Mysteries in Daily Life

WORLD TRAVELERS

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:12:00 +0000

Hubby and I have traveled a lot, but my niece and her hubby

living in the Netherlands take the cake!

When they married they decided last minute to change
their honeymoon from the area where (and when) the tsunami hit!!
to go to Egypt.

A few years after, they made a trip around the world

and had their end destination in the USA with us

and met her sister in Canada for Christmas.

One of the things they squeezed into their luggage were

two boxes of cereal:):)

bougainvilla in yards, or serving as fences

Showing local, the gorgeous (San Diego), touristy (Beverly Hills)
as well as fun places (beach)

in our metropolis Los Angeles

From "safe" San Diego" at our fave coffee shop "Upstart Crow"

we went into unpredictable territory

walking South of the Border

(sorry - no way to make this a "nice" pic!)

Hubby is 6'3" so these fences are pretty high

into Mexico.

Adventurers in their own right such as hiring an RV and touring down

New Zealand and Australia

but they didn't feel like doing this on their own:)

Modified for Mandarin Orange in
Rough Pastel/balance

bright colored tiles

the art and building styles in San Diego
are much the same as in Mexico

Good we did it then, because now there are other "things" to take care of!

When we were in the Netherlands a few months ago

we saw Lise and Esmee "live" for the first time.

Every time I'm there it boggles me how Green the Grass is there:)

Thanks to the Hosts!
Blue Monday
Mandarin Orange
Travel photo Monday
Our World
ABC - G
Water World
Outdoor Wednesday
Favorite Things

Todays Flowers

Sky Watch

Friday Fences

Foral Friday Foto
Weekend Reflection
Pink Saturday

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SIZZLE AND ZOOM ON 4th OF JULY

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 19:58:00 +0000

Have been very absent from this blog

because ... since February I have been preparing

for a month in Europe

and had
A GREAT TIME!

three painting exhibits - YES

this one in a beautiful building "Het Keerpunt"

(The Turn Around) in Amsterdam

you see three of the twelve paintings I was showing

this one in Rotterdam
for a long time the biggest harbor on
the globe till Shanghai took first place

in Heerhugowaard (N. of Amsterdam), am the one with the scarf

three workshops in three different cities

on painting

I like to do it from 6 years old and up

to create the idea that there are no limits

with painting and art

and have painted for three audiences

sorry a little blurry, but it tells my favorite part

what people say, and what my paintings evoke

the end result of the painting above

to read about what this painting represents, click HERE

In between the events I still had time though to catch up

with friends and family. So surprised many were growing

white orchids in their living room

Things are sizzling right now in my corner,
even more important,
I feel I have grown by leaps and bounds,
and gained so many special experiences..

pic taken by hubby of Disneyland Firework

have a happy 4th of July!

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WHAT ELSE BUT ROSES?

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:21:00 +0000

Happy Mothers Day!

Mothers are as different as flowers are.

My favorite flower is the rose.

We planted seven rose bushes in the front

of our previous house.

These are all home grown:)

Fragile looking silvery lilac or periwinkle color

a surprising fuchsia edge

Peach -not too yellow, not too red

her own charm to be in-between

Nothing can compare for me

with a creamy white midsummer rose

and a touch of yellow

Study in pink and red

dramatic

has been a background for my screen

for several years

Several years ago I took these pics of
combinations of roses
for a painting.

Which one would you choose?

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EASTER MORNING

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:05:00 +0000

Every Spring I come up as a little weed

standing between those colored oval things in the grass

they call eggs?

Soon the whole field is full of tiny feet

I hear 3-year old Willie sayin',

"Wow, this one opens!

What's in it?

Is it something sweet?"

This is what dads are supposed to do

when me and my friends

snatch 'em from everywhere (lol)!

Now I'm bigger, we are going to make our own eggs.

We can do this dad, you'll see

Seven done, already!

Hope it won't rain at Easter, Dad

Why?

So the color won't wash off!

That night Willie dreamed
of clouds Soaring and turning into eggs

in the blue sky.

but

On Easter morning
he ran to the window
peeked through the blinds to see

a big blue sky was smiling at him.

have a beautiful Resurrection Day morning

you all!

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WISHING YOU BEAUTY, DELICIOUSNESS, AND FUN

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000

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Today, I wish you beauty, decadent food, or fun.
Whatever speaks to you most:)
originally posted for Valentin's day, it has morphed into a vague memory
since all my chocolates are gone! I decided I can wish you these things any day:)

Photo taken by hubby

We always visit Camellia lane,

as I coined it
when we visit Huntington Library Gardens

An Alphabe- mellow version
for photo art Friday, where I filtered it through
spatter and grain in photo shop

It looks like a rose, but you can see on the leaves
it's a pristine white camellia
A subtle beauty that speaks for itself.

To dayanything (it's a crepe)
with chocolate would do for me!

What would sound delicious to you?

The sky was really this pink when we came out of the restaurant.
only a few minutes like this when the sky faded!
.It doesn't need to be Six Flags or Paris,
but I wish you a day that will be fun..

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JANUARY WALK

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:44:00 +0000

* Walking in the Huntington Library (Gardens) started in 1919 by a wealthy business man and railroad company and other real estate holdings in CA, named Henry E. Huntington.

In a lane full of Camelia trees,
here one in early bloom
my second favorite flower

also the most extensive rose garden
with a tea room and cafe,
A Japanese, and Chinese garden with a small restaurant,
an Australian, Palm, and Jungle garden, etc.

One of my favorite places to take pics.
Today hubby tried out his new Rebel T4i
you understand, since his camera has 18 megapixels,
and I only 8, he has to share it:):)

two rows of statues
this one playing the banjo (?)

January is the month of our anniversary
there was a lot of music
in our marriage

These ducks make me smile
two ducks but each so very different

the gardens close at 4:30 pm, and since we came at 1:30,
we weren't done yet!

the desert gardens are phenomenal
seem to be always filled with flowers

low light and long shadows made this corner
with rocks almost an unnatural white
and the bottom of the water so green
more challenging,
since I like to stick with
colors true to the scene.

Can't wait to go there again!

This is what I call a quiet demure sunset
ending a perfect day
tip toeing into the night

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DREAMS FOR 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:03:00 +0000

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My dreams for 2013?

I have many....

Before I say world peace

I would say give the homeless

on your street corner

food or clothes

to end child slavery

or child slaughter

would be a higher priority

"peace" to me would mean

ending of oppression

from the bully who steals someone's lunch

to holding people of entire countries

hostage with a certain idea.

I told you I have many dreams ...

My own dreams for 2013?

no resolutions

but I would like

to leave some prints in the sand

like inspiring some fledgling artists,

find out new ways

to help people with art

finish some of my experiments
started with real leaves here ...

to bloom anywhere

even if it's next to burnt or cut off trunks

for www.raindropsanddaisys.blogspot.com

enjoy the flowers
along the way more

let a sunset be

the end of the day

tomorrow

start a new.

© St Germain

Hope YOU have some dreams for this new year?

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TWELVE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:53:00 +0000

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Every culture and even every family

has its own Christmas time traditions.

These are some ours.

A favorite dish in our family of sweet potato with onions and apple slices

with just a dash of nutmeg - subtle and healthy:)
a great way to pair with turkey or chicken

How to make it:
boil the sweet potatoes in a separate pan,
peel and slice them
while sauteeing a sliced onion with butter till transparent.
Then add one or two (tart) Granny Smith apples
(peeled, cored, and sliced)
add 1/2 cup of water, and simmer till apples
are still crunchy (about 5 min.)
Blend onions and apples in with sweet potatoes.

Activities with the (now grand) kids

baking, decorating,
with the older ones

even painting a watercolor

Since we live in California, we try go up

to the mountains 2 hrs away and have a day in the snow,

but at least a walk -ah so beautiful and refreshing!

Every year a few new ornaments

2 years ago I started this collection of balls

of the Huntington Library

These look more like eggs,

with the fragile appearance of china -

a flashback from the Christmas tree in my childhood

mostly don't finish till right before Christmas

Shhhh - knitted a cowl for my daughter in a 2-color brioche stitch

on the reverse side, the pink dominates

( saw this scarf yesterday displayed in Antropologie - a clothing store)

This year my sacrifice ( in time) went to this little lamb
for our two-year-old grand daughter Peach

but that's what Christmas is about:)

What are your traditions in your 12 days before Christmas?

and last but not least

a merry Christmas to you and yours!

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FANTASY ROSES

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:00:00 +0000

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Are you one who talks to your flowers?

Well, I'm one who gives 'em nick names:)

Peachy rainbow
from Huntington Library Rose Garden

Pink Popsicles from my front yard

My nick name for these blurry (on purpose)
is Vanilla Muffins or Popovers

Seersucker Rose, Oil, 24 x 24 inch, ©StGermain

My painted rendition in oil I called Cotton Candy Rose
from my Celebrity Collection of flowers

Orange Mango Sherbert

If you like to give them another nickname

go ahead and surprise me:)

See ya when I get back from vacation!

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FATHER OF THE BRIDE

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:00:00 +0000

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A wedding in July at a lake.

The bridegroom hired me as an artist two months before

to paint "something" for their wedding.

A wedding at the lake on a blazing hot day.
You can imagine what that does to a cake with lots of frosting:)
Choose not to enlarge the reflections in the bottle of champagne

Before the cake was served the painting was presented. Sorry no good pics of that.

Most of the work was gathering clues about what was important to them.

He had been compared to an untamed horse.
His fiancee chimed in that the movie "The Black Stallion" was one of her favorite childhood movies.

The bride-to-be was very frustrated in high school when one year all of her attempts to go to the prom were thwarted. As a last minute resort had borrowed a beautiful white dress with several layers of tulle from a friend.

The Wedding, © Oil, 24 x 30 St Germain

The mother, raised abroad, not knowing what a prom meant to here daughter, found out in a dream how significant the prom was.
She had a dream her daughter was sitting in a most gorgeous white embroidered dress at a table with many guests. The setting was heaven.

The host was standing at the head of the table. A guest came in, went straight to the daughter, hugged her, saying that if it not had been for her, "she would not have made it here."
Guests kept coming in, one after another, saying similar things.

My impression was that they were adventurous, artistic, and both liked helping people.

They did not seem like a traditional pose to represent their marriage.

I studied a couple of horse movies to get some more inspiration.
A nocturnal setting and a peek of the river of life, since their life's goals seemed still to be enshrouded in mystery.

The big moment: of the bride's entrance with her father
you would think this moment is not as significant on the beach by the lake,
but I saw several people crying.

An enlargement of the brides bouguet for Pink Saturday

On the wedding day itself, everything the painting represented was cast in a romantic light,
but I knew that I had given the couple a keepsake.

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HAPPY JULY FOURTH - TO YOU AND YOURS

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:49:00 +0000

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Posted early since I'm packing for another celebration, a new grand child named Bree:)

Have preposted two posts for you, so please leave your comments:) while I'll be gone,
also to paint. Miss you all!

Traditional and Modern style of shapes go well together here.
I'm not sure if this is a Henri Moore sculpture....

Since San Diego is a military "town,"
the street where the military once had a base

is still lined with flags for days like this.. A festive sight!

To the left of the dome is this bell tower.
See the blue and yellow?

Last Year San Diego was statistically no. 1 city in California
to celebrate July 4th. Already the year before that, the traffic was unbelievable.
That's why we're going to Solvang, a picturesque small town,
Danish in origin.

No doubt each Year
they have a concert or an art display here
at the Open Air Theater
at Balboa Park

Borrowing one of hubby's firework captures
at Disneyland he had to do for his class assignment.
I love the colors in this one!

To You and Yours -

a Happy July Fourth!

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FIRE SEASON

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:59:00 +0000

For Sky Watch
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Coming home from Mothers Day (mid May),

saw this plume of smoke

too early in the year, I thought

yet grabbed my camera

Didn't see traffic slowing down, or bumper to bumper,

so it must be someone burning their trash

In California we are so used to fires,

that even passing a fire across the road
cars did not slow down

and happily drove at high speed

Having escaped the major evacuations

of the Yosemite fires years ago, just by half an hour

I've seen the eeriness of a fire that builds and builds
a foot away from the car.

...A week later,

a fire caused by sparks of the exhaust of a motorbike

burning more than 200 acres!

now you know why

any plume of smoke is an X-factor,
immediately catching my attention.

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PORCH LIFE

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:35:00 +0000

For Alphabe - C
For Black and White Wednesday
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A cumulation of stuff

Looks like someone's living on the porch
a Bougainvilla softens the clutter

in one of the very old Mission towns in California.

You would not believe, that on the backside of this

is a restaurant .

The large patio was packed with people eating!

It has an air of nostalgia,

short of hoarding (in my humble opinion)

The mystery for me is

if the restaurant does so well
why they don't hire someone

to clean up their stuff?

the above was all in jest:)
this rendition is like a faded memory
of fond times gone by
What is yours?

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noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Sat, 26 May 2012 09:59:00 +0000

For Pink Saturday
For Our World
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For Alphabe - B

Tender pink petals

Fiery red heart
in white unfurling

who is to say

what she is
and what she's not
Boldly embracing
what is ahead

more than words can say

a pen can write

a song can pierce

the darkness

in his mournful mournful eye

©St Germain

I'll may add to this: words or pics!

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HUNTINGTON GARDENS

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:27:00 +0000

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THANKS TO ALL THE HOSTS

The labels were kind of placed oddly, so I hope this is the Virginia Milky Way (Apocynacea)

A mystery flower, found in the rain forest. Fortunately I didn't have to go

all the way to the jungle! It's found in the rain forest greenhouse

of the Huntington Library Gardens in Pasadena.

They keep the air humid by a huge cloud of mist

every few minutes.So cool!

with Grain and Texture Photoshop

This Rose reminds me on a striped shirt:)

posted these two flowers early,

since I went to two mothers in mid California
- my daughters- they might be called Night and Day, so different!

for Mothers Day - hope you had a happy one too!

The Huntington Library Gardens are like the Louvre - too much to see in one day!

This is still part of the Rainforest Green house

Several of the themed gardens have fountains and ponds.
A reflection of the fish

of the fountain behind the Camellia lane

And after that... a zero degrees drink!
Now we live 20 min. from the beach, 96 degr. is hot!

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FAILED AS A PAPARAZZI

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:01:00 +0000

For Midweek Blues

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On a beautiful day with many enjoying the waterside
this helicopter caught my eye. Isn't it a beauty?
I don't know anything about helicopters,

but looking at the top and the tail, it should be a custom made one

Why I even started looking that way is because

I saw a helicopter landing on a ship.

It was so intriguing that I put my zoom lens out totally
Hubby, waiting next to me, was wondering what I was doing!

All kinds of reflections here

The legal rule for photographers is that they have the right to take pics
of anything in sight,
but since someone standing nearby asked me

what the name of the ship was, I wiped out all identifying info

and changed the people, because I didn't want to poke my nose

in where it didn't belong. Remember what my job is ...

My secret with you is that I think the story is all around Mr. X,
an important and possibly wealthy man, who got sick
and was flown for an emergency visit to the hospital.
If the FBI comes looking for me, I'm making hubby my accomplice.
Of course, that is MY story!

You are welcome to make up your own!

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FROM BEHIND THE LOOKING GLASS

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:46:00 +0000

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For Midweek Blues For ABC - On the Shadow Side For Alphabe W
For Black and White Weekend

(Sorry Alphabe readers - I go by Jeannette St.G for this blog!)
This is a street in a little town called Wijk bij Duurstede in the Netherlands.
W for Alphabe -
The street leads up to a castle ( in the province Utrecht
in the middle of the country). Remember from your history lessons
that the castle owners used to have servants
and farmers living around the castle to supply the the nobility with food, etc.
This town makes that previous life style very obvious.

(the "ij" in Wijk is a peculiar sound where non-Dutch struggle with. It sounds
somewhat as in the word "like" if an Irish person would pronounce it.
Sorry I can't come closer than that for pronunciation!)

Walk to the Castle in Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands

Behind glass
I saw this man

wandering, or?

on the shadow side

to be less inconspicuous

he left the bench after

I saw him waiting

for hours

was he just taking a walk
with nothing to do
or did someone
stand him up?
a lonely feeling arises
or abandoned
deeply disappointed
where will he go now

will he be someone I saw
once and vanishes
or will his image
come back in my dreams
or waking hours
when heat simmers
and I look from behind
the looking glass?

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A DAY IN CAPISTRANO

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:17:00 +0000

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Thanks to all the hosts!

One of the old Mission towns with quirky building styles

This house somehow looks very mysterious to me.

It reminds me of a Siamese twin. Or a house in a fairy tale
of the brothers Grimm.

Where does it remind you of?

the gate is the only part painted blue,
but the fence is left white.

Or the other way around?

Hmm, the bird house is above a window,

possibly a bedroom window?

What I didn't see in the colored version
is that the blinds in the window next to the door
are only open in the middle....

it leaves one to wonder if they made themselves

a peephole so they can see visitors,

Oh, and the screen door is open ...

If there would be a plot for a story,

this is where the plot would thicken

Even though we saw the house in bright daylight,
it seems to have some connection to the night.
"Nocturnal at Noon" came to me.

We passed this house in March.
My guess is that the balls are there to stay year round?
Have the feeling that if I enter the front door,
I'll hear bells ringing
kettles whistling,
cows mooing,
or I don't know what else....

So what is your guess?

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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ON THE WALL

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:44:00 +0000

For Weekend Reflection
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With a complicated scene such as this, black and white

makes it even more difficult to discern what stands in which place.

Maybe I would have detected 2,

but not 3 places in the photo until I saw the colored version.

Today I had kind of a wake up call that I had slowly drifted away

from my blog's theme: Mysteries.

So, here is one for you.

This store in Old Town San Diego - great to browse:)
had a few big mirrors

but this one was the most intriguing
I felt being in one world, but seeing another.

Did you see in the black and white version
that the lamp was on?

Is the black lamp hanging in the tree?

Is it a patio I see on the left side,
or am I looking through a window?

My advise for Alphabe is
TRY very hard!

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BLACK AND WHITE

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:51:00 +0000

For Black and White Weekend

Miss this blog so much, so I thought to post once in a while!

This is a photo taken by hubby

My first time for Black and White Weekend

Have a very special one!

from Jesh

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AFTERNOON VIEWS IN FEBRUARY

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:03:00 +0000

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Yesterday we were at this beach, just letting the wind go through our hair.

Still cold though!

Looking down from our friend's house next to this beach

is a popular spot to paint plein air -

the first sight of Laguna Beach, which has 50-60 little art galleries

For more than half a year I have maintained two blogs, thinking that I would do different kinds of posts, but it 's too much work and keeps me from painting - as well as writing (a new endeavor) so unfortunately I have to cut back for right now.

I'm graduating this "every day" blog to Artistique - click HERE.

An interesting tidbit is that a week after I named this blog Artistique,

I found this coffee cup in my favorite bookstore/coffee shop in San Diego

Hope you'll follow my posts there and I do not have to say goodby's :)

For now, I will keep posting my paintings at ART NOTES at the "Mysteries) blog address
(click on top of right side bar).
I will stay on Facebook too (click on Networked Blogs or Facebook badge)

A little lemon yellow

lined with Bordeau red

My second favorite flower:
ORCHIDS!

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(WIND) MILLS - OLD AND NEW LANDSCAPES

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000

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For centuries windmills have been a source of energy in the Netherlands.
There are mills for grinding flour, or saw mills to cut wood. In my childhood years
a major landmark in the village I lived in, was a windmill.
Inside were two huge round stone blades,
on top of each other that did the grinding work.
This windmill above looks slightly different from the outside.
Note: the raindrops on my lens are for Watery Wednesday:)

This is the mill you mostly see, and located in Amsterdam

The NEW (Alpabe) windmills are much bigger,
as you can see when comparing it to the car.

This is the "NEW" landscape in the Netherlands.

ROSES ARE WHITE

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:04:00 +0000

For Mellow Yellow Monday
For Floralfridayfoto

This lovely rose with yellow heart bloomed

in the rose garden of the Huntington Gardens, Pasadena

taken by hubby,
thankful I can "borrow" some of his,
since my computer is in the shop!
posted for

MellowYellow Monday

Floral friday foto

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FAR FROM MONOTONOUS

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

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Thanks to all the hosts:)

Good Eats!

change is the spice of life

Good splash of color
for some of you it wouldn't be Valentine without RED

it's a impossible for red to be monotonous:)

Good Reads
dream away to another world
refreshes my mind like a fountain

Funky reflections and an indirect sky

change of view is inspirational
keeps me from getting stale
being bored

Wishing you Lots of Variety this Week!

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LIVE A LITTLE, LIVE A LOT

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette StG) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:35:00 +0000

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For Flowers from Today For Weekend Reflection
For scenic Sunday

Three Boats

a Still Life

of a Good Life

so easily forgotten

that constant worry or toil

won't make life easier

to envy my neighbor's yacht

won't make me richer,

Live a Little
Live a Lot
fragrance of petals ever lingering
taking the thorns in stride

the golden end

~*~