Belfast, Belfast…

Photo of Belfast is off the Wikipedia site.
“Belfast from the Irish Béal Feirste meaning “The sandy ford at the river mouth” is the capital of Northern Ireland. It is the largest city in Northern Ireland and the province of Ulster, and the second-largest city on the island of Ireland (after Dublin). In the 2001 census [...]

Motherhood Finnish-Irish Style

“The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.”
Honore De Balzac
The brilliant thing about an international motherhood is that you can take the best of all the worlds and combine them into a tasty mixed salad of varied ingredients. That is: when both the parents [...]

My Frame of Mind – Autumn 2007

© Photos: By Riihele. All rights reserved.
Last year around this time this was my entry with the Autumn 2006 Photos- collage of mine. I am on the recovery after the gallbladder operation so have not – yet – got this year’s autumnal pictures. Wait Finnish Nature, this Paparazzi Blonde is about to [...]

On A Wing and A… Slide Show

 
The slide show is a story of the flights which I took in May
on the way to & from Israel via Vienna
– the first few photos with the evening sky –
then leaving Israel in the morning haze
and landing on [...]

The GOOD LIFE: GALLSTONES

“Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience”
Kin Hubbard
There was a BBC comedy called ‘The Good Life’ – that was about two couples who were direct opposites to the other, and that is what made the comedy, comedy, and so very funny, but what I am telling now is not comedy [...]

Bitter-Sweet of Life – Poem

The
bitter-sweet
of life.
Life is
a combination
of the two
in varied
doses and degrees.

Sometimes
more of
the bitter
– sadness;
other times
more of
the sweet
- gladness.
Whichever way
it may be,
the two sides
are there
to balance
each other out.
Poem by Riihele.
Tis for now. Rii xx
The pic is off the net.
NOTE:
Bitter is never pleasant
- but [...]

Last of the Summer Flowers

It is the final showtime, showdown
for the flowers and plants
before the onset of autumn…
Hydrangea with a tinge of Yellow & Pink

All Pinky!

LACE & GREEN

STILL PINK

VIBRANT GREEN with WHITE LACE

Nostalgic? Yes, very much so. I am looking forward to autumn but tis the winter, the winter, that chills me right down to me blonde bones [...]

LBD – The Little Black Dress @ 81

Black outfits are being paired with a single embellishment
such as the fabulous Little Black Dress
with a pearl detail at the neck
— very Audrey Hepburn.”
(Betsy Thompson quote)
The “little black dress” is considered by many women to be an essential part of a [...]

GRAY’S Anatomy or GREY’S Anatomy

GRAY’S ANATOMY
is a medical book first published in 1858,
the 20th edition of the same
was published in 1918.
The Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum [...]

CARTOON: Procrastination

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
Tis is the way I feel at the moment…
Have a great week. Rii xx