My Wordless Sunday #48

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here


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ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are still available here:

* KEY WEST CALENDARS 2009
* CHARLESTON CALENDARS 2009
* FLORIDA CALENDARS 2009
* FLOWER CALENDARS 2009

How to choose your friends...?

Choose your friends with caution;
plan your future with purpose,
and frame your life with faith.

~ Thomas S. Monson ~


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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not just for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here

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ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are still available here:

* KEY WEST CALENDARS 2009
* CHARLESTON CALENDARS 2009
* FLORIDA CALENDARS 2009
* FLOWER CALENDARS 2009

How Many Friends Do YOU Have...?

“You never know how many friends you have until you rent a house on the beach”
~ Unknown Author ~


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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here

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ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are still available here:

* KEY WEST CALENDARS 2009
* CHARLESTON CALENDARS 2009
* FLORIDA CALENDARS 2009
* FLOWER CALENDARS 2009

Bench Graffiti

Love is the river of life in the world.
~ Henry Ward Beecher ~

"Run Forrest - run!"

Bench graffiti can be a certain type of art, yes.
But can anyone tell me WHY are people really doing this?

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here

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ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are still available here:
* KEY WEST CALENDARS 2009
* CHARLESTON CALENDARS 2009
* FLORIDA CALENDARS 2009
* FLOWER CALENDARS 2009

TANYA for ever...

"Before I sleep and after I wake up and all the hours in between ... you occupy my mind. So, practically every moment of the day
you are in my thoughts, Tanya. I miss you."

~ Source Unknown ~

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here

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ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are still available here:
Also in January, they still make a nice present!

Life is a Bridge...

“Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.”

~ Unknown Author ~


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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here


ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are available to buy
They still make a nice present!

My Wordless Sunday #47

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here



ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are still available here:
They still make a nice present!

Earth teach me...

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall.
Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone.
Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.

~ William Alexander ~



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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here


ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are available
Buy it now - They still make a nice gift!

The First Day

“You must be strong now. You must never give up. And when people make you cry and you are afraid of the dark, don't forget the light is always there.”

~ Author unknown ~

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!

"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here


ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are still available to buy.
They make always a nice gift!

Tree Hugger Welcome...

One generation plants the Trees; another gets the shade.
Keep a green Tree in your heart, and perhaps a singing bird will come.

~ Chinese proverb ~


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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here


ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are available to buy.
They make always a nice gift!

My Wordless Sunday #46

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My first photo book about Key West is published.
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here


ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are still available here
They make always a nice gift!

The Days Are Over....

The days of Christmas are over, everything is going back to "normal"....


When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.
~ Patty Duke ~


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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here



ALL my CALENDARS 2009 are available to buy!
They make an always nice and affordable gift!

Beach Boys and the Pier in December

He is going out with his surf board and looking for the great waves

If everybody had an ocean
Across the U.S.A.
Then everybody'd be surfin'
Like South Carolina-i-a
You'd seem 'em wearing their baggies
Huarachi sandals too
A bushy bushy blonde hairdo
Surfin' U.S.A.

Read the full lyrics of the Beach Boy's song here

Playing ball at the beach on a sunny December the 18th afternoon....

There are a lot of activities going on...

Waiting for the big catch

Always have a look back to the scene: Folly Beach is so pleasant also in winter time!

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here
A nice present, not only for Key West fans.


All my CALENDARS 2009 are available here:
They make a nice and affordable Christmas gift - don't be late!

My Wordless Sunday #45

My first photo book about Key West is published now!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here
A nice present - not only for Key West fans!


All my CALENDARS 2009 are available here:
They make a nice and affordable Christmas gift,
it's still time to get one, don't be late!

Sitting around....

Detail in a slave cabin at Boone Hall Plantation

“You can sit around and wait for the good things to happen to you,
you can go out and make them happen.”
~ unknown author ~


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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here
it makes a nice gift - not only for Key West fans


All my CALENDARS 2009 are available to buy
They make a nice and affordable Christmas gift
and it's still time to order for Christmas, but don't be late!

The Boone Hall Plantation #1

Boone Hall Plantation house

The beautiful entrance and the big, inviting porch of the house

The left wing of the house

The right wing of the house and all the pretty Christmas decorations in the windows

A inviting porch to stay and to enjoy the charming lifestyle of the South

This is the most beautiful Christmas deco I ever have seen!

Slave cabins

View trough the gates back to the "Avenue of Oaks"

The Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens

is an antebellum cotton plantation located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina near Charleston, South Carolina and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The plantation includes a large post-civil war farmhouse, a number of original slave cabins (which were occupied by sharecroppers well into the 20th century), several flowering gardens, and the historic "Avenue of Oaks": a mile drive up the house with live oaks on either side. It sits on Wampacheeoone Creek in the Christ Church parish about 10 miles from historic downtown Charleston.

The earliest known existence of the ground is 1681. It originated from a land grant given to Major John Boone. The land grant of 470 acres was given by Theophilus Patey as a wedding present to his daughter, Elizabeth and Boone. The original wooden house was constructed in 1790. The house that stands now was built by Thomas Stone, a Canadian who purchased the land in the early 20th century. He wanted a "grander style" home than what was there, so he built the Colonial Revival-style house that stands there today. However, the bricks in the house were taken from the Horlbeck brickyard.

Read more here about

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here


All my CALENDARS 2009 are available to buy
and it's still time to get one!

They make a nice and affordable Christmas gift - don't be late!

It Felt Like a Day in May...

Camellia trees are still blooming in the gardens of Boone Hall Plantation in Charleston

Camellia blossom in December

I have visited yesterday Boone Hall Plantation out side of Charleston. It was a lovely and 78F warm December afternoon, no jackets were necessary and wearing sandals again on my feet. It felt more like a nice day late in May and never ever December the 17th. There were still some Camellia trees with beautiful blossoms, small Azalea bushes with flowers on and tea roses with such a sweet smell, you could not miss them.

More photos about Boone Hall Plantation will come - stay tuned.

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here



All my CALENDARS 2009 are available to buy.
They make a nice and affordable Christmas gift - don't be late!

Oh Christmas Tree...

It's in blue - and it's beautiful!

Christmas ornaments of the 21th century

Cute handcrafted ornaments

"My wish list" ornaments

Simple and very pretty

Gingerbread Christmas tree

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.
In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
~ Larry Wilde ~
The Merry Book of Christmas

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here



All my CALENDARS 2009 are available here:
They make a nice and affordable Christmas gift - you're still in time!

I Love Window Shopping

I need new sunglasses...

and a new decorative vase in my entree...

let's have some sweet fudges together!

I think you need new shoes and that hat for sure!

Or let just buy some new art for the bath room, Darling.
I LOVE window shopping, it's so relaxing and not expensive at all :)


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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here


All my CALENDARS 2009 are available here:
They make a nice and affordable Christmas gift - don't be late!

The bicycle is...

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man.
Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish.
Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.

~ Iris Murdoch ~ The Red and the Green

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here


All my CALENDARS 2009 are available to buy.
They make a nice and affordable Christmas gift - don't be late!