ATC Flower #53

#568 Flower Large

Two flowers today for your enjoyment.

Have a lovely day!

Theta

#569 Flower Large

ATC Laudinella Gifted #4

#566 Stuva Buffet

These are the last two cards of the series for the  Laudinella personnel.

#567 Stuva Breakfast

They serve an excellent breakfast buffet every morning [with a special omelette chef ;) ] in their Stuva restaurant. The sausages, toast, and hash browns were my families favorites, besides the omelettes. Probably because we don't have a toaster and potato products are not allowed in the house very often - I like being able to move. Sausages in Saudi do not taste anything like European or American sausages and we are not partial to them, therefore it was a pleasure to eat sausages... It really was a good thing we hiked 8+ miles every day.

The Stuva evening buffet is quite varied and has something for everyone. I think the boys favorite part of the buffet was the desert part: ice cream, mousse, torte, and lots of other goodies.

Have a wonderful day!

Theta

ATC Laudinella Gifted #3

#564 Le Carnotzet

Le Carnozet and Pizzeria Caruso occupy the same restaurant space and serve delicious cheese fondue and pizza respectively. They are our second favorite places to eat at the Laudinella.  This year I brought rice crackers to eat the fondue. Bread bothers my system and thus I decided to try rice crackers as a substitute. They actually worked quite well. I broke the round cakes into 5-6 pieces, carefully stuck them on the fondue fork and went on from there. Yes, they do taste different and have a different texture, but fondue is very good on rice cakes.

#565 Pizzeria Caruso

On another note, for the last two years I had not been eating any cheese as it was causing me to have migraines. Knowing I was going to want to eat (and at least try) different cheeses and have fondue on vacation, I tried eating small amounts of cheese a few weeks before we left. I found I could eat some cheese, but I had to be careful. For me, that is a definite 'YAY!' especially after being off of it for so long. So far that is the only reaction to food that has dissipated over time. Now I can eat cheese and crackers, have cheese on a salad, and other good things.

Have a great day!

Theta

ATC Laudinella Gifted #2

#561 Omelette 

#563 Siam Wind

Card #561 Omelette is the ATC I made for the man who makes... guess what?!?... omelettes every morning in the Stuva restaurant buffet at the Hotel Laudinella. He seems to really enjoy making omelettes. If you ask him to make an omelette, his whole countenance becomes happy, but if you decline, he seems to deflate. Since he makes excellent omelettes, we ate lots of them.

Siam Wind, #563, is their Thai restaurant. It is one of our favorite restaurants. The boys, picky eaters, have always been able to find something they like and eat their whole order. Whenever we decide to stay at the Laudinella,  everyone gets excited about their Thai food.

Have a great day!

Theta

ATC Flower #52

#559 Flower Large

These are the last two flowers before the Restaurant posts, enjoy them.

Have a beautiful day!

Theta

#560 Flower Large

ATC Flower #51 (flower and mountain)

#558 Mountain

As you can see I've one flower and a watercolor mountain for you.

Note: #556 I gave away before I photographed it. I believe it was a Flower Large.

Have a great day!

Theta

#557 Flower Large

ATC Flower #50

#554 Flower Large

Here are two more flowers to enjoy.

Have a lovely day!

Theta

#555 Flower Large

ATC Flower #49

#552 Flower Large Multi

These two are a bit different, both have multiple flowers. I'm not sure I like #553, it reminds me too much of fuzzy caterpillars.

Have a great day!

Theta

#553 Flowers and Leaves

ATC Flower #48

#550 Flower Large

The next few posts are going to be flowers, and then there will be several posts of cards I made for the restaurant staff at the hotel Laudenella, Switzerland. Most of the cards, from this post through the restaurant card posts, I gave away to hotel and restaurant staff and to airline stewards and stewardesses. I enjoy giving my cards out to people who have been really helpful, to random people, and to people I like.

#551 Flower Large

It never ceases to surprise me how happy people are to receive a card, especially when they have been watching me doodle one. Sometimes it takes them a few minutes to understand that I don't want anything in return. It seems that it is more unusual to be given something without any expectations of return than I realize. I get joy from giving the cards out and that is good.

Have a beauitful day!

Theta

ATC Birthday

#548 Happy Birthday

These two ATCs went out with Birthday Happy Mail. The names were in the empty part of the leaf. I scanned them before putting in the names so that you can print them out and write in a name :)  Enjoy them.

Have a happy day!

Theta

#549 Happy Birthday