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Hello dear BT, MC, CTT, Thu-Huong, Trang, Caro Nhu-Hoa et al

Woaw!! there are so many pics, paintings, collages and caricatures to enjoy... thank you all for such an awsome show of talents and creativity!

Yes, could I join you for hi tea too? I love devonshire cream on scones, finger sandwiches... miam!

Trang: your grand daughters are very very  cute! How old are they? do they live around the Bay area? I just returned from the East coast: as I took the kids to 7springs for skiing and stayed in VA only for 3 days. I couldnt  meet up with you (so sorry ! will organize better next time). Un grand merci pour les tangos sans fin!.

Thu-Huong: tes danseuses sont magnifiques!!! dansent elles  le flamenco ou le tango? QLâm est en train d'emménager je n'ai pas pu la joindre. En quelles années fréquentais tu les BeauxArts de Paris?

CTT: Mimi est très mignonne  where could we have hi tea around le lac Léman?

Happy B'day to you , to  Lan Dior who celebrated it in  a fun way on snow tubing! and to all the March babies.

Mai-Châu: how could one refuse your invitation to pho and café sua da? it is simply  irresistible,  c'est très sympa chère Caro Mai-Châu. By chance, have you heard from the twin sisters Thuy-Hang Thuy Nga? sorry to 2 bà chu blog,  for the late participation due to the  lack of time.

Cordialement

TD Caro

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Voici ma modeste contribution pour votre theme :" Key to Happiness or Simple pleasure "

Balade en moto à travers les Préalpes Vaudoises au mois de Septembre. Ici c'est le lac Hongrin.

Enjoy,

BL

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Dear BT, MC and friends,

Forgive me if I'm out of sync and don't know which blog theme we are on now.  If the entry deadline is not yet past, please accept my late entry for "Simple Pleasure/Key to Happiness". This is a picture of my good friend, Chummy, with whom I enjoy simple and relaxing walks every evening.

Cheers,

Tuan

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Dear friends,

Here are my entries for the theme Simple Pleasure/Key to Happiness. I had difficulty selecting a picture to submit, simply because there are so many simple pleasures for me yet bring me so much happiness, from gazing at a beautiful sunset to spotting flowers in someone's yard, singing to a familiar song on the radio, sharing a dessert with a loved one, or dancing to a favorite tune. In the end however, I decided that the key to happiness for me are people and my relationships to them. So without further delay, here are two pictures of two people who are very near and dear to my heart: my grand daughters Kalyn and Sydni.

The first picture is called Flower Girls, which I took prior to their attendance at a wedding in which they were flower girls. The second one I call Joy, as they seemed so happy lying in a hammock!

Trang

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Hello Caroline ,

 

Un vrai regal pour les yeux  mais aussi   les papilles , miam  !  J’apporte le thé pour accompagner ces delices   J

Thu Huong

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My Steak tartare for lunch Tuan __,_._,___

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DEAR MC, DEAR BT AND MC74 FRIENDS,

HERE ARE MY ENTRIES FOR A VERY SIMPLE PLEASURE : DANS LES BRAS DE MORPHEE  .AM I ON TIME?

CHEERS
Hien Lan

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Hi EmCi, BiTi and all Pho Nhom,
If you think about it, is there a more basic pleasure than to...Bú ?(Ahem! ;-))
Hence, my entry entitled" The Simplest Pleasure". It's a shot of our oldest son
Kevin, from more than 20 years ago. He sure looked like he was enjoying his
bottle, didn't he?

Thân,
Triet

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To honor the superb NEW ART GALLERY
of Lauren & EmCi, below a glance to say
THANK YOU, it is also my entry for the Key
of Happiness.
CTT

Fw: [MC74 and Friends] Simple Pleasure photo: Making children laugh

Hi TiBiTi, EMCI ,TiEnEs & friends,
We're definitely unruly. Poor Tibiti, poor EmCi.
How could you manage with all the entries,some in advance,
others,late,riding on weeks, three ,four five instead of one :>)
(only the big boss and her right arm have this privilege)
many are " off topic", with some blah blah blah... that make
drunk any innocent angel.
The charm of this superb gallery probably would not exist
without the generosity of the owner, sprinkled on all sides
by our boundless imginations, sans limites, via the forum.
Thanks, ông chu TiEnES . Courage, bà chu TiBiTi & EmCi.
Bravo à tous.
Gratefully yours,
CTT
PS : May I compete for a no name theme with the pic below ?
Just for fun,and to make my dearies crazy.

My entry for this week's theme (Simple pleasures)

Hi everybody,

Love all your simple pleasures, some delicious, some delightful...
Here's one of my pleasures...
Last week-end, I thought a nice cup of Earl Grey Tea would be lovely
What would go best with a hot cup of tea? i really craved for a traditional English High Tea...
Ever since I was a pre-teen, I had a weakness for High Tea, after reading all the Agatha Christie mysteries...
But I haven't yet found a place in LA that would serve a nice High Teal like those I enjoyed in London and in Hong Kong..
So here goes...
Caro

My entry for this week's theme (Simple pleasures)

Hi, LT,

My entry for this week's theme (Simple pleasures).  I took this photo quite some time ago.  Earthy, unpretentious things found on the ground, simple beauties one sees almost everyday, indeed.

"The Love Story of Flowers!"

"Is it possible that flowers, those soul-less things we see at the roadside, are capable of ... loving?
If you follow this row of flowers, from the upper left corner, to the lower right corner, you will see many ... love stories LOL
Today, springtime has come!  The weather is marvelous.  I went off shooting at my lunch break, instead of ... having lunch!"

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Hi Biti & friends

Here's my belated photo of shoes...

Caro

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Chères MC , BT

Waoooh ! Superbe ton collage BT, quel talent , merci aussi de passer tout ce temps pour rassembler , réaranger les photos , dessins et contributions écrites des amis , un souvenir qui nous restera .. pour l 'éternité  ( quand on aura perdu nos dents, ce blog nous illuminera de son sourire ! ) Cela me rappelle un peu les années de MCNN avec Luu Bao et tous les amis, avec ao dà , yêm'...nostalgie !

Merci MC et BT , je ne suis qu 'une amatrice en peinture, , j' aime beaucoup les coquelicots aussi, et les fleurs de pavot ! merci MC pour ta gentilesse , toujours un mot gentil pour tous, Quang aussi

Les photos du Blog sont toutes superbes !

Amitiés

Hy Hoà

PS Avec bien du retard une petite contribution pour Shoes . Prise lors d' une expo sur les jeunes créateurs de mode english à ... Vienne en Juillet dernier, au musée Léopold , l' expo s 'intitulait " Fish and Chips  "

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Chère BT

La 2e photo c 'est juste un clin d 'oeil d un des mannequins de l' expo ! Ne pas le mettre sur ton blog !!

Je ne savais pas quel était le thème de la semaine" Un plaisir simple ?"

Bon je suis en avance cette fois ci et  voici 2 photos pour  l' illustrer, mes enfants en Fevrier 2007 , dansant sur le pont  d 'Avignon, heureux comme le sourire rayonnant du petit de Khanh Liem ( superbe photo KL ! )

Cette année là, Raphael mon petit  -12 ans à l 'époque -, venait juste d être opéré d 'une grave opération . On a eu très peur  ,mais les enfants récupèrent très vite. Trois semaines après  nous sommes partis  nous reposer dans le Midi, il  était déjà sur pied  et sa soeur a réussi à le faire danser  " Sur le pont d Avignon "

Je suis toujours émue quand je vois ces 2 photos , pile Raphael, face Fiona , dansant au crépuscule . Maintenant.Raphael m'a dépassé d une tête et c 'est lui qui se penche vers moi quand on se parle !

Et pour compléter le thème " à travers la fenêtre " avec beaucoup de retard , 2 autres photos prises aussi dans le Midi, à Roussillon

Biz

Hy Hoà

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Dear MC Friends:
Here my photo entry for this week :
Making children laugh is my favorite "simple pleasure"  that I could do every day.

It's pure simple happiness !
Hope you like my little boy smiling fun face !

(This picture was taken  6 years ago & I'm still smiling looking at it; Pascal is 14 now & he is still laughing and kidding

Just as he was a toddler).

Cheers from Liem

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Dear friends,

I take pleasure in so many little things that it's very hard for me to choose, but I have to say one
of the simplest pleasure for me is to be near, in, and on …......


.
..

…

…. water :-) be it lake or ocean.



A couple of weekends ago, we took R's mom on a cruise of the SF bay and I took these photos which I hope will bring you a bit of the feeling :-)

There it is … the one and only … Golden Gate Bridge

I was very happy to catch one of the seagull in flight,  and behind the sailboat is Alcatraz

Here you can see from left to right the Embarcadero, the pointy Embarcadero buliding and on the
far right hand side the Coit tower.  The water is a lot calmer the further you get away for the GG bridge.

And here is the Bay Bridge and another seagull … yeah!






Herb Caen said it all :-)

My entries for Simple Pleasure/Key to Happiness

Dear fellows Pho' Nhoms\, hoa. si~, thi si~ and van si~ en herbe and Forum friends

Here are my entries for Key to Happiness or Simple pleasure:

The first entry entitled Pure Happiness is a picture of my two girls holding hands, enjoying having their feet in the water, in the warm sunlight. I quickly took a picture to capture the sweetness of the moment. I could feel in my heart that it was a moment of pure happiness for them; it was also a simple pleasure for me to witness it.  

My second entry is entitled "Serenitea". Sometimes, all I need is a cup of green tea...
I took this picture at the Byodo Temple in Hawaii; the Japanese lady who gave us a quick lesson in tea ceremony told us that this green powder came from the best green tea in Japan. It was a pleasure for me sitting with Mai Khoi at that moment, watching the lady preparing the tea and looking at her beautiful tea cups. I loved the color of the brush, the tea cup and the green liquid, so much so I had to take a picture.

Quang, how about dessert with ly che\ ba mau^\ and finish with a cup of green tea?

My third entry is entitled Key to Happiness, to quote Mr. Kiu. I saw this big mural ad across the street from Port Authority on 42nd street, last week when I was catching the bus to go the office, but did not have time to take a picture. So on our way back from dim sum with Trang, Vit and Quang. I made sure I stopped to take a photo of it. I loved its design and message which I think is very relevant to our theme. 

Enjoy what you do on this Sunday and during the week...:-)

EmCi

[MC74 and Friends] This week theme - Simple Pleasure

Che thai for dessert - simply oh la la!

TNS

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Hello dear  BT, MC, CTT, Caro Nhu-Hoa, HH2, Trang, KL  and MC friends,

Thank you soooo much for sharing all your interesting/witty/funny postings, fabulous parties and pics and...poems!!!

MC, Trang look  radiantly happy  in such a great company !. What is your recommended restaurant  for Dim Sum in Chinatown?

As we speak of Matthieu Ricard, may I join here an article in 2004of the National Academy of Sciences about gamma wave activity in meditation:

http://www.pnas.org/content/101/46/16369.full

and some old pics (from 2010)  of my neck of the swiss mountains while we await for spring.

Cordialement,

Thu-Dung Caro TD4

Fw: MIEUX VAUT TARD QUE JAMAIS

TRAm oi,je ne sais pas si le sujet du jour est toujours THROUGH THE WINDOW ,mais mieux vaut tard que jamais! BIZ

HLan

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Wow, BT! Such artistic talent you've got my dear! Thanks for the lovely collage. I'm finally getting a chance to catch up on email and enjoy looking at all the great photographic contributions.

This is probably very late, as I have no idea whether the theme Through the Looking Glass is still on this week or not, but here are a couple of pictures taken during our brief stay in NY last week. The first one is entitled Empire State of Mind and shows the NY skyline from across the Hudson River in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. The second one was taken during my little excursion in Chinatown with Em Ci and Mr Kiu and is labeled Two Birds With  One Stone, as it could almost double as a shoe theme entry (well, if sandals and flip flops count as shoes) as well as the Through the Looking Glass theme. 

Thank you BT, and keep up the good work!

Trang

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Hi Cay Ti Xi

So beautifull and fresh tulipes ! And so artistically captured with your camera .Are they from your garden ?It' rare to see purple tulipes

Here are some coquelicots I made a few years ago to match your flowers and bring some Spring scent to all friends

Avec bien du retard, merci beaucoup pour ces belles photos et dessins à tous les amis et  que j' ai pu admirer dans le blog post de notre Sun Queen BT, elles sont toutes superbes et artistiques !

Amitiés

Hy Hoà

Sunlight thru window

Dear 2 ba chu blog and friends,

Late as usual to meet assignment’s deadline

No good ideas or subjects come to mind

Void of originality & elegance of CTT or Caroline

Ingenuity and creativity from twins EmCi & Lauren

Great techniques of Doug or Sunny’s shine

Not to mention pics of Triet and Liem so refined

As well as Anh Tuan and Ha Tuan’s beautiful skyline

Walking around empty house with a blank mind

Armed with a P&S and not a thing to find

Click click click, hoping outcome will be fine

Spring has sprung with all its glorious signs

Wishing all a wonderful and restful time…

Ktc

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Hello Mai Chau, hello TNS & friends,
I intended to go straight ( lờ đi luôn ) but nothing
could escape your keen sense of observation, EMCI !
So, very humbly, nothing glamourous behing my window,
just a pigeon that came to nest for the second time in
my plants, see the trilogy attached
It was very difficult to photography the mariole that took
the flight as soon as I approched.
Enjoy ,
CTT

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Hi all,

I must say that the artistic talents displayed on this forum are really impressive. It is humbling to be in you all's company. Since we have not had too many poems posted, I will follow the lead of our very talented musician/singer/poet Triet, and humbly send in my modest contribution of a small poem, all the while hoping that "tru*'ng tho^'i" will not be thrown at me.

Tự nhủ

Anh tự nhủ…quyết sẽ không nhung-nhớ,

Không giận-hờn, không suy-nghĩ vẩn-vơ,

Không tương-tư, không thao-thức đợi-chờ

Không buồn-bã những ngày em xa vắng.

Vừa xa nhau, ôi sao lòng vương-vấn,

Nhớ môi thơm đượm ngọt vị yêu-đương,

Nhớ tay đam-mê đưa lối thiên-đường,

Nhớ tình-tự những chiều Đông buốt-giá.

Nhớ làm sao lời yêu tha-thiết quá

Lúc chiều tàn em thủ-thỉ bên tai,

Nhớ làm sao trong đêm vắng canh dài

Tình e-ấp em trao anh trọn-vẹn.

Ôi anh nhớ những buổi chiều hò-hẹn

Đường em về lưu-luyến lúc chia tay,

Ôi nhớ-nhung thao-thức suốt đêm dài,

Anh tự-nhủ…sẽ yêu em mãi mãi!

Thuan

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Hello BT, MC and friends

Very impressed by your beautifull and creative photography... The Manhattan window composition was very unique!
Here's my modest contribution for Through the Window theme, taken in Florence
Caro

My photo entry for next week theme THRU THE WINDOW

"The Nike Team!"

Photo taken from inside The Nike store, one beautiful morning looking out to Union Square, San Francisco.

[MC74 and Friends] My photo entry for next week theme THROUGH THE WINDOW

Let the light of your love shine through the window of my heart.

TNS

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Dear Friends,

 

Please accept my humble entry for this week's theme, Through the Window. 

A bowl of pho with reduced fat, homemade marrow bone beef stock ,  accompanied with fresh mints picked from my 100% organic herb garden, plus a café sua da  personally prepared and deferentially served by me, will be the rewards for the first friend who correctly identifies the location of this photo.   A  zero fat pate chaud  bonus prize will be presented to the one who could determine the project shown in the picture.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Tuan

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thiThis is San Francisco by night thru the rain and thru the window. Tuan