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Winter and US Nails

A week before I went to the US it snowed in Denmark, so I made these snowflake nails:
The dark blue is bought on a market in Italy in 1985, and it is still going strong. I think Essie’s “Aruba Blue” is much like it. And I’ve invested in both a black and a white special polish from Konad and they are really good.

Right before I went to the US I had to make US themed nails:
I had a plate with “Stars and Stribes” related things, so now I finally had an opportunity to use it. The polish is “Fashion Addict” from Color Club, a lovely rosy-purple holo-polish, which I thought would look great in the sunshine over there. My Konad decorated nails resulted in a great discount at the Konad shop in the Sawgrass Mills outlet – but more about that later. :)

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Back to the Future

I’ve just been on a two week holiday in Florida, so this months will be a little about the US.

Son and I have been crazy about Back to the Future since it came in 1985 and when son was old enough to see it with me. We have seen it about a hundred times since and both of us know the lines before they are said. It is one of our favourite movies. Since son was 6 or 7 years old we have said that we wanted to sit in the Delorian that is the time machine in the movie. And it happened last week, that is, you are not allowed to sit in it anymore, but we met “Doc” whom we had a long chat with:

And of course we had the traditional photo taken with him:

But when we were about to go, he grabbed son and said: ”Come here son, I’ve got a good feeling for this”. And then they made the movie poster from the number two movie:
I LOVE that photo!

Here is the real poster for comparison:

It was really a lovely day and afterwards son almost danced with happiness.

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My Favourite Cars

If money and space and sour husbands wasn’t a problem, I would invest in these beauties:

A hand built Morgan from the fifties:
And I could settle for the 4/4, although the V8-sound is the best. It should be Racing Green, have leather seats and a leather belt over the bonnet, a leather suitcase at the back and perhaps also a large black man’s umbrella:
But it always cost more than 100,000 dollars, sigh.

This one is within reach:
And such a tiny little Fiat 500 is easy to store. In fact you can get it with a shoulder strap so you don’t have to park it, you just take it over your shoulder. Last spring I almost bought one, but then Dear Husband (DH) turned into Sour Husband – wow, it was a tough job making him happy again. But he promised me to take care of my Opel GT till I parted with it some day, so that’s great.

A shiny, black gangster car should also be part of my collection:
It is SO elegant, and it would also become me when I’m old.

And my heart still beats for Little Nolte:
Although he is a rusty pot, he should be part of my collection. So tiny and sweet and charming. Our Little Nolte is dead many years ago, I’m sure.

What is your favourite car?

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