Melli's ABC ... The Much Dreaded Q and R

It's time for Melli's Alphabet Challenge, and we've reached the dreaded week.
Today we have to come up with our Q's and R's.

I must have grown an alphabet brain since I got started on this challenge weeks ago.
Finding Q was easier than A!
I found my first Q when we went to Leuven. That was in the second week of the challenge.
It's the one on the bottom right.
All I had to do was to tilt my camera a little to get the right angle.
And once I knew what I was looking for, it was EASY!


There.
Boring huh?

Oooohh, Suzie Q!! Ain't she pretty!

And how about this one?
As for R ... Let's see...
Now wait a minute!


With a little bit of goodwill? That's Q and R in one picture.
Now ...


Two R's in one picture?

Two more?

And now for my little "pièce de résistance"...

Q and R right next to each other.
Okay okay, I can hear your protests!
" Those were probably meant to be!!"
Let me assure you, they were NOT.
Look ...
This is where I found them.

There.

Nothing more to add!


Find more Q's and R's at Melli's place.


Unless?
It looks like I'm going to have to do a little shameless begging.

Have you enjoyed my Scavenger Hunt pictures I published earlier this week? In case you haven't seen them, they're here. They're a great way to get to know Belgium and the way we live a little better. If you like them, would you do me a favour?
Would you vote for them please?
You can cast your vote here.

I hate to beg, but look ...
I'm in fifth place at the moment and the voting continues until the 31st of this month.
It's not that I want to WIN, it's just, I just don't want to drop down?
So please, pretty please?
Thanks!

Melli's Alphabet Challenge

We have reached O and P this week in Melli's Alphabet challenge.
O was not that hard, O's are everywhere.





P on the other hand is a little bit harder ...



This is a detail of a gate I saw last Saturday.
It held yet another interesting detail.
I think Melli will like it, but I'm not sharing it just yet ...

Find other Alphabet Hunters at Melli's

Melli's Alphabet Hunt, M and N

Wednesday already.
For this week's alphabet hunt, Melli wanted us to look for M and N.
So here we go again ...



I think this character on a Chinese calendar holds just about the whole alphabet if you search long enough, that's why I took the picture in the first place!

And if you flip the picture, ...
there's your m, see?


You should always remember to look up.
Anywhere.
I saw this beautiful house in Leuven,


and this is a detail of a balcony in Antwerp.

As for N ...
I saw this one when I returned from the supermarket where I found my A.

But I did not think it was pretty or interesting enough, so I kept looking.
There's one on this teapot.
There is ... look!



And now I'm off to Melli's to see what the others have posted!
Click here to get there!

Melli's ABC challenge ... K and L

Time for Melli's ABC in pictures again ....
K and L this week ...
So here's my first K,

okay ... okay, I did flip the picture(s), but a little creativity never did any harm, did it?

As for L ...


they ARE everywhere.

But it did take me some time to find an interesting one though, but I love how the daylight makes an L shape in that window.


Visit Melli's to meet the other players.

Melli's ABC in pictures, I and J

It's time for Melli's ABC in pictures again, and this week we have to post the letters I and J.
I have spent so much time looking for the rest of the alphabet, that I kind of overlooked I and J, because they're so easy to find. Or that's what I thought. So I did not look all that well, and now I find myself desperately browsing through my archives to find something suitable!
So here we go.


I think those columns can pass for I's don't you think?

If not, there's always this one, okay?

Now, J was just a little bit harder, but I found one.


One of the key hangers I made a while ago.

So there, that's it from me this week.
Click here if you want to find out what the others have posted.

Melli's ABC in Pictures, G and H

Wednesday today, time for Melli's ABC photo challenge.
The idea is to find the letters of the ABC, but they can't be real ones, they have to be disguised. Now I have to include a little warning here, this is not an easy challenge.

At the end of an exhausting day, desperately trying to find them- looking at all kinds of shapes and forms and shadows and what not- you'll find that your brains feel like they have been boiled.
Or fried. It's torture! Pure torture, but I'm doing it for Melli. An act of love for Melli, right?

This week we do H and G.
H would be no real problem, but will I be able to come up with a G?
To G or not to G, that's the question!!

Let's find out, shall we?


I looked everywhere.
The pub at the corner of my street. That was my first one.

In church ...

In shopping streets ...

I even went through the trouble of doing a photo shoot in an old factory.


And another old factory!

There ... Do you think that will do?


At the Chinese restaurant I even found both!
As for G ...

This is one from my archives ...

You won't believe where I found this one!
At a cemetery in the snow!

A detail of a church door.

And last ... but certainly not least, my pièce de résistance ...
I give you .... g!!


What do you think?
Looks like I've done it!

Melli's Alphabet E and F

Wednesday already huh? How time flies!
When you think you have ALL week to find the next letter for Melli's alphabet?
Finding an E was not so hard.
I found it on our day out in Leuven which was last Wednesday.


And once you know what you're looking for, it 's easy.

BUT!
I'll probably slap myself when I see other people's F's, but I had so much trouble finding one!
Until suddenly I remembered one of my husband's tools in his toolbox. I would not know what to use it for or how to use it, but it's an F! Not the most perfect F shape around, but it 'll have to do!

So there. I've done it again!!! Heehee!
I'm safe for another week!
Now go no off to Melli's to see what the others came up with huh?

ABC in Pictures Zut Alors!

If you're looking for my Fun Monday,
please scroll down to the next post,
but these will already get you in the mood,
I'm sure of that ...



The final two letters for Quilly's Photo challenge are Y and Z.


I am keeping the holiday atmosphere from my Fun Monday post
with two pictures from my favourite place on earth,
La Provence, in France.

Y ... for yellow ...

ans Z for .... "zut alors!"
"Zut alors!" is what you would say if you were in France,
trying to take a picture of this cute cat on the window sill.
You've got everything ready, and then your model
just does not feel like posing any more.

Zut alors!

This photo challenge was fun, I loved doing it.
Now go visit the others at Quilly's blog
one more time now, would you?

ABC in Pictures X is for XXLL ....

If you're looking for my Photohunt,
please scroll down to the next post.



X is for .... XXLL
XX .... Large Love!


We're celebrating our 17th wedding anniversary tomorrow.
The love we have for each other has always been, and always will be ... XXL!

Visit the other ABC players at Quilly's blog.

ABC in Pictures, W is for ........ Windows

W is for ............. windows.




I love windows and I love to photograph them
when we are on holliday in France.
From my collection of windows in the Provence,
I present you two of my favourite window pictures ...


Now let's go and find out what the others have posted for "W"!