k is for kalanchoe

ABC Wednesday: K is for Kalanchoe

The type of plants made by Mother Nature for non-green thumbs like me. This one is from my garden.

just a tiny bit of red

Ruby Tuesday

View of Barcelona last Sunday - not the best day for pictures but it was a lovely mild day- showing the old port in the middle, at about 3 o'clock you see the Olympic Port (built for the 1992 Summer Olympics) , right where the tall tower is, which contains offices. They are actually two towers that flank either side of the port’s entrance, but the one housing a 5* hotel is hiding because of the perspective. The Columbus statue can be found at 8 o'clock , and that also marks the famous Rambla in Barcelona.

And the bit of red can be found at 5 o'clock on the cruise ship, can you see it??

fresh

photohunt is hosted by tnchick on Saturdays

Fresh cooked galette complète: a crepe cooked on one side only and covered with grated Emmental cheese, a slice of ham and an egg, cooked on the galette... Delicious, my favorite at any time of the day whenever  I am in  France (a neighbor country).

Friday-Freitag-Viernes

Friday fill - in:

1. The right word is peace.
2. Come in and shut the door quietly, please.
3. Up , up and away.
4. In front of the laptop is where you'll find me.
5. Ooh! What is that wooden thing?

It's a grolle, a wooden dish with pouring spouts to drink from. A grolle is served filled 2/3 with hot coffee, 1/3 eau de vie, orange or lemon peel, a bit of sugar too.Each person gets a spout assigned and the grolle is passed around after a meal or simply for a drink, as the evening goes by I assume no one cares about using the assigned spout to drink from...!! Cheers from the French Alps! (I am back, though...)
6. A cup of coffee right now is a good idea.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to browsing through old pictures (the pc wizard rescued 2 years worth of pictures (of which I didn't have a security copy) out of my virus damaged computer (yeahhhh for the wizard!), tomorrow my plans include backing up all my archives... and Sunday, I want to enjoy Spring weather!

More FFI's are found here.

crimson

Color Name	Crimson
HTML Hex Code	#DC143C

I love this color, but the name was new to me!! and this is the closest to it found in my  archives, although now that the code and the picture are together, I am not sure this table set  I photographed in a French Alps shop is truly crimson...

True Colours Thursday: crimson

J is for jewelry

Steel rings for abc wednesday

spring under my feet

Look at that little stream as seen from the chairlift!! (pictures straight out of the camera- taken last week. I know most of you are sick and tired of snow...not this skier, who has to drive 8 hours to enjoy the magnificent white landscape!)

Skiers are fun people. Here's the Penguin Club out for some adventure. I don't know any of them, but they were more than willing to pose !

The above pictures are my entry for this week's Ruby Tuesday,  this time with only a little bit of red.

Aloha! this baseball cap cracked me up and reminded me of our charming Hawaiian friend, Thom!

here we go again...!

Mellow Yellow Monday**** Macro Monday

During a 3-week hiatus I kept myself busy with mundane things, like shopping. I bought some pottery and here is the picture of the tag, delicately decorated with a tiny rose glued to it. The owner of the shop was a delightful lady who took care of every little detail, unfortunately she lives miles and miles away.... I also went skiing with much snow and sunshine. That was a also delightful. I had time so I  played around with my nicknames- American friends call me Marcy, some Spanish-speaking friends call me Marce and came up with the one I am using now. I needed a remake of some sort!

It feels good to be back, despite the rain which is keeping me inside and the fact that I am still using the old laptop, hope to have some news from my pc today, good (pictures rescued)or bad, I am ready for everything!  I missed the blogging world so I used my reader a couple of times, thanks to you all: the ones with full feeds ;)

we are closed until 3/22

picture from the net

I have been glued to the old laptop  watching Chilean television and the devastating images after the Saturday morning's 8.8-magnitud earthquake, which may have shifted the earth's axis and created shorted days... Relatives and friends are safe, thanks for your concern and for your kind comments. My heart, however, is saddened by the dramatic images I have seen . I won't be seen in the blogosphere for a couple of weeks.  I will be back, though!