Orchid Portrait

I took this photo several years ago while I was hosting a realtor open house. I took my camera along and luckily there were many interesting things to photograph and pass the time away. I was very pleased with this portrait of a beautiful orchid that was in the seller's living room. 

I can remember when you could buy orchid corsages in almost any grocery store for women to wear to church on Easter Sunday. We always bought one for my grandmother.

a Cat's Beautiful View

Cats always find the best places to perch and enjoy the view. Doesn't this old stone structure have great windows and stunning vistas?  _*_

Green Spiral

This green spiral staircase descending into a forest of lush green ferns is magnificent, isn't it? *_*

Yes, Please

I can't tell you anything about this home except that I think it is absolutely amazing. I would love to see a front view and go inside. *_*

Did You Mail Your Taxes Today?

This looks like a good place to do business paperwork like figuring income taxes. Will you be able to mail yours before midnight tonight? Hope so. *_*

Very Old Library in Prague

I dearly love large antiquarian books with vellum bindings. ©Sandy with her coffee

Romanian Athenaeum at Night - Beautiful

Beautiful Portals: "Romanian Athenaeum at Night"

Cut Along Dotted Line :)

This adorable little car should put a smile on your face :)

Keep Calm and Dye Your Eggs

I made another poster at the Keep Calm Poster Generator. 

Tax Collector Accepting Barter

"Paying the Tax" or "The Tax Collector"
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Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1565–1636), Flemish painter. Oil on panel circa 1620. USC Fisher Museum of Art, The Armand Hammer Collection. I wonder if any of the stuff I've been getting rid of lately would have qualified as barter? I can identify with the lady digging through the basket to find something of value.

Taxpayers will have until Monday, April 18 to file their 2010 tax returns and pay any tax due because Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in Washington, D.C., fell this year on Friday, April 15. This just gave most people three more days to procrastinate.