{Golden Silk Spider - Charlotte's Cousin}

One more time I like to show you some pictures of our Golden Silk Spider. Even more so because my husband Pieter is momentarily reading his Nook-book: 'The Story Of Charlotte's Web' and that made me think of our Golden Silk Spider as Charlotte's Cousin! Are you afraid of spiders or are you in awe of their webs like I am?

These Golden Silk Spiders sure are fascinating!

See the MALE?

He is so tiny, at the top left...

Look at their web!

They use dry, tough and sticky threads for building their huge webs.

Through the book: 'The Story of Charlotte's Web' Pieter did learn more about how they manage to bridge their web over such a vast distance.

We had several of them in September but now they seem to have disappeared.

Those females die after they lay their eggs so probably their life's cycle has been fulfilled...

Related links:
{Our Golden Silk Spider aka Giant Wood Spider} | previous post by me
Charlotte A Cavatica: Bloodthirsty, Wise and True 
Barn Spider | for A. Cavaticus

{French Côté Bastide FLEURS D'ORANGER Toilet Water, Bath and Shower Gel}

If there is ONE blossom that is like pure perfume, it is the Orange Blossom or in French: FLEURS D'ORANGER! No wonder that the people from the renown French Côté Bastide company have used it in their line of products for years on end.

• Do you love to enjoy a bubble bath in the fall and winter time? 
• What is YOUR favorite flower for fragrance?

Here they are together in the sunlight...

Côté Bastide FLEUR D'ORANGER Gel Moussant or Bath & Shower Gel and Eau de Toilette or Toilet Water

It is such a heavenly scent!

When our orange tree (in a pot) blooms outside on the greenhouse patio, one would love to bury one's nose in them. But be careful; those orange trees have mean thorns!

Far better to take the perfume from such a 6.6 oz or 200 ml bottle of Toilet Water.

• Works also great for spraying on freshly laundered and ironed bed linens for creating a romantic touch in the bedroom...
• As we learned from our consulting work in Asia, after dinner it is a great gesture for offering wet, rolled up wash cloths that are sprinkled with this Toilet Water... 
• A total of three of those Côté Bastide FLEURS D'ORANGER toilet water bottles are available at my Zen Cart powered on line boutique Mariette's Back to Basics: French Côté Bastide FLEURS D'ORANGER Toilet Water. 
• My pricing is VERY compatative as you can see when comparing to stores you find below my post.

Sorry Sold out...

Those blossoms are also full of pollen for the bees.

Have you ever tried orange blossom honey?

Also available for sale at my Zen Cart powered on line boutique are two Côté Bastide FLEURS D'ORANGER Bath & Shower Gel bottles of 24 oz or 750 ml.

French Côté Bastide FLEURS D'ORANGER Bath & Shower Gel. 

Wish such a blooming season could be extended over a three month period!

All we can do is, enjoying it from the bottle...

Like +Maria Cecilia from Chile did in her post about Côté Bastide; just scroll down to see this FLEURS D'ORANGER

This great product is available all over the world.

Sorry Sold out...

Below are some links from stores that are selling it worldwide.

Related links:

Côté Bastide | FB Fan Page

Oprah | Oprah Winfrey had Côté Bastide Fleur d'Oranger Crème de Corps as January's best beauty buys

Sumally | Japan - Côté Bastide line, just scroll down for Fleur d'Oranger

{Miami Hyatt House & Date Palm}

The Hyatt House Miami Airport does have quite a garden. Even on rainy days there is always a dry moment for taking a nice walk around. This is how we did discover those tall, Phoenix dactylifera or Date Palm.

These Date Palm trees look quite Regal...

Zooming in on the Date Branches where those Dates are ripening...

Blogger friend Ria from 'It's Me' does sell those Date Branches from their store in The Netherlands, see link below post.

Quite a sight those Date Branches against the sky... 

However not a blue sky, but pregnant with rain.

The Hyatt House Miami Airport has quite a number of Date Palms on their property.

Related links:

Phoenix dactylifera | More information about this special Date Palm
THE DATE PALM: Phoenix dactylifera | More interesting info about this basic, fundamental food for North Africa, Arabia and Persia's people.

Ze zijn er weer...Dadeltakken !!! | Blogger friend Ria is selling Date Branches from their store