Colours in my life - Yellow

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A bit of sun, that we are so much in need.

One of my girls aprons, here dressed by another of the girls.

The yellow sand of Porto Santo, where my husband is making a garden in a new hotel .
This one was taken last summer when we were having our holidays there. Now he's there but comes back next friday. Hmmm, I can't wait.

He gave me this flowers

Couscous, an arab thing I like soooo much but I can't make it so well as he does. This one was made by him.

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Colours in my life - Orange

Beti, é cor de laranja mesmo.

This it's me talking to dear Beti from Casa al Mare who said yesterday that she would come here again today to verify if the colour of today is orange or not. And yes, it is.

And we begin with these little flowers I like so much. Their leaves are small and long and grows covering the ground on sunny spots, sometimes the beach. I like to to put it in my kitchen to give a good mood in the morning as I wake up and go in.

This is a orange bougainvillia my husband planted in a Madeira Island hotel called Carlton. It's so pretty.

One of my aprons, with pot holder and bread bag.

Here again so you can view it better.

Another apron of mine, here dressed by my oldest daughter.

Here you can see better the pattern

And now proper oranges in my kitchen.

Colours in my life - Green

Ok. It will be green.
I should make this post only tomorow but I couldn't resist.
Why should I, anyway ???
So, here it goes.
Green.

Greenery that came with the orchids my husband gave me.


A corner in my home


A window to the garden of Miramar Hotel in Madeira Island


Rain



Some corner in Sintra


My green Harrods bag


A corner of my mother's house


Any pears?
I always have them because one of my girls likes them very much


A fern my mother gave me


A garden my husband made


My husband's apron
Here dressed by my oldest girl. The little one is my baby trying to put my husband's glasses inside the apron's pocket.


Some plates I have


Looks like tomorow will be orange. Or maybe not.

Colours in my life - Pink

From today and for some days, I will post about colours in my life.

I think that begining by pink is a good start.
So here it goes.

My pink bougainvillia

A pink datura, one of my favorite flowers

I'm crazy for pink pelargoniums

Pink begonias

Rosas de porcelana ( porcelaine roses or wax flowers) my husband gave me when he went to São Tomé. He heard me talking about it for ages because we had them in Angola. Some brides used to take them as their bridal bouquet.

Pretty things my little girls have

Impatiens

Laundry things

Next colour will be orange or green.

More saintpaulias beauty

I managed to picture the true colour of my purple african violet - well, almost.
Here it is.



And look how my pink one is so nice in the sun.





A pinkish delight.

To be or not to be... blue

Cameras have their mysteries.
This time was some pictures I wanted to take to my saintpaulias.
I went, all happy, camera in my hand, take a lot of pictures of the above mention flowers to show in my blog and in Flickr.
It came out very well and clear, the problem was the colour. This wonderful blue you can see is not real but I didn't do anything to change the real colour. It's purple! Deep purple!
How cam it be that it turned blue?
I just pointed the camera and... voilà! Blue!

Last year I took some pictutres to my mother's saintpaulia, a purple one like mine, and it was a nice purple that showed in the picture as you can see here.

So, why mine is bleu?
Well, maybe it's even nicer in blue. I just posted yesterday in the afternoon to Flickr and has, already, 129 views and 69 comments!
Ok, then.

The other plant came out in a more real colour: hers.
Here it is.

Well, never mind all that. In the end, it's quite funny.

My little friend

I present you my little friend.



I know I have not been posting much lately and I was missing this friend.
I really like to blog, not only see other blogs but posting something in mine.
What amazes me is the ampunt of people that like to come here.
Look at this.



Amazing, isn't it ?!

To the ceiling

I just leave you with a corner of my home: books to the ceiling.
I don't know where to put more but my husband always finds a corner where he can put more shelves.
Like this one.

Staying at home

Today I'm at home and happy.
Last monday my eight year old girl was not well. Was sick in the early hours and in the morning she had a fever.
I decided not to take her to school and left at my mother's. I went to work and I was not feeling well because I slept very badly but I was not worried with her because, being she with my mother, she was ok. I thought she had a cold and was only that.
The problem was that, after all, was not only a cold and my mother warned me that the girl, after taking all those things to get down the fever, it was even higher and higher.
So, to the doctor's we went, stayed all the night there because there was a lot of people and came home in the begining of yesterday, after going to the chemist to buy the antibiotic.
She had a throath and an ear infection. And the same happened to some children in her school, we even found a friend of her there, in the doctor's.

So, we came home and it was another night of bad sleeping. Yesterday I was a bit of a zombie.

But today we are ok. She has not fever anymore and is geting better.

So, as the doctor said she could only go to school tomorow, she gave two days off work to stay with my girl, so she wouldn't need to go outside the home.

Yuppy! A whole day in my home and being happy and rested because my girl is better !!!

So, happy as I am, I had a long and relaxed shower with some lavender shower gel I bought in England with a bar of soap of the same brand and scent.

And now I leave you with some corners of my home, this same home I like so much and where I will stay all day long!

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Hmm...I can see some papers to put away... Up this chair and tidy up now.

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How many days to Easter ?

Myspace Countdown Clocks at WishAFriend.com


Not many, really. When I enter Lent it always looks to me that Easter is so far away. But now. Shops keep remind us that we are almost there.

I like very much the pretty side of Easter, like bunnies, chicks and ...chocolates !

But we can never forget that Easter is to be free because Redemption happened and there is no return. We are free for ever.