29 Apr 2011

FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE



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1. I finally managed to give a mini birthday party for Mr. G's 70th birthday. On his birthday 3 weeks ago, I was sick and when I came back from France for Easter, he was sick. This was then on Easter Monday where our best friends and neighbors came over for a glass of Champagne. It was the first day he felt a little better.



He was very happy with a new Ferrari for his collection and the Tiramisu Dominique had prepared for him.



She even managed to make a 70 with the candles !

2. Two days before I left France my camera fell out of Claudie's car when I opened the door of and the screen was broken.



It was quiet new only 3 years old and had been working so good. I was really sad. It had accompagnied me through Turkey, Morocco and Egypt, the UK and all other excursions I did and now I had to say good bye.

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As soon as the shops were open again after Easter I bought a new one, nearly the same, with a little more capacity and options, even smaller as my previous already small one, and very handy, ideal for my paparazzi purposes. Now I have to get used to the new one. Fortunately I had a spare camera so I could continue to take pictures, while I was on holidays, but they are not so good of course.

4. I was very busy with all the photos I had taken in Southern France to sort them out and put them into folders, and after 2 weeks of school holidays my painting class started again, but I have to admit that we didn't paint very much because we had too much to chat about our 2 weeks holidays.

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and today I will be here, watching THE wedding on TV, the report is starting at 9 am our time which is 8 am in London.

14 comments:

  1. That was funny These kids sure did a nice job Modern Prince and Princess a breath of fresh air.


    HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR G!!!
    MANY LONG, HEALTHY and HAPPY YEARS TO YOU.:)

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  2. Happy Birthday Mr. G--celebrating with champagne would make me feel better too! That Royal Wedding video was pretty funny!

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  3. I've been up since 4 AM watching the BBC. I love her gown. It is so beautiful, without being too much!

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  4. Happy belated birthday to your husband!

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  5. I'm so glad Mr. G. finally felt good enough for a celebration! Happy belated birthday to him! I've seen that video and it really is funny! Can hardly wait to see Kate's gown.
    Happy Day to you!

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  6. I'm having a wonderful time visiting the meme posts this week. Thank you for sharing yours.

    My family just bought me a new camera for an early Mother's Day gift - a little Canon PowerShot. I have so much to learn, compared to my last one, but I'm attached to it, already. I plan to stop back and see pics posted, taken with your little acquisition. =)

    Continued blessings to you and yours,

    PK
    http://kneedeepingrace.com/2011/04/fridays-fave-five-104/

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  7. Lots of news in this post, Gattina. Hardly know what to say.
    So glad Mr. G is feeling better (and you, too — I didn't realize you'd been sick).
    Your new camera looks cute. I'm sure you'll be doing well with it in no time. And I didn't see any loss of quality with your spare camera in the South of France, either!
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  9. oh so sorry about the old camera,yes that camera did a really good job.. hopefully the new one will be even better!

    belated happy birthday to mr. g! glad to know he became healthy to at least drink a glass of champagne..

    nope i was not able to go to brussels last year - that photo on my blog was i think 5 or 6 years ago. i might go this year with my mom visiting from asia but probably just driving through and

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  10. Sorry to hear about your camera but it's a good excuse to get a new one. Hope Mr G is feeling better now.

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  11. I hope you enjoy your new camera. There's always a "breaking-in" period when you have to relearn the equipment but I'll bet you will be pleased with it. You are lucky that you were able to view the wedding at such a normal hour. Over here, the coverage started at 4 a.m. I slept through it, unfortunately.

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  12. happy belated Birthday to Mr. G. I enjoyed your post and photos. I watched the wedding on my computer, everything looked beautiful.

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  13. loved the video! happy birthday to your hubby and sounds like you had quite the week! cute little camera!!

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  14. How nice! I'm very quick to add a toast with champagne for his belated birthday :-P

    I love the Ferrari, red and all! Mr L want a 1957 Corvette Stingray, red and white, but for real. We bought a tiny one in the toy store at our summer island last year. He has to be satisfied with that one for now. *giggles*

    Oh no, your camera! Such a bad luck. I hope the new one is better at least then.

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