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Winner of the Secret Draw
I like solving puzzles and I use the opportunity Bouquets to Art exhibitions give me to bring some fun to those of my readers who are like me. As everybody (who ventured a guess) figured it out, the...
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Entertaining Statistics: March 2014
March was great this year – warm and wet. We had several rainy days, which were good though still not enough: we got less than half of the average amount of rain for this month. Recently something...
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A Postcard from Undina: Rain!
Finally it’s raining! Who would have thought I would be that excited about gray sky without a single ray of light coming through the clouds! I feel very peaceful and calm – as if the rain washes away...
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Short Conversations About Perfume: Like a Stranger
Kiss me I want you to kiss me like a stranger once again Kiss me like a stranger once again… It’s a warm sunny winter day. My vSO and I are driving along the coast. It’s my birthday and he’s taking...
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Chasing Daphne
I have a brown thumb. I know it is so because once I killed ivy – and it wasn’t even my intent! It doesn’t upset me too much since I never felt like growing anything. But despite that I’ve just adopted...
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Love at First Sniff or Portrait of a Serial Spontaneous Perfume Buyer
Look at me – I’m all grown-up: I have a new and cleaner looking blog design (I had to do it since WP has retired my original theme), use a real poll and even got my first guest writer! Please welcome...
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Entertaining Statistics: February 2014
This February we finally got some rain. But even though it was not of a kind when you say “better than nothing”, it was a good rain, it still hasn’t resolved our drought situation. But it gave us hope...
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Know-how [not to]: Freshen up a linen closet
In the past I said more than once that I wouldn’t mind paying more per milliliter for a perfume released by a brand in a smaller bottle (and I prompted brands to do so every chance I got). And I...
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How Do You Take Your Amber?
We had a really strange winter this year*: it has never actually got cold. When I say “cold” I mean, of course, our Californian cold – something like 10C/50F. Instead of it the average high temperature...
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Bouquets to Art 2014
It’s March and San Francisco Fine Art Museum de Young just held the 30th annual exhibition Bouquets to Art. For those who haven’t read my reports in the previous two years, this is an event “when...
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Winner of the Secret Draw
I like solving puzzles and I use the opportunity Bouquets to Art exhibitions give me to bring some fun to those of my readers who are like me. As everybody (who ventured a guess) figured it out, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Entertaining Statistics: March 2014
March was great this year – warm and wet. We had several rainy days, which were good though still not enough: we got less than half of the average amount of rain for this month. Recently something...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Postcard from Undina: Rain!
Finally it’s raining! Who would have thought I would be that excited about gray sky without a single ray of light coming through the clouds! I feel very peaceful and calm – as if the rain washes away...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Short Conversations About Perfume: Like a Stranger
Kiss me I want you to kiss me like a stranger once again Kiss me like a stranger once again… It’s a warm sunny winter day. My vSO and I are driving along the coast. It’s my birthday and he’s taking...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chasing Daphne
I have a brown thumb. I know it is so because once I killed ivy – and it wasn’t even my intent! It doesn’t upset me too much since I never felt like growing anything. But despite that I’ve just adopted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Love at First Sniff or Portrait of a Serial Spontaneous Perfume Buyer
Look at me – I’m all grown-up: I have a new and cleaner looking blog design (I had to do it since WP has retired my original theme), use a real poll and even got my first guest writer! Please welcome...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Entertaining Statistics: February 2014
This February we finally got some rain. But even though it was not of a kind when you say “better than nothing”, it was a good rain, it still hasn’t resolved our drought situation. But it gave us hope...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Know-how [not to]: Freshen up a linen closet
In the past I said more than once that I wouldn’t mind paying more per milliliter for a perfume released by a brand in a smaller bottle (and I prompted brands to do so every chance I got). And I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Do You Take Your Amber?
We had a really strange winter this year*: it has never actually got cold. When I say “cold” I mean, of course, our Californian cold – something like 10C/50F. Instead of it the average high temperature...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bouquets to Art 2014
It’s March and San Francisco Fine Art Museum de Young just held the 30th annual exhibition Bouquets to Art. For those who haven’t read my reports in the previous two years, this is an event “when...
View Article