Malú and her circumstances. PoliXena

Malú has been ill lately and she had surgery two weeks ago. It has been a bit difficult situation and hard times for me and of course, for her. But now, she´s starting to feel much better... I feel so happy! and she is purring all day long.



I took this photo yesterday morning and I decided to post it as a way to give thanks to Gwyn -who made the most precious and swetest set for us- and to all the persons who have asked about her health.

Thanks for your good wishes and powerful energy, dear friends we truly appreciate it ;) Have a nice day, hugs, X.xxx

Orbs - jangold

Well another sunny day here in the UK - who's complaining - not me although I got burned through leggings over lunch. I had my friend Kerry up for lunch and we had a lovely pasta salad with garlic bread then for dessert I made strawberry waffles with vanilla icecream - very scrummy.

Gave me time to get some more done in the garden - so I got out my 6 orbs (3 pictured) you can see the reflection of the top part of the garden with the two chairs Kerry and I had been lazing on :-) Now if I can get all the solar lights to work - that will be another matter. Bye for now Hugs Jan xxx

Father's day

We went to check on our cattle on Father's Day, and i wanted to share these pictures with you. The first one is of a bottle tree, native to our Paraguayan Chaco. It's all full of big thorns, that fall off when the tree gets old. So when we were smaller, we knew never to go barefoot under a bottle tree.

The other picture is one of the newest calves. It's looking for it's mommy. The silly thing didn't realize she was standing close by the whole time.

And another, because it was Father's Day.... No comment necessary:)

Hugs, Brendasue (http://www.thechacogirl.blogspot.com/)

As the sun goes down - jangold

At 5pm the skies started to clear the grey away and give way eventually to lovely blue, clear skies. They have given out a 'heatwave' for Britain this week - so let's see how it goes.So by 8pm when I'd just finished work here I went outside with my camera.The garden at the back doesn't have any sun on it now at this time of day - but the front of the house is beautiful.I took this picture of our lovely hanging basket in the setting sun. It is so warm and peaceful here now at this time of day - I hope I wake up tomorrow and it has not gone.

Hugs Jan xxx

Strawberry Picking! -Angel_Emz95

This morning I went strawberry picking with my mum and sister!
Not all the strawberries wre ripe yet... but as you can see we found lots that were :))
We will eat them tonight with meringues - delicious!!
Love, Em XOXOXO

Separated At Birth??

My daughter and her friend are really into making these pet garments.
The latest creation is this leopard print shirt with collar for Steve.
When they put it on him, I thought Steve looked like Elvis Presley.
Don't you think they look like twins that were separated at birth???
Love, Gwyn

Dreaming

Hello Girls!!! This project is called "Dreaming". We had to make something from found materials. :) SO i used wood (Used to be my deck) to make a frame, then painted black. Furthermore, I found some dry branches and colored them with grey paint and then on top added some black. The wings of butterflies are made of dry rose petals and the bodies are made of plastic bags and then colored.

This project was one of my favorite. Hope you enjoy it.

Have a great Day! ~Farfalla~

How Spookey - jangold

Well what a coincidence this is.

I keep on my laptop a folder of pics to post to my blogs and to Polygirls and in it I had this photo of the same bird of paradise flower that Xena posted !!

Mine was taken in it's native South Africa at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town which I visited in Oct 2007. They are beautiful gardens which I have not visited before on my previous two visits and the part where this flower was found was a special area dedicated to Nelson Mandella and had been specially opened by him. As Xena said the meaning behind the flower is freedom therefore this flower was adopted by the black South African's as their national flower. I have some beautiful pics of those gardens and of the sculptures in there - I will post some more in the future.

Strelitzia Reginae. PoliXena

Hi dear friends, this is a gift for all of you, a flower wich is very common and popular here. It can be found almost everywhere and it´s named also bird of paradise due to its form. I took this photo last Sunday, near my house.

This very handsome flower is native to South Africa. It was introduced to European gardeners in 1773 when it was part of a shipment of horticultural specimens bound for the Royal Botanical Garden of King George III.

Strelitzia Reginae was named after the king's wife Queen (regina in Latin) Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Strelitzia).

It symbolizes Freedom, Magnificence and Good perspective. I think that these are great wishes for today, have a nice Wednesday. Hugs, X. xxxx

Look at my fabulous car!! --- MingMing

Look at this car!! so shiny...haha:D

and that's me.....latest Mai.

I just found this funny thing when I was passing by a store.

Maybe this is for a display of a new clothing store.

Do you want to get a ride?;)

sharing photos --- MingMing

Hello everyone! I was away from here for a while:(

I have some photos to share with you ladies.

When I have much time, I'll add more photos on here.

I went to a zoo 2 weeks ago. It has been long time since I went there last time.

It was pretty intersting and I had good time.

This is a famous town around the zoo.

It's one of sightseeing place in Osaka.

Spoil Yourself Monday tea/coffee/toast & love - jangold

Tea and toast - PPB by jangold (BLOG UPDATED SUN) on Polyvore.com

Poppy Fields

Today Lee and I went to the 'big city' down to Birmingham just under a hour away from here. The main purpose of the visit was to buy Lee a new wedding ring as he has 'lost' his last two. The last one somewhere in the car innards that even the garage manager cannot find. So we went down to our main jewelry quarter in England in Birmingham near to us and bought him a new one. I had it resized downwards a touch so this one might not slip off and if it does I will make him wear one through his nose :-)

It was a lovely sunny day today in most of the UK so en route back we had to stop for Lee to take some pictures for work for a new railway station they are planning to manage while being built. So lots of usual bus and train station pics from Lee ! But while I was sitting in the car to the back of me I saw this lovely poppy field so when he got back I nicked the camera off him and took a few pics. Hope you like them. Make sure you all have a great time this weekend and if you're in the UK enjoy the sun as we know it might not last :-) Hugs Jan xxx

6th-school-year-finishing party!

Hello everyone! On Friday evening I wasn't on Poly because I was off to the 6th-school-year-finishing party/trip/picnic together will all classmates and parents! It was such a fun - even though all the time it was raining, we had lots of things to do, it was brilliant, so I'm showing you the photos - I can be seen with the yellowish/green jacket below ;] We were playing sports, sitting by the lake, some of the classmates ever started the water wars after some time!
Kisses,
Monika

"Simply Saralee's" Sweet Little Princess

"Gabriella the Princess of York"

Sharing my sweet little princess with all of you! This is "Gabriella the Princess of York!" Better known as "Gabby!" This little girl is truly the heartbeat at my feet! It took me 9 long years to talk my hub into letting me get her, but the wait was worth it! The hub loves her to death! He waits on her hand and paw! He even brings her breakfast in bed every morning! SPOILED!!

Besides loving her to death she is very special to me because she was entrusted to me by my cousin Cathy Lou. Cathy Lou is one of the sweetest people on earth and is ill with "Scleraderma" and "Parkinson's" all at the age of 57. I'm not sure if any of you know what scleraderm is. It is dreadful! Your skin and organs petrify turning hard as stone. This dear sweet one never ever complains. She always has a smile and a sweet word for everyone! I am blessed to have her dog "Tilly's" one and only puppy!

Wishing you all a beautiful sunshiny day!

Pets - Angel_Emz95

Jan, you said you wanted pictures of pets... I don't have any myself, as my dad is allergic :( But here's a picture of Milly, the cat from next door. She might as well be ours as she practically lives round at our house anyway!

Sorry... I know it's not the greatest picture!! But she would NOT stay still... why is it that cats are still as statues right until you want to take a picture of them, and THEN they choose to start licking themselves!!! Oh well...

Love, Em XOXOXO

Paris - Angel_Emz95

Check me out in my new beret! :))

Me and my friends in the queue for the Eiffel Tower! (Clockwise from top: Fi, Ellie, Emma, Me, Adam, Dom)

Feeding the birds in the gardens of the Louvre!

The Arc de Triomph ( it was difficult to photograph because buses kept driving in the way!)

La Tour Eiffel, naturalement...

Notre Dame (unfortunately, it was closed, so we didn't get to go inside.)

The fountain in the Louvre gardens.

I missed you all very much!!! And I'm sorry it took my so long to do this post.

Unfortunately... I caught an infection from my sister, so now I'm ill :(

It's only flu really, but with my hayfever as well it's not pleasant!

Love, Em XOXOXO

Blog for the PPB Group

Hi Girls

Just to let you know for those of you who are members, I have started a picture board blog and will be featuring PPBs from the Polyvore Group - winners and other featured sets.

I will be putting on some of my picture boards on the blog before they go onto Polyvore and also some that are made off Polyvore from my own photographs that may not feature on Poly - so it may be worth it to check it out for different PPBs or to see if you have been featured.

http://pictureboards.blogspot.com/

Hugs Jan xxx

PS all have a great weekend

The rain has cleared - jangold

Hi girls

The rain has cleared at last after over week of very nasty storms. I have had to go out daily and empty about 1/2 inch of water out of each of my planters.

The handbag planters will now need some encouragement and good weather as some leaves started to rot.

But at last it is here and I believe is going to stay for the weekend at last. Unfortunately, I have another book chapter to write by the end of next week - then again as I have electricity inside and outside the Summer house - I may just plug in and carry on in the garden.

Hope you are all having a great Thursday - one more day 'til the weekend starts.

Hugs Jan xxx

Near my house. Polixena

This park is close to my house... two minutes walking or so. It´s a very big park (67.230 m2) wich is filled with wonderful trees and plants and lots of sculptures.

It´s in the middle of the city and its creation started around 1920, part of the money that the townhall used to create it was donated by the citizens.




It´s a very peaceful place, where you can read, rest or just have a sun bath. I try to go there at least once a week, it´s such a pleasant experience to stay there for a while.

Have a nice day, hugs, X. xxxx

My Cat, Miss

Jan is working on her poster of our pets.
She has photos of my other two cats,
Steve and Neen.
Here's number three: Miss

She is a Balinese (persian)
and really pretty,
but to be honest she is kind of dumb
and a little bit clumsy!

She is very much in love with her family.
When any of us are sick or sad, she KNOWS
and will not leave us until we are better.

A good read to put you to sleep ! - jangold

Hi girls - I'm SO excited I just had to share this with you. All last year I was writing a chapter on crime at work for a criminology book edited by four other people. Anyway, this week I discovered to my dismay that I had been missed off the pre-publication list - now as an academic that is bad as we do not write for money (30 dollars in this case and one free book (don't read it all at once !)) but to get us known for our subject. For me, although I have had a few articles published this was my first book chapter - so was particulary important for me. Anyway, today when I was about to ring up the publishers to complain I spotted the online shop where the book is now featured to pre-order and they had added my name !! So one, I'm relieved and two, I'm over the moon I'm in print at last !! Hugs Jan xxx

How about some Chocolate Cake??

Good Afternoon!! A piece of cake ladies?? hehe.. of course!!
I made this delectible cake for my Husbands Birthday... it was soooooo yummy so I thought I'd share the photos! If you would like the recipe, its on my blog http://petalvore.blogspot.com/

ENJOY!!! love ♥petaliferous♥

Start of the new stories...by Ann

The Way We Get By by Tormented

Some of you knows me from the GGG stories I did/do on PV, since we not really doing tours with the Goddesses anymore I started yesterday to continue the story line. Its all complete silliness but a lot of fun to do. As a movie addict I use my fav actors in my stories and because today is my Bon Bon's (Johnny) birthday I going to celebrate that with him of course ;))))

A little info for those who don't know the stories: Why I chose JD in a leading role...because there are zillion of pictures of him and thats very useful for the stories. And why do I call him Bon Bon, that is because he plays Bon Bon (a transvestite) in the movie Before Night Falls.

Meet my sweethearts...by Ann

Here are my sweethearts. At the top is Daantje, she is almost 3 years old now and the big one is Gekkenhuis (Lunatic) he is 12 years old. Daantje is the boss from day one she entered the house :D She has no fears, not even for water. Before I had them I had two other cats Bobbie, a huge black cat and Pukje, who was very small and looked a lot like Daantje, but had a totally different character, she was afraid of everything. They both passed away...at 18 and 11.

Queen Malú and Sweet Miel. PoliXena

My cats have heard that Jangold is going to make a poster so they have insisted on being the major figures of this entry, I´ve been all day long working and I´m too tired to deny it.













So here they are: both female, 12 years old, happy to be alive, leading authorities on ephemeral pleasures, compulsive players, experts on seize the moment and owners of my house and my heart ;)


Have a nice week my friends,

Hugs, X. xxxx

New Blog - ♥petaliferous♥

Hey ladies, well... I never thought it would happen, but being a part of this fantastic collective has inspired me to create my own blog. So if you'd like to check it out (keeping in mind its pretty ameture!) please go to http://petalvore.blogspot.com/
Thanks, love ♥petaliferous♥

Let's talk toilets - jangold

Hi girls - you probably think I've gone completely mad now. Well I thought I'd share these photos I took last November and a little story with you. Some of you may have heard of Friedrich Hundertwasser - an artist, architect and ecologist. Born in Austria 1928, he moved to New Zealand in the 1970s where he died in Feb 2000. Known for his bold and bizarre designs the Kawakawa Toilets (as pictured) were the last project he completed before he died. Kawakawa is located in the northern part of the North island of New Zealand in the Bay of Islands area. I have been fortunate to visit ths area twice and last time paid a visit (no pun intended !!) to these famous toilets. All locally sourced materials were used to build these toilets including those made by local students, including ceramics and glass. This has raised the profile of the small town of Kawakawa and there are on-going and further plans to make it an art-related town. Hugs Jan PS click on picture for a more detailed look at the pics

Eskimo, the cat

Hi Jan, you can use my handsome cat in your poster, if you want. His name is Eskimo.

NEW BLOG - jangold

Hi girls if you want to check out my new blog that's related to fashion and things - then go to:

http://jangold.blogspot.com/

I have only just launched it but hope to update as often as possible.

Hugs Jan

My Cat, Neen

Hey Jan:
Love your idea for a pet poster! Here's my prettiest cat, Neen. She's my favorite garden pal! You are welcome to use Neen for the poster if you like. Love, Gwyn

Pet poster - jangold

In the next few weeks I will be putting together one of our 'specialist' topic posters (along with our normal monthly events ones).

Therefore, if you have not posted details of your pets and would like to - or post more pictures to the ones you have already - please do so in the next couple of weeks.

If you don't want your pet to feature in the poster or want a certain picture to - then just leave a message here or PM me via Polyvore. I will make the poster big enough to feature all.

Hope you all liked the May poster and are looking foward to some specialist ones - suggestions welcome of course. Jan xxx

Crowing about the weather (like a Brit) - jangold

Hi girls

Well after a long stretch of Summer weather (that's just under a week in Brit speak), today was awful - very cold and the rain was very heavy.

I took this photo of two crows sheltering on a telegraph wire opposite our house - trying to get under the tiles of a house opposite - even they did not look amused.

Worst still as I was taking it I could hear the church bells at church at the bottom of the town, meaning there was a wedding. The poor bride to be must have been devasted having had a lovely weekend last week and a few good days in the week. But on the flipside it gave me plenty of time to do some much needed tidying and work inside. I'm sure Summer will arrive properly soon - it's just knowing when ! Hope you are all having a great weekend wherever you are. Hugs Jan xxx