CARTOON: OVERFED!

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
Know the feeling….?!!
Tis for now from the OVERFED Rii xx  

SKIN-DEEP & Other Quotes

“I’m tired of
all this nonsense
about
beauty being
only skin-deep.
That’s deep enough.
What do you want,
an adorable pancreas?”
Jean Kerr (1923-2003)
Jean Kerr, married to drama critic Walter Kerr, wrote humorous novels and plays about 1950s and 1960s life in suburbia, including marriage and children. Jean Kerr’s 1957 novel Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, a humorous take on her own life,was [...]

One Afternoon by a Lake…

October is the month of moody clouds,
low sunlight, and
the last colourful autumnal leaves,
barely visible on the trees.

Tis for now, Rii xx
© Photos: By Riihele. All rights reserved.

EVERY CLOUD…

EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING -

“John Milton’s masque (dramatic entertainment) ‘Comus’ (1634)
gave rise to the current proverb with the lines,

‘Was I deceiv’d, or did a sable cloud/ Turn forth her silver lining on the night?’ Charles Dickens, in his novel ‘Bleak House’ (1852), recalled the lines with ‘I turn my silver lining [...]

PICTURE PERFECT: UNUSUAL

UNUSUAL
adjective
not usual; rare; uncommon not usual or common or ordinary;
“a scene of unusual beauty”;
“a man of unusual ability”; “cruel and unusual punishment”; “an unusual meteorite”

This week’s theme on Picture Pefect Challenge was UNUSUAL and the choices of posting for this one were too many! LOL – [...]

Incidents & Such Like: EEJIT!

This is an Incident that happened many years ago in Ireland.

I have divided The Incidents into The Comical, The Dangerous and The Thinking About Them Ones. This one belongs to the first mentioned ones The Comical. The story is like this:
We have this Irish/American family as very [...]

(My) Fashion Trendsetters: AUDREY HEPBURN

“My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn
by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses,
and the little sleeveless dresses.”
Audrey Hepburn quote
Here is a You Tube Tribute to Audrey Hepburn:

“There was something in her smile, in her eyes, in her timeless and natural elegance…” Here [...]

Writers’ Block Challenge #20

LIFE’S UPS & DOWNS

Sometimes
life feels like
one is in a constant
Ferris wheel:
Up, up!!
Down, down..
Up down
Down up…
Slowly turning up skywards.
Slowly turning down earthwards.
Round and round it goes,
Its merry way
Without end.
Time to enjoy the scenery – if so inclined
Taking in all the colours, the views, the beauty.
Time to endure the ride.
Wishing it was all over [...]

ARISTOCATS – The NOBLE CATS

This is one of the very favourite children’s videos that I love since
I first met these noble Aristocats through my children when they were small.
I particularly like this part of the film where all three kittens:
Marie, Berlioz and Toulouse barge in through the cat-flap,
and what Marie says about ‘Ladies’!!
[...]

FOUR SEASONS: AUTUMN

Tis for now. Riihele xx

© Photos: By Riihele. All rights reserved.