WEEKWORD = WRINKLE...

wrinkled???

WEEKWORD = WRINKLE

Junebug over at 

Junebug's Musings 

has picked the

WEEKWORD...

Skip over to her blog

(click on the link above)

and let her know 

you want to play!

W-R-I-N-K-L-E

this will be FUN?!!?

 true confession! 
I associate this word 
with something that is...
OLD!??!

umm... a quote to reflect on... 

"If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, 

let them not be written upon the heart.

The spirit should never grow old."
~ John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American Economist
awarded two Presidential Medals of Freedom
1946-President Truman
2000-President Clinton 


W-R-I-N-K-L-E

Junebug 

set a posting target 

(avoiding the word "deadline"

~ sounds too much like work)

as Friday, September 3rd.

Be sure to let her know you are participating 
so she can post a link to your blog.
Junebug's Musings 

STOP! LOOK! LISTEN??

"SIGNS of London"
Summer 2010

"Don't think: LOOK!"

~ Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-British philosopher

Bicyclists ~ 
Take NOTE!!!

It's THAT time of year!

NAPPY Room ~
Natural History Museum

LADIES Room ~
bathroom in Oxford

Keeping LONDON streets CLEAN!

LONDONERS are FIRE safe too!

????  WHAT  ????  
means: SPEED BUMP!!!

TOURISTS appreciate this!

And this one TOO!

SPEED DATING???

NO explanation needed!!

WEEKWORD = BEGIN

London Street Performers ~ Summer 2010

"For most entertainers,

there is a single experience, 
one defining moment,

when confidence replaces 
the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with."

~ Charley Pride, American country music singer

WEEKWORD = BEGIN

London's street performers

can be found in front of

museums, in the tube stations,

at Trafalgar Square, 

the Portobello Market,

in town squares,

in front of restaurants...

The performances

we watched 

could be the

BEGINNING 

of their professional career.

 TO SEE
 other WEEKWORD 

interpretations of the word

B-E-G-I-N

hop over to 
SE's blog 
ensalada

Hope you'll be inspired to participate

in WEEKWORD??!!

It's easy! FUN! & you get to share your 

CREATIVE IDEAS!

Junebug's
hosting the next WEEKWORD at
Junebug's Musings 

OOOO! LA! LA!

La Maisonnette du Coteau ~ FRANCE

Still have the TRAVELING BUG, 

so

I've been "traveling" & reading
one of my favorite blogs,

STEPHMODO 

I've never met this blogger,

BUT

we both love to  
TRAVEL

& 

we both use
RICK STEVE's books

to plan our trips abroad!!!

We relied on...

to plan our recent trip!

LONDON by Rick Steves 

In case you missed our London adventures,
click
LONDON BLOG

We aren't interested in renovating
"anything" 
(especially a home in another country)

but you've got to read the
first entry on
 La Maisonnette du Coteau.

...it tells the story
behind the purchase of their
French cottage.

If you are like me, you'll be intrigued 

& want to see their 
renovation JOURNEY...

Beynac-et-Cazenac, Aquitaine, France, Europe

 their FRENCH cottage looks over
this castle & river!

ooo, la! la!

dreamy place to rent for a week

honeymoon? special anniversary? birthday?

I'll close with
my favorite travel QUOTE...

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel,
read only a page."

~St. Augustine, Ancient Roman Theologian

WEEKWORD = BEGIN

Atlas butterfly 

BEGINNING 

his life after shedding his cocoon
pic taken 8/2/10 

KEW GARDENS, London

"The way to get started
is to quit talking

and BEGIN doing."
  ~ Walt Disney, American film producer, animator, philanthropist

Disney is best known for his theme parks ~

Disneyland (Anaheim, CA)

was not far from my childhood hometown!

in fact, you can hear the evening "firework blasts"

from my mom's house!

Disney was the original voice of 

Mickey Mouse; & also gave

Mickey his  

BEGINNING 

 character! 

The new word is 

B-E-G-I-N

My creative friend, 
SE Minegar

is hosting WEEKWORD.

Let her know you are interested
in participating 
so she can put your blog link
on her website...

Ummm... this post will take 

some thinking 
outside the box!

Looking forward to checking in 
with everyone's post 
on Friday... 

HAVE FUN!!!

WEEKWORD = NOSTALGIC

 

"When summer gathers up her robes of glory, 

and like a dream of beauty glides away."
~Sarah Helen Power Whitman

transcendentalist, poet &

romantic interest of Edgar Allen Poe

N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-C

SUMMER
is
disappearing!

spending the weekend

at the LAKE with family...

watching the early morning swimmers...

sipping our morning cup of coffee...

relaxing in the sun...

hopping through the afternoon...

ending with so'mores around a "toasty" fire

OHHHH....
I don't want 

SUMMER

to end!

Will air out 
my
lunch box...

AND get ready
for the new school year!

I loved my plaid, metal lunch box 

with matching thermos...

peanut butter & honey sandwiches
fritos
celery & carrots
homemade oatmeal raisin cookies
&
milk

Now that makes me

N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-C

SHARING "NOSTALGIA"

umm... What "sparks" 
NOSTALGIA or NOSTALGIC 
thoughts?

Check these WEEKWORD 
blogs to see this week's participants!!!

Carmen

Anne

Cath C

Cecilia

S. E. Minegar

justahumblebee

junebug

Sally

Elisabeth

domesticscribbles 

Did I miss anyone? 

You can still participate - just let me know

so I can add your blog link to this post!!

...getting my own

"N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-C" 

post together!!!

Will check in later!

WEEKWORD = NOSTALGIC

Elizabeth asked me to select the 
~ WEEKWORD ~ 

...yearning

...reminiscing

...sentimental

...missing

...musing

what makes you

N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-C?

 foods? (perhaps, cupcakes)

crafts? (quilting)

  

 

favorite activity? (like, sledding)

favorite season?

time of day? (ah! sunset)

favorite place? 

WEEKWORD = NOSTALGIC

wanna play?

ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE!!!

INVITE another BLOGGER to participate!!

Email me your name by 

Thursday August 19th

so I can add you to the list!

KINDLY 

post your "creative interpretation" by 

Saturday August 21st

an extra day! 
because we are ALL so busy ~

wrapping up summer breaks;

getting ready for school; 
finishing DIY projects;

taking a final vacation...

OH - I can't wait to see your posts!

Have FUN this week....

CENTENARIAN CELEBRATION....

Woo Hoo! 
100th post...

a quote from the Sanskrit

"Yesterday is but a dream, 
tomorrow is only a vision. 
But, today, well lived, makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow
a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day,
for it is life, the very life of life."

I can't wait to see what

colorful adventures

are ahead!

Today...

took a 45 minute run/walk
chatted w/family on the phone

 enjoyed a yummy brunch of fruit salad + tamale eggs
saw the movie, "Eat, Pray, Love"  

ate Mexican food for dinner

...over jet lag?

ummm ~ almost

...back to work tomorrow?

YEP... and I'm  
EXCITED
for the new school year!

WEEKWORD = COLLECTIONS

St Margaret's Church
next to Westminster Abbey

WEEKWORD = COLLECTION

Elizabeth chose the word this week!!

check her blog

textilspanieln

to see what participating bloggers posted 

for their interpretation of

C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N

After looking through my London pics

I thought I would share

C-L-O-C-K-S

BIG BEN
London's most famous clock

Lendenhall Market

 a covered shopping market

in London's financial district
(Victorian design)

St Martin-in-the-Fields Church
near Trafalgar Square
(excellent tea + scones in their Crypt Cafe)

Queen's College ~ Oxford

one of many clocks in the university town

Westminster Abbey
 church famous for pageantry, coronations,
& the resting place of Britain's most famous people

Neither JPE nor I wear a watch,

so we were always looking for clocks, 

having to ask people the time, 
or trying to peer

(nonchalantly, of course)

at people's watches to get the time.

love this quote about TIME...

"I'm a visionary; I'm ahead of my time. 
Trouble is, I'm only about an hour
and a half ahead."

~ George Carlin, comedian

FAREWELL!! NELL GWYNN...

Tues August 10, 2010

LAST DAY in L-O-N-D-O-N!

RAIN, RAIN, WE'RE GOING AWAY!!!

Walked to the Orangery ~ Kensington Park

Slightly damp!??! ~ but it's TEA TIME!!

Tea + Scone + Clotted Cream + Jam = 
Y-U-M-M-Y!

Slight drizzle ~ leaving the Orangery!

The ENGLISH really know how to garden...

Princess Diana's residence!!
Kensington Palace...

...the drizzle is changing to big drops!

Raining now! 
...this dog is NOT trying to catch raindrops...

GOOD-BYE LONDON!!!
We'll be back...

WEEKWORD = COLLECTION

ORANGE FLOWERS ~ Susan's backyard

WEEKWORD is

C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N

If you want to play, 
let Elizabeth know by sending her an email at:

textilspanieln BLOG

Ummmm....

Perhaps

I'll post some more pictures of my...

ORANGE FLOWER COLLECTION??

KEW GARDEN ~ London

For those of you that may not know,

WEEKWORD is an 

online

opportunity to "create"

(draw, write, photos, personal story etc)

your interpretation of a 

single word that has been 

selected by the "HOST" blogger.

It's a great way to meet & see the creativity of

other bloggers.

You just need to let the "HOST" blogger

know you want to participate, 

so they can link your blog to their blog!

Try it! It's such FUN!

What

C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N-S

do you have???

post by Friday evening!