Thursday, 24 November 2011

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The cookies made by my goddaughters's mother and sent to me as a gift. My friend L. likes to decorate cookies and cakes. In these cookies, you will find the words "Parabéns Sandra" which means "Congratulations Sandra". They were my birthday cake :-) I blew the candles yesterday evening. The cookies were absolutely delicious!!

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I coudn't get them earlier in the post office because I was in London. So, I can say I had a surprise party ;-) Very private, but a surprise party ;-)

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We arrived at home last Tuesday evening. Look at the surprise I had in my living room! No, this is not my cat, but the cat of one of my neighbours. My cat was on the sofa.They were both very quiet when we got in the living room. I didn't see him right away because his colour is very similar to the colour of the new TV furniture.

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He must have gotten in when my neighbour J. opened the backyard/living room door a little bit so that my cat could go to the backyard for a couple of minutes. J. was here taking care of the cat litter, his food and water supplies. My neighbour lives next door and generally when we go away, he comes twice a day.

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Yesterday, I was also in the post office to get my mother's present: a book about the European Royal Families who came to live in Portugal during World War II.They stayed mainly in the towns of Sintra and Cascais. Never in history there were so many crowned heads living in the same place at the same time. This book was written by the French Prince, Charles Philippe D'Orléans, married with the Portuguese Duchess Diana of Cadaval.

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Previously, my mother sent to me another book about a great lady I admire very much, the Portuguese Princess, Adelaide of Braganza. In times of crisis, the story of this Princess is in fact an inspiration. She almost got killed by the Gestapo. By the way, she married a Dutch doctor ;-)

 

I leave you now with the trailer of the musical I went to see in London: "Les Misérables".

Stay well :-)

PS1:I know I have been away. Sorry. But I've been very busy.

PS2: Thanks again to the ones who sent me emails and sms's of congratulations. :-)

10 comments:

Sara said...

Muitos Parabéns, Sandra!
E que maravilha de presentes, certamente à altura e ao gosto da aniversariante.
Espero que tudo o que por aí venha replique a alegria destes momentos!
Beijinhos e, sim, já estava com saudades dos teus posts :))

Presépio no Canal said...

Obrigada, Sara!! :-)
Es muito querida!! Obrigada!
Tenho muita coisa para publicar...e em atraso...
xoxo

ana said...

Parabéns, Sandra!
Tão bonito o seu Bolo(inhos)de aniversário.
Também já tinha saudades das novidades holandesas.
A fotografia tirada em Londres está linda!
Um nevoeiro embelezado.
Aguardarei com expectativa.
Beijinhos e muitos anos de vida!:)

Teresa said...

Muitos parabéns Sandra! E tantas surpresas boas, mesmo longe do nosso país há sempre forma de encurtar a distância :)
Beijinhos e tudo de bom.

Presépio no Canal said...

Obrigada, Ana! :-))
A minha amiga L. e muito talentosa! :-)
Assim que possa, colocarei algumas fotos de Londres.
Gostei muito deste passeio.
Muitos Beijinhos!! :-)

Presépio no Canal said...

So true, Teresa, so true :-) E so querer! :-)
Sabem tao bem estes miminhos!!
E o Voip Buster da uma grande ajuda tambem ;-)
Beijinhos e Obrigada!! :-)

Unknown said...

Muitos parabéns, Sandrinha!! :D
What a beautiful surprise, I love the look of those cakes!
I once found a cat relaxing on my carpet in the living room once - I kind of panicked, bec. we have a little bunny and normally, cats tend to be quite mean to bunnies! But this one must have been used to other house pets, bec. he was just sitting there, making himself quite at home...
That book about la infanta rebelde, sounds quite interesting!
Beijinhos querida amiguinha!! Lol!

Sami said...

Parabens atrasados,felicidades xxx
Que bom poder ir a Londres ver um show, 'e bom tudo na Europa ser tao perto! Beijinhos e obrigada pela msg no meu blog. Ja me sinto melhor hoje.

Presépio no Canal said...

Aledys,

Obrigada ;-) De vez em quando, tenho gatos dos vizinhos em casa, de todas as cores, racas e feitios. Lol!!
Beijinhos!!

Sami,

Obrigada! Que bom que ja esta um pouco melhor :-)
E verdade, Londres e aqui pertinho e faz-se num instantinho. Esta e a segunda vez que la vou. No ano passado, tambem pelo meu aniversario, fui ver "O Fantasma da Opera" com a nossa Sofia Escobar.

Beijinhos e continuacao de melhoras!! :-)

Presépio no Canal said...

Thanks Stu :-)