Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Monday, November 10, 2014

Remembrance Day 2014

'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' 
by artist Paul Cummins, 
made up of 888,246 ceramic poppies 
fills the moat of the Tower of London, 
to commemorate the First World War.
How I would love to see this in person!
To read more about it Blood Swept Lands


IN FLANDERS FIELDS POEM
By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae


In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!

Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch: be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter Sunday

graphic: http://doina-touchinghearts.blogspot.ca

Monday, March 24, 2014

This is....

Maxima, Queen of Holland.  
She has one of the most fabulous jewellery collections at her disposal. 
 We are going to drool over that collection one day very soon!

photo:dutch photo press

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The Duchess of Cambridge at the National Portrait Gallery

Beautiful dress by Jenny Packham 


The Nizam of Hyderabad Necklace
 loaned to her by the Queen 
 (read about it on this fabulous blog The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor
 ~warning: be prepared to spend a couple hours reading all the wonderful posts) 


Just wished she had worn her hair up so we could really see the necklace.