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Portrait of Charles XII of Sweden from Wikkipedia This week ABC-Wednesday has the letter 'B'. For my 'B-post' I have shown a portion of my collection of beads and buttons, as well as featured two blogging jewelley-artists that make beautiful pieces with both beads and buttons. A post that appeals more to women than to men. Painting of battle from Wikkipedia This is why I am adding an extra button that may be of interest to all of you boys out there and history-buffs: My extra button is a button-bullet, that is believed to have killed the Swedish king, Charles XII (1682-1718) . T here has been a long debate about who actually killed this king. Was it the enemy's that shot him in the battle of Fredrikshald in 1718, or was it one of his own? To look at what Wikipedia has on this subject please click here. This is a painting from the National Gallery of Art in Stockholm. Photo from Wikkipedia This picture depicts the body of Charles XII being carried home to Sweden. A...

Today is already Wednesday, July 28th and time to link up with Mrs. Denise Nesbitt's ABC-Wednesday for the letter 'B'. This week, I am a little pressed for time, and choose to combine this ABC-Wednesday 'B'-post with Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday Summer School Rainbow - RED . Photo Copyright Christina Wigren (Click on image to enlarge) My B-words are BEADS and BUTTONS, that are RED . And here is a sampling of my collection of beads and buttons that are red . Photo Copyright Christina Wigren (Click on image to enlarge) I use all kinds of beads when I make jewellery. Here is a red necklace that I sent to a buyer yesterday. It is actually one of my personal favourites. I hope this person enjoys wearing it. I love making jewellery in bright colours , but most people seem to be too shy to wear something RED ! Photo Copyright Christina Wigren (Click on image for more information about this necklace.) I use buttons when I sew, but I have not yet incorporate...

This is Erik, 8 years old, and the kitten he wants to have as his special friend, Nils: Thank you for advertising with me on my Entrecard-widget from July 19th to 25th. Please visit these fine sites: Monday, July 19th - Grampy's World Tuesday, July 20th - Alerity Button Jewelry and Gifts Wednesday, July 21st- Meow Diaries Thursday, July 22nd - Mariuca's Perfume Gallery Friday, July 23rd - Nanjo Dogz Saturday July 24th - denz Recreational Sunday, July 25th - Red Cat Society Best wishes, Anna First Commenter: Russ of Grampy's World

This is one of Anna-Lisa's two kittens. Here are both of the kittens, slightly out of focus. Anna-Lisa is nursing her two four-week-old kittens while hiding under a sofa. Best wishes, Anna P.S. An explanation: Anna-Lisa is not my cat. My son Erik found her as a half-grown kitten wandering around the farm one very snowy and windy afternoon in February of 2008. My sister-in-law, who lives on the farm with three or four cats of her own, took Anna-Lisa in as one of her own. So the children and I are just visiting. The kittens are not yet ours. But hopefully we can take them home to us when they are at least twelve weeks old and completely weaned. (Anna, July 25th, 2010) First Commenter: Carmen Henesy (RNSANE) of Carmen's Chronicles For more posts for Camera Critters please go to this site .

We have just finished our journey from A to Z with Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday and this week is a free-for-all that Mrs. Matlock calls 'Alphabet Soup'. Next week we start summer school with all the colours of the rainbow. My Alphabet Soup-post is a retake of the letter X. My X-word is Xylophone . My six-year old daughter, Elisabet, has always loved sounds and music. I sang to her when she was still unborn and all through her young life. I think it is a genuine interest with her, not just a response to my lullabys. She is humming and singing right now as I type this post. Today, Thursday July 22nd, I took these quick snaps of Elisabet on the balcony with her beloved xylophone . I don't know why I did not think of it when we were doing the letter X. Maybe it is just because the word sounds like Z-I-L-O-F-O-N, and I did not remember that it started with an X. I am not the world's best speller! (One of the many reasons why these alphabet-challenges are good f...

'A' is for Apple. This one is from our garden. This is a green apple that soon will be ripe enough to be picked and eaten. But at the end of May it looked something like this: Welcome back to abc-Wednesday! Best wishes, Anna First commenter: Mrs Denise Nesbitt of mrsnesbitt's space To see more 'A-words' go to this site .