3 Sept 2010

FRIDAY's FAVE 5



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1. I really can't say that this week had any favorite days, autumn is in the air and I don't like this at all. On top it rained and it was cold, just to stay inside and remain under cover. But I went to Ikea, just for a little walk, and came back with bedsheets, nothing very exciting.

2. I had to say good bye to the women who were with me in the acqua gym group during the school holidays, next monday I will start with a new group and go there every monday.


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I also mowed my little piece of lawn and stuck some fake flowers in the pots becaused the petunias with all that rain are almost dead !



3. We had a real snail invasion and I have so many snail shells in all forms and shapes, that I am thinking about selling them on Ebay to snail shell collectors ! The once you see here, were in and around our mailbox only ! I killed them with a special product.

4. As nearly every week I went with a girlfriend to my favorite Thai restaurant and we had a delicious meal.



We had the daily lunch plate but you have the choice of 6 different plates. I always take the same, noodles with beef and chicken and take away an extra plate for Mr. G to eat for supper, that's practical, I don't have to cook and he loves it.

5. The rest of my time I spent photo hunting with my little digital camera, and then with the photos on my computer. When I think that I never liked to take pictures, because I was too lazy to buy a film, put it in, pay attention that the first shot was right, run to the shop to get it developped, wait for a week to be disappointed by the result and had to pay a lot of money.



Arthur is tired of playing my model

Now I take at least 3 times the same picture, do more then 100 at one time, delete what I don't like and keep the others on my computer ! What a wonderful invention !

16 comments:

  1. Autumn is really kicking in, isn't it? I think one can even smell it!
    Ikea is fun, even if you don't need much. That snail invasion is really something, so you're an official snail killer now?
    Have a great wekend Gattina!

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  2. Plastic flowers are a great way to recover a tired flower box and makes a flower box bright.

    I don't know of the snails on etsy, lol. You would want to make sure that there weren't any critters in them when you shipped them. I like putting them around the garden edges, I pick a bag of them from the beach time to time (empty) and toss them into the garden.
    Have a good weekend

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  3. Ah... what a big yawn! I used to kill snails pestering my potted ferns by sprinkling salt on them. Happy weekend!

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  4. It's about time you came to Africa again, Gattina. Plenty of heat and sunshine here! I bet you can't wait. Meanwhile, you posted very interesting photos. Back home I pick up all live snails after a rain shower and place them off the driveway in the flowerbeds. Crazy I know. Everyone else I know kills them! I love Arthur's yawn: is the wooden cat his prop? LOL! Yes, I agree about digital: I take HUNDREDS of photos, upload them onto the computer, delete ruthlessly and keep what I like. Wonderful invention, yes. Have a lovely weekend. Jo

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  5. We haven't felt much like autumn here -- it hasn't been quite so hot, but it hasn't been cool either.

    I love fake flowers for touches of color. They're a lot more realistic looking than they used to be.

    I so love digital cameras -- I agree, such a wonderful invention!

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  6. Woah - that IS a lot of snails! Wowee!

    I like what you did with your yard though.

    Happy FFF!

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  7. Oh yes! DIGITAL has made us ALL professional photographers! LOL!

    You had a horrible snail problem LAST YEAR too! I remember that! I have yet to ever find ONE in my yard. You probably have to actually have living plants or something to attract them...

    Can you believe I have never had Thai food? I'm going to have to make a project of this.

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  8. I love my digital camera too!

    We had a cool week last week too but now it's quite a bit hotter. The nights though are getting quite cold so I know fall is getting here.

    Those are some cool snail shells. We don't have snails around here.

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  9. Those are some beautiful snails!

    I went to IKEA this week too and all I bought this time was finger puppets for my granddaughter. :)

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  10. I love having a favorite place to go and going frequently, like your Thai place. But I also love to try new places.

    Love the bored cat :)

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  11. I can't believe the size of those snails!

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  12. Here it is always summer and even we must be very careful with our forest as it didn't rain since a long time. Arthur is adorable! I'm so lazy and tired like him after a week at school!!!

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  13. I'm not too happy about the fall weather, either. Wish it could be summer all year - but then, I'd have to move for that, I guess.

    Those snail shells are beautiful. So many variations.

    I, too, love the invention of the digital camera! Except I took lots of photos on film....now, with digital.....there are so many photos I don't know what to do with them! (And that's after dumping the rejects)

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  14. I'm with you! I think digital cameras are fantastic inventions. Can't say I care for the arrival of cold weather either. Those snails are something. I have seen slugs in our garden but never snails in our area. What a collection! Have a great week, Gattina!

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  15. We used to have snails but I put baking soda and beer outside and they all died.
    As for heat.... today was really hot.

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  16. Those snail shells are so pretty. Now that we are digital I take zillions of pictures too.

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