to the car.