O is for Orator

Outside

Orators

 Obviously

 Overloaded

On

Orange

Orangutans

I cannot divulge the story behind this

 except to say a small friend and I used it in a 

project on great orators of the world

alas she only got a B+

The teacher was a wee bit 

cross with me!!!

 But isn't he magnificent

and the little one 

is hanging on to every word.
Obviously I am participating in
Alphabe-Thursday at
http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com

Back to my book 

now very exciting 
and cannot put it down

Goodnight

                  

decisions again!!!!!

I am curled up here

with the sun streaming through the windows

 a small fire in the grate

and 

'the girl with the dragon tattoo'

in my hands

A friend lent me the book a week ago

  I was not going to read it

 I had far too much to do!

Sat down with a cup of coffee tonight...

picked it up to glance through...

so at least I could say I had looked at it!!

That was

 three hours ago!!!

when am I going to catch up with you all again?

it has to be Blogs or Books 

a decision must be made!

HOW?

goodnight

PS. Have you read it yet will I be able to put it down?

The perfect evening

It's late,

I'm tired

and 

the day's not over yet!

but here's how it should be

a glass of whiskey

(no ice thank you and make it a double!!)

 sitting here

or maybe here

then a nice hot bath

 with lots of rose scented oil

 and

the fire lit, of course

or maybe here 

(but this would need the maid to lay out my night robe

and I don't want to have to see anyone tonight!)

so back to here 
for a long soak!

then into this chair

 to do my homework

 for the next 40 minutes

(supposed to lie on the floor but my back is too sore!!)

then I will climb in here 

where, the plain simplicity and beauty

will allow me to sleep...

 perchance to dream, of a better world

or maybe, I will curl up here with a good book

(The Holiday  by Erica James is the current one)

for just a few minutes 

before dropping of into a dreamless slumber 

and so begins the perfect evening!!!!!!

 Goodnight

I must remember......!

Truly, I am the most dreadful blogger

We had an early start this morning (6.00am!)

to a glorious day

at the Forbes dog show

 and I had planned to do

 a really beautiful doggy blog

small problem.....

two hours into the trip I realised

I

had

forgotten

my

  camera!!!!!!

is this not the most basic rule of all bloggers

Take your camera everywhere?

                                                                             http://www.banquetevent.com

so I found these in my files to share with you

The top middle looks just like my Souk

                                                                                   being shown rather badly here

This is what our shows look like....

 not like this

                                                           flickr

I was also checking out a new breed of dog

 that I would quite like

They are little,

 but think they are giants

they are incredibly intelligent,

 but have a mind of their own

they can be unbelievably funny looking

 but also incredibly beautiful 

so 

here see what you think YES or NO?

Now I did say funny looking 

and she was having a very bad day

 as her sister 

the black and white powder puff

 was getting all the attention!!!!

SO

I had better show you these

                                                                                                                        Flickr

                                                                                                                                                Flickr

These are the hairless Chinese Crested Dog

aren't their boots and hair dos just as cute as cute?

They are very hot little dogs

 and their skin does need some careful attention

but their personality is

enormous

So do I

 or don't I?

Now I am going out to put my camera in my bag

where it can stay for evermore

Goodnight

readability.....!

Very busy at the moment

house needs cleaning
washing needs doing
can I wear it without ironing...NO


leave home at 7.30a.m 

arrive home at 7.30p.m

phone calls to make

meeting minutes to check

steal half an hour for myself

race to the computer

click on to my favourites

scan quickly
catch up with friends
 make a short comment

find a new site

looks good

swear at my new glasses

change to old glasses

swear

clean new glasses

get closer to screen

nose resting against screen

not a good feeling

still cannot read the bloody thing.

PLEASE
PLEASE

PLEASE

remember that for 
readability
 you need

CONTRAST

those pretty pale greys.

soft yellows

pale greens
&/or

tinted backgrounds
and small type

make for a difficult read.

No matter how good the content 

I currently don't have time 

or

the patience to try
 and I click off

what a pity
 because when I do have time
though still not the patience

I won't know where to find you again!


Goodnight


PS is the red hard to read should I switch to black?

Its all in the eye!!!

I could pretend

 this post is about candelabra....

I could pretend

 this post is about floor treatments...

I could even pretend 

it is just about beautiful rooms!!!

 A bit fussy, a bit floral...

but couldn't you just walk in here,

 have afternoon tea with the girls 

and stay for days?

whilst the blokes

 are in here

 with their whisky and sports

This room is so terribly proper

 and exquisitely pretty

but I would be terrified I might spill somethin!!!

I bet

 there have been some wonderful

dinner parties here!

and I love

 the way this kitchen 

changes with the seasons!

winter...

...summer!!!

and now I can go to bed happy

 that I have finally seen all these photos

 in all their glory

 because today

I 

got 

my 

new 

glasses.

They make me a bit sea sick

 and I am holding my head at a funny angle

and I am sure the left lens is wrong!!!!

but

 Mandy tells me I will get used to it

 and 

I

 CAN 

SEE

  AGAIN!!!!

so now I can tell you

 this post

 is all about the few photos 

in my real estate files 

that I could never

 blow up big enough to see !!!!

 thank you Mandy and Mar

Goodnight

I was just wondering.....

I saw these two photos tonight

 and wondered...

Do you think the owner of this house 

knows what it is like to

walk in those front doors laden down with grocery shopping?

(I want the ceiling)

I just loved

this beautiful, over the top, bedroom

but I wondered

why the bed

looks lost

Are the lamps too big?

should there be a larger bed head?

should there be more pillows?

were they being restrained because the rest of the room is

so baroque?

                                                                                                               photos from real estate listing

I was  just wondering

 what do you think?

goodnight

It's yellow for me.....

I was just following again tonight and got to

colour me happy

who was talking about

yellow 

and so I had to share my yellow too!!!

unfortunately the flash changes the colour a bit

 its really a much cleaner yellow than this

The green and gold works better in real life than it does here!

The pink paper roses look good against it though!

This is taken from the front door

 looking down to the middle door

 and then on to the back door

This is taken from the middle door looking to the front

Pity the front door doesn't show as it is truly beautiful

I must try and photograph it one day.

(do you think I could have put away the hair dryer before taking this photo?!!!)

The yellow we have used here

 is quite clear and strong 

but as the hall is so dark

white would not have worked.

 When we first moved in

 it was battleship grey and really depressing 

That's my yellow and I'm sticking to it....!

goodnight