Happy sunny Sunday!!

 

 

 

What a lovely day today!

 

 

Enjoy it!!

 

 

A tiny garden bouquet from me to you to wish you all a

happy Wednesday!!

See you soon!



What's blooming in my garden?

After seeing the abundance of flowers & colours at the 'Keukenhof', my garden is just a tiny reflection... But, luckily, there's something to see in every corner:

 All the tulip bulbs I planted pretty late (around Christmas...) have come to bloom and

there are still new ones rising!

Beautiful blossoms in the far back of the garden 

The blue and violet Muscari are still there! 

And the Helleborus too (the new fences in the back!)! 

The climbing Akebia is showing quite some flowers already.

Love the dark redish colour! 

And what about these small Anemones? Fragile & beautiful!

I wonder what will bloom next...

Will show you in a while!

Have a wonderful spring week! 

London

It has been so many years... too many years actually... (1992!!)

since we've last visited London!

But finally, last week, we went back!!!

Must admit that it has been soooo long, that I sort of forgot where to go for what...

(and I lived one year in the UK as a student and visited London almost every weekend!).

Anyway, it was good to be back, for sure!!

In the past 19 (!!) years I've been back a couple of times but mainly

for business purposes so no chance to go sightseeing...

But next time will be sooner, that's for sure,

London is still beautiful!!

Let the pictures prove that:

Happy!!!

Happy! So happy!!

Isn't this Super Fall Give Away A.MA.ZING?

Did you see the neverending list of sponsors?? Aren't they just the best?

After the start we could add another 4 which brings

the total number of sponsors to

a stunning 22!!

It's not too late, you can still join the give away here until October 15, 2011!!

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(pictures made in the forest near our house, by iPhone, hence the poor(er) quality)

Wishing you all a lovely, sunny, outdoor weekend!!

Summer holidays {part 3}

And after a short ride (less than 300 km) we arrived in the Algarve, Vilamoura to be more precise.

We stayed at the Hilton Golf & Spa resort, recently built. After 2 stops of busy cities, culture & history, it was time to relax. And so we did!

(which means that there are not so many pictures to show you, too busy relaxing!)

Views from the hotel's beach:

We went to Cabo São Vicente, the most south-western part of the European mainland.

I can imagine that people in the early days thought the world stopped there.

 We spent the week in the Algarve with friends and together we had a small picknick at Cabo the São Vicente

Our little family 

All the boys enjoying the sun! 

 Friends!

 And of course we visitid Portimão & Albufeira, played tennis and golf, admired the beautiful nature and enjoyed lovely lunches and delicious diners! But most of all: we enjoyed the sun, the beach, the swimming pool, the time to read a book, the time to spend with friends!!

For our next stop we'll be heading to Spain again, exchanging the 'obrigada' for the 'gracias' :-)

Are you coming with me?

Até mais!

(see you later)

Bisous, 

Atelier des Chefs & more...

Last Wednesday we gathered 8 ladies together for a nice day in Paris.

We started with coffee, macarons & a beautiful view on the rooftop terrace of 'un des grands magasins':

Le Printemps in the 9th arrondissement.

 

And once your in Printemps, you definitely should go to their restrooms: Point WC!

It's not the cheapest restroom in Paris but it's a clean & fancy one!

For 2 euros you can make use of the Japanese toilet, you can adapt the temperature of the toilet seat as well as the water temperature.

I'm sure there are more gadgets on this toilet, but I couldn't figure that out quickly enough...

Go and try it yourself!

The Japanese toilet together with a very modern & colourful design,

make it almost a pleasure to go to the loo...

After this experience we headed to the Atelier des Chefs, where we had lunch...

But first we had to work!

In about an hour time, we prepared our own lunch, guided by a Chef.

Funny enough, the Chef that lead our 'workshop/lunch' last Wednesday was a guy that

participated in Top Chef 2011, a succesfull TV program that I followed as much as I could.

Hereunder an impression of the day:

And yes, I made pictures, but worked too... Here's the proof of it!!

Thanks Ann, Anette, Anette, Claudie, Corry, Eline & Maud for this lovely day...

It's definitely one that I will cherish!

Bisous,

Colourful!

Just a quick post to let you know that I'm busy this week... busy with the organisation of the International Day at school... an yearly event, full of fun, food & friendship.

That's why I leave you today with some pictures of my terrace (I just can't get enough of the it... it's still such a wonderful weather in Versailles so we do enjoy our garden/terrace to the fullest!).

These little flowers (dorotheanthus bellidiformis) are so adorable, they love the sun and they open every day and close again at night time.

Just take away the old flowers from time to time and you can enjoy them all summer long!

Have a look in your garden center, they are such a happy flower!!

 

I wish you all a happy & colourful week!

Bisous,