{My ROZALEA® CORAL PINK birthday gift}

For creating a feeling of spring, inside your home, there is nothing better than live plants! So glad we got windowsills installed in our kitchen and veranda. They're made out of white Corian. In Europe it is quite common to have wide windowsills installed.

From Maria Runggaldier, Lady Chef at Ristorante da Maria ← (click it)  and her husband Heinz, I received this beauty for my birthday. Having had a delicious five course authentic Italian dinner at their restaurant first, made me feel like being pampered by dear friends.

Today I captured the full blooms of this incredible Rozalea® in Coral Pink.

Don't you agree that it is a BEAUTY?

Sunshine does even add to this Rozalea® Coral Pink; it makes one's mood so happy!

Thank you Heinz & Maria for such a perfect gift; the planter is gorgeous too!

Grazie Mille!!! As they would say in Italy...

They do resemble real roses...

{WONDERFULLY FRAGRANT SWEETNESS DAFFODILS}

Only one shy Sweetness daffodil started blooming earlier this week, but look, now we got already a vase full of these wonderully fragrant Sweetness daffodils!

The very first one and its family members...

They perfume the air and are a sure forebode of spring!

{25th Anniversary for Pieter with American Airlines!}

Pieter has reached another milestone; literally this time! For flying 25 years with American Airlines. They did send him a very nice recognition.

American Airlines launched the world's first frequent flyer program in 1981!
Visit American Airlines on Facebook: AAdvantage ← click it!
You should participate in their Mileage Junkie game for Dream Destinations, see below.

Pieter scored high; it is listed on his Facebook page. Tomorrow I have to try it too...

Pieter has traveled to more countries than I have. Only since 1989 when we worked always together as consultants, I accumulated lots of miles as well.

Let me cite some interesting writing from April 30, 1993 from our local newspaper, written by columnist Bo Whaley who was 'Uncle Bo' for me.

 He wrote about Pieter having become a New Citizen of the United States on Friday, April 23.

Uncle Bo injected a note written by me:

"So that's it. Last night I slept for the first time with an American! It feels great, just as I expected it to be."

 Can you guess how much my "Flying Dutchman" was up there flying all over the world in those 10 years since we came to America?
A total of 784,706 miles, or more than 31 times around the world.
Roughly this means 1,256 hours or 31 weeks. (Like being part-time divorced).
I often joined Pieter up there, though I started out too late and never caught up with him.
My score was "only" 338,221 miles, roughly 541 hours or 13½ weeks of "marriage" up there with him.
Now they cut back on my "wing" time, too, I join him on all flights.
And my favorite song is "I Will Follow Him Wherever He May Go."... just click to see André Rieu in Maastricht, the capital of my Province of birth perform.
Very true so far!