{What Type of Feet do YOU have?}

Have you ever looked at the shape of your feet? 

There are different Foot Types and I found out that I have Egyptian Type Feet.

Voilà -- My Egyptian Type Feet!

Yep, that's ME: Egyptian Foot - The Egyptian Foot tends to be a narrow foot. It has a longer big toe and the rest of the toes taper down from longest to shortest. It is the most functional of all the foot structures.

However because of the long big toe, you must be careful in your choice of shoes.

Ha, being careful with choice of shoes?

Even more careful with choice of panty hose. 

That's one reason I wear Wolford hosiery as they last and last.

All other brands I can trash after doing some walking or God forbid; dancing... 

Which Foot Type Are You... Egyptian Roman Greek... 

Tell me in the comment what yours are... I am anxious to know your DNA.

Egyptian Type Feet with shoe size 8... Or European size 38. 

Guess if my big toe would not be that long I had a size 7 or 37.

This photo is taken at the Camino Real, hotel in México City. 

This is how consultants relax during the weekends. 

The above was my all time favorite bathing suit with wrapped skirt from La Perla, Italy.

I was so proud for finding it at the Aventura Mall, Aventura FL (near Miami).

Sadly it vanished from the Camino Real Mexico City hotel... 

The above picture is from the Dutch magazine Nouveau where I found it.

Looking down on my toes from my chaise at the Hyatt House Miami Airport while at the pool last month...

On our balcony...

No change; they definitely are Egyptian!

Elite Feet Tapered toes or Egyptian feet | link to Urban Dictionary

Female feet where the big toe is the longest toe. The most attractive type of feet. (Hello, how many pair of panty hose they pierced?!) They are fairly uncommon, but that's one of the reasons why they are so great. Also sometimes called tapered toes or Egyptian type feet.

Putting my best foot forward still does not change it...

Big toe is LONGER!

See my left foot below; it's very obvious.

Mummy's False Toes Helped Ancient People Walk Like an Egyptian (click link for reading full and very interesting story...)

I start feeling very ANCIENT myself...

Maybe, just maybe—this is why I LOVE these toe loop sandals?

What is your favorite sandal?

Before I start feeling like an endangered species, I want to compare my toes with others...

By the way, Perfect Ten Salon & Spa did a great job on the pedicure!

But are my toes also perfect ten?!

One of my favorite toe loop sandals from Indonesia... WISH I had bought several pairs of these!

Do you ever regret you didn't purchase more of something that proves very comfy?

Here we stand: My husband Pieter as a true Roman (?) and I as an Egyptian...

Pieter's right foot even looks like GREEK, with the 2nd toe longer than the big toe. Not so his left foot.

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Long second toe

Indicates leadership qualities. Rulers from ancient Egyptian and Hawaiian royal dynasties all had long second toes. You need to be in charge.

That is TRUE for my Pieter!

For sure, husband Pieter has not a narrow foot...

He stands on this earth very firmly!

Had to add this as it already did confuse me with Irmi's small sized German feet in a size 4.5 but that is 37.5 European or a 7 in the US. Got confused once again with all these differences...

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Related links:
What Do Your Feet Say About You? interesting info
Wolford atThe Colonnades Outlets
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{World Animal Day 2013 and My First Pets}

October 4 of 2013 is again World Animal Day. 

Let me introduce my favorite Dachshund Mauzie-girl to you:

This photo was taken in our garden in The Netherlands by my brother Martin Van den Munckhof

Cute Calender is the link for above text to read more.

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Enjoy my previous post here below; just click on its link...

Showing you our Mauzie in Paris, France – a trip during summer, when we took my Parents along after helping them pick their gherkins in the greenhouses very tight so we could 'skip' one day. Next day it was back to the greenhouses again by 4:00 AM for picking lots of them. I've always helped my Parents out during my summer vacation when I took time off from my Government job.

They worked hard all their lives and never got to escape to some scenic places otherwise.

I'm so glad I did take them along! 

Fond memories...

Related links:

Day-Trip to Paris & Versailles in France with Mom & Dad | Mauzie in Paris

{World Animal Day started in 1931 in Florence, Italy} | Mauzie at home with cat Bartje my first kitty...

{Angels from Italy Are Selling Out}

If you are looking for unique and valuable hand carved wooden Angels, Cherubs or Putti, have a peak at my Zen Cart powered on line Boutique. Several of them have already taken flight... so you better don't miss out on them. Enjoy visiting and browsing!

Sorry Sold out...

Related links: {5 Angels - Putti from Italy & Germany} | previous post by me {6 Antique & Vintage Italian Angels, Cherubs Putti} | previous post by me Our Living Room ANGELS - CHERUBS | previous post by me {Conrad Moroder, Italy | Angels & Cherubs} | previous post by me

{Our Fragrant Hoya Carnosa - Wax Plant}

A treat for the hummingbirds is our fragrant, honey dripping Hoya Carnosa or Wax Plant. Husband Pieter did capture them on camera for you to enjoy. Does any of you also keep this lovely plant?

You can find a variety of Hoya carnosa plants at Logee's  by just typing in this name into the search box.

My husband Pieter captured this photo on June 17. Our Hoya Carnosa is outdoors so the hummingbirds can freely feast on their sticky honeydew.

Side by side with our Orchid Cactus on their pedestal...

Indoor plants are nice but being able to have them outdoors is even better!

Here they are on July 20, in our gazebo on the railing where they can trail freely as well.

This is hummingbird domain...

Enough sticky honeydew drippings for their daily meal...

Have you ever caught on of these sweet honeydew drippings with your finger to taste?

It sure tastes sweet!

{Identifying Silver Grape Scissors from Sweden}

Yesterday I did show in my post the tiny, sweet Champagne grapes with silver Grape Scissors in a Rose Pattern. They also are often called Grape Shears.  

Mind you, they are actually not THAT large.

Do you see to the left where a space is cut out for placing the grapes' stem?

That way you easily can snip off a section of a larger bunch of grapes.

One person in her comment asked: 'How do you know the Scissor is meant for grapes?' This was Marianne from the blog: BiebKriebels or Library Jitters, if I translate this from Dutch. So as promised I will get back to the subject.

I learned that I made a spelling error myself, as scissor should be written in plural as scissors.

On my blog post, I've corrected that but in the URL it still shows as scissor.

English is NOT my mother tongue and overall, I guess that my English will be better than your Dutch...

Now let's look at the meaning of this silver TABLE SERVING or DESSERT SERVING piece.

In my book: FORKS KNIVES & SPOONS by Peri Wolfman and Charles Gold I found a nice mention of the silver grape shears. Read more about this Manhattan Design Guru below post...

At the bottom left you can read: One of life's little niceties -- sterling silver grape shears.

From one of Christie's auctions you can find above: A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE

Just click the above hyperlink to go to the actual page.

 It shows dessert pieces like forks, knives, spoons, cheese knives, and one pair of grape scissors.

Again from Christie's: A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DESSERT-SERVICE

just click on above hyperlink

Now, how did I identify my silver grape scissors as being from Sweden?

You can read here: the Maker's Mark:GRWR - City Stamp: M - 3 crowns and an S for Silver and Date Letter: R9

So what does this tell us?

On page 142, of The Book: Rosen-Bestecke (Rose Flatware) by Johanna Gehrlein from Silber-und-Rosen-Shop I found the marking from Sweden in the form of 3 crowns (seen in Abb. 2).

Johanna is a dear friend and her hardcover book with excellent photographs has proven to be invaluable!

Sure enough the Swedish Mark with 3 crowns and the S for silver is still being used.

Just click and scroll from link above.

The letter M I found here: Swedish Hallmarks and City Stamps and it stands for the city of Malmö in Sweden.

And my Silver Grape Scissors from Malmö in Sweden were made in 1967 according to the R9 hallmark...

This table you find from the very same link in the above City Stamps, just scroll down.

Hope this did answer Marianne's question!

Related links:
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{Silver Grape Scissors with Roses and Champagne Grapes} | previous post by me
Organizing Secrets from a Manhattan Design Guru Peri Wolfman | Peri is the writer of the book Forks Knives & Spoons and is now tableware designer for Restoration Hardware after she had been vice president for product development at Williams-Sonoma.
Less to Mess | interview with Design Guru Peri Wolfman from The New York Times, May 2013

{Silver Grape Scissors with Roses and Champagne Grapes}

On August 22, I was finally able to make some outdoor photos, using our Silver Grape Scissors and the Champagne Grapes that we found at Trader Joe's the week before. I had not seen them in quite a while... 

So it's off to our balcony, the new polyurethane balustrade and railings are not yet painted but nevertheless.

Here they are... Silver Grape Scissors from Sweden, on our silver gallery tray.

Again it is shown with two gifts that I received from blogger friend Susan, the author of Ava Grace's Closet; the filet lace hand crocheted doily that lines the tray and the very finely crocheted lace table topper.

On the silver gallery tray are two Baccarat Champagne glasses...

Susan's Mama did such an excellent job on crocheting these pieces.

Thanks again Susan!

Have you ever tasted Champagne Grapes?

They are so sweet and a lot tinier than regular seedless grapes.

Here you can see the roses and leaves on the Silver Grape Scissors.

Some sweet golden wine is poured into the Baccarat champagne glasses.

Some laughing cow cheese and crackers from Costco, to go with the grapes and wine.

Mary's Gone Crackers are ORGANIC • GLUTEN FREE made with Whole Grains & Seeds and contain no added oils or trans-fats, sugar or dairy.

Why don't you join?

China is French GIEN ROSE.

For the moment, the sun is shining...

Related link:

What are Champagne Grapes? Champagne grapes are the name given to a specific type of grape, the Corinth. They are also being used for black currants.

{Moving Our LPG Gas Tank}

After our exterior got painted, there was one disturbing factor and that was the LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Tank for our artificial gas logs in the fire place... So we decided to move it out of the way!

Don't you agree that it was disturbing here? Wrong color and just an ugly sight...

Below this post you can see two links from previous post where you get to see the LPG Gas Tank as it still was matching with the rest...

Husband Pieter started with pouring a concrete platform in front of the chimney.

There the LPG Gas Tank will blend in far better!

Bags of concrete were hauled in my 16 year old Toyota RAV4 and further action.

Platform in the making...

Without any equipment we moved the LPG Gas Tank off its old platform and onto the new one.

Rolling it over wooden poles, using planks and other wooden poles to push and lift.

Here it is still on its side...

And here we already put it upright on its new concrete platform.

Don't you think it is looking far better this way?

To the left you see the patio in front of our Rose Suite Entrance.

Also our Rose Stepping Stones you can see here.

Total picture with the Rose Suite Patio showing also.

Stepping further back towards the big Live Oak Tree and you see the Rose Stepping Stones.

All our Jasmine plants...

Now the Jasmines are on the former LPG Gas Tank's concrete platform...

Here you have a better over view.

So what do you think; an improvement or not?

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