hotel rose

Mellow Yellow Monday

Delicate detail found in a small hotel's room last June at the Baltic Sea.

surprise

Sitting on a rock at the beginning of Spring this year, playing around with the camera and our shadows. That's me in the middle wearing a baseball cap.

and all of a sudden we had a...

surprise wave!

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Thom
surprised me

and many more
with this
cheerful award.
Thank you very much, Thom!!

city windows

window views

A building in a busy street, downtown Barcelona. A red traffic light made me stop and then I looked up, discovering the beautiful details...

say cheese

Ruby Tuesday

Seen at the market place in Moutiers, France, last year.

It's still way too hot and humid to allow any outdoor activity, and I have been going through my archives instead of taking new pictures. But there is hope as we quickly move towards September! I am looking forward to wearing anything long-sleeved ...!

blue petals

Macro Monday ♬ ♬ Blue Monday

Please name this flower!! (see the update below!!) it decorates a central street where I live, it's beautiful to see the blue carpet next to the busy street.

Thankful Update: thanks to the wonderful quilly (I am forever grateful for her botanic help all the time!) I will now remember it is an Agapanthus


Thanks, Thom!!

ripples

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rip·ple
1. a. To form or display little undulations or waves on the surface, as disturbed water does.

Pulled from my Alpine archives (July 09).

beautiful summer

window views

That was the name of this little restaurant we found in a charming village near the Tarn River in France. We had dinner outside and I took this picture from my seat, it was a wonderful summer night, the place was well visited and the narrow cobbled streets were very lively as all small stores and boutiques were open until late at night.

The kitchen was on the second floor so the waitresses had lots to do running up and down. Every so often the cook would look out the window, forgot to check if they also had tables there. A sweet memory is the dessert Mr Mar ordered. I ordered a second spoon...!

ruby needles

Ruby Tuesday

From my garden. This small cactus is growing in a place where we cannot accidentally come near it, the soft needles are impossible to remove from one's skin!!

If you know this cactus' name, please let me know!

Update: Paula, pls be aware that for some strange reason I am not able to leave a comment on your blog!! sorry about that. And you don't share an e-mail to let you know this...

rural beauty

Mellow Yellow Monday

Blooming veggies seen during our last hols.

artificial heart

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in a heartbeat

window views

As I am fond of hearts, I was initially only interested in the cropped heart off the small fence. If you look closely, you will see the French Alps in lush green reflected on the window!

no, she didn't...

Yes, she did...My entry for Idioms Wednesday:
She shot herself in the foot : she made a bad mistake for herself.

And also for: Outdoor Wednesday ···Watery Wednesday

This is my left foot, a partially torn ligament (while outdoors walking down some stone mountain steps) called for this charming ankle bracelet which I am supposed to wear until the end of the month. It's removable so that I can go into the water...but I should not swim! as long as I am nursing my ankle. So I literally sit in the pool on my garden plastic chair. It truly looks worse than what really is, I am able to walk without pain, I can drive, I just have to take it easy and it's not a good time to go hiking.

Update: thanks for all the get-well wishes!!

standing under the balcony

Ruby Tuesday

... and looking up!

maritime sunflower

Mellow Yellow Monday

I love sunflowers but they are rare where I live. Lunch at the local marina yesterday had this wonderful surprise for me!
Update: it is the real thing!!

low

Costa Brava, Spain

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As in low light... or when the sun is truly low... I had a hard time with this week's theme... my inspiration was low despite all the caffeine in my low cal beverage, the current not- low temperature didn't help either. But I am not going to lie low, I am curious to see other people hanging low...

heights

window views

The window view comes back with the reflection...here you see an Alpine glacier and yours truly wearing the loyal vacation hat. The picture was taken last week.

from the canoe...

Outdoor Wednesday ···Watery Wednesday

Postcards from our canoe day last week, down the Tarn River in France and enjoying the majestic cliffs. Please note the tiny canoes in both pics to get an idea of the dimensions!

feet up

That's the way our holiday began and ended: with a fun day of canoeing!! Particularly for me since I had my feet up. Mr Mar loved paddling away and I simply couldn't deny him that privilege so I opted for enjoying the scenery which required much strength having to focus on so many different things: water, cliffs, current, pebbles, rocks, birds, dragonflies, fallen trees, big trouts, tiny fish, lost sunken items, campers, other canoes, other people. I wasn't sure about the amount of sprinkling water so I took my old camera for this event, that explains the quality of the picture and it's the one where my feet look their best.

I still have my feet up since I sprained my left ankle in a charming mountain village, I was walking down stone steps and one of them was narrower than the rest. I did not notice the difference until my foot told me so... it's a minor injury but it has given me a good excuse to slow down !

This is the Tarn River, a wonderful place with an impressive landscape of which you will see more soon. In the meantime...don't you see a tiny bit of red on that picture?? the canoe ahead of us? I wonder if it is enough to qualify for Ruby Tuesday... I will give it a try for a red carpet re-entrance into the blogging world! Welcome back to my little corner, it is so nice to see you again!

Ruby Tuesday