tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post1999233623263325881..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: Dearest Eulalia--RepriseBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-39187889282289493212018-04-22T05:49:56.924-07:002018-04-22T05:49:56.924-07:00New link for the video Het zonnetje in huis S03E08...New link for the video <a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6d2wuj" rel="nofollow"><b>Het zonnetje in huis S03E08 - Kaatje</b></a>Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-29767236961362806652013-12-28T07:31:18.525-08:002013-12-28T07:31:18.525-08:00LIVE WebCam Blokzijl at the harbour.
Ten different...LIVE WebCam <a href="http://hdtv.webcam.nl/blokzijl/" rel="nofollow"><b>Blokzijl</b></a> at the harbour.<br />Ten different camera positions. After 15 seconds you can choose a different camera position/<i>positie</i><br /><br />I saw the ducks!!!Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-84743681168830303682013-03-19T12:29:47.513-07:002013-03-19T12:29:47.513-07:00Poor little you! Keeping your nose to the grindsto...Poor little you! <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22nose+to+the+grindstone%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow">Keeping your nose to the grindstone.</a> I hope your very own Mr Beresford is a great support. And anyway, the novel will keep. Mine had been sitting around for quite a while, too. Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-17223113399359436002013-03-19T06:25:08.747-07:002013-03-19T06:25:08.747-07:00I have it here, but I'm in the middle of a dea...I have it here, but I'm in the middle of a death spiral of writing, revising, editing, composing, and promoting, so I haven't had a chance to read it.Magdalenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551590278859598110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-20793064545629937522013-03-17T13:29:31.687-07:002013-03-17T13:29:31.687-07:00Betty Magdalen, yesterday, I finished the Beresfor...Betty Magdalen, yesterday, I finished the <b>Beresford</b> novel. Not bad. Not bad at all. Never a dull moment.<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-9330617040085830272013-02-06T07:46:25.603-08:002013-02-06T07:46:25.603-08:00Why is there a hyphen in gift certificate? There s...Why is there a hyphen in gift certificate? There should be an empty space.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-70706646844715759932013-02-06T07:44:24.708-08:002013-02-06T07:44:24.708-08:00I will probably order it at the bookstore tomorrow...I will probably order it at the bookstore tomorrow. I still have some gift-certificates. But it may take two weeks... Unless the other wholesale dealer has it in stock...Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-91679209688106588302013-02-05T18:16:48.784-08:002013-02-05T18:16:48.784-08:00I've ordered it, so we'll see about this M...I've ordered it, so we'll see about this MOC...<br /><br />(Nobody does the MOC like The Great Betty. Nobody, myself included.)Magdalenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551590278859598110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-2013167585308240802013-02-05T07:32:16.813-08:002013-02-05T07:32:16.813-08:00Yes, I knew Betty Ross's last name. That's...Yes, I knew Betty Ross's last name. That's what made me think of you.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-71333108764897840102013-02-04T18:04:22.189-08:002013-02-04T18:04:22.189-08:00Did you know that Betty Ross's surname is Bere...Did you know that Betty Ross's surname is Beresford? Too funny.<br /><br />Book four of the <a href="http://blackjackquartet.com/" rel="nofollow">Blackjack Quartet</a> is going to be a modern-day MOC when the heroine asks if she can live in the hero's house (they've known each other for a couple years: he was best man at her sister's wedding) just until she figures out what to do next. I'm afraid there will be Brighton-ish elements (sorry) but there will definitely be some nods to The Great Betty!Magdalenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551590278859598110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-10346089269161425052013-02-03T14:00:08.903-08:002013-02-03T14:00:08.903-08:00Bane like Wolfsbane, a wolfy earl in sheep's c...Bane like Wolfsbane, a wolfy earl in sheep's clothing, no doubt...<br /><br />B von S<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-28245724528026704182013-02-03T12:39:45.205-08:002013-02-03T12:39:45.205-08:00Betty Magdalen, just read a mail from my sister, a...Betty Magdalen, just read a mail from my sister, a recommendation from Amazon. Made me think of you. Made me laugh out loud. <br /><br />Ann Lethbridge (majored in history and business), <i>Haunted by the Earl's Touch<br />No man has ever wanted her for herself<br />When she arrives at <b>Beresford Abbey</b>, <b>orphan</b> Mary Wilder's hopes of finding a place to belong are dashed when she meets <b>Bane Beresford</b>, the <b>enigmatic earl</b>. He is <b>as remote as the ghosts</b> that supposedly <b>haunt the Abbey</b>…and, like <b>its crumbling walls</b>, her dreams fall apart.<br /><br />Occasionally she sees a different, more caring man behind the facade, so is she foolish to long for a happy home…and a family? His <b>proposal</b> is <b>for a marriage of convenience</b>, but his touch...</i><br />leads to Brighton , most definitely to Brighton, I'm afraid<br /><br />☑ orphaned heroine<br />☑ remote, enigmatic hero<br />☑ caring man<br />☑ proposal for a MOC<br /><br />– Bane, like the bane of whose existence?Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-13821157444374166952013-02-03T08:01:10.028-08:002013-02-03T08:01:10.028-08:00re: the Kaatje link: Het Zonnetje in Huis (literal...re: the Kaatje link: Het Zonnetje in Huis (literally "the little sun in the house"), Pieter "Piet" Bovenkerk moved in with his son and daughter-in-law. I daresay he is the (grumpy) little sunshine.<br />the father: The Dutch musical award, the <b>John Kraaijkamp Musical Award</b>, (since 2000) is named after John Kraaijkamp sr. <br /><br />the daughter-in-law: <b>Martine Bijl</b> is a Dutch singer, television presenter, actress, writer, cabaretière, translates musicals and tv comedies. For Stage Entertainment/ Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties she <b>translated</b> the following musicals: <b>42nd Street, Aida, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Wiz, Tarzan, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Mary Poppins, We Will Rock You, La Cage Aux Folles, Wicked and The Little Mermaid</b>. (from: <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martine_Bijl" rel="nofollow">http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martine_Bijl</a>)Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-76778909226223951872013-02-03T06:25:51.054-08:002013-02-03T06:25:51.054-08:00The tea came in glasses...
I was looking for sound...<i><b>The tea came in glasses...</b></i><br />I was looking for sound examples for <b>Kaatje bij de sluis</b>. It was quite easy too. Found <i>sluis</i>, <i>bij</i> and <i>de</i> on wikisomething pages. Kaatje on YouTube in a Dutch sitcom. The little round guy who looks – chin in hand – dreamily happy, had dreamed of Kaatje, Kaatje Kuit, the love of his life. He dreamed that she was waiting for him at their home. They had five little daughters with pretty curls. Kaatje was baking apple tart... Anyway, in the <b>next scene (4:42)</b> we see his son (his son in real life too) and daughter-in-law at the <b>breakfast table</b>. Take a good look at the table: a basket with slices of bread – no rolls, alas – knäckebröd/crisp bread, butter, jam, peanut butter, a box of <a href="https://www.google.de/search?q=hagelslag&hl=de&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7m8OUdXSAcKbtQad24G4DQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=607" rel="nofollow"><i>hagelslag</i></a>, a plate with slices of cheese and cold cuts, plates, forks and knives and <b>tea glasses in little baskets</b> – so you don’t burn your fingers. Hadn’t seen those in a long time. The last time must have been at a store. We had a daintier set when I was little and I remember drinking my rosehip tea for supper from it.<br /><br /><b>Kaatje bij de sluis – Katy by the lock</b><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IQyumwpg8s" rel="nofollow">Kaatje</a> 1:57 Kaatje, 1:59 Kaatje wie? 2:00 Kaatje Kuit, 2:02 Ho, ho! Kaatje Kuit.<br /><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Nl-bij.ogg" rel="nofollow">bij</a><br /><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Nl-de.ogg" rel="nofollow">de</a><br /><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/248_Sluis.ogg" rel="nofollow">sluis</a><br />Suggestion: Open each link in a new tab (right mouse click).Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-48087801967218117402013-02-03T06:03:56.508-08:002013-02-03T06:03:56.508-08:00By the time they reached Woodstock, Eulalia was wi...By the time they reached <b>Woodstock</b>, Eulalia was wishing the day would go on for ever. <b>The Feathers</b> was warm and welcoming, with a pleasant bar and a charming restaurant. Eulalia, invited to choose her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=458708597522705&set=a.147964278597140.30034.100430246683877&type=1&theater" rel="nofollow">lunch</a>, gulped at the <a href="http://www.feathers.co.uk/wine-and-dine/restaurant-menu.aspx" rel="nofollow">prices</a> and then, urged by her companion, decided on lobster patties and then a traditional <a href="http://www.feathers.co.uk/wine-and-dine/sunday-lunch-menu.aspx" rel="nofollow">Sunday lunch</a> – roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, vegetables… and after that a trifle to put to shame any other trifle. Eulalia finally sighed with repletion and poured the coffee.<br />'What a heavenly meal,' she observed. 'I shall remember it for years.'<br />'Good. The Cotswolds are at their best in the autumn, I think.'<br />He drove to Shipton-under-Wychwood, on to Stow-on-the-Wold and then <b>Bourton-on-the-Water</b> where he obligingly stopped for a while so that she might enjoy <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/138274651029850165/" rel="nofollow">its charm and the little river</a> running through the village. At <b>Burford</b> he stopped at a hotel in its <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/noddygoestotoytown/4943027376/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow"><b>steep</b></a> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/264868021804991121/" rel="nofollow">main</a> <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=1544&with_photo_id=24031043&order=date_desc&user=3387650" rel="nofollow"><b>street</b></a>, a warm and cosy place where they sat in a pleasant room by the fire and ate <a href="http://www.thepinkwhisk.co.uk/2012/01/homemade-teacakes.html" rel="nofollow">toasted teacakes oozing butter</a> and drank the finest <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ph3C8S1CmVM/T-NBlJJXpWI/AAAAAAAADrI/bivOWYmfZfA/s1600/4847.jpg" rel="nofollow">Assam tea</a>.<br /><br />Yesterday, Betty A. enjoyed a spot of tea in the afternoon. It came <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=tea+%22in+glasses%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow">in a glass</a> (because thats what she picked from the cupboard) with <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=tea+%22no+milk%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=10" rel="nofollow">no milk</a> (because that's how she likes it), but then it was China green tea Pi Lo Chun with sugar added with a lavish hand. And the glass was on the largish side (about 2 cups/500 mL). Delicious.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-79749451985057612162013-02-01T21:28:44.512-08:002013-02-01T21:28:44.512-08:00I love how you do this! Thank you!
Betty Anoni...I love how you do this! Thank you! <br /><br />Betty AnoninTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-91958806198508552172013-02-01T13:40:10.277-08:002013-02-01T13:40:10.277-08:00He took the road to Apeldoorn and then by side roa...He took the road to Apeldoorn and then by side roads to Zwolle and then north for another twenty miles to <b>Blokzijl</b>, a very small town surrounding a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hermanverheij/7403674376/sizes/l/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">harbour</a> on the inland lakes of the region. It was hardly a tourist centre but the <a href="http://www.heerlijk.nl/Content/Uploads/Restaurants/kaatje_bij_de_sluis/1334851285_kaatje%20bij%20de%20sluis.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>restaurant</b></a> <a href="http://www.anwbrestaurants.nl/fotos/resized/572_3.jpg" rel="nofollow">by the lock</a> was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaatje_bij_de_Sluis" rel="nofollow">famous</a> for its <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trufflerose/3140484693/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow"><b>food</b></a>. He parked the car and as Eulalia got out she exclaimed, 'Oh, how Dutch! Look at the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/robmillenaar/7002367257/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">ducks</a> and that <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/58859718" rel="nofollow">little bridge</a> over the lock.' She beamed up at him. 'This is really Holland, isn't it?' 'Yes. In the summer there are yachts going to and fro and it can be <a href="https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1442770536/twit2.jpg" rel="nofollow">crowded</a>. Would you like to have lunch here?' 'Oh, yes, please...' They had a table in a window overlooking the lock in a room half full of people, and Eulalia, with one eye on the scene outside, discovered that she was hungry and ate prawns, grilled sole and Charlotte Russe with a splendid appetite, <b>...</b>Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-51892081595222500632013-02-01T06:51:56.211-08:002013-02-01T06:51:56.211-08:00Note the cuffs on her sleeves.Note the <b>cuffs</b> on her <b>sleeves</b>.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-56198553748790840342013-01-31T16:11:48.820-08:002013-01-31T16:11:48.820-08:00Me too, for cookies,cake bread and a pot of tea wh...Me too, for cookies,cake bread and a pot of tea which I shall drink dry.Shandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316439208877217381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-46659552255094796192013-01-31T15:10:47.311-08:002013-01-31T15:10:47.311-08:00Lunch can be called dinner, and dinner can be call...Lunch can be called dinner, and dinner can be called supper, but you can't call supper lunch (who's on first?). High tea is what farmers have around 6:00 P.M. after plowin' all day. Usually a hot meat dish is served. Afternoon tea what is ladies and Dutch doctors have around 4:00 P.M. I was told they were called high and low tea because high tea is served on the high (dining room) table and low (afternoon) tea on the lower coffee table while sitting on the couch/sofa/divan/settee/three piece suite which is an exact replica of the one at Sandringham house. Are they called coffee tables in England?<br /><br />B von S<br /><br />Now I'm hungry.....<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-9393436404171639492013-01-31T10:46:43.168-08:002013-01-31T10:46:43.168-08:00While I'm at it...
elevenses
high tea
dinner
M...While I'm at it...<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=elevenses+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow"><b>elevenses</b></a><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22high+tea%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow"><b>high tea</b></a><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=dinner+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow"><b>dinner</b></a><br />Might as well add <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=breakfast+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow"><b>breakfast</b></a><br />Tea and coffee are ubiquitous so I won't do those.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-49461958485591002832013-01-31T10:29:41.518-08:002013-01-31T10:29:41.518-08:00To me supper is the meal eaten in the evening, whi...To me supper is the meal eaten in the evening, which some (actually a lot of) people call dinner, especially if it is a warm meal. A late supper, to me, is a meal you eat after going to the cinema or the theatre, the opera...<br /><br /><b>supper</b> – definition <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supper" rel="nofollow">Merriam-Webster</a><br /><b>supper</b> – definition <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/supper" rel="nofollow">Cambridge</a><br /><b>supper</b> in <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=supper+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow">Betty Neels</a><br /><b>midday dinner</b> in <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=midday+dinner+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow">Betty Neels</a><br /><b>midday dinner + supper</b> in <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=midday+dinner+supper+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow">Betty Neels</a>Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-52667547327886826812013-01-30T14:27:28.285-08:002013-01-30T14:27:28.285-08:00To me supper is what the upper class would eat aro...To me supper is what the upper class would eat around 9:00 P.M. , a late supper is what a rake would take his actress/singer mistress to between midnight and 02:00. In the US all the drunks are out eating pancakes at IHOP from 0200 to 0400. Not sure what you would call that,other than disgusting.<br /><br />B von SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-45408547414492957242013-01-30T07:39:54.025-08:002013-01-30T07:39:54.025-08:00Unless it's (tea) - breakfast - coffee - midda...Unless it's (tea) - breakfast - coffee - midday dinner - tea - supper. Oh, and then endless cups of tea...<br />And we still haven't covered high tea...<br />The number of combinations is nearly endless...<br />If I were to have that many meals a day - each and every day "you could roll me to the station", as my mom used to say.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-11451330168439137522013-01-29T23:17:40.522-08:002013-01-29T23:17:40.522-08:00It feels one-sided though...It feels one-sided though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com