August 1, 2019 at 3:35 am (destinations, Links, Niece, Places, Recommended, Relatives, Sundays, Traveling)
Tags: Cee Neuner, discoveries, memories, Prague
The prompt is WATER IN NATURE.
Clearly self hasn’t been spending much time outdoors because she had to go all the way back to May, in Prague, to find pictures of a body of water.
So, here are three pictures of Prague’s Vltava River, from the trip she took with her niece, Irene, end of May. All these pictures were taken during one beautiful Sunday. She wouldn’t have thought of posting them (She likes to post her travel pictures IN REAL TIME. Which is to say: as they are occurring) but she was going through her photo archives and, well, a river is a natural body of water.
A local told her that in Prague one could never be lost. And he was right! As long as you see a bridge, you can orient yourself. Luckily, the city’s not that big.
And besides, the city is so beautiful. So why be in such a hurry to get to your destination? Just relax, enjoy discovering new streets.
Families Enjoying Sunday on the Vltava River, Prague, Late May
Hiring Pleasure Boat on the Vltava River
The Vltava: Giving the Seine a Run For Its Money
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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June 16, 2019 at 7:44 pm (destinations, Family, Links, Niece, Places, Sundays, Traveling)
Tags: discoveries, memories, Prague, spring, vacation, websites
Self is joining a new Photo Challenge: Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #50 : TREES.
Thanks to viveka of My Guilty Pleasures for making self aware of this photo challenge.
The pictures below are from a trip to Prague that she took in late May with her niece, Irene.
1. Trees, Prague, May 2019 (next to the Spanish Synagogue)
2. Last Sunday in May 2019: Walking by the National Theatre, Prague
3. Afternoon Cruise Along the Vltava River
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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July 29, 2018 at 4:46 pm (Food and Drink, Links, Niece, Places, Relatives)
Tags: Cee Neuner, desserts, San Francisco, Saturday, weekends
Another Cee Neuner Fun Foto Challenge! For the next few weeks, Cee asks us to take inspiration from a photograph. Here is the photograph for Week 3.
Self got to spend time in the City yesterday. She was with her niece Angela, who introduced self to the wonder of Tea Bear Café, whose walls were either real or synthetic wood. And self has no idea what the dice were meant to represent:
Saturday, 28 July 2018: Tea Bear Café, San Francisco Chinatown
And there’s an adorable picture of the bear in Tea Bear!
The Bear Has Its Close-up
And here’s the view just outside the café: Washington Park, where a Chinese dance performance was happening.
Washington Square, Chinatown, San Francisco
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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January 11, 2018 at 2:00 am (Books, Dearest Mum, destinations, Family, Links, Niece, Places, postaday, Recommended, Relatives, Traveling)
Tags: Manila, memories, postaday, postaweek, The Philippines, Wordpress
This week, show us the effect of time and the elements.
— Krista Stevens, The Daily Post
The desk in Niece Georgina’s quarters in Dearest Mum’s house in Makati, the Philippines. Old photos of Dear Departed Dad and sundry folk:
Pictures of the Passed On and the Very Much Alive: Dearest Mum’s House, Makati, the Philippines
The bed in Dearest Mum’s spare bedroom, with kulambo (mosquito net) and handbag tree, conveniently right next to the four-poster:
Four-Poster Bed, Makati, the Philippines: January, 2018
Niece’s pocketbook collection. She has great taste in reading matter!
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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November 3, 2017 at 9:46 am (Conversations, Filipino Writers, Insomnia, Niece, Women Writers, Writing)
Tags: art, Fridays, science fiction, short story, speculative fiction, Wordpress
“Space has a thousand milky eyes,” Fire Lizard says. “Each one a galaxy, waiting to be birthed.”
I think of Her’s eyes.
Calculate trajectory of Omega-H3823. How many light jumps?
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September 11, 2017 at 1:39 pm (Aunts, Dearest Mum, Family, Lists, Niece, Pianos, Places, Relatives, Traveling)
Tags: 9/11, Events, grief, memorials, memories, Mondays, New York, transitions
This city holds a special place in self’s memories:
- Dearest Mum began her piano career here, at Carnegie Hall.
- Self worked here for a year, before entering the Stanford Creative Writing Program.
- Her sister was married here, 1982.
- Her sister gave birth to three children here, one of whom was married here, two days ago.
- Her sister died here, December 19, 1991.
Because self is at the moment staying in Chelsea, here’s a view of this amazing city, on 9/11:
New York City: 9/11/2017
Here are pictures of the children who were, respectively, six, five and six months old when self’s sister passed away:
William and Christopher Blackett, 9 September 2017
Georgina Isabella: 9 September 2017
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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September 10, 2017 at 3:50 pm (destinations, Family, Food and Drink, Niece, plans, postaday, Relatives, Sundays, Traveling, Weather)
Tags: Events, happiness, New York, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
The Daily Post publishes a new Photo Challenge every Wednesday. This coming Wednesday, though, they’re taking a brief break. The next Photo Challenge will be posted next Wednesday, Sept. 20.
In the meantime, the Photo Challenge this week is WAITING.
Self’s nephew William was married yesterday morning, at St. Ignatius of Loyola on Park. Friends and family converged on New York City from Australia, Spain, England, the Philippines (Dearest Mum and all of self’s nephews and nieces, one sister-in-law) and of course other cities in the U.S., including Miami and Houston.
Last night, there was dinner and dancing at the Central Park Boathouse. Self got a Lyft to take her to 72nd and Fifth. Who should she see standing on the corner but a bunch of her Filipino nephews and nieces, all just standing there in very fancy attire. They told self they were waiting for a shuttle. Pictures are blurred because self has very trembl-y fingers.
Niece and nephews came all the way from the Philippines to attend the wedding of their cousin, William Blackett.
Self’s niece, Maia, is in plum; Maia’s mom, Mia, is in electric blue. Everyone looked fantastic!
It was a wonderful evening. Weather was just a bit chilly.
William’s sister, Georgina, was the maid of honor. Here she is, all dolled up, just before the start of the event:
Last night at the Central Park Boathouse
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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July 13, 2017 at 9:57 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, Family, Flowers, Food and Drink, Links, Lists, Niece, Personal Bookshelf, Philippine History, postaday, Relatives)
Tags: art, California, exhibits, museums, postaday, postaweek, restaurants, Sacramento, San Francisco, Wordpress
What is a collage? In the words of Michelle Weber over at The Daily Post, it is “an assortment, a collection, a hodgepodge.”
Here are a couple of shots that show a collage:
- The printed dress. So fabulous. The wearer was self’s niece, Rina. We were having lunch at Boiling Crab:
Rina Villanueva, July 2017
- An assortment of reading matter: Everything from a Playbill to a book written by someone she used to know in college, Rick Manapat. The book, History of Negros, is about an island in the Philippines called Negros (The Spanish gave it the name, in the 16th century):
What Self Found in Son’s Room: July 2017
- A collection of roses on a hat at the recent exhibit “Degas, Impressionism and the Paris Millinery Trade” at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor:
Woman’s Hat, circa 1910: The artist went by the name “Madame George”
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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July 5, 2017 at 9:43 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Family, Flowers, Niece, Places, postaday, Relatives, Surprises, Traveling)
Tags: Gardens, museums, Paris, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
Think about the things, places, or people that connect us. What’s your take?
— Cheri Lucas Rowlands, The Daily Post
Below, a path through the gardens at Giverney. A path takes a person from one place to another. A path is therefore a bridge. Well, okay it’s more than a bridge. It’s a journey.
Giverney: June 2017
And here is the Eiffel Tower, a tight shot that shows the first level bridge (covered in glass) between the two spans:
The Eiffel Tower: May 2017
Finally, just a plain old bridge. It spans the Seine. On one bank are the Tuileries and the Place de la Concorde. On the other, just visible on the left, the Musée d’Orsay.
Walking from the Tuileries to the Musée d’Orsay: May 2017
The reason self got to Paris this year was all due to her niece (on her Dad’s side), Irene. She planned the trip, and made it fun. More fun than self usually has in her solitary wanderings. Thanks a bunch, Irene!
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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May 31, 2017 at 5:37 pm (Artists and Writers, Family, Niece, Places, postaday, Relatives, Surprises, Traveling)
Tags: England, happiness, Paris, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
Self’s favorite travel buddy: her niece! A week ago, at the Arc de Triomphe (lots of other people in the background, when self asked a stranger to snap the picture, he waited for the worst possible moment):
Self with her niece Irene: This was our second adventure. The first was Florence, November 2015.
And here the two of us are, on the bridge between the Tuileries and the Musée de Orsay, which is Irene’s favorite Paris museum:
Heading from the Tuileries towards the Musée d’Orsay, Irene’s favorite Paris Museum.
The last thing self expected to see in Bath, England was a teddy bear. But there it was, waiting for her in her room. Instant BFF!
Tasburgh House, Bath, England, May 2017
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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