{Our Camellia Japonica Pink Perfection}

One more of Our Camellia blossoms I love to share with you. This time it is our Camellia Japonica Pink Perfection. One cannot have enough of these pink beauties in any winter garden! We certainly do enjoy them. 

Such a beauty and even the bud is looking very pretty.

There is someone hiding on that pink petal... probably that very insect ate from the leave?

Kind of folding the lower petals backwards...
No fragrance - only pure beauty!

Very romantic flower for winter time!
Thanks to Paola from the blog Laboratorio di Zia Polly for mentioning the romantic book, ballet and movie:
THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS or LA DAME AUX CAMÉLIAS by Alexandre Dumas

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{SUNSHINE as a Perfect Birthday Gift}

My Birthday was a very happy day and it was full of SUNSHINE. That made it already a Perfect Birthday Gift, considering the dreary, cold and rainy day that followed... Our foster-daughter Anita in Indonesia did Skype us via video call before breakfast time; that was a nice gift to see her beautiful face and smile in front of us. When we were reading our mail and had a cup of coffee with chocolate, our Liz called from Rotterdam in The Netherlands. With the iPhone in front of us, we could again chat via Skype video call. How times have changed for the better in communication! Lots of phone calls from family and friends. We also did go outside and I did snip off our only two Ehrlicheer daffodils that were blooming. We have almost no daffodil blooms this year; very sad... only leaves but no buds. But at least one Baccarat  perfume bottle could be filled with them, together with the two from a previous day. 

Happy at the dinner table with friends...

Happy with daughter Anita calling via Skype video before breakfast...

Happy with daughter Liz making a Skype video call and her singing happy birthday together with her Dad...

We started off with some Fog in the early morning but the forecast was excellent.

By 2:29 PM it was 78°F or 25°C Real Feel ~ what a Birthday gift with lots of SUNSHINE...

See the BLUE SKY? Smelling my two stems of Ehrlicheer daffodils; they are so fragrant!

Wearing my Escada jeans and Escada cotton cropped black sweater.

Also Escada shoes...

Frontal view of 62 year old me...

Happy day!

In-between telephone calls and such, I did manage to make some Tom Yam Koeng Thai soup with fresh Georgia shrimps and served with brown rice as a full meal.

Tiramisu for dessert with coffee...

Using my French Le Jacquard Français placemats and napkins and Baccarat crystal.

French Gien Rose soup bowls with Alvin Bridal Rose gumbo spoons...

Happily eating some of my tiramisu... sugar for a Birthday is allowed!

It felt great to be with dear friends at table...

Grateful for another year being added!

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{My Hand Knitted Vest}

Since it is winter and we are wearing our woolen sweaters and such, I like to show you My Hand Knitted Vest. On January 20, I did wear it for the photo so you can see it on my blog...

Wearing my hand knitted vest with my English woolen tweed suit from Planet.co.uk

Husband Pieter did buy this suit for me in London, many years ago when he was by himself and it still fits perfect!

The entire Planet suit.

Worn with a  Laurèl silk blouse and Escada shoes and +Wolford pantyhose, both from the Outlet at Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in New York State. 

 There also is a Wolford Outlet at Orlando Premium Outlets at Vineland Ave. 

Also at Sawgrass Mills Outlets - 1700 Sawgrass Mills Circle -  33323 Sunrise, FL 

This classic tweed suit does have a dark brown velvet collar.

Jacket off and showing you my A-line skirt with the hand knitted vest...

Tiggy-Tiger girl sitting on the Wood Trail.

The vest has cables knit into the front and back. Also a mice tooth edging and knitted-in button holes.

Detail from the cables, two fine ones with a broad one in the center. You also can see the button holes and buttons with mice tooth edging all around vest. 

This is the back, with three of those cable rows knitted in.

Very practical it reads on the side, it was in the Anna Burda, February 1983.

Another classic pattern.

Click here on pink hyperlink: → Cable Vest for the Pdf.

Pattern is in Dutch but with some explaining and clear knitting example that will be easy to follow, also some translation of key words.

Do you love to knit cable patterns?

I know, there are two blog-ladies whom I admire for their knitting of sweaters and such: Anett from Fadenstille  and Marlies from Bergzauber stricken. Can't compete with them!

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