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Just One Person From Around the World: The Guides and Entertainers

Welcome to Just One Person From Around the World! This week I am featuring a few of the guides and hosts from our cruising travels! I have felt so bad about COVID and the HARDSHIPS it has brought to many! These lovely folks, who made our trips come to life with their expertise and knowledge…

Friday’s Foods of the World: Drink Up

Today, it’s all about drinking! Mostly juices, but sooner or later you get to the other drinks too! The juices that are found in the little pop up bars are my favorites! This is just such a place on the beach in Budva, Montenegro! and what are we drinking? Fresh squeezed watermelon juice! Absolutely fantastic!…

Thursday Doors: Oslo, Norway

Today, for a few doors of the Doorscursion, we are headed back to Oslo! This is the Scots Man Restaurant………looking good! As with all outdoor seating in cafés and restaurants, your seat comes with a blanky……..the month was August! Be sure to look up, so you don’t miss architectural details! We stayed at the beautiful…

Just One Person From Around the World: Get Out to the Parks

Welcome to Just One Person From Around the World! This week I have just been fed up with people! Mostly with people in the government or in the Media telling me how I should live every hour of the day………according to their data or such! Are these folks in the real world? Do they not…

FOTD: Purpley

Here are my beautiful Purpley Agapanthus for the Flower of the Day! FOTD Cee’s Challenge is all about bringing a little beauty and color into our daily lives. Who wouldn’t be in favor of that? Challenge rules, why not join in? 1. Feel free to post every day or whenever you you feel like it….

It’s a Sign!

I like chalkboard signs and looking for them on Vaca is always a treat! So, I’m sharing some signs with you today! Which one do you like best? From a garden in the UK……… I like garden signs of all kinds! Take in a variety of fragrance throughout……..how clever! This one from Chartwell, the home…

Life in Color: Pinkier

PINK is this month’s color! Need I say more? Hey Jude says: To add your photos to this challenge, look on at the tab below and post on Sunday’s! Won’t you join us? Here are the Guidelines! Each Sunday post one or more photos for the chosen color of the month. If you want to join…

Six On Saturday: The Priest House

Good Mornin’ SOSer’s! This morning, I am taking you to the Priest House in West Hoathly in Sussex. It was one of the gardens open during a National Garden Scheme Weekend. West Hoathly, proper, is a village of 9 homes and a pub! The Priest House is the only one of its kind open to…

Friday’s Foods of the World: Burano, Italy

Today, we on the island of Burano, Italy, on the Venetian Lagoon…….from Venice, it is a 45-minute trip from St Mark’s Square by vaporetto (a water bus) It is home to 2,600 people, who attract many tourists to their brightly colored homes and businesses! Let’s see what goodies we can find to eat here! First,…

Thursday Doors: The Small Town Series: Madison, Georgia

Today, for our look at doors, we’re visiting Madison, Georgia, population 3,636. The Historic District in Madison is one of the largest in the state with almost 100 antebellum homes (Homes built prior to the Civil War) that to this day are still lovingly cared for and lived in. Most have never been sold outside…

Just One Person From Around the World: Venice, Italy

Welcome to Just One Person From Around the World! I have stopped watching the news….I have dropped all social media, except for my blog, which I try to keep to positive vibes…. there are a lot of folks in the world, who are everyday folks, just trying to provide food and shelter and love……….they are…

Becky’s Square Challenge: Bright and PINK

Tea in the Garden………. and an orchid in the greenhouse! I am adding these photos for two of my favorite blogs today! Becky’s Square Challenge and Jude’s: Life in Color! This month the color is PINK! Remember, it is totally up to you how you interpret the theme, the only absolute rule is that your…

Jo’s Monday Walk: Let’s Tip-Toe Through the Tulips!

Good mornin’ and welcome to the TULIPS! Last week, we took a little vaca and traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, one of my favorite spots to visit. We were making our every-six-weeks pilgrimage to Cheekwood Gardens, because I wanted to catch the tail end of the Tulip display! We had tickets for 11am on the Wednesday…

Life In Color: Pink

Six On Saturday In My Own Garden (Finally)

Good Mornin’ SOS’ers! I have been away on Vaca and these photos were taken right before I left! The Featured Photo is the Pink/Purple Formosa Azaleas in my Woodland Garden. I gave a them good talking to last year! They had not bloomed in ten years! So, I cut back the tree tops to let…