MARIETTE'S BACK TO BASICS

Saturday, July 16, 2016

{Foster Daughter Anita on the Other Side of the World}

It has been FIFTEEN years now, since we last went to Indonesia for work... And also it has been SEVEN years, since Anita last did stay with us here in Georgia/USA and traveled with us to The Netherlands and to Germany...

Never easy for staying in touch as they are 12 hours ahead of us.

Only 11 hours in summer time...

When Anita is already starting her day, we are still left in the dark...

Even Europe is still asleep!

To the left of the red word Anita you can see Jakarta, Indonesia's capital and she lives near Semarang

We always did fly in to Jakarta and on to Yogyakarta which is on the south coast of Java.

Semarang is on the north coast, as you can see here above...

That's where we are, in Georgia/USA and we're just tiny people on this big world and far apart but oh so close at heart!
Anita always has been a loyal and loving daughter; touching her Mama's heart when needed most.
When I lost my Mom, she was with me through it all in thoughts and prayers—she supported me big time.
From my legal 'step-daughter Liz Vedder' not a single word...

Liz obviously follows a different moral compass.

May God bless Anita, manyfold and I leave all other things into His hands!

Thanks for your visit!

Thursday, July 14, 2016

{Our Fragrant Magnolia Grandiflora 'Namnetensis Flore Pleno' Flowers}

As promised in my previous post, here are the flowers of our very special Magnolia Grandiflora 'Namnetensis Flore Pleno', that are also Fragrant!

Flowers are HUGE!

Here is a Bud developing...

You can see our home in the back, through the branches.

They still are blooming right now!

I literally did walk all around our huge tree as flowers are everywhere.

Not always at a level where you can easily reach them with your camera...

Below this post I added the link: {Our Bee Happy Magnolia Restaurant} - that still proves valid.

Snacking on the pollen!

Hope you enjoyed these photos and thank you for your visit.

Related links:
{Our Happy Magnolia Namnetensis and Update} | previous post by me
{Our Fragrant Magnolia Grandiflora 'Namnetensis Flore Pleno'} | previous post by me
{Retaining Wall got CURVE} | previous post by me
{Our Bee Happy Magnolia Restaurant} | previous post by me

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

{GIFT from High Heeled Life @Resilientista}

FINALLY... I manage to post about the incredible gift from Blogger Friend Celia M. High Heeled Life & Resilientista

She offered this Luxurious Beauty Bag from Canada's High End Department Store Holt Renfrew...

Bloom into Spring with a Luxurious Beauty Bag Give-away was her post about this International Give-away.

On Friday, June 3, just before we left for Atlanta to attend my Apple One to One session, the mailman delivered it!

High End Beauty Bag in leather with a scarf attached to it and filled with luxurious gifts at a $ 240 value...
It sure made me blush!
THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH DEAR CELIA M.!

Look at the beautiful gift wrapping...
Makes one's heart beat faster!

Celia M. does believe in Angels, like I do and she used this incredible card...
I was in heaven!

After carefully removing the beautiful gift wrapping I was delighted to also find her NEWLY DESIGNED & PUBLISHED
'The Resilientista Planner'
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