Ameise1 (Barbara)'s first try (Part 4)

Welcome on my 4th thread.

In the last thread I introduced the digging around 'Fraumünster monestary'. What nobody can see from the outside of this church are the magnificent windows. They were created in 1970 by Marc Chagall. Here some impressions and details:

January

# 1 Die Feuer von Murano by Giuseppe Furno ROOT - 2014 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 stars)
# 2 The Case Of The Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall (4 stars)
# 3 Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie (4 1/2 stars)
# 4 The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry (3 stars)
# 5 Nelson Mandela by Biography Series Member Giveaway (4 stars)
# 6 Beneath The Bleeding by Val McDermid ROOT - 2014 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 1/2 stars)

February

# 7 Even Money by Dick Francis (4 stars)
# 8 The Spy Game by Georgina Harding (4 1/2 stars)
# 9 Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker (4 stars)
#10 L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy ROOT - 2014 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 1/2 stars)
#11 Table For One byDaniel Kelley Member Giveaway (4 1/2 stars)
#12 The Private Patient by PD James ROOT - 2014 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 stars)

March

#13 Continuance by Marta Tandori Member Giveaway (3 stars)
#14 The Lost Diaries Of Adrian Mole, 1999 2001 by Sue Townsend (3 1/2 stars)
#15 Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear (4 stars)
#16 Digital Fortress by Dan Brown ROOT - 2014 Read Our Own Tomes Group (3 1/2 stars)
#17 Blindman's Bluff by Faye Kellerman (4 1/2 stars)
#18 The Infinities by John Banville (4 stars)
#19 Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (4 stars)

Take It or Leave It Challenge

challenges

January

7.: Read a book you received as a present (in-laws/Christmas 2013)
Die Feuer von Murano (2014-01-04)
8.: Read a book that has a glossary
The Case Of The Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall (2014-01-07)
11.: Read a book that has two of something in the title
Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie (2014-01-14)

February

3.: Read a book of short stories
Table For One by Daniel Kelley (2014-02-24)
5.: Read a book that is part of a series
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy (2014-02-23)
9.: Read a book with a polar vortex related word in Chapter
The Spy Game by Georgina Harding
20.: Read a book with an object on the cover that starts with a letter in rolling alphabetical order (note)
Even Money by Dick Francis (2014-02-02)

March

1.: Read a book with a red-lettered title
The Lost Diaries Of Adrian Mole, 1999 2001 by Sue Townsend (2014-03-03)
3.:Read a book with a word in the title that starts with a vowel
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear (2014-03-07)
9.: Read a book whose title's initial letter spells out DAYLIGHT, on a rolling basis
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (2014-03-09)

currently reading



currently listening

Happy new thread, Barbara. Those windows are so beautiful!

Barbara - I agree that those windows are beautiful. I do love stained glass.

Diana, indeed, they are gorgeous.

Just something small (Zürcher Leckerli) for being first.

Rhian, I was always a big fan of stained glass and Marc Chagall and the combination of both is fantastic.

Wow, those windows are fabulous.

Happy new Thread, Barb!

Thanks Connie, indeed they are fabulous and from the outside you never will guess what a gem is inside.

Happy new thread, Barbara! Those windows are truly gorgeous! Wishing for you a weekend full of fabulous!

Hi Barbara- Congrats on the new thread. Love the windows. Simply beautiful. Have a great weekend!

>11 Crazymamie: Mamie and >12 msf59: Mark thanks a lot for stopping by. Indeed, they are beautiful. Happy weekend, too.

Huh. Thoughts of stained glass went out the window when I saw treats! I have a one-track mind. Ok, two. Food and books. Ok, three. Food and books and coffee... :)

Jim, it's great to have you here. As you can see I can provide everybody with a wide range of curiosities. ;-D
I wish you a relaxing weekend.

Oh, lovely windows!

Also, I listened to False Impression a few years ago - I'll be interested to hear what you think of it!

Love the stained glass! Especially that shade of blue. I didn't know that Chagall did stained glass.

>16 scaifea: Amber, so far I like the listening. When I've finished it I'll write my reviw.

>17 cbl_tn: Carrie, Marc Chagall had his glass studio in Reims (France). He has done a lot of stained glass for several churches as in Mayence (Germany), Metz (France) and Jerusalem.

Ah, the Chagall windows, great piece of art. I love his paintings and his illustrations for the Old Testament.

congratulations on your new thread - are there any of the edible books left?

Nice new thread Barbara and the stained glass windows are gorgeous, hope you're having a nice weekend my dear.

O.K. You win hands down in the best thread topper for this month, Barbara.
I'll be interested to hear what you have to say about The Infinities. It's not on my wish list quite yet although I expect it will get there eventually.

Great images to open your new thread, Barbara!

Your comment in your last thread about your scars reminded me of a T-shirt that the hospital I work for is currently selling:



I think it's a quote from a patient: "Scars are a sign of strength, the sign of a survivor."

>20 paulstalder: Paul, thanks a lot. I love Chagall's oeuvres, too. Yes, there are some edible books left.

>21 johnsimpson: Hi John, aren't they beautiful? I wish you a sunny and relaxing Sunday, too. I hope Hannah feels much better.

>22 LizzieD: Peggy, thanks a lot for this lovely compliment. I've read Banville's The Sea a few years ago and I loved it very much. I hope I'll enjoy this one, too. As soon as I've read it, I'll write my review.

>23 kidzdoc: Darryl, this T-shirt is gorgeous and sooooo true. It's a fantastic idea that your hospital has T-shirts with so true quotes. Are there any other quotes which have found there way on T-shirts?

Good morning Barbara from a sunny Walton, nice and warm and I have put the washing out to dry, what a good boy I am.

>28 johnsimpson: John, you are a perfect boy. Isn't it great to put the washing out to dry in the beginning of March? I think that's gorgeous. I hope we'll have a fantastic spring this year, and please not that one from last year.

Here in Zürich it's sunny and warm, too. I think I'll do some reading outdoor today.
Wish you a lovely Sunday, my friend.

My washing is out too! We have a washing mill in the garden. Do you have them too in the UK or in Swiss?

Like this:

We put a permanent tube in the ground. But I could not find the tube's entrance because all the grass had grown over it. Peet had to poke around quite a bit before finding it. But now the clothes are waving in the wind.

>30 connie53: Connie, this rotary clothes dryer has been invented and patent-registered by a Swiss guy called Walter Steiner (* 31. Mai 1921; † 14. April 2009) in 1947. It was first made of wood and hemp ropes. He was the founder of the company Stewi and therefore we call this dryer 'Stewi'.

>30 connie53: I had one of those in the garden of a couple of apartments I lived in. In English we call them an umbrella dryer or an umbrella clothes line.

book 16



This is a typical Dan Brown story. It's very fast-paced, the evil one is an insider and a little romance isn't left out. The key can only be found in the very last second. The story is placed in the USA as well as Spain. The BIG spy machine which is spying on emails, sms and phone calls is infected. To stop the destruction a key has to be found.

The most funniest thing during the reading was that in the book everybody tries to protect the fact that NSA is able to read and listen everything and everywhere. Well, the same exclamation is actually now going around the globe. Presidents all over the world are accusing the USA for spying on their personal phone etc.. Sometimes I have the feeling that most people are really ignoramuses. Why don't they know that all those different communication mediums can be watched.

>31 Ameise1: - >32 cbl_tn: Hahaha, That's funny! I never knew that, Barb.

Learning stuff again!

Connie, that's LT for ;-D

>30 connie53:, that's the type of washing line we have.

>27 Ameise1: Are there any other quotes which have found there way on T-shirts?

Not that I know of, Barbara. I'll stop in the gift shop when I return to work next week and see if it stocks similar T-shirts.

Darryl, that's very kind of you, but do it only if you have time.

>38 Ameise1: That's easy enough for me to do; I pass by the gift shop as I'm leaving and entering the hospital every day, so I can stop there as I leave on Wednesday, the next day that I'll be working.

Thanks Darryl. Hugs xx

>30 connie53: >31 Ameise1: we have one of these, too, But now we have a different stewi, the one we fixed under the balcony, very practical

>24 Ameise1: thanks for the books *mampf, mampf*

Hi Paul, nice to have you here. I'm glad you like the edible books. I wish you a lovely evening.

O.k. here we go with my every Monday's thought:



Who would like to join this club?

Yes! I want to!!

Welcome. I love it this way. Thankfully , there are coming up much more Mondays ;-D

>43 Ameise1: Hahaha I am a member of that group too Barbara. Very observant and true. xx

>43 Ameise1: Hilarious! I truly laughed out loud at that one.

De-lurking to say: >43 Ameise1: LOL! I am already a part of that club, and about to go find dessert. ;-)

I've fallen way behind on threads. To comment on something on your last thread, I'm really glad you enjoyed your first Maisie Dobbs.

>43 Ameise1: 'What do we want? - More books - edible and readable ones
- When do we start? - now

>46 PaulCranswick: Paul, welcome to the group. It's great to have you as a member here

>47 kidzdoc: Darryl, isn't it gorgeous. It made my day when I saw it and there is definitely for me some truth behind it.

>43 Ameise1: *snork!* Love it!

>48 lkernagh: Lori, welcome to the club. Oh yes, some dessert would be marvellous

>49 thornton37814: Lori, good morning. Indeed, I enjoyed the Maisie Dobbs very much. I really do hope, that I can get another one at the library.
I wish you a lovely day

>50 paulstalder: Paul, I ask for yours patience. All the edible books are at home and at the moment I'm at work. Could be tomorrow until those lovely edible books are available because I have a lot of meetings today and won't return home early.

>56 Ameise1: *sigh* (patience, where are you when I need you!!?)

I got a book from a bookmooch-friend in Oslo, today, and she included a bar of Norwegian chocolate! 'Melkesjokolade' Looking forward to try that one. I never had Norwegian chocolate before. :)

>1 Ameise1: Such gorgeous windows Barbara!

>43 Ameise1: I am a card carrying member of this club. Let us elect Lori the president for this year with her brilliant idea of dessert!

>57 paulstalder: :-D

>58 luvamystery65: Roberta, welcome to the club. YES, LORI for PRESIDENT - dessert is a must in this club.

>57 paulstalder: enjoy you melkchocolade reep!

The club is growing fast (As is your thread) Barbara!

Connie, which milk chocolate bar should I enjoy?

Yes, the club is growing fast. Have a nice evening.

Oeps! the one Paul got, Sorry for that! I changed it.

>58 luvamystery65: and >59 Ameise1: Well, not sure about president but dessert is a must! I made a trip to Planet Organic earlier Monday so I had the option of pumpkin cheesecake, spelt carrot cake with walnut and cream cheese frosting or vegan chocolate cake. Healthy and decadent! ;-)

Good morning Barbara from a chilly and dull Walton, hopefully it will brighten up in the next couple of hours.

Hi Barbara, is it another day with many meetings for you?

>63 lkernagh: Lori, there is no need to be President as long as you provide us with such fantastic desserts. :-D

>64 johnsimpson: John, thanks a lot. In the morning it has been chilly but sunny. Now it's beautiful and warm. Waves to you and I hope you enjoy your day.

>65 wilkiec: Diana, good day. I don't have school this afternoon but I'm on the way to my ophthalmologist. I got an emergency appointment because my eyes are suppurating.

Sounds as if you're having an eye infection. Good luck at the opthalmologist!

>68 Ameise1: Barbara, I hope your eyes are OK. Good luck with the appointment. (and I love the stained glass at the top of your thread).

Barbara, those windows are incredibly lovely!

Next Monday. I'm right there with you.

>69 wilkiec: + >70 susanj67: Amber and Susan I just came back from the ophthalmologist. I have pinkeye in both eyes. She gave me antibiotic drops which I have to use three times a day. If it's getting worse then I have to see her again. So, I keep my fingers crossed that it will turn to the better side.

>71 EBT1002: Ellen, I'm glad you like those stained glass.
Ooooo, it's just great that you'll take part in the club, welcome

I'll keep my fingers crossed with you, Barbara.

Glad you got some medication. Hope your eyes are better soon.

>74 wilkiec: / >75 SuziQoregon: Diana and Juli, thanks a lot for your good wishes and thoughts.

Twice a year we do have in Switzerland in Elm (Glarus) a natural phenomenon. In a mountain there is a hole called 'Martinsloch' with a diameter of 15m. Today and six months later, when the sun is raising, it is shining through this hole.

Did you actually go there now? Last autum the weather was lousy, so we were not able to see the sun. We also hiked to the Martinsloch from the other side, from Laax (as seen in the upper picture).

Paul, I had to work so I wasn't able to be in Elm.
I hope you had a lovely day.

At last I have found you, Barbara, and now you are properly starred.

Very very cool the Elm sun window!

Barbara how horrible that you have pinkeye in both eyes. Here is some Texas wildflowers to sooth your sight.

Oh, Pinkeye! You poor thing! I hope you feel better soon!

Beautiful stained glass, Barbara.

Sorry about the pink eye - Hope it clears up quickly for you.

>80 sibylline: Lori, welcome to my thread. Yes, this sun spectacle is gorgeous.

>81 luvamystery65: Roberta, thank you very much for those fantastic wildflowers meadow. It is so beautiful.

>82 scaifea: Amber, my ophthalmologist told me that a lot of people have pink eye at the moment, so I'm not the only one.

>83 jnwelch: Joe, the stained glass are indeed fantastic. I love Chagall's works very much and those are a masterpiece.
I've got antibiotic drops for my eyes and they help so far.

At 5pm USA EST time a readathon will start and I join it. Here is the thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/171479. Perhaps there are some more to join in?

>77 Ameise1: Beautiful photos! I'd love to see it in person.

I hope your pink eye clears up soon. I had the viral kind about 2 1/2 years ago and it was pretty miserable for a few days. I came down with it on a Saturday. By the time I got to the ophthalmologist on Tuesday it was already beginning to clear up. He gave me a prescription just in case he was wrong, but I ended up not needing to fill it.

Pink eye is not fun. I've only had it a couple of times. My current plague is the beginning of athlete's foot. Fortunately, I had some of the medication to put on it right away so the spot where it was trying to form never got big. It's almost clear. I just have to keep putting the medication on it for a couple of weeks so it doesn't recur.

>86 cbl_tn: Carrie, thanks a lot for stopping by. I'm glad that you like this natural phenomenon. It is something special.
The atibiotic drops help very much. It doesn't hurt and I haven't anymore the feeling that something is in my eyes.

I wish you happy reading during our readathon.

>87 thornton37814: Oh Lori, that sounds terrible. I'm glad you have the right medication for your foot issue. It is something that needs patience. Get well soon, dear friend.

book 17



This was a very gripping reading. A tycoon, his wife and some of the staff are murdered whereas his sons and other members of the staff got badly injured. It looked like it was an inside affair but because most people of the household were dead or injured, it made it difficult for Peter Decker and his team to find the solution of this case. It was the way how to solve this puzzle which gave me the eagerness and therefore I had to read it straight through. There were such a lot of twists and turns that it kept me guessing until the very last page.

Barbara, it's good to hear that your eyes are feeling better, particularly with a readathon happening! Have a great time.

Hi Barb!!! I'm just getting so behind on threads. But why did I miss the pinkeye and suppurating stuff! I hope it wil get better soon!

Hugs.

>91 susanj67: Susan, I enjoy the readathon very much. Yesterday evening my eyes were a bit sorely, but now it's fine.

>92 connie53: Connie, Nice to have you here. Never mind in catching up with all those threads, you had other priorities. My pinkeye is getting better due to the antibiotic drops. Hugs xx

I hope you have a wonderful week, Barbara!

We have some cool Chagall windows at the Art Institute of Chicago, Barbara:



Hope your week is a good one.

Hi Barbara, hope you had a good weekend my dear, how are the clan.

How are the eyes doing, Barb? It's so awkward to have eye problems. I hope it gets better every day!

Hej Barbara, hope your eyes are better now. I joined the readathon but didn't get far - too many other things to do, maybe next time I can take more time for reading.

>95 jnwelch: I like Chagall's work

I wanted to join to, but it was a short one and it was allready ending. So next time!

Barbara, Many thanks for posting the wonderful images. It is lunch time and I am enjoying the sheer joy of taking a break while looking at magnificent art work.

>94 EBT1002: Ellen, thanks a lot. It will be a busy one. Today I had meetings after school til two hours ago. Tomorrow I see my physiotherapist after school, ouch only the thought of it hurts ;-). On Wednesday at noon I'll go to my skin doctor and in the afternoon ?m at the universitiy, because my students will start next Monday. I hope from Thursday on it will be less stress.

I wish you a lovely stress-free week.

>95 jnwelch: Ooooooo Joe, those windows are beautiful and adorable. Thank a lot for posting them.
*smooch*

>96 johnsimpson: John, we are busy as always. Marina had a tough weekend with a lot of rehearsing with her youth orchestra. On the 29th of March they'll have a big concert. Her best friend is since a week at the hospital because she has got a collapsed lung. Therefore is Marina as often as possible visiting her. Isabelle moved in with her boyfriend. They are living close to Lucerne where she is studying.

I hope at your front everything is good. Hugs for Karen and you. xx

>97 connie53: >99 connie53: >98 paulstalder:: Connie and Paul, thanks my eys are getting better. I still need the antibiotic drops but reduced them of taking twice a day. I could do quite a lot of reading over the weekend (8.75 hours) and I enjoyed every minute.

I wish you both a lovely week.

i wish the same to you, Barb!! So far, so good.

>100 Whisper1: Linda, thanks for stopping by. I'm glad that you like all those arts and that they give you some pleasure. I wish you a lovely week. Here in Zürich it's already spring and the temperatures are very close to summer.

>105 connie53: Thanks Connie :-D

#90 This is going on my TBR pile!

Hi Barbara- Just checking in. Hope the week is going well.

>108 Hanneri: Hanneri, I'm glad that I could inspire you. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I have.

>109 msf59: Mark, thanks a lot for this lovely picture. I would like to be just this girl. Unfortunately, I've to wait until Friday evening before I'm able to relax like the young lady.
I hope you have a stress-free week and spring is coming finally up at your place.

Good thing you were able to keep on reading!

>111 sibylline: Lucy, it's nice to see you here. Indeed, the readathon weekend was a fabulous excuse to tell everybody that I have only time for reading ;-D.
I wish you a lovely week and congrats for your gorgeous daughter, you must be very proud.

I am so pleased that your eyes are getting better Barbara. Your week sounds very busy but it will make the weekend even nicer to enjoy.

>113 luvamystery65: So TRUE, Roberta. I hope you have a stress-free week and get some reading time.

Hi Barb! Hectic days al over! So just saying hi!

Hi Connie, I hope there are coming some more relaxing days. Hugs

Goodness! I've gone from symptoms through pink-eye with you all in one afternoon. Hope you're very much better and that this week is going well with more reading time than you expected.
And I'd love one of those edible books, please.

Peggy, my eyes are much better. I still use those antibiotic drops but much less then in the beginning.
Here we go with some edible books :-)

>118 Ameise1: Oh my, I love those edible books, Barbara! They're so well done, I'm not sure I could eat one. I'd be trying to figure out some way to save the book part.

>119 jnwelch: Joe, for eating special things (mostly sweets) where I won't ruin a very special part of it, I acquired a kind of a technique to nosh around it. So, please help yourself with one of this edible books an try to eat it, so that the book won't be ruined. :-D

No wonder I hadn't seen any posts from you, it's a "new" thread! *smooch*

Good morning Rdear, it's lovely that you found your way over to here. *smooch*

Hi Barb, havev a nice day!

Hi Barbara, I hope you're eyes continue to heal.

>118 Ameise1: Those edible books are delightful, Barbara!!

I'm joining the list of well-wishers for quick-healing eyes.

>123 connie53:, >124 wilkiec:, >125 EBT1002: Connie, Diana, Ellen It's the first day that I didn't take the antibiotic drops and so far it works fine. I hope it will stay this way.

Today at noon I visited my dermatologist. She removed the threads of the sutures. The pathological findings are very good. The biopsies are negative and it looks also good for that part which they took out from the thigh. They were able to remove everything. Eureka! At the moment I don't have to worry and can wait until the next attack.
In my thenar there is a spot which doesn't look so nicly. I got new ointments and we hope that in three weeks it will be vanished, otherwise they'll take a biopsy.

Eureka! Life could be much more worse!

Barbara - great to hear your eyes are better.

Yay for negative biopsies!

Juli, thanks a lot. Am I not a lucky girl? :-D

Yay! You deserve every bit of this luck, Barbara. Great news.

Thanks Joe, I'm something like over the moon :-D

Brava!!

Rdear *smooch* xx

Splendid news, Barbara!

Thanks Darryl. Enjoy London! Hugs

Good morning everybody. I took this photo at 6.30 am. Our forsythia is in full bloom.

Good afternoon Barbara, your Forsythia looks lovely, I must take a photo of my Camellia's before they start to die back.

Good evening John, unfortunately the forsythia wasn't illuminated by the sun at 6.30 am. Half an houre later the colours in the photo would have been gorgeous but then I was on my way to school.
Oh yes, please, I would like to see a photo of your camellia's.

Wow, Barb, That is such great news!! I hope you celebrated in a good way!!

Sorry to see this just now. Wednesday is the day i visit my brother so no time to keep up with everybody!! And still catching up!!!

Never mind, Connie. You are here and that's great. Yes, I'm very HAPPY. Hugs xx

hugs back! and Happy for you

smooch

Barbara, that's great news, congratulations! xx

>135 Ameise1: Nice!

>135 Ameise1: That is a pretty impressive speciman, Barbara. Hope that the Queen of Gifs will have a splendid weekend as I strive to catch up and then keep up.

>143 kidzdoc: & >144 PaulCranswick: Darryl and Paul, it is beautiful, indeed, especially when it's a rainy day then we have something like a big lantern in our garden. If it's a sunny day then it is just gorgeous.

Hi Barb, the forsythia is gorgeous. We have one too, but the flowers are not that big yet.

Connie, it is a special exemplar. Nobody in the neighbourhood has one like this.

I believe you in a second!

Hi Barbara, thanks for the inspiring thought for some artwork.

John, you're welcome. When you have done some sketchs than I would feel very honored to see them. Hugs xx

*Happy weekend wave*

Thank you, Diana. *waves*

Happy weekend, Barbara!

Thank a lot, Connie. The rain has arrived here in the morning. I wish you a lovely weekend, too.

book 18



That was a very interesting reading. It's something like the old Greek mythology but put into nowadays. The patriarch had a stroke and is dying. He isn't able to speak anymore and he won't contact his family or his visitor with his eyes, but he thinks, or is he dreaming, that he can fully understand everybody and knows what is going on in his house. All family members and two strangers are returning home. Each of them has their own problems which are related to each other or which are in use from no person other than the Greek gods Zeus and Hermes. Hermes is the narrator of this story and takes only small influence in this plot whereas his father Zeus, like in the old Greek mythology, is begetting a child with one of the characters. During this story everybody is telling his view of the relationship to each other and that he is searching for sympathy from the others. Sometimes I've got the feeling that everybody is very self-seeking and that there isn't much empathy for others.

Wish you a pleasant Sunday

Thanks Paul, the same to you, too. :-D

Have a nice Sunday, Barbara!

Thanks Connie, the same to you too. :-D

Our Swiss guy Fäbu (Fabian) Cancellara is second in the Milano - San Remo race. Well done!

Lovely to think of your wash blowing in the wind! We are still far far far from that with snow over a foot deep where my laundry line is (just attached to trees and various things).

Also the forsythia...... our bushes haven't even begun to flush a little with sap. Dormancy continues.

Lucy, I'm sorry to hear that you are still in deep winter. I hope that spring will come soon at your place. :-D

H, Barbara! I hope you've had a wonderful weekend!

Hi Barbara!

I love hanging laundry on the line. I know those days will come, soon enough.
I sometimes have a glass of white wine (New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc) on the table by the clothesline. It makes this "chore" even better.

I'm ready for summer.

Hi Barb. How is the weather doing with you? Here still rainy and windy. And certainly not suited for hanging laundry on the line!

>163 scaifea: Amber, I had a wonderful weekend with a lot of reading.

>164 EBT1002: Ellen, the temperatures have dropped, so there is no laundry on the line at the moment. During the night we've frost and the maximum during the day is around 8C. Last week we had temperatures like early summer. For next weekend it looks like early summer will be back. :-D

Today, we were at the pass office to get our new passports. Well, to be accurate, they took the pictures, fingerprints and signatures, We were aloud to pay (a lot) and now we can wait two weeks until they'll arrive.

Even though we already have spring, the leaves of the trees can't be seen. So the picture below gives an more or less accurate view of my side-face ;-)

>167 Ameise1: nice hair-do :)

>168 paulstalder: Isn't it? And it's so ageless. I just love it

It's a great picture

Great picture indeed!

>170 paulstalder:, >171 connie53: Paul & Connie, and it has a lot of similarity to me. ;-D

MAN, the worst animal :-(( Watch the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGMYdalClU

I prefer the tree....

So true, Paul. Me too.

Love it!! Stole it!

Connie, I saw it on a friend's FB. It's a very sad video, but unfortunately it's so true :-((

Beginning of Baselworld 2014

Wow, so beautiful. Thank you very much, Paul. :-D

Hi Barbara- Midweek check in. I hope everything is going well and you are reading a lovely book.

Hooray for negative biopsies! My ma uses that topical chemo on her "places" all the time.
Hooray for blooming forsythia! Ours is also blooming in NC; some trees are beginning to bud; the pines' seed pods are about to burst. (When they do, we'll have inch-deep chartreuse pollen everywhere for a couple of weeks.)

>180 msf59: Hi Mark, I'm fine, thanks a lot. The temperatures had dropped but it's still spring. I'm currently reading Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris. It's my first paranormal, shapeshifters book which I'm reading and so far I like it.

I hope you're fine, too and spring will finally arrive at your place.

>181 LizzieD: Hi Peggy! Over here in Switzerland many kind of trees are in full bloom and a lot of allergic persons have problems with pollen (eyes, nose, throat and breathing).

At our local library a wood sculptor has exposed some of his 'book' sculptures. Here two examples which I took from a flyer.

>184 Ameise1: Beautiful!

Isn't it, Diana? I wish you alovely day. :-D

Look like heavy chunksters

Indeed, and I'm very curious what kind of stories they are telling ;-D

>184 Ameise1: Ooh, neat!

>187 paulstalder: Paul: *snork!*

Good morning Amber, isn't it? :-D

Good afternoon Barbara, I am sneakily writing this whilst Hannah is eating a bit of chocolate and watching Thomas the Tank Engine.

Oh John, 'Thomas the Tank Engine' was our favourite of the little stories. Thomas and me loved them when we were a child but our daughters as well. It's a real classic, can't be topped. :-D

We had a lovely hour or so watching Thomas before it was time to take the little angel home.

Love those carved books! He is talented.

Yes, he is. I've seen other sculptures which he made.
Lori, I wish you a fantastic day.

Oh, those sculptures are great! I'm afraid the writing would be a tad wooden though .....

Peggy, and the page turning more than ever . . .

Today we had the author Brigitte Werner (Germany) at our school. She read from her story 'Kabulski and Zilli' for the pupils 1 to 3 grade. She is a very interesting person. I went out for lunch with her and we had an exciting chat.

>197 Ameise1: that's creepy!!!

Hi Barb, I love those sculptures in >184 Ameise1: Really beautiful!

Ohh, having lunch with an author sound very exciting!

Connie, it shows what you can do with photomontage. Hugs xx

>198 Ameise1:: Ooof, I agree with Connie - creepy! Ha!

>199 connie53:: But Ms. Werner is lovely! Those eyes! And how neat that you could have a chat with her!

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend, Barbara! (And, gosh, sorry about all of the exclamation marks - I'm a bit over-excited this morning, I suppose...)

Happy Weekend, Barbara! Hope you can find some reading time.

>197 Ameise1: What Connie said, yikes.

How great to have the author to school and then lunch.

If you could choose from any writers alive or dead (assuming you can climb into some sort of time machine) who would be your picks as dinner companions. Oscar Wilde and Dylan Thomas would be high on my own lists.

Have a lovely weekend.

book 19



This was my first paranormal shapeshifter's story and before I started to read it, I wasn't sure if I'll like it. Now, I've to admit that it was a magnificent reading with a lot to giggle. In some way it reminds me of the Stephanie Plum's serie. Both main female characters have got the same attitude of solving a mystery as well as a complicated love life.

In this story Sookie is confronted with an old family feud as well as to be wedded to a vampire. Luckily she has got a lot of friends within the vampires and the shifters but also from the good fairies which are helping her to solve the puzzle as well as to protect her life.

>201 scaifea: Hi Amber! Never mind with all those exclamation marks, I don't have any problems with them. >197 Ameise1: it is a little bit weird but it's great what you can do with photomontage.
Happy Weekend to you, too.

>202 msf59: Mark, I definitely snitch some reading time this weekend, even though I'll be at Marina's concert this evening and tomorrow we'll lose an hour (turning into summer time). Have a lovely weekend, too.

>203 PaulCranswick: Paul, every year it's me who is organising author's readings at our school. There are a lot of benefits for myself as choosing whom I would like to meet personally, buying all books this author has written and read it first hand before they go to the school library. Having lunch and long chats with those authors etc.. As you can see I'm a very lucky girl and everybody at our school (teachers and pupils) are always very happy with my choice.

Have a wonderful weekend, Barbara!

Thanks a lot, Diana, the same to you, too. :-D

Another YIKES from me too. ---I confess that I first mistook your author for Lilly Tomln. Sorry!
I really came by to say thank you for the weekend roses. Thank you!

Hi Peggy, you're welcome. Ms Werner is a fantastic lady and our chat was gorgeous.

Hi Barbara, I hope you have a lovely sunday and your saturday was a nice one. If the weather is anything like here you will have lots of sun!!

Connie, we do jave a lot of sun and temperatures around 20C. It should last until Thursday.

I just came back from Marina's concert with her youth band. It was a fantastic evening, especially the Big Band part I liked most.
Thomas is at Isabelle's scout family evening. He isn't back yet.
It's a pity that both events were at the same time.

Hi Barbara - too bad both the events were at the same time but glad you enjoyed the banc concert.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

Well, she's not Lily Tomlin, but P and I are seeing Lily Tomlin at the 5th Avenue Theater in June....

Hi Barbara! I hope you are doing well!

Happy Sunday, Barbara!

Great idea, the trunk carved into books. I like even better the huge tree itself in the earlier photo.

>213 SuziQoregon: Hi Juli, yes indeed, in the first place we felt sad that we weren't able to see both events but in the aftermath of yesterday evening we are able to discuss it over and over and it's fascinating to listen about the stories which one hasn't undergone.

>214 EBT1002: Ellen, sometimes the similarity of persons is funny and the mistaken identity which follow from it can be amusing.

I'm fine, thanks and we have another wonderful warm spring day.

>215 richardderus: Rdear, it's always a pleasure to have you here. Happy Sunday to you, too.

>216 sibylline: Lucy, I love trees in all various forms and meanings. It's always great fun to detect something new or special.

Happy sunday, Barbara!

>219 connie53: Happy Sunday to you, too.

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