Showing posts with label red things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label red things. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Ruby Tuesday, Silvia's Paintings, February 22, 2011

My friend, Silvia, has a collection of wonderful paintings.  I photographed three of
these for my Ruby Tuesday offering today.










There is hardly an inch of wall in her home that isn't covered with art of some kind.  I
always enjoy being there!

I am participating in Ruby Tuesday - check out the site and join in the fun!




I want to take a moment here to thank the beautiful Dulce, who lives in the Canary
Islands, off the mainland coast of northwest Africa. I've cruised in the area but have
not had the pleasure of stopping there.  I would so love to meet Dulce who writes the
most amazing poetry on her blog, My Duality.  She has given me a "Stylish Blogger"
award and with that I understand I am supposed to let you know five things about
myself.  Well, in a couple of other awards, I believe I've told all and there is nothing
else to say. 

I'll give it a try, though.

1.  I went to a Catholic boarding school in north Alabama, about 150 miles from home
     for my first year of high school.  I had a scholarship.  It was run by the Benedictine nuns
     ( very strict ) and I lived in a dorm with ten other girls.  Camilla Livingston ( now Camilla
     Arthur, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama ) slept next to me and, to this day ( over fifty years later ),
     we are still the closest of friends!  She lives in Marietta, Georgia and we continue to see
     each other but not nearly as often as we wish.

2.  When I was a student nurse in New Orleans, during Mardi Gras, I challenged a sailor to a
      raw oyster eating contest.  I finished six dozen - he gave up at five dozen.  I could have
      probably eaten another dozen.

3.  My first cocktail was a sloe gin fizz. 

4.  I know everyone thinks this is gross but, when I die, I want to be cremated, and my ashes
     put in film cannisters ( I hope I've saved enough for my large body since no one uses film
     anymore ) and I want my friends, whenever they travel to take a cannister and send me flying
     about all over the world!  I am REALLY serious.  That's what I would like.

5.  My favorite confection is marzipan.  It doesn't need to be made into cute little fruits or
     anything ... I'll just eat a stick of the stuff.

I think I'm supposed to give this award to five people.  I know some folks don't like
receiving awards so, sorry, don't be offended.  You needn't do a thing.  I just like your
blogs and it's my way of saying so!

1.  Icy BC at Dances of Dreams

2.  Indrani at Frozen Moments

3.  Mountain Woman at Red Pine Mountain