135. Smiling Sally's Blue Monday

Braised short ribs served on a Cornishware plate

I love blue and white pottery and pick up bits and pieces in thrift shops. It is always a thrill to find Cornishware. I love the cheerful, blue and white design.

Cornishware plates, all bought in thrift shops

What is your favourite blue and white pattern?

These ones are Chef Ware, Staffordshire  Blue White pottery

Blue Monday

134. Shadow Shot Sunday

I like the contrast of the thin shadows cast by the twigs and the larger ones cast by the logs

Shadow Shot Sunday #141

133. Thematic Photographic - Curves

I am entering this photograph that I found it here  for the Thematic Photographic theme curves.  These curves are just beautiful.

The staircase is in the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. It would be quite a surreal experience climbing those stairs without rails on one side.

132. Beverly's Pink Saturday

Bleeding heart, Dicentra spectabilis aka Valentine flower

Pink Saturday

131. Thematic Photographic - Curves

Curve

Thematic Photographic #132 - Curves

130. Macro Friday

Iconic L'Air du Temps parfume flacon designed by Lalique in 1951

This bottle of scent used to be on my mom's dressing table, now the empty bottle graces mine. I still use L'Air du Temps.

Macro Friday #36

129. Morning glory

The Morning Glory is considered a nuisance plant but the flowers are beautiful. 

Color Carnival

Flowers on Saturday

128. Weekend Reflections

Reflections on the escalator

Weekend Reflections #71

127. Thematic Photographic - Curves

Aberdeen Mall in Richmond, BC decorated for Chinese New Year

Curves - Thematic Photographic 132

126. Blue's coloured thursday

This week's colour for Blue's Coloured Thursday is up to me so I have taken a photograph of my cat, Maxx and tried a sort of Warhol treatment..

125. "COLD" (Ice, Snow, Windy, Beverage, Food, Ice Cream, Cold Weather Clothing,...)

Snowy day in Vancouver, BC

I am linking this post to the Thursday Photo Challenge - Cold.

124. Peacock Blue

Beautiful blue

I am linking this post to Carmi's Thematic Photographic #131 - Blue

Close-up of the peacock feather

123. Watery Wednesday

Melting snow

Watery Wednesday #124

122. Rednesday

Minimalist decoration in a jeweller's window

Red is the lucky colour for Chinese New Year.  Here are a couple of shop windows decorated with good luck red symbols.

Shop selling  "intelligent" toilets - despite the red decorations, a celebratory, festive feeling is quite lacking

These are chocolates, not fire-crackers

Rednesday

121. B is for backpack

The ubiquitous backpack, even nuns wear them

 Visitors in Vancouver, BC during the 2010 Winter Olympics

ABC Wednesday Challenge, Round 8

120. Macro Monday

These winged seed pods are so interesting.  I wish I knew the name of this plant.

Macro Monday #122

119. The Year of the Rabbit

God of Prosperity

The rabbit is one of the twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac. 


People born in 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999  are rabbits.

Rabbits are :

• reserved, kind and good-tempered
• trustworthy and conscientious
• wise and virtuous
• articulate and talented
• ambitious and have a talent for making money
• cultured, have excellent taste and beautiful manners
• hospitable and attentive to others
• gossipy but tactful
• most compatible with those born in the years of the Sheep, Pig, and Dog

Blue bird in a peach tree

Here is the tableau at the Aberdeen Centre in Richmond, BC

Blue Monday

Mellow Yellow Monday #105

Rabbit band

Ruby Tuesday

My World Tuesday

The Asian malls are decorated for Chinese New Year.  A great way to enjoy the festivities is to visit the malls in Richmond, BC to experience the sights, sounds and taste of this special time.  Richmond is part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District and is accessible by public transport.  Take the Canada Line to Aberdeen station and you are right there.

Happy New Year!

118. Shadow Shot Sunday

Opuntia microdasys – Bunny ears cactus

Shadow Shot Sunday #140

117. Pink Saturday

 Pink, pink and more pink!

Aberdeen Mall in Richmond, BC,  decorated for Chinese New Year.

Pink Saturday

116. Drunken spaghetti

Drunken spaghetti

I cooked this dish after watching a cooking show.  It is delicious and so simple to make. Here is the recipe.

Spaghetti on its merry way to drunkenness

Foodie Friday