Five photos for Cee’s CBWC
This challenge kept me very busy for a few hours! Lots of fun editing and colouring in.
Cee says photos can be black and white, desaturated, sepia (brown tones) or selective colour.
Five photos for CWBC Five
Tag: Photo Challenges
Hotels I’ve Stayed In – Old and New
This week for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge the theme is Old and New.
Over the years we have stayed in a variety of establishments – from two star to five star. It’s not always the five star hotels that are the best, I prefer ones that are a bit quirky and a view is even better.
OLD
Hotel Monterey, Nagasaki
Named after an American town and in the style of a Portuguese villa but located in Japan! This was a very cute hotel complete with an iron gated elevator. There is also the famous Chapel Bussola with its magnificent spiral staircase and stained glass windows. A sensational place to hold a wedding.
The Hotel Saigon Morin is not located in Saigon but in Hue which is around a three hour drive from Da Nang. Established in 1901 by a French businessman Mr. Morin and built in a French colonial style with a wonderful courtyard inside the hotel. Over the years many famous people stayed here, one was Charlie Chaplin. In the evening they have clips of his old films showing on the wall.
George Vl, Biarritz, France 
Plantation Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Both of the above hotels are small boutique hotels. The Plantation Hotel had a fantastic swimming pool in the middle of the buildings surrounded by palm trees and our room opened up onto it.
The Belle Rive Hotel in Luang Prabang overlooking the Nam Khan River. We had the bottom left room, complete with our own front door. We loved this hotel and walked over the road in the morning to have breakfast by the river.
NEW
The Stones, Bali
We enjoyed our stay at The Stones in Bali, such an opulent hotel. The bath was on the balcony, we never did use it! As you can see there is also a helicopter landing pad on top of the hotel. We stayed here for a week a few years ago when there was an extremely well priced trip from Perth in the local paper.
Taj Krishna, Banjarra Hills, Hyderabad
The Taj Krishna was definitely a five star hotel, complete with excellent service. We stayed here for a week with our two travelling companions, Laurence and Maddy a few years ago and had the best time. The staff here could not do enough to make our stay memorable.
The Stamford, Glenelg, South Australia
Staying here was part of our road trip across five states. We had a wonderful room overlooking the ocean.
Double Cuteness Overload
I couldn’t resist Cee’s CBWC challenge for this week. A wonderful opportunity to show off my precious grandchildren. I also successfully mastered colour fill.
These two beautiful children bring the most joy to my life. We are very fortunate to be able to see lots of them. Lachie turns 3 in June and Rosie is almost 8 months. Rosie suffers from Severe Acid Reflux and has her milk fed to her through a tube. We are all hoping that this will gradually improve and be gone by the time she turns one in September. It has been a hard journey for my daughter and her partner, and took a while to be diagnosed. However as you can see Rosie is the happiest baby and is always smiling and laughing out loud at Lachie’s antics.
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If it doesn’t open, it’s not your door! 🚪
Doors for Thursday
Some doors are meant to be closed 
“There is nothing more scary than a closed door”
Alfred Hitchcock
who’s there?
Dr
Dr. Who?
How did you guess 🤣
Posted for Dan’s Thursday Doors at No Facilities
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Hands and Feet for Friendly Friday
Every two weeks Sandy and Amanda host Friendly Friday. This week it’s Hands and Feet from Sandy.
I’ve found a few from my archives.
My granddaughter Rosie
“There will always be room for your hand in mine“
“A stitch in time..” 
“When you need a helping hand” 
“A bird in the hand..”
“Good shoes take you good places” 
“Leave nothing but footprints”
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Pull up a Bright Blue Seat
Something for a few challenges today!
Epping Forest, Tasmania 
Lachie, 13 months 
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Water, Water Everywhere for Jed
So cheeky of me, but it’s been a while between challenges
Through the web – Bright squares
Looking up the other morning while having my coffee outside, my eye caught sight of this large spider web. I thought it would make a good photo. It’s quite a deceptive shot as there is the lawn between the web and the bougainvillea.
Posted as part of Becky’s Bright Squares.
Everyday is Bright with these two
For Becky’s Bright Squares and Debbie’s Six Word Saturday a few of my boys.
Very demanding boys, but our two rescue dogs get on like a house on fire.
Last on the Card March 2021
Brian from Bushboys World invites everyone to post their last photo of the month from their phone or camera. Click on the link for more info. Here’s mine
This is the outdoor cinema at Crawley, Perth WA attached to the University of Western Australia. It’s a fantastic venue to see a film outside, sitting under the stars beneath the towering Norfolk Pines. There is a pop up bar and a pizza joint that also sells other hot food.
I went on Tuesday with some friends to see “Dating Amber” an Irish coming of age story. A beautiful funny film that we all enjoyed. It was absolutely packed though and as soon as the doors open everyone rushes in to place pillows, cushions and throws across the seats to save for later and then rush off to the bar. Rather like the unmentionable people from a certain European country who rush out at 5 am in the morning to place beach towels on the sunbeds around the hotel pool.
At the cinema though when it gets dark people can’t remember where they’ve left their belongings and end up sitting way at the back instead!
A Still Life of Green Veggies 🥒 🥦
I had a bit of fun while cooking dinner last night. One for Jude for his Life in Colour and also Dr. B and his Challenge your Camera – Still Life
Here we have:
Bitter marrow – hubby’s favourite. Steamed and then stir fried with black bean sauce.
Zucchini – Chopped and coated with olive oil and oregano and roasted in the oven.
Suger Snap Peas – Peeled and stir fried with garlic, soy sauce, mirin and sesame seed oil.
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