Cloud nine
gets all the publicity,
but
cloud eight
actually is
cheaper, less crowded,
and has a better view.
George Carlin said that and I find it very apt.
Photo by Rii. All rights reserved.
PS
Me entries are on the light side at the moment….
but am brewing some stuff with more substance,
so get ready, Folks!!
(Cloud Nine explained on Using English [...]
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Simon de Pud shows the way to be when one is feeling jaded! I love this picture of him for he is so knackered and peeved looking…
I do not know what happened before the photo was taken as I wasn’t there at the time. Let us just say that he ain’t happy!
I put this photo [...]
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“Those of you who feel knitting has changed your life, welcome to the club. I can think of no better occupation to reveal your own creativity.”
Kaffe Fassett
Wikipedia defines knitting as “a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth. Knitting consists of loops called stitches pulled through each [...]
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Question:
How do you get an one-armed Blonde down from a tree?
Answer:
By waving…!!
Tis for now from Da Blonde, Rii
Photo: Riihele. All rights reserved.
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Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
I do like these cartoons very much indeed.
Tis for now. Rii xx
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“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 [...]
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© 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 [...]
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“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 [...]
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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 [...]
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The large white SIGN states:
RUUSU (Finnish) = ROSE
PUNTTI (colloquial Finnish) = Bouquet
The deal is 8€ for 20 roses – rather a great deal, I must say!
Here is the Currency Calculator to see how much that is in your money.The yellow SIGN behind the Campanula isophylla ‘Mayi’- “Star of Bethlehem”- gives [...]
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