Noas' Libellule {13% Mondays}

Hello guys! Happy Monday! How does the week come round so quickly? We celebrated in style my grand-parents' diamond anniversary. It was great to catch up with my family. Although it is not without its... challenges ... Let just say a lot of questions focused on having children - Was I intending to have any, when, what was I waiting for - at least they are stopping at giving me tips on how-to.. Phew!

The one picture that stood out is that of my brother with this (one of) beloved guitar. He played a solo for my grand-parents, and every time he plays I am just amazed how good he is (he played at our wedding as well - I got quite emotional then..). So here is, the man (well hands) and his guitar.

Full week this week - I have to work 5 days! What!! ... I definitely need a bit of humour. My Dad is a chemist, and this is perhaps why I find this very funny...

So what have you been up to this weekend? Anything exciting? Have a great week, guys.

PS: I have received a few questions about the blog, my HUNDRED post, my pictures... I will be running a FAQ post in a couple of weeks. So guys, you have until this Friday to ask me ANY question you want and I will try to reply to all ... in the best of my knowledge (by the way, we are intending to have children, just not now).

Noas' Libellule {13% Mondays}

Hello hello my lovelies! How are you all? Did you enjoy your weekend? It was great being on my own (loved M coming back too, of course), and chilling at home. I managed to almost finish my to-do list, yeah! More to come on this in the course of the week...

The weather is beautiful today, and to be fair it was all written in the sky yesterday when we went for a walk on the common...

Sometimes it is all about being at the right place, at the right time; I am not a plane-spotter, but I could not resist showing this picture... I never thought about it but living near an airport can be a photographic opportunity!

Finally... there are facts you cannot deny on Mondays.. and here is this week's...

Happy Monday guys! Hope you will have a great week...

PS: If you want to know why I keep calling my Monday posts {13% Mondays} check out my first {13% Mondays} post.

Noas' Libellule Tuesday {13% Mondays}

Hello hello hello!! How is everyone? Did you enjoy the weekend? I certainly did, but if I am honest it is going to take me a bit of time to recover from my brother's visit. The little guy (not so little anymore ) is hyper-active, seriously. We had to jog with him, play squash with him (more M than me, I jog much slower), and go for a 4-hour walk (only me left for that one), in addition to visit a bit of England. let's say I slept really well last night. Anyway on Saturday we ended up in Whitstable which I LOVE. It is on the East coast near Ramsgate (sort of) and Canterbury, in Kent. It is SO pretty and quaint with a lot of independent shops. It is quite well-known for its Oyster festival which happened during the summer.

No taking of these oyster shells!

You can seriously relax out there. I had the best fish&chips ever on the beach, and a regatta was going on in the background (not with that boat - clearly).

If you have not been, do go for a weekend away or even a day - you can take a train directly from London.

On my way back from work on Friday, I found this picture in Tatler of former Tatler editor-in-chief Tina Brown. Such a great picture of her and her daughter Isabel... very cool, don't you think?


PS: Tomorrow's {buy it or make it?} is a designer special!! Stay tune! OK, now time to catch up with the latest on the blogosphere...

Noas' Libellule Tuesday {13% Mondays}

Hiya! Back in London after a long weekend in France, and it is mayhem here. We live outside London, so we are fine, but it is awful for some of my colleagues. I only left three days ago!

So you know the feeling, it is Tuesday, but you have just come back to work to 100+ emails so really it is Monday for you. I am all confused and so is my blog! So {13% Mondays} is on Tuesday. Thought we needed cheering up here in London, so here are pictures of one of the places we visited in Brittany - Les Jardins du Montmarin. It is near the Dinard airport, so no excuse not to visit on the way back. Honestly, I just want to live there...

Check out the back of the house and the view... Cannot believe I was there yesterday.

Now, for a little bit of humour, I want to find those plastic bags! They are seriously cool!

PS: Anyone who knows where I can shop to find some of these plastic bags contact me please!

Noas' Libellule {13% Mondays}

Hey... Monday again guys! How are you all doing? Did you have a good weekend? I hope so! We drove to France for a wedding (our fourth one this year, one more to attend), and managed to fit a visit to my parents.. We had an amazing time (wedding and parents)! It was SO worth us getting really lost on the way back and wasting two hours before finding the right motorway...

Also this weekend, I finally worked out why men have suit pockets: to hold M and my sunglasses! Genius! I am sure you know, it is not easy to take pictures with glasses... but now I have it all figured out.

On another note, I thought this humour post should be about mothers as it is my Mum's birthday this week. This label (via pinterest) made me think of her... I wonder why?

PS: If you want to know why this is 13% Monday, check out the first {13% Monday} post I wrote.

Noas' Libellule {13% Mondays}

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend! We certainly enjoyed ours, I managed to get an interesting tan line in the process (tanning means sun, so that is all good).

I met a new friend. I think I took a 100 pictures of him coming out of his shell, but here is my favourite one ... I am sure he is posing for the camera!

Although I have been talking to the interior of my house many times in this blog, the exterior is no less important - it has always been on our to-do-list. And this weekend was THE weekend we were going to tackle it. And here is a picture to prove that someone was working really hard (and I am recording essential moments in the renovating of our house - a very important task).

And finally a bit of knitter humour for the start of the week ... Many of you may recognise themselves... I am certainly one to wear all the scarves I have knitted no matter what the weather is (guess what I am knitting at the moment, yes a scarf).

Happy Monday everyone!

PS: You are going to LOVE tomorrow's {buy it or make it} ? I will be reviewing one of my favourite items: BAGS! Some amazing tutorials to show you.

Noas' Libellule {13% Mondays}

Hiya Guys... Just come back from a long weekend away with Mr. M. This morning was really hard work for the two of us (3 snoozes on the blackberry-cum-alarm clock). And to be honest, I am still not really awake.

Made me wondered about Monday posts - what would like to work on? Clearly I love remembering the best bit of the weekend, but I need a bit of humour for the week ahead. You will remember my coup de coeur pictures of Mamika by Sacha Goldberger. They make me smile every time I look at them. And this is exactly what I need on Mondays, something to make me smile!

The post is called 13% Mondays, because of this quote:

'I always give 100% at work: 13% Monday, 22% Tuesday, 26% Wednesday, 35% Thursday and 4% Friday'.

The best bit of the weekend is the wedding of friends of ours in the Peak District.

Today's humour is quite topical, and I suppose, only for Harry Potter's fans.

Has not happened to me yet, but it may do!

What have you been up to this weekend?

Happy Monday everyone!

PS: This week will feature another new type of posts, involving shopping (I LOVE shopping) and making.. Stay tune, or follow me on twitter (@NoasLibellule) for sneak peeks at what's coming up.