April 7 - April 13, 2013

This was a week of rain, sleet, snow, rain, freezing rain, high winds, snow pellets, lots of rain....my bike is cowering in the garage.  And sadly, the Easter chocolate is now a memory. A shaft of sunlight has just burst through the window, and now just as quickly, it's grey once more. Many intrepid flowers are braving the chill in the garden; bless their little hearts.

I can honestly say this is my one and only llama pin - love the "pantaloons" on the legs and the detail on this beast of burden. He looks very opinionated.

I love the Eiffel Tower - it's my personal mecca. It's such a substantial structure, bigger than you would imagine but always looks lighter than air with its lacy metalwork. Vive La Tour d'Eiffel!

Church bazaars - one of the best places to go to find something that you didn't know you needed. Always I head straight for the White Elephant room in the search for a brooch or an oddity. This little gold-hued one caught my eye - I like the simplicity.

Ahhhh, The City of Light. My husband and I made a number of brooches with photos from a trip to Paris and London. This fountain was at the very end of the Luxembourg Gardens and we came upon it while off looking for a place to practice our French on the frayed nerves of a waiter. "Beaucoup de vin" came in very handy.

Got this in England a long time ago. Although it's a train engine I think it is one of a few "vehicle" pins that I picked up in a kiosk in the London Underground. It was the colours that appealed to me. I will have to Google Leader S & KLR.
Or I will have to find a train nerd.

A pretty snazzy looking toad. But I wonder why he is wearing gold "gloves" on his feets. Maybe he's going to a ball at Toad Hall?

A Victorianesque brooch with a little bit of bling - never a bad thing.