I am back and Monday memes.

We came back from our cruise last night .. We had a wonderful time and visited 6 countries in the eastern part of the Mediterranean. I made many many photo’s so I better start showing .
I will start with Greece.The second island we visited was beautiful Mykonos.  As you can see on my photo’s all the houses on the island  are white and have lots of blue to go with it. . Wonderful.






Lots of these streets are so very narrow and they still have a little restaurant or a little shop.






They live upstairs and downstairs  and they have lots of the most beautiful flowers everywhere.

Mykonos



Icons .

  and more beautiful icons .


I am linking this  Blue Monday post to http://smilingsally.blogspot.nl/
and Mosaic Monday : http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.nl/
and Mellow Yellow Monday : http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.nl/

Alphabe Thursday.

This week we study the letter C for Ms Matlock’s class. I found quite  a few words starting with C  and I found photo’s to go with them.


As you can see I found Chicken and Cottage, Cushion and Cows, Caroussel and Cat.

And I found a few more:



I also  found Cup for Coffee or tea and maybe  some Cake
and of course Church
and then there is Cruiseship.
The next two weeks we will be on vacation on one of those ships, hope to see you all after that again.
For more Alphabe Thursday posts go here:  http://jennymatlock.blogspot.nl/
Riet

Blue and yellow Monday

 

It’s Monday again so we have photo’s with blue and yellow. I love both colors.

Here some shots of flowers of this time of year.

 

 

For Blue Monday go here: http://smilingsally.blogspot.nl/

For Mellow Yellow Monday go here : http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.nl/

Weekend.

 

A few days ago I visited the Arboretum in Rotterdam. It is such a beautiful park with lots of flowers and greens.

I made lots of photo’s and I am showing some here.

 

                                           Cozy isn’t it?

 

Lots of pink here.

 

Can you hear her say “stay away from my kids”

 

I am linking this post to

Weekend reflections : http://weekendreflection.blogspot.nl/

Pink Saturday : http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Shadow Shot Sunday2 : http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.nl/

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Alphabe Thursday.

This week we study the letter B

for Ms Matlock’s class.

Let me Begin with Beautiful for the Beautiful weather we have had lately. After all that cold and wet weather we are  so happy.

There are many words starting with the letter B so I made a collage of photo’s  that go with the words.



Words like  Bridge with lots of Blue flowers next to it,  Buttercups in such a happy color,

a Baby Bird fed by mama, more Blue flowers, a very special Bench and one of my favorite Books

And Because of all this Beautiful weather we might start thinking about

Yes, the Beach

or Boats maybe?

I wish you all a happy and sunny week.

Riet

For more Alphabe blogs go here : http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/

Monday our world.

For today I made a couple of mosaics for several memes. All these flowers I saw lately while touring in the country.

                                                   These cars are so much fun, don’t exactly know what they are doing
                                                   but they were there when we all left the ferry. There was  a whole
                                                   group of them.
                                                   PS. Josephine just told me these are bikes,
                                                   they even have a hood over it in wintertime.

                                                      I am linking this post to  Mosaic Monday : http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/
                                                      Blue Monday : http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/
                                                       Mellow Yellow Monday : http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com/
                                                       Our World Tuesday : http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/
                                                         Hope you all have a nice week.
                                                          Riet

Weekend .

 

For this weekend I made two collages, all nice and summery as we have beautiful weather. The first collage is with photo’s from England last year that I didn’t show yet.

The second collage I made this week on a hazy day as you can see on the photo of the bridge.

 

 

 

I am linking this post to challenge Walk in the street : http://walkinnewyork.blogspot.com/

Friday Fences : http://lifeaccordingtojanandjer.blogspot.com/

Weekend reflections : http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/

Pink Saturday : http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/pink-saturday/

Sunday Bridges : http://bayphoto.blogspot.com/

Shadow shot Sunday2 : http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/

Wishing you all a wonderful sunny weekend.

Alphabe Thursday.

 

This week we start again with the letter A for Ms Matlock’s class.  I don’t remember what I posted last year but I thought of something else today.

I chose photo’s of some of my ALL time favorite  movie  Actresses and Actors. I think most young people these days don’t  know them but when I was young they were the stars and I saw each and every film of them.. Always. Maybe some of my older friends here still know their faces and names.  I still love watching them when they are on TV.  I had more favorites but I don’t have good photo’s of them any more.  All these photo’s I scanned from the photo’s I still have of them.  When I was a teenager I collected moviestar photo’s and I still have most of them, about 150.  I once wanted to sell them because I don’t look at them any more but I never got around doing that. Doris Day was my most favorite star.  I do have about 70 photo’s of her.  It was big business then.

So here we go, down Memory  Lane. I start with the ladies. Remember them?  They were all beautiful.

 

 

 

And the gentlemen, they were all so handsome.

 

And some couples who starred in famous films. Of course you all know Audrey Hepburn . I missed her photo for the ladies collage so here she is in the middle. She was so beautiful.

You still know the names?  Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel and

Doris Day and Gordon McRay,  on the left.  On the right you can see the names.

Have a nice week.

For more Alphabe Thursday post go here : http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/

Wordless and Outdoor Wednesday.

 

Today we had a beautiful warm sunny day so we went for a drive and a walk in the country. It is so nice to feel the warmth after all the cold and rainy weather.  I made a collage of a few photo’s I made. This is what I saw.

 

 

I am linking this post to Wordless Wednesday  : http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/newhome/

and to  Outdoor Wednesday   : http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/

Happy Wednesday.

Monday, our world.

We have had some nice days lately so we went out for a drive and a walk in the country.  Of course not without my camera.   Today we visited a lovely teagarden  . The lady who owns it has such a nice house and garden. I made a lot of photo’s , some of them are here in these mosaics.
I am sure you can see  and maybe know by now that I love making mosaics .  I made three for this post.









I am linking this post to Mosaic Monday : http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/
Blue Monday : http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/
Mellow yellow Monday : http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com/
Our World Tuesday  : http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/
Enjoy your week.
Riet

Weekend.

 

Yesterday we went for a walk in a nearby park.  It was beautiful there and there was a huge amount of Lady’s Lace.  I have never seen so much as this year.  Have a look.  Beautiful isn’t it ?

 

 

And of course there was some more color there like pink.

 

 

I am linking this post to Friday Fences : http://lifeaccordingtojanandjer.blogspot.com/

Weekend Reflections : http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/

Challenge Walking the street : http://walkinnewyork.blogspot.com/

Pink Saturday : http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Sunday Bridges : http://bayphoto.blogspot.com/

Shadow shot sunday2: http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/

Seasonal Sundays : http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/

 

Have a happy weekend.

Alphabe Thursday.

 

This week we were working on the letter Z for Ms Matlock’s class. Not an easy letter.

I found several letters like zero,  zipper,  zone,  zoo and  zoom  but only one I could find a photo to and that is Zebra.

I find these animals beautiful.

For more Alphabe go here :  http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/

Monday.

 

This collage I made with photo’s I took lately. All things I just saw while driving  or walking  in and around Rotterdam.

 

I am linking this post to Mosaic Monday : http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

Blue Monday : http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/

Mellow Yellow Monday : http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com/

Monday Murals : http://oaklanddailyphoto.blogspot.com/

Have a happy Monday.

Weekend.

More of last years photo’s for Weekend reflections, Walk in the street and Pink Saturday.


For challenge Walk in the street go here : http://walkinnewyork.blogspot.com/
For Weekend reflections : http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/
For Pink Saturday : http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/
Thank you to the hosts.

Sunday, Monday.

 

The other day we drove around a bit and I took the  chance to make a few photo’s.  That funny sort of statue looked so cute ,I  had to take a photo. Also the lovely little house with all the green caught my eyes. The very old church was beautiful . An old man from the neighborhood was mowing the grass. Although it is still very cold for this time of year we get to see a lot of color around. Thank goodness for that.

More color I saw.

I am linking this post to Seasonal Sundays: http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/

Blue Monday : http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/

Mosaic Monday : http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

Mellow Yellow Monday: http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com/

Monday doorways: http://bayphoto.blogspot.com/

Weekend.

Today I am joining Weekend Reflections, Walking the street, Floral Friday and Pink Saturday.
I made a collage of photo’s I made in the Keukenhof, the worlds largest all spring bulbs garden.
Tulips are my favorite flowers and in pink they are so beautiful.

For Weekend reflections go here : http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/
Floral Friday  : http://floralfridayfoto.blogspot.com/
Challenge walk in the street : http://walkinnewyork.blogspot.com/
Pink Saturday : http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/28-2012.html

Wednesday.

 

Yesterday we celebrated Queensday here in Holland.  Queensday is a special holiday to celebrate the Queens birthday. It comes with a lot of festivities in the whole country during this day. One festivity is free-market. At first it was planned for children to sell their old toys or whatever on the streets and make some pocketmoney but these days many market sellers are also there to sell their goods. My grandchildren were selling their stuff also this year so of course we were there to buy something from them. I only have a photo of Mike(grandson) selling me some orange  gerbera’s. They came from a friend.

There is a lot of orange on this day  as  our queen is from the Orange family. Many people wear something orange during this day as you might see on a couple of photo’s. The streets are full of people during this day and we were so lucky to have the most beautiful weather so they were  even fuller now but everybody was happy and enjoying themselves.

 

 

And how about these beautiful ostriches. They were parading the streets . The top photo I made special with picasa. I never saw this before.

I am linking this post to Outdoor Wednesday : http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/

and Wordless Wednesday : /http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/newhome/

Monday.

 

These photo’s I made in November . This is the Northsea beach in Noordwijk.  The weather then was about the same as the last few weeks here but now it is supposed to be spring .  It has been so cold.

Tomorrow is a special holiday here in Holland as we celebrate our queens birthday and guess what, the weather is going to be beautiful and warm for the first time this spring.

 

I am linking this post to Mosaic Monday : http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

Blue Monday : http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/

Mellow Yellow Monday : http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com/

Have a happy Monday.

Riet

Pink Saturday.

 

Today is a sad day for me. Last week a long time friend of mine died and today we buried her. She was younger than me and very ill. It feels so strange not to be able to see and talk to her any more. It is the first of my friends that was so near that is not here any more.

 

Today a collage of  different flowers and blooms and all different colors of pink.

For more lots 0f  pink go to Beverly’s blog : http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/pink-saturday/

Happy pink Saturday

Alphabe Thursday.

 

Another Thursday, another letter to study for Ms Matlocks class.  This week it is the letter W.  There are many words starting with W  like World Wide Webb for instance but I just chose White and Water. My collage speaks for itself.

 

 

For more Alphabe posts go visit miss Matlocks blog  : http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/

Monday.

 

Today I have more photo’s from last year. I made them on a beautiful sunny day.

I am linking this post to Mosaic Monday,  Blue Monday and for the first time Mellow Yellow Monday.

 

 

 

For mosaic Monday go here : http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

for blue Monday go here : http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/

for mellow yellow Monday go here : http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com/

Happy Monday.

Weekend .

 

Last year around this time I made these photo’s in a big park in Rotterdam. Everything was bright and colorful. Last Sunday we went there again and there was nothing in bloom at all.  I imagine due to the cold weather we still have here.

 

So here are last year’s photo’s.

 

I am linking this post to : http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/

Challenge Walk in the streets  : http://walkinnewyork.blogspot.com/

Pink Saturday hosted by Beverly from : http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Alphabe Thursday.

This week we need to study the letter V for Ms Matlocks class. Of course there are many words starting with V but for me , I only could think of Vacation.   Spring over here is very cold and wet and we all long for some sun and warmer weather.  Don’t know about you. :))
So I made a collage of Vacation photo’s from last year.  Most of them I made in Spain , only the couple looking at the sea I made in France.  I am sure they loved the beautiful sight.  So did we.


For more Alphabe Thursday participants go here : http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/

Monday.

The weather here is really cold for the time of  year so to keep  me warm I made a mosaic of summery flower photo’s from last year. I made these photo’s in a lovely teagarden  called  “De Winde “ in the country. The garden was full of color  but today I chose  photo’s with mainly white , blue and red.



I am linking this post to Mosaic Monday  hosted by Mary at :http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/
Blue Monday hosted by Sally at : http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/
and Monday doorways hosted by Louis at : http://bayphoto.blogspot.com/
Thank you to all the hosts .
Have a happy Monday.
Riet

Pink Saturday.

Since I haven’t been out making photo’s much  lately I made a collage of photo’s I made last April in the beautiful Arboretum in Rotterdam. Everything in bloom as you can see.
And lots of pink, one of my favorite colors.



For more lots of pink go to Beverly’s blog : http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/
for shadow shot Sunday2 go here : http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/
for Sunday bridges go here : http://bayphoto.blogspot.com/
for Seasonal Sundays go here : http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/
for Sunlit Sunday go here : http://mylittlehomeandgarden.blogspot.com/p/sunlit-sunday.html
A big thank you to all the hosts.
Have a happy Saturday.

Wednesday.

All these pictures of beautiful purple(ish) flowers I made last year during our trip in England. I am linking this to Outdoor Wednesday and Wordless Wednesday.



For Outdoor Wednesday go here : http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/
For Wordless Wednesday go here: http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/newhome/
Thank you to the hosts.

Monday.

 

Today I am joining three memes. Mosaic Monday, Blue Monday and Monday Doorways.  I made this mosaic of photo’s I made last year  during our trip in England.

 

 

For mosaic Monday go here : http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

For Blue Monday go here : http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/

For Monday doorways go here: http://bayphoto.blogspot.com/

I want to thank everybody for their prayers and good thoughts for my surgery. All is well.

Have a happy Monday

Riet

Weekend.

I have two photo’s here for my weekend memes. I made a little collage of them.


I am linking these photo’s to Weekend Reflections : http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/
That lovely pink teapot to Pink  Saturday : http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/
To Sunday bridges : http://bayphoto.blogspot.com/
And Shadow shot Sunday2 : http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/
A big Thank you to the different hosts .
Also I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers for my surgery. All went very well.
Riet
Happy Easter.

Alphabe Thursday.

For Ms Matlock’s class we have to study the letter T this week.
Thank you is my first T word and I want to say Thank you  to all of you who kept me in their thoughts and prayers last week when I had back surgery. It all went well and I am on my way back to recovery. That will take some time but I will get there I am sure.
I made a collage of my favorite flowers , Tulips. I have masses of photo’s with tulips of different colors but I only picked a few to show here. All these photo’s I took last year in The Keukenhof, our world famous spring bulb park. For more information on this beautiful park go to their site.  http://www.keukenhof.nl/



For more Alphabe Thursday participants go here : http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/

Our world Tuesday and Thank you.

First of all I want to thank everybody who kept me in their thoughts and prayers this last week. I am very thankful and  happy to say that  surgery went well and that I just have to be careful with my back for at least the next 6 weeks.  But I can  make photo’s and blog so what more can I want. The only problem is that I can't sit for more than 15 minutes at a time.  I am going to start visiting you all as soon as possible..It will take some more time. Sorry for that.

These next few photo’s I made in a little park not far from here  the day before I went into hospital . Unlike today it was a nice and warm sunny day and everything was starting to bloom. We thought we were going right into summer but that was a mistake. These last few days are cold and windy and it seems to stay like that for at least another week. Not nice.



As I said,  thank you everybody.
Riet
For more photo’s from around the world go here: http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/