tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201381972024-03-23T18:15:45.990+00:00Reflection Through The SeasonsReflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-79209110889379856232013-01-10T09:00:00.000+00:002013-01-10T11:17:48.867+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I hope you all enjoyed the Peace and Joy of the Christmas Season and as we turn the pages of 2013 may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship and never in want.<br />
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Yes, I know it's been a while... 2012 was not my best year for blogging, in fact it was not the best year for us in a number of ways. I had my fair share of health issues, a spell in hospital in March, then in July I broke my foot and was out of action for 10 weeks but, the most traumatic of all... at the end of October... John and I were involved in a motorway pile up. Our car was a total wreck but we were thankful to walk away with nothing more serious than whiplash injuries for which we are still receiving physio treatment. Part of my treatment has involved acupuncture on my shoulders and neck. I was somewhat sceptical about this at first, but I have to say how amazed I am at the wonderful and great relief it has brought. Due to all of these set backs, my lovely garden has suffered too... sad to say its usual autumn tidy up did not take place and putting it to bed for the winter was not completed.<br />
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Before it gets too unseasonal for them, I'll share a few of my Christmas pictures...</div>
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What a success our 2012 Church Christmas Fair was. Here am I with friend Olwen setting our craft stall out the evening before the event. Our church has a very enthusiastic craft club... we meet every month and like minded ladies busy themselves making items to sell at the various Fairs we hold throughout the year... </div>
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I made a selection of Christmas stocking....</div>
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....and some tree decorations, although folk were buying them to use as pin cushions too</div>
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...see the embroidered hearts in the rear of the basket... I have been so inspired by lovely blogger Jenny http://the custards.blogspot.co.uk <br />
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Olwen was responsible for decorating these candles so beautifully, using patterns cut from paper serviettes. They were very popular.</div>
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Like most places in the UK, Wales has suffered day after day of relentless rain, rivers have broken their banks and fields have turned into lakes... everywhere the ground is saturated. The waterfalls look fearsome and sound thunderous but are quite spectacular. Nevertheless, despite such adverse conditions it has been unusually mild and already there are signs that spring is in the air. Each day is gradually lengthening minute by minute and on a recent walk around my neglected garden I was amazed at what I found. Clumps of daffodils are showing quite a few inches of leaf growth so too are the snowdrops and bluebells and the new shoots of crocosmia are well through the earth. I am delighted with the number of flowers on the hellebores, they must have been in flower for a while... how could I have missed them! Several clumps of polyanthus have been flowering for a while too.<br />
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What a change this morning though! It is very frosty and dawn has broken into a crystal clear blue sky. How blessed we are to have a rain free day and experience some precious sunshine... everywhere looks quite different. I've just surveyed the morning from my window, the village looks quiet, I can see that some of the cottages already have fires burning from the tell tale smoke that rises from a number of chimneys. I saw a flock of cormorants fly overhead, no doubt returning from the sea with a breakfast of fish filling their tummies... they are on their way back to their nesting places on Bird Rock. Now I must fly and start my day.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">MISSING - </span><span style="font-size: large;">APRIL JONES</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">APRIL WHO IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD WAS LAST SEEN GETTING INTO A LAND ROVER VEHICLE EARLY MONDAY EVENING 1</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">ST</span><span style="font-size: large;"> OCTOBER WHILST PLAYING NEAR TO HER HOME IN MACHYNLLETH MID WALES. </span></div>
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It continues to rain in most parts of the UK most days... however, we are blessed with an occasional day of sunshine and then our attention has to turn to work in the garden. Like most folk, I'm very behind with outdoor work, never before have I know such relentless rain... and if that hasn't been enough to set things back, last week I twisted my ankle as I went down steps in my garden, fell with my full weight down to the next step and in doing so I have broken a bone in my foot... the 5th metatarsal, which I understand it is a common footballers injury! I am now encased in a plaster cast from toes to knee. Hey Ho! it could be worse I guess.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here it is... proudly carried by our friend Tracy on 28 May on its way through Blaenau Ffestiniog. Tracy who works for the same school as my husband John was nominated by her daughter Tara . In nominating her Mum, Tara wrote the following...</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I am nominating Tracy Thomas to hold the torch for Gwynedd. At a time in my life where my confidence was lacking my feeling of self worth was low my mum inspired me. She inspired me through her love, kindness, enthusiasm and drive to go to university. I never thought that I would ever make it to year two of university but thanks to my mums support I am here a changed person. She taught me no matter what hand I'm dealt you have to make the best of it. She is an inspiration to me and my three sisters who she has brought up all by herself. My mum is always pushing herself through running for charities like the Race for Life (Aberystwyth, Ceredigion) and in Race the Train (Tywyn, Gwynedd), she also helps coach Dysynni Squash Club two nights a week, and helps with Dragon Sports a sports club for young primary school children, in the local school Pen-Y-Bryn. She also used to be a level one gymnastics coach in Dollgellau Gymnastic Club, to help out but sadly our coach passed away so the club stopped. My mum is always welcoming to her friends and family who she sees on a regular basis and always makes time for them. I genuinely believe my mum would be a good representative for Gwynedd and she would make everyone in the county proud.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The torch is made of a special aluminium alloy developed for the aerospace and automotive industry.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">After an 8 day relay route around Greece, the flame is then handed to the new host city at a ceremony in Athens.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This year the flame was handed to HRH The Princess Royal at the handover ceremony.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The flame is carried in a safety lamp, the same design as that of a miners lamp.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It arrived in the UK in 18 May and so on 19 May it started its 8000 mile journey around the UK coming within 10 miles of 95% of the population. It travels by land, sea and air, carried by celebrities, heroes and members of the community who have made a positive contribution in some way or another.</span><br />
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<b>CELEBRATING 60 GLORIOUS YEARS</b><br />
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<b>On 2nd June 1952 my family were watching the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll on our small black & white TV... following the events of the day on our treasured souvenir programme kept safely all those years...</b></div>
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<br /></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-8060094040608146092012-04-08T07:02:00.004+01:002012-04-08T10:40:20.393+01:00<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">MAY THIS EASTER SEASON BE A BLESSING</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36jdkL_BlxZLVe16FLnn2RcZ6BGzfR_Yn-a7ye8lGvElzRL_Qdsk9QC_O_A1EW8LkRG91M2RJUe1FrCTZ5cDrueva5ojrq-INY3ybVhXBVjksPS6_BUPWRaE2N1apxOU23FvG/s1600/Mail0001.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36jdkL_BlxZLVe16FLnn2RcZ6BGzfR_Yn-a7ye8lGvElzRL_Qdsk9QC_O_A1EW8LkRG91M2RJUe1FrCTZ5cDrueva5ojrq-INY3ybVhXBVjksPS6_BUPWRaE2N1apxOU23FvG/s320/Mail0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728536260606311874" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">CHRIST IS RISEN...Alleluia!</div><div style="text-align: center;">HAPPY EASTER TO ALL MY FRIENDS</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marion</div><div><br /></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-14707447795754274012012-02-11T07:06:00.001+00:002012-02-11T08:42:21.398+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7S02ynDnsC0L3L34pE_fX7OnQRNQjv3MnMMzC4pffSHRa71GhKhWuA2yHNQlmvERG3l9uhj2KBiAcxAjdTNVwGRcql_zSR6f1VC6-Bnh4C2hnn4Ry3om0AT0eu3AhltrgTpWq/s1600/DSCN0505.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7S02ynDnsC0L3L34pE_fX7OnQRNQjv3MnMMzC4pffSHRa71GhKhWuA2yHNQlmvERG3l9uhj2KBiAcxAjdTNVwGRcql_zSR6f1VC6-Bnh4C2hnn4Ry3om0AT0eu3AhltrgTpWq/s320/DSCN0505.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707407775152064690" /></a>REFLECTIONS ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPRING...<div><br /></div><div>There's a touch of magic in the air...</div><div>I saw the first white snowdrop peep</div><div>And though cold winter holds his sway,</div><div>And though the earth seems still asleep,</div><div>There's a touch of magic in the air.</div><div><br /></div><div>I heard the blackbird sing today</div><div>His morning anthem to the dawn,</div><div>His crystal notes lift heart and mind</div><div>And once again fresh hope is born.</div><div>New life is waking everywhere...</div><div style="text-align: center;">There's a touch of magic in the air.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Iris Hesselden</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We often walk this little pathway alongside the river as it makes its way down to the sea. It's a joy to behold right now... the banks are scattered with crocus, primroses and snowdrops. Whilst the river runs icy cold, released from the grips of snowy mountain tops.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">February brings with it the first real dreams of a change in the season. When you can feel that certain magic in the air that Iris Hesselden writes about in the above poem. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqV4p7EaxOfqo9Yv9dJnz4pkC5QMhGu-WJchuHlVHTEoEz6tLimpd_FrIo7m9EVqokSoqob1pb-LYIJrAgsKgqvs_haktNLBMsaAQ-ckawhR1q81kuGSmw85JPFObvjno03Ya/s1600/DSCN0504.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqV4p7EaxOfqo9Yv9dJnz4pkC5QMhGu-WJchuHlVHTEoEz6tLimpd_FrIo7m9EVqokSoqob1pb-LYIJrAgsKgqvs_haktNLBMsaAQ-ckawhR1q81kuGSmw85JPFObvjno03Ya/s320/DSCN0504.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707406950260346258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">See the frail promise of spring as delicate flowers nestle in the frost tinged grass...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfl-x7uauvBPo3I6n3sdvfPqHCo1vBt1RMTFonlbOU5TIl9QIA00rnkRB-7zpulvBdMBw2_vjIXiWcBk9wz36KNeBr5h1kNCYtMCUz7vVElxSK9v8nRpZd9mJOzT04pQgMYA2L/s1600/DSCN0503.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfl-x7uauvBPo3I6n3sdvfPqHCo1vBt1RMTFonlbOU5TIl9QIA00rnkRB-7zpulvBdMBw2_vjIXiWcBk9wz36KNeBr5h1kNCYtMCUz7vVElxSK9v8nRpZd9mJOzT04pQgMYA2L/s320/DSCN0503.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707406271745374178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">....and the dripping trees look alive again as the sunlight glints on bare branches</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6fZJlx2PtuAWzlVDilVDtqRBskny6p3YFmjiUFUOfBoJbTXDirPFQlHj_MDIAhTiUCIbJrZsON-i0ux3-dtnvFsiRGUuavRGrBqzPQohYunv-gfrRs8f5J8MjbdAW035G_C0/s1600/DSCN0500.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6fZJlx2PtuAWzlVDilVDtqRBskny6p3YFmjiUFUOfBoJbTXDirPFQlHj_MDIAhTiUCIbJrZsON-i0ux3-dtnvFsiRGUuavRGrBqzPQohYunv-gfrRs8f5J8MjbdAW035G_C0/s320/DSCN0500.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707405821917908754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There's a stark cold beauty as the water tumbles over mossy stones</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRuBXa_lnCgJVNhCP_AeTlvXcQTPc3xqO6FAGN-WqIM004J6uSbcwQ_mTeHOlRoK8rUS9c4Cc6a97RoLzMKsVWmQX2MVUVwbJyWAZPnZSjaoVtqLulB2n7sKIs1LOaoorRz4H/s1600/DSCN0517.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRuBXa_lnCgJVNhCP_AeTlvXcQTPc3xqO6FAGN-WqIM004J6uSbcwQ_mTeHOlRoK8rUS9c4Cc6a97RoLzMKsVWmQX2MVUVwbJyWAZPnZSjaoVtqLulB2n7sKIs1LOaoorRz4H/s320/DSCN0517.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707405272253846306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNZ1U7EcbuThzAl4zHj_gT9W753leDklWfv3iZrySHxuL5T1fxMQGU9Jm3-pvCL9Io9YB2qfKV2wdcSNsda1x5LfQGXdXkI5qIZBN19hkxQG8arcO_gm1NULIegp_dRQActF8/s1600/DSCN0498.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNZ1U7EcbuThzAl4zHj_gT9W753leDklWfv3iZrySHxuL5T1fxMQGU9Jm3-pvCL9Io9YB2qfKV2wdcSNsda1x5LfQGXdXkI5qIZBN19hkxQG8arcO_gm1NULIegp_dRQActF8/s320/DSCN0498.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707404677565012002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dry stone walls such at this, built with impressive boulders dominate the countryside and flank the bridleways... they run for miles, often up and over incredible slopes. Held together simply by the skill of the builder selecting just the right shaped stone to fit against the next one. They certainly stand the test of time. Who built them and when?</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8POX7QHntfaiHSLB991rNGSL0lcg-oS8TyN-FrZOZdCI34JYTyZwxIbksNY0ys1yVSJDPQyDJFfi28WsQ-vhidw0Vh3sDLjJnmU9ofzgW1Po5Qmrj3KxrOrEBHg2HTwJwbBv/s1600/DSCN0507.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8POX7QHntfaiHSLB991rNGSL0lcg-oS8TyN-FrZOZdCI34JYTyZwxIbksNY0ys1yVSJDPQyDJFfi28WsQ-vhidw0Vh3sDLjJnmU9ofzgW1Po5Qmrj3KxrOrEBHg2HTwJwbBv/s320/DSCN0507.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707404004389228946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking over the wall sheep quietly graze as the sea comes into view.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUMX7FeS22K7cl1cBpwetHrWrXboK6-XVQKX6z33NeVhLn8IHg9eAVFTlXJoHvhI5YWc45zSMjY7l7CJ1w42_mUPjO_I0h1OqdzR6J73a6R9ic-LJ78Qv5f004OVqetR5OS-H/s1600/DSCN0506.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUMX7FeS22K7cl1cBpwetHrWrXboK6-XVQKX6z33NeVhLn8IHg9eAVFTlXJoHvhI5YWc45zSMjY7l7CJ1w42_mUPjO_I0h1OqdzR6J73a6R9ic-LJ78Qv5f004OVqetR5OS-H/s320/DSCN0506.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707403497269009538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a pebbly beach... the stones washed so beautifully smooth by the constant toing and froing of the tide... all different shapes and sizes. I can never resist taking a few chosen ones back for garden decoration.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1P4uhQ6eFHHxB9rHoQzdB-WkbXBfmQUi105PbuhvDLATHzTZekSVRFG0hKxKIALx0YSKQ_8NaKD0I-fK9QMOypbcTzOXkSQUCrw9k9BEvbMFcS93TYtM4VhJAoDgtrmiJwVa/s1600/DSCN0511.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1P4uhQ6eFHHxB9rHoQzdB-WkbXBfmQUi105PbuhvDLATHzTZekSVRFG0hKxKIALx0YSKQ_8NaKD0I-fK9QMOypbcTzOXkSQUCrw9k9BEvbMFcS93TYtM4VhJAoDgtrmiJwVa/s320/DSCN0511.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707402757676286754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">When our grandchildren were small they loved to visit the local beaches, collect shells, seaweed, pretty pebbles of all colours and shapes. They would bring home a bucket of sand and create their own little beach in the backyard... happy days!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GJVQpr-fIYNhZ6CQ4zf_USHJxRg5NmM8dorFMco1ItDoitNpdXut0buO7XFTyGNIFGxSMJOyo3s1P7yDoZh9ZuvQsQVMXbwTBQ1lGgzzgzchm64f6KFk6400QOXzaRWf4ufs/s1600/DSCN0515.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GJVQpr-fIYNhZ6CQ4zf_USHJxRg5NmM8dorFMco1ItDoitNpdXut0buO7XFTyGNIFGxSMJOyo3s1P7yDoZh9ZuvQsQVMXbwTBQ1lGgzzgzchm64f6KFk6400QOXzaRWf4ufs/s320/DSCN0515.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707402167120656834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrTBIwKe9NZohlUSnMe06yfCl8lKB3stElcM9bxqvLhDZEW9q01i3acv6D8VlBWPHsvd7aDiYQUOXaBxLEFUaJSJE21g_wcxqn6ZPeh8pI9wcI-IeLg-UiFMZ7tAMGcf0sLBG/s1600/DSCN0509.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrTBIwKe9NZohlUSnMe06yfCl8lKB3stElcM9bxqvLhDZEW9q01i3acv6D8VlBWPHsvd7aDiYQUOXaBxLEFUaJSJE21g_wcxqn6ZPeh8pI9wcI-IeLg-UiFMZ7tAMGcf0sLBG/s320/DSCN0509.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707401550393032386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">AROUND THE VILLAGE</div><div style="text-align: center;">Snowdrops are in flower in cottage gardens and woodlands.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI54M3uyty-XlFG-nK1czbCeXX1-imogQRQzHe1yUnfEZUiDZVxu0KonWsIcvfnJT5DujLb1C85-alJXditRgeoJDFHEX6Pr9BRi5QLLNq0P0qJydKphvc34GZfk2JZow2_Rqw/s1600/IMG_3660.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI54M3uyty-XlFG-nK1czbCeXX1-imogQRQzHe1yUnfEZUiDZVxu0KonWsIcvfnJT5DujLb1C85-alJXditRgeoJDFHEX6Pr9BRi5QLLNq0P0qJydKphvc34GZfk2JZow2_Rqw/s320/IMG_3660.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707400942834163570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzyktjMmv2d7kRKX6VKqAdQkxrGom6EYNWEBK5Ga8-GDIgbUNVoC7azhdGYnZz4QUr34Ro46-2CDZWG7yT9lGtLEfLbIZmh9tOB17ToqDSekjPbhQEu0Z2OnVT3gr08-HlJm1/s1600/IMG_0277.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzyktjMmv2d7kRKX6VKqAdQkxrGom6EYNWEBK5Ga8-GDIgbUNVoC7azhdGYnZz4QUr34Ro46-2CDZWG7yT9lGtLEfLbIZmh9tOB17ToqDSekjPbhQEu0Z2OnVT3gr08-HlJm1/s320/IMG_0277.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707038851449262098" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">There have been days when heavy rain has made the little river flood...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qjwWISqo0QP9LPG9buzfIBnWtaog0itoydkLTPPYvGHuSctMaDlumblUUrIBEZJd4etdapbL-5pdQmW9ADxjCB7woiic1K6ePedbadHTCstwaRfjf2IUifv39vk0HlIsPpvM/s1600/DSCN3202.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qjwWISqo0QP9LPG9buzfIBnWtaog0itoydkLTPPYvGHuSctMaDlumblUUrIBEZJd4etdapbL-5pdQmW9ADxjCB7woiic1K6ePedbadHTCstwaRfjf2IUifv39vk0HlIsPpvM/s320/DSCN3202.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707036971982782034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...and other days when it has run at a gentler flow.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXD1qZQN7mkgjZVSD4m9A89sFw3zEu8QQdLLl2bVg-DAKVpGkg3rLuQ-v3wT9jaljz57wEqkoqSJikqknnDSvCsIxTdOY3XeVO-9HRyg-8_Q-mjHvB-XMB6MoZHcsyXUsSOYE/s1600/DSCN3020.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXD1qZQN7mkgjZVSD4m9A89sFw3zEu8QQdLLl2bVg-DAKVpGkg3rLuQ-v3wT9jaljz57wEqkoqSJikqknnDSvCsIxTdOY3XeVO-9HRyg-8_Q-mjHvB-XMB6MoZHcsyXUsSOYE/s320/DSCN3020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707036004236775954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our little river flows into this bigger one.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iDShxO7Z2xrLukfwwJuHKdVynLmS-TnDznXNpoqqpmOcjjHCyKF5O-PTbkf40x2rdOdkHok5cLSwXl5_CmwdiCTnD4K1alq4xzDZIG9jnay8-9PVujFncpVlJN1g_Ibk0mnc/s1600/DSCN3314.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iDShxO7Z2xrLukfwwJuHKdVynLmS-TnDznXNpoqqpmOcjjHCyKF5O-PTbkf40x2rdOdkHok5cLSwXl5_CmwdiCTnD4K1alq4xzDZIG9jnay8-9PVujFncpVlJN1g_Ibk0mnc/s320/DSCN3314.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707035305734721442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A frosty morning, the sun has just risen above the mountains and glints through the hedgerow as we walk Kenzo.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4f9oU4cydc1ZuDexRLZkWKXOlSMnWxAUFBWzr-6IudnnikSbtGHme0ffAFJO4ThLZF8afEyfjJ2IwZ3kBGm-RsQjb_eVAYOzsNxGZm_k_3aTD7cO7sV0i1HaD659jjGy3fwZ7/s1600/IMG_3588.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4f9oU4cydc1ZuDexRLZkWKXOlSMnWxAUFBWzr-6IudnnikSbtGHme0ffAFJO4ThLZF8afEyfjJ2IwZ3kBGm-RsQjb_eVAYOzsNxGZm_k_3aTD7cO7sV0i1HaD659jjGy3fwZ7/s320/IMG_3588.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707033964033886626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sunlight glows on the hillside and quickly takes the frost... the shadier fields have to wait a while, their turn for warmth will come soon enough.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZs3DI5zoUvRLiCykEGVc5f0JErkfkJE8w-GmrMJh0Wsefn_EUDx2SZrEwsy-ZRPMC58JVusiC10Zz5ybs_HpYS3Cjak3Fl2imKrIQzaeH-LEhicGKksy_qrnpODYmHomVjQD3/s1600/IMG_3583.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZs3DI5zoUvRLiCykEGVc5f0JErkfkJE8w-GmrMJh0Wsefn_EUDx2SZrEwsy-ZRPMC58JVusiC10Zz5ybs_HpYS3Cjak3Fl2imKrIQzaeH-LEhicGKksy_qrnpODYmHomVjQD3/s320/IMG_3583.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707033573289929202" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The frost makes pretty patterns on the fence posts.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAL5WvjAiuOSWp58HEBwoRdgecgCAhtbuoAuMIRLcOLyQ8ECFj4CPjbQWKFapQbW10iMv1oLXfLyjVR3bAzfzcMDFXlvcZyMUZ_VmaZ_iIyEX0nTjccxvargYpxlfXkDUfAl-L/s1600/IMG_3587.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAL5WvjAiuOSWp58HEBwoRdgecgCAhtbuoAuMIRLcOLyQ8ECFj4CPjbQWKFapQbW10iMv1oLXfLyjVR3bAzfzcMDFXlvcZyMUZ_VmaZ_iIyEX0nTjccxvargYpxlfXkDUfAl-L/s320/IMG_3587.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707032800055129202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTW3ARGF5WqF6VCGSSVXyeqgsGKrnA90uoIqkQF6XeJDyCmMRx_C_2O57Ibkszx65jB8LC34EGBJYG_E8g2wJfxBOkYmpilUNj2M-F0qq6mHQFiY1DU-fMuKvY-EuIvYkAiLcY/s1600/IMG_3594.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTW3ARGF5WqF6VCGSSVXyeqgsGKrnA90uoIqkQF6XeJDyCmMRx_C_2O57Ibkszx65jB8LC34EGBJYG_E8g2wJfxBOkYmpilUNj2M-F0qq6mHQFiY1DU-fMuKvY-EuIvYkAiLcY/s320/IMG_3594.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707032332764348466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaI0xZHj-Mkv92nws_tYjSO0ScfKn3RVzg9TQ88SduJvkg968qqps0N7XNK52JAYtAmh3bNEVrsHQ2QI4F6QOlwnSZ0z906iSrjMPV8AQo7800-W17AWK0SJTiVj6rdEyiH_8/s1600/IMG_3595.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaI0xZHj-Mkv92nws_tYjSO0ScfKn3RVzg9TQ88SduJvkg968qqps0N7XNK52JAYtAmh3bNEVrsHQ2QI4F6QOlwnSZ0z906iSrjMPV8AQo7800-W17AWK0SJTiVj6rdEyiH_8/s320/IMG_3595.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707031783525141362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It's time to turn back to a warm kitchen and get the coffee on. Kenzo would be quite happy to go on though...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1SYN9UxE4ALKyVcJswNGnLBvkwxp5ntegX62gEhGv_2RBvVmIJ47qTj3fd4L9iLcxx5MshleATTpfpJP9zXuX6VBObgBpypjCbZ9a8tNgEdDhpYPICpXHkvUic6bUBGJ90cc/s1600/IMG_3592.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1SYN9UxE4ALKyVcJswNGnLBvkwxp5ntegX62gEhGv_2RBvVmIJ47qTj3fd4L9iLcxx5MshleATTpfpJP9zXuX6VBObgBpypjCbZ9a8tNgEdDhpYPICpXHkvUic6bUBGJ90cc/s320/IMG_3592.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707031493891897522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...but after a few persuasive calls and whistles he runs back hoping there will be a treat for him.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepQqCKARzBo_WQIcOPn_Rpq2fq5H7gOWqxv-k0ubEd0I1dIyDXmDNOvB9E5pf3iIoTUMxfEk8tzERBNYq2F1OHiLhVYSmw1bVRnDZDxdapIWYba7lWRuoDDk9OU7juIyFRQxU/s1600/IMG_3591.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepQqCKARzBo_WQIcOPn_Rpq2fq5H7gOWqxv-k0ubEd0I1dIyDXmDNOvB9E5pf3iIoTUMxfEk8tzERBNYq2F1OHiLhVYSmw1bVRnDZDxdapIWYba7lWRuoDDk9OU7juIyFRQxU/s320/IMG_3591.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707031085666389250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The morning sun catches the top of the pampas grass as Kenzo sniffs around thinking... 'maybe the neighbours cat has visited whilst I've been out'.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsm3Pnes9YObFw0X5nCY7EjGXiI_vx2h0REZFLYuYWVxWkIQnLanSX4CzMqWS9gy_Tlp-3mj6uX39vjS2Ml5YoGAM1GMMG7Irr0GS804ysplTMCjbRe8UGa3Q5AOpRZ-3QQXF/s1600/IMG_3602.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsm3Pnes9YObFw0X5nCY7EjGXiI_vx2h0REZFLYuYWVxWkIQnLanSX4CzMqWS9gy_Tlp-3mj6uX39vjS2Ml5YoGAM1GMMG7Irr0GS804ysplTMCjbRe8UGa3Q5AOpRZ-3QQXF/s320/IMG_3602.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707030399273766066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">For supper that evening I made a savory flan... very simple and quite delicious!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinimdQaT43XD8GtbuHzx6PldyG4CnZnUlPzZ2TpoYwI5nOkWOq1InSOpLD4sXB3XUShqz8qLXyH7nldJI_sCXWKgfd06s6Rw5lHFmFO2meGtVrIuPiRoC7bQMnGZGDuGXlykss/s1600/IMG_3032.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinimdQaT43XD8GtbuHzx6PldyG4CnZnUlPzZ2TpoYwI5nOkWOq1InSOpLD4sXB3XUShqz8qLXyH7nldJI_sCXWKgfd06s6Rw5lHFmFO2meGtVrIuPiRoC7bQMnGZGDuGXlykss/s320/IMG_3032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707029661495099154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good weekend everyone</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings - Marion</div><br /></div></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-5107112432938276922012-01-16T06:42:00.001+00:002012-01-16T08:20:04.497+00:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" color="#ffffff" style="text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 477.6px; height: 150.0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: #ffffff; border-collapse: collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 477.6px; height: 150.0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: #ffffff; border-collapse: collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" color="#ffffff" style="width: 477.6px; height: 299.0px; background- padding: 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><b><u></u></b></p><p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><b><u>HOW COMPLEX THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS</u></b></p><p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><b><u> I've copied this amusing little rhyme from a 'Forward' I recently received from a friend. I don't know who compiled it, so I can't attribute credit.... You may already be acquainted with it, but for those who have not, here goes....</u></b></p><p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><b><u><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/">We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,</a></b></span></u></b></p><b><u> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-collapse: collapse; "> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width: 477.6px; height: 150.0px; background- padding: 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px 2.0pxcolor:#ffffff;"> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>If the plural of man is always called men,</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?</b></a></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; "><b><br /></b></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-collapse: collapse; "> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width: 477.6px; height: 185.0px; background- padding: 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px 2.0pxcolor:#ffffff;"> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 13.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 18.0pxcolor:#001cfe;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>We speak of a brother and also of brethren,</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>But though we say mother, we never say methren.</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width: 477.6px; height: 299.0px; background- padding: 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px 2.0pxcolor:#ffffff;"> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; </b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>Neither apple nor pine in pineapple. </b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="font: 16.0px Comic Sans MS; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>English</b><span style="font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b> muffins weren't invented in England.</b></span></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right; font: 16.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 18.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, </b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.</b></a></span></p> <p color="#000099" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, </b></a></span></p> <p color="#000099" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>Grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?</b></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="font: 13.0px Courier New; letter-spacing: 0.0px color:#000000;"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><span style="font: 18.0px Comic Sans MS; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?</b></span></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them,</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>What do you call it?</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? </b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking </b><span style="font: 16.0px Comic Sans MS; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>English</b></span></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>Should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> </u></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" color="#ffffff" style="text-align: center; display: inline !important; "><tbody style="display: inline !important; "><tr style="display: inline !important; "><td valign="top" style="width: 477.6px; height: 150px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; display: inline !important; "><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-collapse: collapse; display: inline !important; "><tbody style="display: inline !important; "><tr style="display: inline !important; "><td valign="top" style="width: 477.6px; height: 150px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; display: inline !important; "><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-collapse: collapse; display: inline !important; "><tbody style="display: inline !important; "><tr style="display: inline !important; "><td valign="top" color="#ffffff" style="width: 477.6px; height: 299px; display: inline !important; "><b><u><p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); display: inline !important; "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/">We have noses that run and feet that smell.</a><br /></b></span></p></u></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" color="#ffffff" style="text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 477.6px; height: 150.0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: #ffffff; border-collapse: collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 477.6px; height: 150.0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: #ffffff; border-collapse: collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" color="#ffffff" style="width: 477.6px; height: 299.0px; background- padding: 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px 2.0px"><b><u> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>While a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>We ship by truck but send cargo by ship...</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>We have noses that run and feet that smell.</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>While a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>In which your house can burn up as it burns down,</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>In which you fill in a form by filling it out,</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>And in which an alarm goes off by going on.</b></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 24px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>And in closing..........</b><span style="font: 24.0px Comic Sans MS; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 24px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/"><b>If GrandFather is Pop, how come GrandMother's not Mop.???</b><span style="font: 24.0px Comic Sans MS; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span></a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;font-style: italic; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-style: italic; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Have a good week everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-style: italic; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Marion</span></div></u></b><p></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></span><p></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-5662031710940135842012-01-01T07:46:00.002+00:002012-01-01T08:27:21.858+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXbikgwlvdOgLsaK8AAXffvUiLwJXgzqY45B80KV9pb4xDlRqEksu6VZm0K-bqFMYqXwObCnpd9vSx85YxbrPOANQzc2DzTC0K6BO4TFtVsORRr7k-2FsTN3J11b6gfrMjsgo/s1600/IMG_3565.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXbikgwlvdOgLsaK8AAXffvUiLwJXgzqY45B80KV9pb4xDlRqEksu6VZm0K-bqFMYqXwObCnpd9vSx85YxbrPOANQzc2DzTC0K6BO4TFtVsORRr7k-2FsTN3J11b6gfrMjsgo/s320/IMG_3565.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692567588847087826" /></a>A HAPPY NEW YEAR....<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Another year I enter </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Its history unknown; </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Oh, how my feet would tremble </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">To tread its paths alone! </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">But I have heard a whisper, </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">I know I shall be blest; </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">"My presence shall go with thee, </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">And I will give thee rest." </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">What will the New Year bring me? </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">I may not, must not know; </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Will it be love and rapture, </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Or loneliness and woe? </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Hush! Hush! I hear His whisper; </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">I surely shall be blest; </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">"My presence shall go with thee, </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">And I will give thee rest."</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Unknown Author</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">The promise of Spring has already arrived here in a village garden, these daffodils have been in bloom since November.... always early. I took a stroll around my own garden yesterday and saw that already a few primroses are in flower, the peonies are pushing their red shoots through the soil and a clump of yellow poppies have survived from last summer.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">As most of us will have thoughts about starting this new year with a little more exercise included in our day I thought I'd share this amusing rhyme that caught my eye recently.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Push your luck</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stretch your income</div><div style="text-align: center;">Raise your eyebrows</div><div style="text-align: center;">Run to the toilet</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jump to conclusions</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marion</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-34275715927817094772011-12-13T06:32:00.003+00:002011-12-13T07:23:18.650+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nn0LR6RGpdTtEN8zPSrA5UacW9IOra8MtoX2SSM05EP34Bj5DKjea90ooa8y0jEStWFau2yi2Tg4cTWmA80iZPh1hbkbL7J-Ux8Wpn2OivOIFgkMEVH5Kgm8Ms9A6Yd4xXST/s1600/IMG_3539.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nn0LR6RGpdTtEN8zPSrA5UacW9IOra8MtoX2SSM05EP34Bj5DKjea90ooa8y0jEStWFau2yi2Tg4cTWmA80iZPh1hbkbL7J-Ux8Wpn2OivOIFgkMEVH5Kgm8Ms9A6Yd4xXST/s320/IMG_3539.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685130217228409554" /></a>ADVENT...<div><br /></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The season has changed, days are shorter and nights are longer, we are now into the spiritual season of Advent, a period of preparation, waiting and hope. The third candle of our Advent wreath was lit on Sunday . </span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">There are many other decorations that we put around our homes and traditions we follow at this time of year that are symbolic of this season.... nativity scenes, the Advent calendar, carol singing, Christmas plays, Christmas cards, the Christmas tree aglow with sparkling decorations... and not least that significant star at the top. We light up our homes with candle light and place lighted decorations in our windows... our streets and department stores sparkle, we surround ourselves with light. So let us not forget the real meaning of Christmas... it is not just about tinsel and presents...let us share the true spirit as we remember ‘Jesus is the reason for this Christmas season’.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The first snow of winter has fallen on the mountain and smoke curls up from many cottage chimneys as fires are lit. The coal and log man are frequent visitors to the village now delivering winter fuel.</span></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCJw-GElQolb-2rrjLcLhPiPc3OtBmnaikCbNcPGbcVNLZk6LquTB1gHY4Wh5pN481OJtWmG6Q01YTeK0AoWKZBL5VFFmsWcThubvBNDslKTxeCSNv4G3JF51RhNymWnBF56N/s1600/IMG_2485.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCJw-GElQolb-2rrjLcLhPiPc3OtBmnaikCbNcPGbcVNLZk6LquTB1gHY4Wh5pN481OJtWmG6Q01YTeK0AoWKZBL5VFFmsWcThubvBNDslKTxeCSNv4G3JF51RhNymWnBF56N/s320/IMG_2485.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685129539298686002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">We usually take a delivery of good seasoned logs in October and amongst this year's load we spotted a number of birch logs... I know that some wood burns better than others, and not having burned birch before I set about to search the internet and came upon this little rhyme that tells all.. </span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The Woodman's Poem</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Beechwood flames are bright and clear,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">If logs be kept a year. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Oaken logs burn steadily</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">If the wood be old and dry.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Chestnut is only good they say, </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">If long dry years it's laid away</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">But Ash when new or Ash when old, </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Is fit for a Queen with a crown of gold.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Birch and Fir they burn too fast</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Blaze too bright and will not last.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Build a fire of Elder tree,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Death within your house you'll see.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">If you would bake the sweetest bread,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Use Hawthorn, or so 'tis said.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">But Ash when green or Ash when brown,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Will please a Queen with a golden crown.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Elm will burn like churchyard mould,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Even the very flames are cold.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Poplar gives a bitter smoke,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Burns your eyes and makes you choke.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Applewood will scent your room,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">With the scent of flowers in bloom.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">But Ash when wet or Ash when dry,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">A Queen may warm her slippers by.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Well now you know.... We'll be looking out for Ash wood logs in future.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><br /></div></span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaG5DB8u5kNMhKvvZZg4u7Ga7xMj4B2Fx1p82meju6zzO58wo9H2_ecvRpBCn_xyDbXYCQHYpnMMLZbz2jt8BF5-ahujBQAt-mK5-ptrphs2iLNfw2SbHWIE-XrbA6VIVkyUC4/s1600/IMG_1581.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaG5DB8u5kNMhKvvZZg4u7Ga7xMj4B2Fx1p82meju6zzO58wo9H2_ecvRpBCn_xyDbXYCQHYpnMMLZbz2jt8BF5-ahujBQAt-mK5-ptrphs2iLNfw2SbHWIE-XrbA6VIVkyUC4/s320/IMG_1581.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685128827670023922" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The boxes of Christmas decorations have been pulled down from the loft. How many of you are like me I wonder and follow the same ritual every year of placing certain items in the same position. This rustic nativity scene is always set out on top of the writing bureau...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszfC1YPAwbDSBnHfSMuNTEZ5IC2vHuOtWrUH4Jun4fJxPMgsYG8Gl3r8JWSf7baAZakH9ywuoA5vFk0xffo1191xvBk9n9qrAa2WQWreJ9o18P_LgF8Fyl67jFw5SajRnkZsG/s1600/IMG_2552.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszfC1YPAwbDSBnHfSMuNTEZ5IC2vHuOtWrUH4Jun4fJxPMgsYG8Gl3r8JWSf7baAZakH9ywuoA5vFk0xffo1191xvBk9n9qrAa2WQWreJ9o18P_LgF8Fyl67jFw5SajRnkZsG/s320/IMG_2552.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685127331049932914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...the stone one is always placed in the oriel window... do they look their best there or is it my lack of imagination in finding a new place for them? </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3M1O_3zB6BPmcVhocK0W1MiMb99BBGxIfOrfHbcFZDa3Besp0cAaRyJ5gZySMPf2hWOOIgoIauS5TXtoPolit0aU6uY-Qe44VOj-2lNZ0wdXpxEr95awx98-gXS9d3Web-na/s1600/IMG_2513.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3M1O_3zB6BPmcVhocK0W1MiMb99BBGxIfOrfHbcFZDa3Besp0cAaRyJ5gZySMPf2hWOOIgoIauS5TXtoPolit0aU6uY-Qe44VOj-2lNZ0wdXpxEr95awx98-gXS9d3Web-na/s320/IMG_2513.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685125683044165106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The garland is always hung on the central beam... but I do think that is the right place for it.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6biDQ1aNH1UueEuKIHkrn-3Iq4YjaykIlBHW6LVhFE72l3wDiTLHckaKgSBxcC_1_XP6PCNIyFgOXEWbqainV0tGhTJvJLvWmVU_5CisKyPcYuKneRj3JDDXdg20e2inDLxK/s1600/DSCN1575.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6biDQ1aNH1UueEuKIHkrn-3Iq4YjaykIlBHW6LVhFE72l3wDiTLHckaKgSBxcC_1_XP6PCNIyFgOXEWbqainV0tGhTJvJLvWmVU_5CisKyPcYuKneRj3JDDXdg20e2inDLxK/s320/DSCN1575.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685125040255250626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I may have a change around if time and energy permit, but if not, it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCUj-JTHGeto0i2VmqjlbESC3-vm7WZ5UqjsbfIZkvhG8c8wvCvwcsXqhhwpRyPwibuJyj7DTUfXelLJmNYptfLbuB3E7EK-vRsl_fD_X8BInO5_X4OEwemk1qR1XETPS_AJ9/s1600/IMG_2540.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCUj-JTHGeto0i2VmqjlbESC3-vm7WZ5UqjsbfIZkvhG8c8wvCvwcsXqhhwpRyPwibuJyj7DTUfXelLJmNYptfLbuB3E7EK-vRsl_fD_X8BInO5_X4OEwemk1qR1XETPS_AJ9/s320/IMG_2540.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685122113349544434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWqA21IlirpLJFum88HZc5AHp14EE_WJmpCmfLdt4IoPs25XlfreUusB8LM-jZo1My5nOjvJiGPnu8UXNrHm8jWxBlGpdBNDaiCpVUNy6g569gibVz6RvBcGH4mK3_CEYp9JX/s1600/IMG_2493.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWqA21IlirpLJFum88HZc5AHp14EE_WJmpCmfLdt4IoPs25XlfreUusB8LM-jZo1My5nOjvJiGPnu8UXNrHm8jWxBlGpdBNDaiCpVUNy6g569gibVz6RvBcGH4mK3_CEYp9JX/s320/IMG_2493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685121677715290194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgH-OIlFnNnHP_9lw4zYR5j0s6g_mqY9yV_5x3hChzuqajM2GLfOBIvXME1-nSh2FsWMb3S5Y2b1LzhCdLvQ1GMOEuzLE0snXfj_OYta5qYEV5OI0oG6e5PGv4BoaK61QkZow/s1600/DSCN5366.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgH-OIlFnNnHP_9lw4zYR5j0s6g_mqY9yV_5x3hChzuqajM2GLfOBIvXME1-nSh2FsWMb3S5Y2b1LzhCdLvQ1GMOEuzLE0snXfj_OYta5qYEV5OI0oG6e5PGv4BoaK61QkZow/s320/DSCN5366.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685120998553770354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you for the e-mails and comments I've received. John and I are recovering well.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmO8EidbrXxg7oih54iS_KidQ2PFrRhtCZoR3Nr_ZOCmrjjOQuKZmVoacm9LA8jYHNueJJgcm_thZ4NpA3lOov8qwl9RvOCCwgcpKruhiLZQs3R6acKz3zw_stC2YyQjIbks9L/s1600/DSCN1736.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmO8EidbrXxg7oih54iS_KidQ2PFrRhtCZoR3Nr_ZOCmrjjOQuKZmVoacm9LA8jYHNueJJgcm_thZ4NpA3lOov8qwl9RvOCCwgcpKruhiLZQs3R6acKz3zw_stC2YyQjIbks9L/s320/DSCN1736.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684029358874887410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The valley and snowcapped mountains look tranquil in the winter sunshine. However, the Met Office has issued a warning to prepare for the windiest week of the year with heavy rain moving over Wales and the likelihood of damage. So its batten down the hatches folk!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Take care, keep warm and stay safe - Marion</div><br /></div></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-76063266934782857772011-10-30T05:39:00.031+00:002011-10-30T17:14:38.294+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_ER8xUeMkylqODqCTltbaeJDUdCG3RVhDD3d9flrZhwZqK9UOpf1tsVrkrbq98d9gc9NWsllyVSml70R4Qo9zlDFBPgskFGGnSHMtKLVfB8p0TaLYzlVQMBPGDx1eBCsbY78/s1600/IMG_3388.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_ER8xUeMkylqODqCTltbaeJDUdCG3RVhDD3d9flrZhwZqK9UOpf1tsVrkrbq98d9gc9NWsllyVSml70R4Qo9zlDFBPgskFGGnSHMtKLVfB8p0TaLYzlVQMBPGDx1eBCsbY78/s320/IMG_3388.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669223773396136274" /></a>AUTUMN BEAUTY....<div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Autumn time comes swiftly</div><div style="text-align: center;">With red and brown and gold,</div><div style="text-align: center;">And leaves us joyful memories</div><div style="text-align: center;">To cherish and to hold</div><div style="text-align: center;">It fills our world with colour</div><div style="text-align: center;">And magic every day,</div><div style="text-align: center;">So take the glow the autumn gives</div><div style="text-align: center;">Before it slips away</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Iris Hesselden)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Days have become cooler and daylight hours shorter, whilst the colour of autumn leaves have surged into that final finale before falling to decay. I like to think that this wonderful display of colour is God's assurance to us that after the death and decay in garden and countryside, lies His promise of the future.... the promise of spring time and re-birth..... a sweet time to look forward to. </div><div><br /></div><div>During October we have enjoyed some spectacular dawns, it's that precious time before the sun itself appears.... when the eastern sky begins to lighten and the mountains are silhouetted against an ever changing glorious light.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Morning has broken, like that first morning......</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBtmY5R9QRGliUSVAf516xFc-oi4IRI7g2-OsH3e5lSy2jgsb7RiPfsbm4NWVJGIqdHsbJ8IZrgcGPDRnkqhyphenhyphenLJ9vr-0FgzRRh8qL4f0X1rfm0YYYSJTmVNIl8Z_IEtewcw8O/s1600/IMG_3426.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBtmY5R9QRGliUSVAf516xFc-oi4IRI7g2-OsH3e5lSy2jgsb7RiPfsbm4NWVJGIqdHsbJ8IZrgcGPDRnkqhyphenhyphenLJ9vr-0FgzRRh8qL4f0X1rfm0YYYSJTmVNIl8Z_IEtewcw8O/s320/IMG_3426.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669223154812008962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFKPAFGCEI0lAyKNonWUv4PkRLIqofW-aIWrRKRN4TnBA7JuwSK2lttwepHD2yRrD2PNHdzfxI8wI4WqYS7w2I4qxoIDXIs25xz20i15y-nNKsndUgpSsq6pzKJdioJQ8mqgo/s1600/IMG_3427.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFKPAFGCEI0lAyKNonWUv4PkRLIqofW-aIWrRKRN4TnBA7JuwSK2lttwepHD2yRrD2PNHdzfxI8wI4WqYS7w2I4qxoIDXIs25xz20i15y-nNKsndUgpSsq6pzKJdioJQ8mqgo/s320/IMG_3427.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669222811492778178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFZn-CrRRV9GgdK70EVSiZY0mefJzEVcJlGboyrf-_GP3UcvBnY17D_9tzUZCHLxHXdH5pR1hK2Jb1-xFhSi8BXehPmrB1ES6uABCeWvyDJOz1-d5vndNg6WPBQQhWyzY7uqa/s1600/IMG_3429.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFZn-CrRRV9GgdK70EVSiZY0mefJzEVcJlGboyrf-_GP3UcvBnY17D_9tzUZCHLxHXdH5pR1hK2Jb1-xFhSi8BXehPmrB1ES6uABCeWvyDJOz1-d5vndNg6WPBQQhWyzY7uqa/s320/IMG_3429.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669222540095467426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I intended to post two more of our beautiful church kneelers earlier in September.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I think this one depicts the end of summer so well.... a cornfield with poppies.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy83LDeUxjg2xmBengs_F76-UtOcbZbknC87gtSr_KMWbZXHDbRblyDdfptvIl8t3VHDghUv6VtcfeNl3jf9dMAW4ga7TtZoBOlFxPx5DjPQZAKym29iaLeUmUmq6nlWg9N8kR/s1600/IMG_3417.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy83LDeUxjg2xmBengs_F76-UtOcbZbknC87gtSr_KMWbZXHDbRblyDdfptvIl8t3VHDghUv6VtcfeNl3jf9dMAW4ga7TtZoBOlFxPx5DjPQZAKym29iaLeUmUmq6nlWg9N8kR/s320/IMG_3417.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669221485367503330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another beautiful summer scene so skilfully stitched, it could so easily be a picture of a sandy bay on our Welsh coast.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvQc696EXnmwnsIbG6uenghvb0WS-bIUGejgHMDy4Z-rq3Nz9yeeqAV6g7m6wbhg2gvK0_Kk1Bi92AQPrOQiFfirwDniwsXekWUHpLzKFQ5vZYa2EuioMc2EyOSqJmqTCVdUT/s1600/IMG_3419.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvQc696EXnmwnsIbG6uenghvb0WS-bIUGejgHMDy4Z-rq3Nz9yeeqAV6g7m6wbhg2gvK0_Kk1Bi92AQPrOQiFfirwDniwsXekWUHpLzKFQ5vZYa2EuioMc2EyOSqJmqTCVdUT/s320/IMG_3419.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669221072215967602" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Now I invite you into my little summer house, I've shown many pictures of it from the outside, but not so many inside. It is a colourful, restful little haven and well stocked with books, magazines and writing material. I'm always looking for extra space to store such things, so John installed these useful little shelves each side of the door way.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPYGwTqr5sxGteJBYvI7MlG64iML5fGa047V_WjSX0hykOkuXbr-e-YhEDY06D9RssMQ41-BTFYG0K12OwyR_bpCise2bVgpeWYRhBd6GZCISHp9KKP2MMjXtoz_uRhTB515_/s1600/IMG_3395.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPYGwTqr5sxGteJBYvI7MlG64iML5fGa047V_WjSX0hykOkuXbr-e-YhEDY06D9RssMQ41-BTFYG0K12OwyR_bpCise2bVgpeWYRhBd6GZCISHp9KKP2MMjXtoz_uRhTB515_/s320/IMG_3395.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669162291059354754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh37sBOMBQVuYRavDlqeoEa87dosj3-RI_hYQr02biS4zgVh48pCjRYqAsGqxU7yRItN4C5z2SyouYPQ2MW1wcBzk4c5rLGslY9yDh2DZ3RuDv0kJRjbfRCEKp1kiNnE57t0W/s1600/IMG_3396.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh37sBOMBQVuYRavDlqeoEa87dosj3-RI_hYQr02biS4zgVh48pCjRYqAsGqxU7yRItN4C5z2SyouYPQ2MW1wcBzk4c5rLGslY9yDh2DZ3RuDv0kJRjbfRCEKp1kiNnE57t0W/s320/IMG_3396.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669161564073324738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At one end there is this small dresser which holds Mother's cottage ware and her wild game plates.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4kAbUW6kqx0AWfhqkLmgK2mhbqRRcX9WHxxqwPeykp64HetI24kFhzKiHFyrjsBSzEigsotQQcfpGmKacgYMoVe2uy14PJMiopRKwNDJS4YrARpwrKx3d8W-EcQSby3XamNy/s1600/IMG_3397.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4kAbUW6kqx0AWfhqkLmgK2mhbqRRcX9WHxxqwPeykp64HetI24kFhzKiHFyrjsBSzEigsotQQcfpGmKacgYMoVe2uy14PJMiopRKwNDJS4YrARpwrKx3d8W-EcQSby3XamNy/s320/IMG_3397.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669161174864678722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The birdcage was a charity shop find.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6Ps_Vr8R799jenBWBVi0uMW3nTbeLP567w6eXuWsSNPGGDVmpjX95mqKRfip8R8VS6of4tgx-AsaEz9jGoTQHwGwOekB6gYFKVzP-gmO9HT3D6WG1DeSjRQDV1J14eup3dhg/s1600/IMG_3398.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6Ps_Vr8R799jenBWBVi0uMW3nTbeLP567w6eXuWsSNPGGDVmpjX95mqKRfip8R8VS6of4tgx-AsaEz9jGoTQHwGwOekB6gYFKVzP-gmO9HT3D6WG1DeSjRQDV1J14eup3dhg/s320/IMG_3398.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669160610914955586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Back to autumn colours.... the cotoneaster has been spectacular this year.... a winter feast in store for the birds.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDxJ941ZPnw2qkLu76stzPA0dG7sCnfnxjQZjWKqQfJXq7aMnLlNt3yTzc3-GMdx1t4c8E1K6p0mBmHSCosIclGsmJ9bm5od7D_o-Sqy755YBgShLHX8xgWkRPwDdlWdkmNOp/s1600/IMG_3382.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDxJ941ZPnw2qkLu76stzPA0dG7sCnfnxjQZjWKqQfJXq7aMnLlNt3yTzc3-GMdx1t4c8E1K6p0mBmHSCosIclGsmJ9bm5od7D_o-Sqy755YBgShLHX8xgWkRPwDdlWdkmNOp/s320/IMG_3382.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669160283949937746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6rpOqTHyKXbVraGulvkh1006n8-mywPBngqKyj5lvGRjcsTBnKF6lWFv8xcD12reHI78zv7HgKCPE_TTb3Q-PRuBQ_Hnn5Oec6UEkaNiUfVUjm7f6k_CE2adaw8fnLw8hWnZ/s1600/IMG_3384.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6rpOqTHyKXbVraGulvkh1006n8-mywPBngqKyj5lvGRjcsTBnKF6lWFv8xcD12reHI78zv7HgKCPE_TTb3Q-PRuBQ_Hnn5Oec6UEkaNiUfVUjm7f6k_CE2adaw8fnLw8hWnZ/s320/IMG_3384.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669159932757007010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can always rely upon a magnificent autumnal display of colour from the Virginia Creeper... it truly is amazing how its leaves morph from summer time green to reddish orange and shades of burgundy.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVrUzuIbrQj1dCX1tUpedSql8G107QRDbGo-noNRhKE9Dt9YJOXuM8rwqANz1f2wYDShvbIi5YxiBLUxf5QbOkUYitLteGrP4VMxYEkCAqZzwwj5j3AlgaN01OgXAXmUYuLWm/s1600/IMG_3405.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVrUzuIbrQj1dCX1tUpedSql8G107QRDbGo-noNRhKE9Dt9YJOXuM8rwqANz1f2wYDShvbIi5YxiBLUxf5QbOkUYitLteGrP4VMxYEkCAqZzwwj5j3AlgaN01OgXAXmUYuLWm/s320/IMG_3405.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669159198274207394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rosy apples..... another post I had in mind to write and include this picture to celebrate Apple Day on 21 October. Not wasted though, it fits perfectly here.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYQb72zk18tMC32Gt53Z3luGvrc4cYVkFQAywB6Iilu4qTp58dBsFFoIbck2i0jOEMov3Qh1Qm0kgGdpczW2nwoYnBZ3Vu8LntBWYJbG5MdAOnn1dLXoxZ1xbCuxRViwUyiDV/s1600/IMG_3392.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYQb72zk18tMC32Gt53Z3luGvrc4cYVkFQAywB6Iilu4qTp58dBsFFoIbck2i0jOEMov3Qh1Qm0kgGdpczW2nwoYnBZ3Vu8LntBWYJbG5MdAOnn1dLXoxZ1xbCuxRViwUyiDV/s320/IMG_3392.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669158695375558386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This pergola is a shady place on a hot day, the Virginia Creeper grows dense along with honeysuckle and white jasmine</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Vs0QTUfkWE_6-3xPG5FvPCUblWG2SyPZfQVQXZluKHME1Yq8ZEFhvQNaaxfFbk64UOcgm3ycZ24H4n_Seugp5npkDrK49wF_MxEbQnqObMTIqvNiH6JPXn5x4YmPm16Xk6vg/s1600/IMG_3389.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Vs0QTUfkWE_6-3xPG5FvPCUblWG2SyPZfQVQXZluKHME1Yq8ZEFhvQNaaxfFbk64UOcgm3ycZ24H4n_Seugp5npkDrK49wF_MxEbQnqObMTIqvNiH6JPXn5x4YmPm16Xk6vg/s320/IMG_3389.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669158305336131986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Apples fall so dangerously close to the greenhouse.... and accidents have happened!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JGWPKojLVGQ4mySuU-tM2fLfT1gn2_cQwcFS94i-Lg6UIu1wlJJd92BdtQPi5rFEwT_zM46Ytwa9jX4Bfm4zkrvDslg3h-oBxT3MRcuSd7oruOza7qIHjpDlAMHkUuq0fQEe/s1600/IMG_3393.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JGWPKojLVGQ4mySuU-tM2fLfT1gn2_cQwcFS94i-Lg6UIu1wlJJd92BdtQPi5rFEwT_zM46Ytwa9jX4Bfm4zkrvDslg3h-oBxT3MRcuSd7oruOza7qIHjpDlAMHkUuq0fQEe/s320/IMG_3393.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669157900448281442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cabbages and purple sprouting broccoli have been planted under the cloches to protect them from the white cabbage butterfly. The runner bean stick have now been taken away and surplus beans sliced and stored in the freezer....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6jPSIH7a1-pscVHS4LVfUptkoa12to3400DXEK9IXtc8ngm6P2IOcf0l-3Y4yzZuDCJDwQfAYxA8ra7l31u_alA_NdhCAxsJHj0ZDN3YZQbTHYIlPRXUgfszmBlVA5uzcgH8/s1600/IMG_3394.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6jPSIH7a1-pscVHS4LVfUptkoa12to3400DXEK9IXtc8ngm6P2IOcf0l-3Y4yzZuDCJDwQfAYxA8ra7l31u_alA_NdhCAxsJHj0ZDN3YZQbTHYIlPRXUgfszmBlVA5uzcgH8/s320/IMG_3394.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669157408115298402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A colourful tub of begonias, the flowers last until the first frosts.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnuA6lakYIedt1KrdJ11yJZQPyQ1fsEyRfgCBlyJmx_xLvan_pnz73-xmtr_eQrlSxDfUNrdmKvsxpkfQk8cwZXafMT0LH9ZG7UZ90BkRM_ekTj-tEUrbqAZFJ1uv1IkFspWY/s1600/IMG_3400.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnuA6lakYIedt1KrdJ11yJZQPyQ1fsEyRfgCBlyJmx_xLvan_pnz73-xmtr_eQrlSxDfUNrdmKvsxpkfQk8cwZXafMT0LH9ZG7UZ90BkRM_ekTj-tEUrbqAZFJ1uv1IkFspWY/s320/IMG_3400.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669156988029110194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lily Picasso is a beauty and has given much joy this year.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTC2SNjGWzo4b1uq__CVKR2qCAlUqkffWuryUWVv_l1mPrdoiGNqhQBFHWSn9Rj3LimS4ZWARASQ6yZuI04DqYUlkQmBX0rpz92TWspy12XLjRnsv9MSXRMkcpahJX45aFKla/s1600/IMG_3401.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTC2SNjGWzo4b1uq__CVKR2qCAlUqkffWuryUWVv_l1mPrdoiGNqhQBFHWSn9Rj3LimS4ZWARASQ6yZuI04DqYUlkQmBX0rpz92TWspy12XLjRnsv9MSXRMkcpahJX45aFKla/s320/IMG_3401.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669156180494800370" /></a><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The months of September and October have held both sad and anxious times for the family. My son Christopher had two lots of surgery on a severe back injury, recovery is slow.... there have been two deaths.... John had surgery six weeks ago, he is doing fine now and on Tuesday, I am to be admitted for surgery too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings to all my blogging friends, I'll catch up with you again soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marion</div><div><br /></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-56491010176721788292011-09-14T07:39:00.038+01:002011-09-15T07:51:06.090+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0e1PFc9IsZriUAwIFtv0hHCNv_FYybp07Fmc_z0n42ul8GUqAKY53NuhsBbskG1euOVry86ykXNCqeoyco8sGyD6mtWeh20ArZgix8Yc8Pe0Uiz_1XYTjMRydkJ4QHK1vSL8/s1600/IMG_3179.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0e1PFc9IsZriUAwIFtv0hHCNv_FYybp07Fmc_z0n42ul8GUqAKY53NuhsBbskG1euOVry86ykXNCqeoyco8sGyD6mtWeh20ArZgix8Yc8Pe0Uiz_1XYTjMRydkJ4QHK1vSL8/s320/IMG_3179.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652116807677440658" /></a>LOOKING BACK ON SUMMER....<br /><div><br /></div><div>Before we leave this season too far behind, I invite you to join me on a little tour of my garden on this sunny day....</div><div><br /></div><div>Come up the steps and see the decking and balcony we built last year, it has been of great benefit and a joy to use... whether we are enjoying the morning sun with a cup of coffee or surveying the view across the village.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Having the French doors flung wide open has been like an added extension to my kitchen, particularly on a warm day like this... when a refreshing breeze gently wafts through.</div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8lXITZkoN0Flr-j8vEdH-BROuswHPCr_L7bQUFQMph0_iqUc6nvCOvM7R16zbzGBvRC5M6VR9gHmwGyX4_1eppb3M0YZ6S-qXFKYD7bJj3MWgUl1fGrAVo9YLq0MgQb8Z9Hn/s320/IMG_3147.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652116382675592530" /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhND4H9RHxDW2tIhNOMitUpXTRwUfoThJKltfL2MEE26D8j2ymxWNcKm4TQvu9NlSpRCMrg3gVoqfCgEYz_vfX3OaXlG_zQbTOc01NBJ-tA5QADoxdX2qAzbdw2fU5os1PZwJzR/s1600/IMG_3148.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhND4H9RHxDW2tIhNOMitUpXTRwUfoThJKltfL2MEE26D8j2ymxWNcKm4TQvu9NlSpRCMrg3gVoqfCgEYz_vfX3OaXlG_zQbTOc01NBJ-tA5QADoxdX2qAzbdw2fU5os1PZwJzR/s320/IMG_3148.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652115866913088018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kenzo enjoys this new way in and out of doors too...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUHXo89SNrV3eN80ln891ziWxTHQhXRArHRtREZCixy7gT1Ijby67MOqYF2S8Xf65tEn9ZWbqwMEyoteDLb99K-bd8qptedxVxkreuPNCFMAuX-aGbMqMXFCn4hPb_-cvKEk9/s1600/IMG_3149.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUHXo89SNrV3eN80ln891ziWxTHQhXRArHRtREZCixy7gT1Ijby67MOqYF2S8Xf65tEn9ZWbqwMEyoteDLb99K-bd8qptedxVxkreuPNCFMAuX-aGbMqMXFCn4hPb_-cvKEk9/s320/IMG_3149.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652115398090310338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although Privet is usually used as a hedging screen, we've allowed this one to grown into a tree. It is massive and in late spring/early summer it is always smothered in clusters of creamy flowers, their perfume fills the garden and the house with such an exquisite fragrance. I love it, but if my son Christopher is visiting who is an asthmatic, he is troubled greatly by the pollen.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_zMzYDV_rvZMCSWUvpm-UrrjARUnrkO7NmWSin1HsDYkISIbhrJ3n0o3uQvt1E3bn-OFu1JTMV2XiIwFrGwc_LPFWspMLrRIFagYObOC7afZ5GBvpyiF-0809YgW1-qaqZ1x/s1600/IMG_3154.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_zMzYDV_rvZMCSWUvpm-UrrjARUnrkO7NmWSin1HsDYkISIbhrJ3n0o3uQvt1E3bn-OFu1JTMV2XiIwFrGwc_LPFWspMLrRIFagYObOC7afZ5GBvpyiF-0809YgW1-qaqZ1x/s320/IMG_3154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652114812878944962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Whenever possible we eat out of doors.....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyt9DWWTOGUmvmlOwfIlgGA_Deb88-1csutHZl6NIxijrhEpAicFcD1jtD2OA-592RneyRIiUnrkBVEsj3sVK5PcOuBkJYFyJ6vG-W5WsZrWw9nJe-BJtTtzhHmXRlLWCtQop/s1600/IMG_3151.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyt9DWWTOGUmvmlOwfIlgGA_Deb88-1csutHZl6NIxijrhEpAicFcD1jtD2OA-592RneyRIiUnrkBVEsj3sVK5PcOuBkJYFyJ6vG-W5WsZrWw9nJe-BJtTtzhHmXRlLWCtQop/s320/IMG_3151.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652114424000245554" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">......and our little summer house is still my favourite place for an afternoon snooze or a good book.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmsegTbwvPdFga2OoFOXRojCkrsn8Yc8nCCfDQes9XlOLEqH9JGl-dJO7IwG11eW_EtaWxGlnZZyADlLvuLf1p9ZP_PL1IAPlQA_W4wcNN4J-Mu_Xrx5wcE4ZneXdeHdaamuZ/s1600/IMG_3202.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmsegTbwvPdFga2OoFOXRojCkrsn8Yc8nCCfDQes9XlOLEqH9JGl-dJO7IwG11eW_EtaWxGlnZZyADlLvuLf1p9ZP_PL1IAPlQA_W4wcNN4J-Mu_Xrx5wcE4ZneXdeHdaamuZ/s320/IMG_3202.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652113142660152114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The veggie plot has been very prolific providing us with beans and peas by the bucket full.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKMgzE5lQG7DqWbKWecGuZqzWD73pXFgrysB2GV19tob4JXT0HWOJEtd5fz8KJL1_3Wm7I1Vms_a5nlzgEvGcrhGQRmSA_zR0vbrFLwGTqDZt2Mcn4zpO4Qn818RKjL0qbf8T/s1600/IMG_3200.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKMgzE5lQG7DqWbKWecGuZqzWD73pXFgrysB2GV19tob4JXT0HWOJEtd5fz8KJL1_3Wm7I1Vms_a5nlzgEvGcrhGQRmSA_zR0vbrFLwGTqDZt2Mcn4zpO4Qn818RKjL0qbf8T/s320/IMG_3200.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652112058815284994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMw6rdbb7QWlgHvwfkaK7qOrl9UTUf1BueNQMBQbipEQfW-oaesk3RwXwk5YGxmldmDOldpEcA3MtQKySRwaaFBB_ouQKSN163zWNylZTGM7uEWoa0dlZhpz5D5UoeC2Fdv_-/s1600/IMG_3325.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMw6rdbb7QWlgHvwfkaK7qOrl9UTUf1BueNQMBQbipEQfW-oaesk3RwXwk5YGxmldmDOldpEcA3MtQKySRwaaFBB_ouQKSN163zWNylZTGM7uEWoa0dlZhpz5D5UoeC2Fdv_-/s320/IMG_3325.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652111602260546818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kenzo has really enjoyed the beans and peas being so accessible. I've never known a dog that could quite easily be a vegetarian. I'd often find him chomping on a stem of peas, he's even pulled up radishes and eaten them too.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONfgjox64YRITeX52_PF5YqAzUaV9OcNPfIcJB_-8ZR82djJqrh8fuOmwtWhxcmI6XQZzkhwExKPYuU19Rezacl7uU4IQWV1kjn_zMsr3Qbp_FYQnbi8jLKuI68p1WwPbSKi0/s1600/IMG_3137.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONfgjox64YRITeX52_PF5YqAzUaV9OcNPfIcJB_-8ZR82djJqrh8fuOmwtWhxcmI6XQZzkhwExKPYuU19Rezacl7uU4IQWV1kjn_zMsr3Qbp_FYQnbi8jLKuI68p1WwPbSKi0/s320/IMG_3137.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652111079426577890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3IZfYcvYOo5_TWNdmWZiCtYmno0XOG9yy3i3BrRJe1Iq2IO0cY4VC3tQE4zEqg5Iw7wpsHoO2zsgN-ctTpUUoAJwAHMXU5yWuLrF0WDo5SkVbS2UjKbfHhxWnstadSEkusPl/s1600/IMG_3139.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3IZfYcvYOo5_TWNdmWZiCtYmno0XOG9yy3i3BrRJe1Iq2IO0cY4VC3tQE4zEqg5Iw7wpsHoO2zsgN-ctTpUUoAJwAHMXU5yWuLrF0WDo5SkVbS2UjKbfHhxWnstadSEkusPl/s320/IMG_3139.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652110771148077122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kenzo also adores apples, and that's a bit dangerous at the moment.... I have to gather wind falls up quickly... I'm afraid of him taking ones with wasps in.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21TAVBs6St1Ta2Ccklj3ah3rmVNGTG-JHP6ojGbHJhAO5drYtFxhsCg-FFCk9e4oS__Kwi4flWwYI-3G40skiB0RT72BzOcy6iFh0qpQBc874UtXFzSLJjlf4CA2TCS_3X72d/s1600/IMG_3326.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21TAVBs6St1Ta2Ccklj3ah3rmVNGTG-JHP6ojGbHJhAO5drYtFxhsCg-FFCk9e4oS__Kwi4flWwYI-3G40skiB0RT72BzOcy6iFh0qpQBc874UtXFzSLJjlf4CA2TCS_3X72d/s320/IMG_3326.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652110238040963314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Salad leaves have been plentiful this year too.... so handy to nip out and gather them fresh. One minute they are growing then, after a quick rinse they are on the plate.... can't get much fresher than that can you!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIPXuaYdNSByFMQNDHKUq0AGIhZHY_sXpReWOZxbLZsWyme7U9SNQQf3uv_ToNCdyv5qSOirnTRAy1ccUn7vrLa_am39AZrbNxG1vnIgKv8NEmTQoghe-25CSua8OIyFeaE6S/s1600/IMG_3141.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIPXuaYdNSByFMQNDHKUq0AGIhZHY_sXpReWOZxbLZsWyme7U9SNQQf3uv_ToNCdyv5qSOirnTRAy1ccUn7vrLa_am39AZrbNxG1vnIgKv8NEmTQoghe-25CSua8OIyFeaE6S/s320/IMG_3141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652109812367741602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our wood store is stacked ready for colder days when stoves will be burning. Such a satisfying feeling isn't it!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZXP5YFSD-sTIUs6Z0P93d_ZzjIvgj5iu-DuAJ4acj5hYSr6szLVoc8zl4reQpOVDdaTfU0pkUH5pYCdQc2XhTFVpJDEbAcY9twu4etpv51IiLHYmO7iezxij-yMSXv1110O1/s1600/IMG_3330.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZXP5YFSD-sTIUs6Z0P93d_ZzjIvgj5iu-DuAJ4acj5hYSr6szLVoc8zl4reQpOVDdaTfU0pkUH5pYCdQc2XhTFVpJDEbAcY9twu4etpv51IiLHYmO7iezxij-yMSXv1110O1/s320/IMG_3330.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652109463434514050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the end of the garden path, and just beyond here the bank falls down to the river. Listen, you can hear the river running by. Village children have great fun splashing and playing in the water.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3EhPHNVcmpfN6WTCY6NA5OY3cTCEvXrshyVlEaPG7_SuL40iCqr9SWarTZ33EQaMA3ZOw3SGo8faKZCA8u8YhqIf9J7f4E24JPWnsPj8HmCkE4GbayB1gtDGSlaQ5DfLQOWQ/s1600/IMG_3167.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3EhPHNVcmpfN6WTCY6NA5OY3cTCEvXrshyVlEaPG7_SuL40iCqr9SWarTZ33EQaMA3ZOw3SGo8faKZCA8u8YhqIf9J7f4E24JPWnsPj8HmCkE4GbayB1gtDGSlaQ5DfLQOWQ/s320/IMG_3167.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652109081465846482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This handy slate shelf was put in place to act as a potting bench, but is little used for that purpose. I like the look of the old terracotta pots stacked there, it's a garden decoration in itself don't you think!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9s1ohxv0Q4op7CsV-Hq8KjMyszm6R0lILOl7Wp5Wg78O2YorUb3sVMWu88k-Hs1tihrQYfmcojw9dcvwe_BJ5wMDjY_w2gpsU6rB1Vke2jgwipXrh81J2Z4CQSJ6QLOfFra_x/s1600/IMG_3183.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9s1ohxv0Q4op7CsV-Hq8KjMyszm6R0lILOl7Wp5Wg78O2YorUb3sVMWu88k-Hs1tihrQYfmcojw9dcvwe_BJ5wMDjY_w2gpsU6rB1Vke2jgwipXrh81J2Z4CQSJ6QLOfFra_x/s320/IMG_3183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652108661790594930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another garden decoration I'm delighted with....... earlier in the year I was given this lovely old stone fountain..... a wonderful surprise birthday gift from my brother....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCewI8dB44k2ricrjnYvb2kezmUhMfUV8CQ9Vc-xcsMx7nPZIYkj659RBngzbOL7EMkIq59neZyho2VSNRlb19dm635CUI2PCxsUYm0RL-urtXvuDcY6m6dOCK2MMTsfog0lQL/s1600/IMG_3186.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCewI8dB44k2ricrjnYvb2kezmUhMfUV8CQ9Vc-xcsMx7nPZIYkj659RBngzbOL7EMkIq59neZyho2VSNRlb19dm635CUI2PCxsUYm0RL-urtXvuDcY6m6dOCK2MMTsfog0lQL/s320/IMG_3186.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652108219427007442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">However, one of my disappointments this summer was that not a single Agapanthus flowered not in border or pot, there's a clump of them in this stone urn.... all leaves but no flowers. Probably all it could muster after the very harsh winter.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgui4MHEp47ZLO0WtJEKByHH3xTPUOXlMm9XvQyC6zeRX8oaAdzSkt-O98CAsXAfgja8F_MQuoUEq0fPKFj3ok9mLO0697DthiDLqhAuR1vhv95TMRIzEf1268rUJRPJGOnzRin/s1600/IMG_3233.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgui4MHEp47ZLO0WtJEKByHH3xTPUOXlMm9XvQyC6zeRX8oaAdzSkt-O98CAsXAfgja8F_MQuoUEq0fPKFj3ok9mLO0697DthiDLqhAuR1vhv95TMRIzEf1268rUJRPJGOnzRin/s320/IMG_3233.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652107843940249874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A shady seat you may care to rest here a while.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMc6KYPnmj3bjMpDF8d6Wb4-P6xzkQtyPKVpXgnzCkytW7AC2wvH2sxeRCNyWaQvPfvb-I_cqWW4mY_q4lXlMWRiqepUeNosR5utMRSHtjilqo3tMbV95uVjouI5EAbizdpkBQ/s1600/IMG_3184.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMc6KYPnmj3bjMpDF8d6Wb4-P6xzkQtyPKVpXgnzCkytW7AC2wvH2sxeRCNyWaQvPfvb-I_cqWW4mY_q4lXlMWRiqepUeNosR5utMRSHtjilqo3tMbV95uVjouI5EAbizdpkBQ/s320/IMG_3184.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652107313501357570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I like the effect of grouping pots together don't you!...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dNSVZALhPEWlVmarbPpoNXEwoE1OjhzBvgScBOd5EfdRlkE7_x8RaRTpS5_52TJHayEAuUCD2GmDqp9w0ihNsxOAXsI_hFSWhdcj52TjRsj-oY-06tT7fw4U3p2c2zfuWHfU/s1600/IMG_3169.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dNSVZALhPEWlVmarbPpoNXEwoE1OjhzBvgScBOd5EfdRlkE7_x8RaRTpS5_52TJHayEAuUCD2GmDqp9w0ihNsxOAXsI_hFSWhdcj52TjRsj-oY-06tT7fw4U3p2c2zfuWHfU/s320/IMG_3169.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652106852003801282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The pots that hang in a row along the garden fence here have put on a pretty display.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXXa0lpx6Hpx9o27X_D0yQX77ZrT6jQmO_LzTMQEjn-Rpl5elGGqiSEdrKOtz7y9_kVaOskGxQTmNgdbrdR_ifiVembUKBA40FwzZZEjlDn4_c5u2iN9p0RtyBNxhtvsXDMGa/s1600/IMG_3178.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXXa0lpx6Hpx9o27X_D0yQX77ZrT6jQmO_LzTMQEjn-Rpl5elGGqiSEdrKOtz7y9_kVaOskGxQTmNgdbrdR_ifiVembUKBA40FwzZZEjlDn4_c5u2iN9p0RtyBNxhtvsXDMGa/s320/IMG_3178.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652106494661190178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsuHMbwCxGqWrG72kv4npyCeBoXrVVRZ7nh74aGtnBIxvbuu2urBmDjnSAnZMaZOv-gdt7CIKigGL-yT4oCi2k7QbVs2bPhZrs-5uUod1fGFGnInxobFO-frjebpG_vU3L0BBv/s1600/IMG_3329.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsuHMbwCxGqWrG72kv4npyCeBoXrVVRZ7nh74aGtnBIxvbuu2urBmDjnSAnZMaZOv-gdt7CIKigGL-yT4oCi2k7QbVs2bPhZrs-5uUod1fGFGnInxobFO-frjebpG_vU3L0BBv/s320/IMG_3329.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652106116224675202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This year I planted a few cultivated blackberries.... although we have many that grow wild in the hedgerows... these produce fruits that are much larger and so very sweet.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEo1ud-EyHDxLpyDnO5WGTqf0SuiYoGNCy6MknLxNHKi6xiuCz3nJrEpDXv5d3fyQQQKvPs2TvAcbYQdc__cud0QXhj3GDWU5G2xR0hkEtjzeqleqcsGYfNsEE3mMmhPIo56k3/s1600/IMG_3176.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEo1ud-EyHDxLpyDnO5WGTqf0SuiYoGNCy6MknLxNHKi6xiuCz3nJrEpDXv5d3fyQQQKvPs2TvAcbYQdc__cud0QXhj3GDWU5G2xR0hkEtjzeqleqcsGYfNsEE3mMmhPIo56k3/s320/IMG_3176.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652105423254913218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lavender bushes have produced many flowers that I've gathered and dried.... they will be used in the making of</div><div style="text-align: center;">little gifts for church sales.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbIjfJomufsVch0MdBV_nkd7QBMDMiiimmJSiIACMD4bHG-vEQepo5TWZomYaZNIKlVAWh94HHeSjTL_AKszt5YrRdhSlwq8yhY-xvkYPKd2JeXDHr69UxhehlXaxAYoyy_Z4x/s1600/IMG_3231.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbIjfJomufsVch0MdBV_nkd7QBMDMiiimmJSiIACMD4bHG-vEQepo5TWZomYaZNIKlVAWh94HHeSjTL_AKszt5YrRdhSlwq8yhY-xvkYPKd2JeXDHr69UxhehlXaxAYoyy_Z4x/s320/IMG_3231.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652104975919490562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Several clumps of Monkshood - Aconitum have grown in the garden for a few years, they are so pretty and a gorgeous colour. But I recently discovered it was an extremely poisonous plant that can also cause an alergic reaction. I felt compelled to take it all out as Kenzo has such a fondness for eating what grows out here. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZHlsrn34y2rA1YsQ-b-0tcRsz4yR9RiMpAniHrrEN7kbUMrgwVetqCoJb5dxZG9Ke_7pI6skUPVaOVlzwE-XnIKRrMc6FQK4WodUyXxIsZu-MlWk_IurWuEBMnqjgPjYxb-T/s1600/IMG_3237.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZHlsrn34y2rA1YsQ-b-0tcRsz4yR9RiMpAniHrrEN7kbUMrgwVetqCoJb5dxZG9Ke_7pI6skUPVaOVlzwE-XnIKRrMc6FQK4WodUyXxIsZu-MlWk_IurWuEBMnqjgPjYxb-T/s320/IMG_3237.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652104592789612882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My love of David Austin roses is a joyful experience each year. Yes, their perfume is quite delicious.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjBbswiFVuaJqCbq350QpCse73H7xOEm6plP2ucsIHxE0QPbCS09IjY-NtFCW7MW8L00clXA2r1YM6Ad3GAeYTdd3xayxmu3NsbasejnBnA6HHEyZJSgSMMiLDdRZ7R79dNS5/s1600/IMG_3195.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjBbswiFVuaJqCbq350QpCse73H7xOEm6plP2ucsIHxE0QPbCS09IjY-NtFCW7MW8L00clXA2r1YM6Ad3GAeYTdd3xayxmu3NsbasejnBnA6HHEyZJSgSMMiLDdRZ7R79dNS5/s320/IMG_3195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652104164953715138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99GUObPT-59qMNYRybJbgWS3DYq_UuDG_GjZDo6CR0_J3JNhIcFIUWXH6f1X-LgJlYGnn0So8eKdRkytWVlWCb5iMau01cZUmSJ_yFrGAt1ZM8uwS843-6k8v-cS0m1z3XFLr/s1600/IMG_3194.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99GUObPT-59qMNYRybJbgWS3DYq_UuDG_GjZDo6CR0_J3JNhIcFIUWXH6f1X-LgJlYGnn0So8eKdRkytWVlWCb5iMau01cZUmSJ_yFrGAt1ZM8uwS843-6k8v-cS0m1z3XFLr/s320/IMG_3194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652103908508450242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hollyhocks grow so tall against our sitting room window.... they can be enjoyed both outside and in.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJXqYk01PwvjQpZx1rE_UW-P9FHAMOUiuhGEQ8x4oz7iWk39nyHbgpXhyphenhyphenujFRufPUTZdNR9YOo3SbyVE70wXitOP2Uc8kDz9o2fOiyeyaZgl0csbPaNhIoY_R0d9ZSnDdfYty/s1600/IMG_3174.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJXqYk01PwvjQpZx1rE_UW-P9FHAMOUiuhGEQ8x4oz7iWk39nyHbgpXhyphenhyphenujFRufPUTZdNR9YOo3SbyVE70wXitOP2Uc8kDz9o2fOiyeyaZgl0csbPaNhIoY_R0d9ZSnDdfYty/s320/IMG_3174.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652103535405576754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The birds have a feast in store with so many berries on the cotoneaster</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHB5DMt1NLGol3-Fxuccfn9ILKv_F8mOeHahsVMUreA-c3D_sueH2SQ08_KbJOA1pdt-68yJXPSf59vfsYwAhEJBjSbmFaItbnB81PWFblUIP0xptWLfuHOFg4KPJHIeWFbEW/s1600/IMG_1238.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHB5DMt1NLGol3-Fxuccfn9ILKv_F8mOeHahsVMUreA-c3D_sueH2SQ08_KbJOA1pdt-68yJXPSf59vfsYwAhEJBjSbmFaItbnB81PWFblUIP0xptWLfuHOFg4KPJHIeWFbEW/s320/IMG_1238.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652102957784203074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">....and the day lily patch thrives so well under the apples trees.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMJ5H9SPl8xdr-vby5ecdMklNmcYnv5FxbYU2F8ARlwRclEYc6UlzxjKVW3CixIZlrff8FML2cgGciulobIxrBzicNnWQc6OdS2vv-xZCRQY2zun1rUEyxRK_Z7LyHNhdps-Z/s1600/IMG_3185.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMJ5H9SPl8xdr-vby5ecdMklNmcYnv5FxbYU2F8ARlwRclEYc6UlzxjKVW3CixIZlrff8FML2cgGciulobIxrBzicNnWQc6OdS2vv-xZCRQY2zun1rUEyxRK_Z7LyHNhdps-Z/s320/IMG_3185.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652102711423090434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">.....and last but not least, admire</div><div style="text-align: center;">the magnificent flower of the Yucca, pure white and so majestic. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, shall we go and have a cup of tea....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttgs7cZdKBzOw4xCH4ZgmjfMaPg02OwYEmBHOOjF4ID37_HiB5yIm8PnyYmJlAN43BR-bdyB51R5C7Ia1hJ4UaVOthKDgzu2_V9MzACmYSvqB4gPS8XKl3nkHXupHZTAA6Rhs/s1600/IMG_3225.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttgs7cZdKBzOw4xCH4ZgmjfMaPg02OwYEmBHOOjF4ID37_HiB5yIm8PnyYmJlAN43BR-bdyB51R5C7Ia1hJ4UaVOthKDgzu2_V9MzACmYSvqB4gPS8XKl3nkHXupHZTAA6Rhs/s320/IMG_3225.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652102139568628802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you've enjoyed walking with me around my garden,</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">have a great weekend everyone.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings - Marion</div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-12676097747871315172011-08-19T07:10:00.001+01:002011-08-19T09:39:57.208+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSmixSDF4OOIlp2xFe2HIfbkve2h_DiksFnT_a3o9DjgaD8zoQWVUoSCh41IZYPhZG7ZLuWWECTdWrdCWw8byH4SUAhtPj0ul-X-tJ2hpsSjPp7q8v9op9KUhJ20OEYSvAvmG/s1600/IMG_2186.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSmixSDF4OOIlp2xFe2HIfbkve2h_DiksFnT_a3o9DjgaD8zoQWVUoSCh41IZYPhZG7ZLuWWECTdWrdCWw8byH4SUAhtPj0ul-X-tJ2hpsSjPp7q8v9op9KUhJ20OEYSvAvmG/s320/IMG_2186.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638364059562870498" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE.....</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">George was a rescue cat, we were never certain of his age, but think he was about two when he came to live with us 11 years ago.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Everyone in the village knew George, he was a country cat by nature, a hunter.... he enjoyed the freedom of the woods and the riverbank. During summer months he was a free spirit often staying out both day and night, returning only when he wanted feeding, but, as the days grew colder, his love for creature comforts turned him into a home loving cat.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">When George went missing over a month ago, we weren't unduly concerned at first, but after a few days of noticing his bowl of dry food remained untouched on the bench, we began looking for him, thinking that maybe he been locked inside someone's garage or garden shed. I made posters with his picture and pinned them on village notice boards, but still heard nothing. Then after a month of searching, we heard the dreadful news that next door's gardener had discovered the remains of a cat in dense overgrowth. By the time we got to hear about this the gardener had disposed of the body. I took a picture of George along for identification..... the gardener felt pretty certain it was George... but added what remained was in a pretty bad state. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">It was news we didn't want to hear, but at the same time, it was best to know the end, though it was tragic and not continue to live in hope of his return. We miss him terribly and we often kid ourselves that we hear him meowing at the door, or feel we've caught a glimpse of him in the garden.... I'm sure his spirit lives on, so in our hearts he is with us still. I know Kenzo misses him too, just the mention of the name 'George' and his head and ears perk up all expectant.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">George was featured in many of my posts over my years of blogging and so I feel it is fitting that I devote a post of his pictures as a tribute of the happy times and the love we shared.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">In memory of dear George.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWz__vqSPHXLybN40hewoqWKC9ScUXPBVrsAzA7JEwsIqTGlK56tx5BYJHoRJooN3DcV2LB4lbJsehn98sJ9kK264ch-Cs-3P8kPbCyeXBhzcRn63F7YFSRbRX9jxgUCmV6vj1/s1600/DSCN2363.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWz__vqSPHXLybN40hewoqWKC9ScUXPBVrsAzA7JEwsIqTGlK56tx5BYJHoRJooN3DcV2LB4lbJsehn98sJ9kK264ch-Cs-3P8kPbCyeXBhzcRn63F7YFSRbRX9jxgUCmV6vj1/s320/DSCN2363.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638363112836403682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">.........our beautiful cat.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitcjVp9dvqvy1iveqVcnK9OqcEya7eJUV1W8C5kFaPrehsGjftlgWISQU8l4qHqiKi3ismvTz-DklVWaW18jXLDlpJ6GSaYIEHoaSKqw7YYQDZCMccm-uTL1a5DYvKrHfVcyv/s1600/IMG_0118.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitcjVp9dvqvy1iveqVcnK9OqcEya7eJUV1W8C5kFaPrehsGjftlgWISQU8l4qHqiKi3ismvTz-DklVWaW18jXLDlpJ6GSaYIEHoaSKqw7YYQDZCMccm-uTL1a5DYvKrHfVcyv/s320/IMG_0118.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638362228850065874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">who loved to snooze on a comfy cushion in front of the fire</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3pknBic1ij49DKvdJ70wDLdfnppCOQSOxjo_t3wBxcOuqOPvBADKGRiSpoToVcy3-BLBP_4BO38voa-zx3Y-MM3BPZ6N7XDXgA7WOR5BJO7IO7zY02TdoNB9IN2xEpl3U577/s1600/IMG_1507.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3pknBic1ij49DKvdJ70wDLdfnppCOQSOxjo_t3wBxcOuqOPvBADKGRiSpoToVcy3-BLBP_4BO38voa-zx3Y-MM3BPZ6N7XDXgA7WOR5BJO7IO7zY02TdoNB9IN2xEpl3U577/s320/IMG_1507.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638362011944666338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I shall never forget that look....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfxDIrY8FRd6BheOwgWYp7bLEgDUIjlKexKux_vJbKxJ0umcEWpgIj87dDzYG6ozoimJmaAvXcnZy0uEa73wSNEMmY-IPnajhBQdo8ZcoJhZi1rbP-nZjXmItuFxIwOyBR7lQ/s1600/IMG_0117.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfxDIrY8FRd6BheOwgWYp7bLEgDUIjlKexKux_vJbKxJ0umcEWpgIj87dDzYG6ozoimJmaAvXcnZy0uEa73wSNEMmY-IPnajhBQdo8ZcoJhZi1rbP-nZjXmItuFxIwOyBR7lQ/s320/IMG_0117.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638361442936230402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He was a free spirit.....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRiikSTDeeG5f6lsYoFrV1xwh0d2B6x_5fgL4D0QXA_9Lc7j77cVw4heTizje4A2Nf8Ci4HbvQukgS5zIXzLs9UrJL11ZbPf4mUaAxDXv89t4SpIANdhfPfbqfxrQ6vypoZLG/s1600/IMG_1628.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRiikSTDeeG5f6lsYoFrV1xwh0d2B6x_5fgL4D0QXA_9Lc7j77cVw4heTizje4A2Nf8Ci4HbvQukgS5zIXzLs9UrJL11ZbPf4mUaAxDXv89t4SpIANdhfPfbqfxrQ6vypoZLG/s320/IMG_1628.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638360075379778066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">but loved his creature comforts.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTJLA8VlfMYkQA-Ouxh3Cim_SaICshL4T1-IQ8Xgl3aBJzlJu7ggbTWyJas1hDbfmQMlijhDhvpneB9PIcivqWs63KFy9UuB-38rz52D6SSXDAoWyj_BTEfJWGQ-Ng611nsuR/s1600/DSCN1382.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTJLA8VlfMYkQA-Ouxh3Cim_SaICshL4T1-IQ8Xgl3aBJzlJu7ggbTWyJas1hDbfmQMlijhDhvpneB9PIcivqWs63KFy9UuB-38rz52D6SSXDAoWyj_BTEfJWGQ-Ng611nsuR/s320/DSCN1382.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638359355288577234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He had his ways of letting you know he wanted to come indoors</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiILe0TMxJeS4cPPkY_6zy2Ia4wuqD8b2PTzLAn0kxd0J2z3KHsgEQfI41fI2Qj2e_diEr7jHylDu1z87HxR8nXtlGl3-RfcUIicJyGMIgk1voK0NArbvSewaKGJiQ090yp_GG/s1600/DSCN5359.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiILe0TMxJeS4cPPkY_6zy2Ia4wuqD8b2PTzLAn0kxd0J2z3KHsgEQfI41fI2Qj2e_diEr7jHylDu1z87HxR8nXtlGl3-RfcUIicJyGMIgk1voK0NArbvSewaKGJiQ090yp_GG/s320/DSCN5359.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638358652391926050" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me in please Mummy....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAD0uM3RFe6N1digqvYvAKZj_dudkQ1w-3RGKpSe8DMsBU3O4HRY0A90TQOl0tbl2pTpuAwhfeQe_LauT745PexITPT6tjJQUMkPT59ileWBmWWfZib6dNVsFLo-LmenxPlxhO/s1600/DSCN0496.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAD0uM3RFe6N1digqvYvAKZj_dudkQ1w-3RGKpSe8DMsBU3O4HRY0A90TQOl0tbl2pTpuAwhfeQe_LauT745PexITPT6tjJQUMkPT59ileWBmWWfZib6dNVsFLo-LmenxPlxhO/s320/DSCN0496.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638358216672695298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He was my constant companion in the garden....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyiHxIe4rrY2l7SrNxfukQrULQJGN_XmXw_m2cLw8WnQe1YmWSeyzVBZEiyPZ7c2mSa_ln2W1l6Jl1PDNiJon5WQaybG7V0VQoDEtAij0DiP6sjExHj11aVWp3PKOHzJ5DwV7/s1600/DSCN0914.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyiHxIe4rrY2l7SrNxfukQrULQJGN_XmXw_m2cLw8WnQe1YmWSeyzVBZEiyPZ7c2mSa_ln2W1l6Jl1PDNiJon5WQaybG7V0VQoDEtAij0DiP6sjExHj11aVWp3PKOHzJ5DwV7/s320/DSCN0914.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637258391749764658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">.....always at my feet.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcBLiGLmvAnCYniarqSOwozQTa84n6aYfWKVS8Mmm9jnNUr5IleT3YYvXDgBuioTEX4Q7JChgSFCKirV9ELVpRxu_DV1xGEUha3XXacjPZ2l0ck1myoS5GM4dnRAd4ky1yscO/s1600/DSCN1994.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcBLiGLmvAnCYniarqSOwozQTa84n6aYfWKVS8Mmm9jnNUr5IleT3YYvXDgBuioTEX4Q7JChgSFCKirV9ELVpRxu_DV1xGEUha3XXacjPZ2l0ck1myoS5GM4dnRAd4ky1yscO/s320/DSCN1994.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637257704543893778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">.....loved to sun bathe.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVXdnP-PV_AjT9BOuhPBOEJgN-4Iecl5limpBuisVzFeqEf3pen8fLUar3N3z3FEnnHK475gWu6ZvW_wI7F1XiBMJVB9PADFGBGLYaPxOy-emDeDKYDkUGGIzkH-RT9O_wSFG/s1600/DSCN2051.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVXdnP-PV_AjT9BOuhPBOEJgN-4Iecl5limpBuisVzFeqEf3pen8fLUar3N3z3FEnnHK475gWu6ZvW_wI7F1XiBMJVB9PADFGBGLYaPxOy-emDeDKYDkUGGIzkH-RT9O_wSFG/s320/DSCN2051.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637257099079595634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">......happy to keep me company in the summer house....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7S8Pj1FMRuYfeY70nqjCaLzwE8JJ4GScLvZSFQ3_BBE1-WwZPtaJyvgY1X5NU633P3CdhRNcMVZGVwcmEC8LISpUwBgAizIVga3lSL7cA0MRnVyVbSVSLgyvhaF9_CV_Pq3c/s1600/DSCN4506.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7S8Pj1FMRuYfeY70nqjCaLzwE8JJ4GScLvZSFQ3_BBE1-WwZPtaJyvgY1X5NU633P3CdhRNcMVZGVwcmEC8LISpUwBgAizIVga3lSL7cA0MRnVyVbSVSLgyvhaF9_CV_Pq3c/s320/DSCN4506.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637256616888828194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">....or on Grandma's bench.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Mac3ZBsZOjZQSweu4IuUT8jAhjnHAcoraV6STLj2A6QhDjAIOxjMFGfLiYYPijn3QMnnAJvn2HJwxbdqP0t1LytQ0kXlZMEeviuwv9fF2sEI5g6zjWGlmJK-AN7pgYwE6z5x/s1600/DSCN5110.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Mac3ZBsZOjZQSweu4IuUT8jAhjnHAcoraV6STLj2A6QhDjAIOxjMFGfLiYYPijn3QMnnAJvn2HJwxbdqP0t1LytQ0kXlZMEeviuwv9fF2sEI5g6zjWGlmJK-AN7pgYwE6z5x/s320/DSCN5110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637256138192197186" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbhQyCJGm48xKuKFKogzaP3QtqYqflcDp7q07G3gQkTgxU8RcgW1H8ejQvHyLlUqIHY7KgNgGoEg1ak-DJojEWqYgY2obfq23X8Jat7tuoquJmOb1-u68R4QALfOAzvJXrrbj/s1600/IMG_1921.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbhQyCJGm48xKuKFKogzaP3QtqYqflcDp7q07G3gQkTgxU8RcgW1H8ejQvHyLlUqIHY7KgNgGoEg1ak-DJojEWqYgY2obfq23X8Jat7tuoquJmOb1-u68R4QALfOAzvJXrrbj/s320/IMG_1921.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637254511975499874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">....and despite him feeling somewhat put-out when Kenzo came to live with us 16 months ago, they did become friends.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJdMyuT-XSCY3JZAVzQEhtA5yajyxkvPkHbLzKulwSFtWVj3LH0CWnZ3bwt3xcS1zd0W8AZ4Z_okFZYynoqNz4DIhiHjgPa_FyWx7WpmNZbp07y2Lsc-1BzwuZTcXbe5xGHip/s1600/IMG_2205.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJdMyuT-XSCY3JZAVzQEhtA5yajyxkvPkHbLzKulwSFtWVj3LH0CWnZ3bwt3xcS1zd0W8AZ4Z_okFZYynoqNz4DIhiHjgPa_FyWx7WpmNZbp07y2Lsc-1BzwuZTcXbe5xGHip/s320/IMG_2205.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637253544233567234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We miss you George and remember you fondly when we see the scratch marks on the fence where you sharpened your claws, the little sleeping nests you made under the bushes for summer snoozing and your dish, still awaiting your return that I haven't had the heart to remove yet. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><u>
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<br /></div></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-43288197307056627892011-07-07T07:17:00.001+01:002011-07-07T07:17:26.573+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YmyMeRqVPzFNeAoVGj3EABrt7M6L7gNvf2_zL3LXOCi992VIeWIOjx_bS-NIpl9uQnLGYZqSLRe4VoZYeElytvFP-qNKiole7S9dL9BXakmXYthEHWVACxVGEv8_6DHz_hBn/s1600/IMG_2951.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YmyMeRqVPzFNeAoVGj3EABrt7M6L7gNvf2_zL3LXOCi992VIeWIOjx_bS-NIpl9uQnLGYZqSLRe4VoZYeElytvFP-qNKiole7S9dL9BXakmXYthEHWVACxVGEv8_6DHz_hBn/s320/IMG_2951.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621679064392212562" /></a>A ROUND UP OF MAY & JUNE AND THE JOYS FOUND.....<div><br /></div><div>Its been a busy time since my last post, in fact the month of May, seemed to evaporate in the blink of an eye. We've had more guests than usual staying with us these last two months both family and friends.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are so fortunate to live amidst the beauty of both coast and countryside, particularly now, as late spring has slipped quietly, yet beautifully into summer.... when it's a joy to walk over fields and along leafy lanes with high hedges.... and your heart overflows with a spontaneous love of all that the eyes behold. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is little wonder that our corner of Wales is a popular destination for holiday makers who want to escape the hustle and bustle of the cities and towns of England. There are many charming cottages to rent if you prefer to self cater, or local guest houses and hotels if you prefer to be catered for. However, the most popular holidays are camping or caravanning. Life changes for us locals when the holiday makers arrive, the population of the area increases considerably, roads become busier and the two small supermarkets in our nearest town frequently become depleted of stock... it is not unusual to pop in for a forgotten item and find shelves completely empty. Being at the 'end of the road' for deliveries, food shopping can be uncertain, even if, like us, we get into town early. Our small village has neither shop, post office or pub, we do however have a small village school with the total count of pupils being about 20. We have an ancient church and a chapel, years ago there were four chapels in use, but in recent years have sadly been converted into dwellings.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">JOYS OF THE COAST:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I do enjoy these longer hours of daylight. In our part of the world on 21 June, mid-summer's day, the sun rises at 4.53 am and sets at 9.44 pm. It's a time when calm sunny evenings by the seashore, are just perfect! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Along the Cambrian coast, where the mountains roll down to meet the sea, many small harbour towns, pretty resort and quiet coves are waiting to be explored.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiG8QtHSAYebQrutBOMeEkGsyHK8nXGJOT4oNK1E0bzobuuj7taUiNuyNVZAMAn05mxXsuIQNk7ShMRymJDQ5rj3RI274_PMYfoZ45PEw1DPb3Rs4bCjbf5wbUn0BQif7BnSj/s1600/IMG_2948.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiG8QtHSAYebQrutBOMeEkGsyHK8nXGJOT4oNK1E0bzobuuj7taUiNuyNVZAMAn05mxXsuIQNk7ShMRymJDQ5rj3RI274_PMYfoZ45PEw1DPb3Rs4bCjbf5wbUn0BQif7BnSj/s320/IMG_2948.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621677815262204322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I often visit this small bay which is sheltered by the headland when I'm searching for driftwood and seashells and as you can see, there's an ample supply of beautiful grey smooth pebbles too, great for craft work projects and garden decoration.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9127v6aKgrg5Fj9Ts2VwjgWhY3EBP37uUKua5aRwT97YQdJHrxPXyh72viQqyO74S39TqHXy_AHAAU4Zid1SyGeVuwZ2Ngmq1V3H85KqvdrTIJ4OrKz3HiGkzDSQrOoT4Lh9/s1600/IMG_3088.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9127v6aKgrg5Fj9Ts2VwjgWhY3EBP37uUKua5aRwT97YQdJHrxPXyh72viQqyO74S39TqHXy_AHAAU4Zid1SyGeVuwZ2Ngmq1V3H85KqvdrTIJ4OrKz3HiGkzDSQrOoT4Lh9/s320/IMG_3088.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621677396804583442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This scene made me smile as a ribbon of tickets from the parking machine blows gently in the evening breeze.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20zzrb5UhXhllLh9Uma83KTENNcZFkezrSHhP_AZPfKVehPtwQs_qnkeed2GSs2by1nDRtG4rEsdRuoSmUR2ANtz-6wEnXsZeYwrraG2J2e10FwqSKKtbp8Kl6L7nb5qof7HR/s1600/IMG_3087.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20zzrb5UhXhllLh9Uma83KTENNcZFkezrSHhP_AZPfKVehPtwQs_qnkeed2GSs2by1nDRtG4rEsdRuoSmUR2ANtz-6wEnXsZeYwrraG2J2e10FwqSKKtbp8Kl6L7nb5qof7HR/s320/IMG_3087.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621677023798566338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Children have abandoned their sand castles and sun bathers have left the beach as we walk Kenzo on this warm, still evening.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEauVll3wUYY_LocZmHb3h8ARrCVNL_uW7Cq44PjWVCWukn3tszWttQEXgpHZ2-_AruFSWGBjgPJHiRd4TnbfcbsRmJbPCgEFJCku-ToitWh6Qp6GAAVvKXFua3gJTCFIitov/s1600/IMG_3109.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEauVll3wUYY_LocZmHb3h8ARrCVNL_uW7Cq44PjWVCWukn3tszWttQEXgpHZ2-_AruFSWGBjgPJHiRd4TnbfcbsRmJbPCgEFJCku-ToitWh6Qp6GAAVvKXFua3gJTCFIitov/s320/IMG_3109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621676569653573682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><p> “I have always loved the beach. </p><p>The smell of the salty water, </p><p>the wind in my face, </p><p>the gentle roar of the waves all combine to create a sense of peace and calm.”</p><p> </p><p>--Anonymous--</p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUCp0obwynJihwLo-44ooT_hyphenhyphenbB8tnSonlJNobAwvjM7F7g2K8mIT1hRcy2_nRgPTNLwoBWHMu3uQlD_fi-VgfKqC80VzCi_v7lpNZS0w6OvhErf8jMt-614erwRmwqJnSrfU/s1600/IMG_3103.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUeAzJDc6bPnVO8C61D42B9cim3dXzsTnoEfGt1kwvCBdoPxYvT2q7sxYL6WDeH6-bo3dJHmA1s-B0adneJe6HOL9toYA5LhpwL9nS1K3cLrflvCdnusF9gDLOQ8yMrSGen3Q/s320/IMG_3090.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621675456274613730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><h1 class="textXLarge" style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PeTZL4Cz0kSSkgb7AGo3-hmG2yPCAmRoRAjaybKJJZSMH1JEne30DT5M356SekQvN93V7UHiXeYXTpyWhtWpD6jrGYMvIyOOdrDwIQi2Rv_bGUo53RBcHZ9yT36C_GaFiMHE/s1600/IMG_3102.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PeTZL4Cz0kSSkgb7AGo3-hmG2yPCAmRoRAjaybKJJZSMH1JEne30DT5M356SekQvN93V7UHiXeYXTpyWhtWpD6jrGYMvIyOOdrDwIQi2Rv_bGUo53RBcHZ9yT36C_GaFiMHE/s320/IMG_3102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621674867021388882" /></a></span></h1></div><div style="text-align: center;">'We sleep.... but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when the sun comes up tomorrow'</div><div style="text-align: center;">--Henry Ward Beecher--</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUp3r7eTsvkDZRlCGPjozfmjvqS1QtSrGNkDeRStsh-CaIXiKMp8z58YrDW2TFZ6PoeDr_t-VMy5vLoA5WBoWtMGwknZPZrOfPrdiEKuu06F_n-SlXPHEQUg7P6Fw9WTbgbS3/s1600/IMG_3097.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUp3r7eTsvkDZRlCGPjozfmjvqS1QtSrGNkDeRStsh-CaIXiKMp8z58YrDW2TFZ6PoeDr_t-VMy5vLoA5WBoWtMGwknZPZrOfPrdiEKuu06F_n-SlXPHEQUg7P6Fw9WTbgbS3/s320/IMG_3097.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621674320782637618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">JOYS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE</div><div style="text-align: center;">Early morning sunlight glints through the hedgerow, a delicious fresh fragrance of wild flowers, the dewy earth and wafts of last evenings new mown hay fills the air.... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0FaHvG14WfGDTiem8Ul6Y4Fz_1iNFiUhY4dFQjJxCpQ1Zc-Uv9y8IIVxPK3iGc3uYvIVy1jIcTHDWv-dUd_a4VLCCJqdzirHIEMxIyk4m86-FFTG8R2cX6tUsfWxUi5U6ItI/s1600/IMG_3066.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0FaHvG14WfGDTiem8Ul6Y4Fz_1iNFiUhY4dFQjJxCpQ1Zc-Uv9y8IIVxPK3iGc3uYvIVy1jIcTHDWv-dUd_a4VLCCJqdzirHIEMxIyk4m86-FFTG8R2cX6tUsfWxUi5U6ItI/s320/IMG_3066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621673308286861186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The scene is quiet except for bird song and the buzz of insects in the air.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0pVSO36tHGXkI3xnaEQyejtqESsBUcZKdNHXHDJS1cQVMq5hIel7tiFN_J9OwyLCb67eP0lAuF33aZ4GWNlQYQcglnTvZd_zvuClwzI0XDuprgLuXPqGmNC90ZSGgVgN1-aQ/s1600/IMG_3069.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0pVSO36tHGXkI3xnaEQyejtqESsBUcZKdNHXHDJS1cQVMq5hIel7tiFN_J9OwyLCb67eP0lAuF33aZ4GWNlQYQcglnTvZd_zvuClwzI0XDuprgLuXPqGmNC90ZSGgVgN1-aQ/s320/IMG_3069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621672839680894898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm keeping a watchful eye on the wild plum trees growing in the hedgerow... I'll have jam making on my mind when the fruit ripens. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpWf0_TG-9KWLYoVaomQ6yuTvSKAkIcE0Uz7gY-nZ3upvbjJR7I85dQWngwtrltCS3oEflpn_BhuP5fc1mQVzNmaC9PNFE78SAgYCb_7YMZ6O-l1hUa7V4q_8cMEhOtedP0xB/s1600/IMG_3063.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpWf0_TG-9KWLYoVaomQ6yuTvSKAkIcE0Uz7gY-nZ3upvbjJR7I85dQWngwtrltCS3oEflpn_BhuP5fc1mQVzNmaC9PNFE78SAgYCb_7YMZ6O-l1hUa7V4q_8cMEhOtedP0xB/s320/IMG_3063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621672447407678594" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmFrn-XD4FEDhWswYzXvEp1-stXYrHcI1U2-LL5z1F6ENolf5ulXVhbAfo2IW6FljfmNqIsbQTyCEtEFo1rKO1d2d_Ka3JCMMMf6cTo11yPDqSuYuIE0wwWCEfA-DOux9eOmM/s1600/IMG_3070.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmFrn-XD4FEDhWswYzXvEp1-stXYrHcI1U2-LL5z1F6ENolf5ulXVhbAfo2IW6FljfmNqIsbQTyCEtEFo1rKO1d2d_Ka3JCMMMf6cTo11yPDqSuYuIE0wwWCEfA-DOux9eOmM/s320/IMG_3070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621672072906927106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">'If you truly love Nature,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you will find beauty everywhere'</div><div style="text-align: center;">--Vincent van Gough--</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_vXil3Yy_e2HpaB7dTDMG93hrqR2Xnn3S1Jqs0hTUUn1MoUJXaDoOcAHJcgtQcRnuWtWqu11DlVttqBpKIwZX5020WEHQkz6usNH7en-gbWZMfoaT0MU5ygjjTNoVuJfAedS/s1600/IMG_3074.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_vXil3Yy_e2HpaB7dTDMG93hrqR2Xnn3S1Jqs0hTUUn1MoUJXaDoOcAHJcgtQcRnuWtWqu11DlVttqBpKIwZX5020WEHQkz6usNH7en-gbWZMfoaT0MU5ygjjTNoVuJfAedS/s320/IMG_3074.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621671556759979730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I linger as I approach the exquisite perfume of honeysuckle in the hedge.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKuxRyuxvrXJT4pggOgbnaKgrUYZBIczxMWK1y7JSUTxX3iy1dYn3i16E87OCtpDgVW4BGwtqMXAnvFkM-OCi-7XF-eYgmnUGUXog-xa3oRSSooI_0ephsLZ_cAQcotzGQCCn/s1600/IMG_3072.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKuxRyuxvrXJT4pggOgbnaKgrUYZBIczxMWK1y7JSUTxX3iy1dYn3i16E87OCtpDgVW4BGwtqMXAnvFkM-OCi-7XF-eYgmnUGUXog-xa3oRSSooI_0ephsLZ_cAQcotzGQCCn/s320/IMG_3072.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621671064697881026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I love roses and have many in my garden, but there is something about the simplicity and innocence of the Dog Rose, it's delicate pink colour and faint lingering fragrance never fail to delight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlekIKfrGVdKxzj4JbidAKvQPsiziTFNlsK-_6wr1uVk8WoUqHmwsq8GnvTNjE2l8M2a8XGmOukZFNDFLgcDLaUISFiDjXyzRFDfPJtBWiUwkImnvXmYknvetluvcXMqoRKzkH/s1600/IMG_3071.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlekIKfrGVdKxzj4JbidAKvQPsiziTFNlsK-_6wr1uVk8WoUqHmwsq8GnvTNjE2l8M2a8XGmOukZFNDFLgcDLaUISFiDjXyzRFDfPJtBWiUwkImnvXmYknvetluvcXMqoRKzkH/s320/IMG_3071.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621670245767658290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The frothy creamy elder flower, reminds me of the refreshing cordial Mother would make at this time of year. I should look out her recipe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijquWo3kPiqgQGC6HPiTeCpUApDP23IyGyi13QI8LAPqOIjnFzU42Efi1LF2t77HX6xHaiUXToeuQOMnDFeW7q1F74imIN6XY3sCGviRXqDVXjvS40xilnGeLw5iRYhlI1yS4t/s1600/IMG_3065.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijquWo3kPiqgQGC6HPiTeCpUApDP23IyGyi13QI8LAPqOIjnFzU42Efi1LF2t77HX6xHaiUXToeuQOMnDFeW7q1F74imIN6XY3sCGviRXqDVXjvS40xilnGeLw5iRYhlI1yS4t/s320/IMG_3065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621669668475306034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Foxgloves... are another favourite, both in my garden and seeing them growing at the side of the lanes. Their wonderful purple hanging bells flowers, so resemble a glove finger and it is a delight to watch bumble bees climb right up inside each flower in search of pollen. I read somewhere that each foxglove plant is estimated to produce well over one and a quarter million seeds each year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZhfQ84ylc04QLJvPdKnZYV7y68SHdhpWaegWEfUYWT3ynw8dgyf4uqwIYPy5el_NqfoLi7Jt4jAJSm-PbxizhDqPi0g1uZJpFS_oqIzqtpz7qdNJvuv5RIHP3kXQb-Zg9F4Q/s1600/IMG_2911.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZhfQ84ylc04QLJvPdKnZYV7y68SHdhpWaegWEfUYWT3ynw8dgyf4uqwIYPy5el_NqfoLi7Jt4jAJSm-PbxizhDqPi0g1uZJpFS_oqIzqtpz7qdNJvuv5RIHP3kXQb-Zg9F4Q/s320/IMG_2911.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621668646806433858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The glorious golden gorse grows in abundance on the hillsides, it is one of the first splashes of spring colour, but it does in fact flower the whole year round..... hence the old country saying</div><div style="text-align: center;">'when the gorse is out of bloom, kissing is out of fashion'.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEluhYPkXaIF01XbvTiEVWjZOFj_nG8o4d8XJ3ALJt__QNaREbvWMMXqFhnOiqlcmIeoq8kz-KR2Be46DPlq-Ak58YiuALwJw035R4Mui7Mk2dnCGX9rRI58eiu3D1XWAtpJB/s1600/IMG_3068.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEluhYPkXaIF01XbvTiEVWjZOFj_nG8o4d8XJ3ALJt__QNaREbvWMMXqFhnOiqlcmIeoq8kz-KR2Be46DPlq-Ak58YiuALwJw035R4Mui7Mk2dnCGX9rRI58eiu3D1XWAtpJB/s320/IMG_3068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621667998918188322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Red Campions.... their colour is more pink than red, grow prolifically in hedgerows, woods in fact any shady places.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70cjB2tq1Pcdz_5OevH_G2z5ahHoiokmPni1nFV_bORVIZ4uWq49SBG8EI9-dN4DqjVrCKhOOEqL90XSef3rUmmgb0aC-0nM23J-WXSHk0mgApFggPdDSaF0L2iIAEGAFwH0Q/s1600/IMG_2945.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70cjB2tq1Pcdz_5OevH_G2z5ahHoiokmPni1nFV_bORVIZ4uWq49SBG8EI9-dN4DqjVrCKhOOEqL90XSef3rUmmgb0aC-0nM23J-WXSHk0mgApFggPdDSaF0L2iIAEGAFwH0Q/s320/IMG_2945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621667529109856818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Bluebell woods of Britain... surely are the greatest spectacle of the British countryside, the sight and perfume... a joy to behold!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">JOYS OF THE GARDEN</div><div style="text-align: center;">'The kiss of the sun for pardon</div><div style="text-align: center;">The song of the birds for mirth</div><div style="text-align: center;">One is nearer God's Heart in a garden</div><div style="text-align: center;">Than anywhere else on earth'</div><div style="text-align: center;">by</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dorothy Frances Gurney</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4i9Q-Je99W3BIHOQYMRjNv2Bx1NoaXPXzwo1zQWMAR5nQOCnQqlMXrVtrSYCi1IHlYDxsPyRrjyuQ-t8M0avu9WDhZnKDUzkDjgt8T78N60PvsWQSag6jT5N3WZhqwRparBfx/s1600/DSCN4555.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4i9Q-Je99W3BIHOQYMRjNv2Bx1NoaXPXzwo1zQWMAR5nQOCnQqlMXrVtrSYCi1IHlYDxsPyRrjyuQ-t8M0avu9WDhZnKDUzkDjgt8T78N60PvsWQSag6jT5N3WZhqwRparBfx/s320/DSCN4555.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621666621069130834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">These beautiful red poppies look so dramatic as they grow against the white wall. There boldness sets this little corner ablaze and yet on close examination their petals are so fragile, paper thin and crinkly as they emerge from their tight buds.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSZpUN7Ny70gfMbOGeeP1yzvgoZ0JeVgEGLlI8PXc_hMQ1ChA1QrADOEsA0dFNeMylHWDkfAvb7b2-sE26BusDYawCsa5dHVDPfVi-tQoUJ1zkBokGsbCCV7k-D5nBN62IMTN/s1600/DSCN4470.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSZpUN7Ny70gfMbOGeeP1yzvgoZ0JeVgEGLlI8PXc_hMQ1ChA1QrADOEsA0dFNeMylHWDkfAvb7b2-sE26BusDYawCsa5dHVDPfVi-tQoUJ1zkBokGsbCCV7k-D5nBN62IMTN/s320/DSCN4470.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621664885876835234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I have several clumps of this versatile flower/herb growing both in flower border and veggie patch. The pale purple flowers are quite decorative, I sometimes dry a bunch or cut a few stems of the long stemmed blossoms and place in a vase of water.... but most of all I favour their culinary uses.... snipped with kitchen scissors and sprinkled over salads.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CDrZBrTV6zilXmb5cuwtMGk-tAuzFgycq6vm_gRnDRo1SZUqqyuwK1Mja1m17Y7Gk7NHdGS1iP2XX4dAy0EQDcQiXEAMIdAsoR9mbhPgox-Fpycym67Va158tYTWV4D4H7Pt/s1600/IMG_0671.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CDrZBrTV6zilXmb5cuwtMGk-tAuzFgycq6vm_gRnDRo1SZUqqyuwK1Mja1m17Y7Gk7NHdGS1iP2XX4dAy0EQDcQiXEAMIdAsoR9mbhPgox-Fpycym67Va158tYTWV4D4H7Pt/s320/IMG_0671.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621664515443410978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Let me introduce Cassie, my brother's faithful companion. Brother Roger took a holiday recently and Cassie came to stay with us. Cassie and Kenzo get along well together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAD1nxw8jdb1T8K6RDr0O8fLpVajC0FqRVefmXVhxdx_m-ddW7OSHWFNWFPBRB5oeKS5V-RTWX0liYpj2CAhaUOy6lOxr0aU5EuKHLAxMkWAe0HF4Uey2ezLfAnUEfnBSC6OI/s1600/IMG_1077.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAD1nxw8jdb1T8K6RDr0O8fLpVajC0FqRVefmXVhxdx_m-ddW7OSHWFNWFPBRB5oeKS5V-RTWX0liYpj2CAhaUOy6lOxr0aU5EuKHLAxMkWAe0HF4Uey2ezLfAnUEfnBSC6OI/s320/IMG_1077.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621664151571438034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hanging baskets and other containers are looking their best right now, fresh and full of colour.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcx3tjAaG_1yU7VzkTHa7kRmIqYRcHiMO19uRoRcU_HGOsTqqVQ8VXLsR3FzbINpTxhwuHeRkxsOA0Y0UW7p-MjAk9XX0eUTt3lmMvsf9WgRT_gUgRE9kPqLdXAV5WgIZ2kzd/s1600/IMG_1092.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcx3tjAaG_1yU7VzkTHa7kRmIqYRcHiMO19uRoRcU_HGOsTqqVQ8VXLsR3FzbINpTxhwuHeRkxsOA0Y0UW7p-MjAk9XX0eUTt3lmMvsf9WgRT_gUgRE9kPqLdXAV5WgIZ2kzd/s320/IMG_1092.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621663966708744994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Work on the raised veggie plots has been a joy and growth is prolific.... </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ302wXpgp0uPYW__7ApDqIio37yLnDZN1AcENZq3FjYyxAjMwdQz3uea4k2osgv2MAwxcSbKlncdk708wlNOP8GoB0MPE3JlUC-OB3fLyNST61w2PGm88HAOEXEpQm7Si1whj/s1600/IMG_2883.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ302wXpgp0uPYW__7ApDqIio37yLnDZN1AcENZq3FjYyxAjMwdQz3uea4k2osgv2MAwxcSbKlncdk708wlNOP8GoB0MPE3JlUC-OB3fLyNST61w2PGm88HAOEXEpQm7Si1whj/s320/IMG_2883.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621657383148301746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMz1cGSlMCDTB01RIoHZOR2oReAz_jTX-3roxQWmHLswyT20Yz2APmShB2Nw6Y7ijNPv75fSsjyRra_wWCbXPFP4j9QAcwLTmu8rwa6PZ7VaDRQx2vCEopxADOtr_EGgcwwA6/s1600/IMG_2860.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMz1cGSlMCDTB01RIoHZOR2oReAz_jTX-3roxQWmHLswyT20Yz2APmShB2Nw6Y7ijNPv75fSsjyRra_wWCbXPFP4j9QAcwLTmu8rwa6PZ7VaDRQx2vCEopxADOtr_EGgcwwA6/s320/IMG_2860.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621656485682227858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDsSixqzQVlL_y9XCmwAoAVKg0xMI2k03Thq3rLMhwes9a92SyygBEU0LQJcQckxzGAHRnIPD0CHB1GIrkvrTrg0j1u_yHAh1C3xyL_F3Rfad_X4g0TE08FGOM4WmhMaYqkpk/s1600/IMG_3056.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDsSixqzQVlL_y9XCmwAoAVKg0xMI2k03Thq3rLMhwes9a92SyygBEU0LQJcQckxzGAHRnIPD0CHB1GIrkvrTrg0j1u_yHAh1C3xyL_F3Rfad_X4g0TE08FGOM4WmhMaYqkpk/s320/IMG_3056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621655259738077282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Runner beans, broad beans and peas, courgettes, onions, leeks, purple broccoli, chives,</div><div style="text-align: center;">parsley, thyme, radishes are all growing well.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbzdt64q-jVLJL8o2NSuH8ZwmfUwYHnZ8DbuTLk-YU1Tt-leYHNuSD1deY__HZZIEotiE4ezPmVdCp6e-8m34ecbMEmfNimMDLjWgRfyH6wwv4Xmag4p6RC4dzif_-r-kCUQ8/s1600/IMG_3119.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbzdt64q-jVLJL8o2NSuH8ZwmfUwYHnZ8DbuTLk-YU1Tt-leYHNuSD1deY__HZZIEotiE4ezPmVdCp6e-8m34ecbMEmfNimMDLjWgRfyH6wwv4Xmag4p6RC4dzif_-r-kCUQ8/s320/IMG_3119.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621654637246113970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">'What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back with a hinge in it'</div><div style="text-align: center;">--Anon--</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXmhJsZl4QtXY0DmQKQtdBKQpY4tsAJ8oM0ywqngSNe9lWXrdwzNnGbZ0PILW1y9DQGpVI6UD_g6iJ8EYhi33pxrdOyhdSU9IHXddHO0pwebwjSaUC-Nf_e6Znn_HyD89k-VK/s1600/IMG_3079.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXmhJsZl4QtXY0DmQKQtdBKQpY4tsAJ8oM0ywqngSNe9lWXrdwzNnGbZ0PILW1y9DQGpVI6UD_g6iJ8EYhi33pxrdOyhdSU9IHXddHO0pwebwjSaUC-Nf_e6Znn_HyD89k-VK/s320/IMG_3079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621321996885217474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here John is putting in place hazel sticks to act as pea supports.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyyu5aWJD0rWYCxmBBipztZUBre2rVWGw8cy0Jh_QwSSDnN4eeHR625TVohYop6iOgFIfn1ufcemoE_g8X2M1F5IvP9A8GdqVSGnciShJDpUOOEaDK9x4yPicwFlD6DU74Hco/s1600/IMG_2859.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyyu5aWJD0rWYCxmBBipztZUBre2rVWGw8cy0Jh_QwSSDnN4eeHR625TVohYop6iOgFIfn1ufcemoE_g8X2M1F5IvP9A8GdqVSGnciShJDpUOOEaDK9x4yPicwFlD6DU74Hco/s320/IMG_2859.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621321002005052706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A few garden pretties</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIvm1VEv97OI1Nh7O5kFsCtxfLqoy4Uf-Op5jUInXmShrAyclvg3BeXATg9Ezg-7s8xYUjB2Fgahb54EvGaZm_Pbd9-ixqM0gboPxVDIvaMr_5jEJniMRdL39_gDUohVRb0yz/s1600/IMG_2969.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIvm1VEv97OI1Nh7O5kFsCtxfLqoy4Uf-Op5jUInXmShrAyclvg3BeXATg9Ezg-7s8xYUjB2Fgahb54EvGaZm_Pbd9-ixqM0gboPxVDIvaMr_5jEJniMRdL39_gDUohVRb0yz/s320/IMG_2969.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621304801147805298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Wisteria has been stunning this year.... the air has been filled with its fragrance and one branch, heavy with flowers falls over the kitchen window.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGUsE4_1sp-o0WFVI-wI7zoMFqBkrl2Conw9noRhaYnMJe1CFuFG-QOFT_Gqyy8Py62DEk_W3BYD2YnMTctWvIRF2s1XaPXBfhKOBc92Ne7PcNCgRjfeuhkJwe6EN_ZWJ9qlE/s1600/IMG_2983.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGUsE4_1sp-o0WFVI-wI7zoMFqBkrl2Conw9noRhaYnMJe1CFuFG-QOFT_Gqyy8Py62DEk_W3BYD2YnMTctWvIRF2s1XaPXBfhKOBc92Ne7PcNCgRjfeuhkJwe6EN_ZWJ9qlE/s320/IMG_2983.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621304488961067042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoDGSVAspr5aEje0iVacR_ZQy5EQZRbS4FWfN_0EazBe_M9l-3aRITi_puq3t5PBNirumMv3h_osa1RIXNChlOGbgpxxZNyZxvyXd8LrEq7JFrYpPetNOZe-QaZaudjVlvsTV/s1600/DSCN2377.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoDGSVAspr5aEje0iVacR_ZQy5EQZRbS4FWfN_0EazBe_M9l-3aRITi_puq3t5PBNirumMv3h_osa1RIXNChlOGbgpxxZNyZxvyXd8LrEq7JFrYpPetNOZe-QaZaudjVlvsTV/s320/DSCN2377.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621303931410904722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Clematis viticella flora plena always gives a showy display</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqx4oA3ZvjaEUb-YJisflXxJvvSNQ77t0qgyr5CG5eaHMlazskv6uNX8Er-GmPmusFMvBoFwI8Mc_1FAa9aEBMA-sSgg8O2RMBhpQWkMp5sQt5mJNvsWQkZm41OEiyV-G0fmD_/s1600/IMG_3047.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqx4oA3ZvjaEUb-YJisflXxJvvSNQ77t0qgyr5CG5eaHMlazskv6uNX8Er-GmPmusFMvBoFwI8Mc_1FAa9aEBMA-sSgg8O2RMBhpQWkMp5sQt5mJNvsWQkZm41OEiyV-G0fmD_/s320/IMG_3047.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621301667813733266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Rhododendrons too</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttVvo7dgXgXaRZ2rjCb6CU8D13gr5SfEF4i474SGoD_44DZDvh7xEXd1sGflt0aMp79uDhxNNGQpuV89Df0pWnhcYWuDU7F5d0SzlNpqN4alJA7gWfWD9uw4mz0VnpMIPOF22/s1600/IMG_0700.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttVvo7dgXgXaRZ2rjCb6CU8D13gr5SfEF4i474SGoD_44DZDvh7xEXd1sGflt0aMp79uDhxNNGQpuV89Df0pWnhcYWuDU7F5d0SzlNpqN4alJA7gWfWD9uw4mz0VnpMIPOF22/s320/IMG_0700.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621301141213109906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">At this time of year my garden surrounds me with fragrance, particularly the roses and lilies. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL46hPXcj4z9uerp6yi1zV65XqaxINEksjw-UDNUrGg8VlKqGQlhwR9iRkbS__D7u7KqcXVopu8Ho7zZWBOTdRHeyawcmOp4OGJBtcMmyEW4LN6lG6bBCQ9fGB3X-0VC-kHh_o/s1600/DSCN1069.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL46hPXcj4z9uerp6yi1zV65XqaxINEksjw-UDNUrGg8VlKqGQlhwR9iRkbS__D7u7KqcXVopu8Ho7zZWBOTdRHeyawcmOp4OGJBtcMmyEW4LN6lG6bBCQ9fGB3X-0VC-kHh_o/s320/DSCN1069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621300815252508978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkM3yO5Rr7_2pbVfQGrkk-_43qfLke_24g0CkhKjAhjp9svvaPsmhRJqhntLl2KDUlYRttU48k7x_aaNcsnzCtWjZWlVNLR0g0KJIWS-Kji5xZ7KbcVRsPVLO1iHEgJi0NnMm/s1600/DSCN1068.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkM3yO5Rr7_2pbVfQGrkk-_43qfLke_24g0CkhKjAhjp9svvaPsmhRJqhntLl2KDUlYRttU48k7x_aaNcsnzCtWjZWlVNLR0g0KJIWS-Kji5xZ7KbcVRsPVLO1iHEgJi0NnMm/s320/DSCN1068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621300356581580450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjin48GgRRWA2J6foY_xW-o-FP6klKJF3jsBRW6gxM3GmxpW98_PZdiGpftvreejUo1M2-8CZLJkleNTaXrTMpSfAhPntssD1BY0RPf57Wn6Y9vuTfQxarZZodrqliqLjVLYU9u/s1600/IMG_0833.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjin48GgRRWA2J6foY_xW-o-FP6klKJF3jsBRW6gxM3GmxpW98_PZdiGpftvreejUo1M2-8CZLJkleNTaXrTMpSfAhPntssD1BY0RPf57Wn6Y9vuTfQxarZZodrqliqLjVLYU9u/s320/IMG_0833.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621292185000281602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This beautiful rose is 'Nightlight'.... it climbs vigorously against the wall of the house, the flowers bloom yellow first of all, but gradually pinky red tinges develop which light up the whole flower.... it's very aptly named but.... </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Zmzr0M2Vfu_zRGTXcTI58rBXilgNkrKGKOWUzboWBlSxmd9EjyptjnBIF2n_Jjq5G2noQKxb0M2aidtd20SEtHIM3xn0PeMlpM4IsOcd3KfyJoLqcPnrL1rI9NYkolr4h_T4/s1600/IMG_0829.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Zmzr0M2Vfu_zRGTXcTI58rBXilgNkrKGKOWUzboWBlSxmd9EjyptjnBIF2n_Jjq5G2noQKxb0M2aidtd20SEtHIM3xn0PeMlpM4IsOcd3KfyJoLqcPnrL1rI9NYkolr4h_T4/s320/IMG_0829.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621291794268479106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">......it's thorns are treacherous! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-_Iga7PtEzDOlr6dwGR7s52Efu5YCgkLVeBhPXzsv4VXwCnvSwykaaawn_MWIL9tja5fWqZvUYRw0pFe4cFq0Tumajn3uIPJJmGidJsbnpMbRsVhMvDLJwhfjFxi9SjxMMpb/s1600/IMG_0830.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-_Iga7PtEzDOlr6dwGR7s52Efu5YCgkLVeBhPXzsv4VXwCnvSwykaaawn_MWIL9tja5fWqZvUYRw0pFe4cFq0Tumajn3uIPJJmGidJsbnpMbRsVhMvDLJwhfjFxi9SjxMMpb/s320/IMG_0830.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621291619869971522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQDz6bck5cZa1WNTMRWxibzF4MuckP4GPEDy7ks3PO4TkI5heoYI4tpc7HRd_RDWxOYzd_rjBnVgEfXyKvkCyRQBseUH-lqfWiwM9JIUPiIRK3LV67fGnG5kLQM6J3ZN-nEKc/s1600/IMG_3053.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQDz6bck5cZa1WNTMRWxibzF4MuckP4GPEDy7ks3PO4TkI5heoYI4tpc7HRd_RDWxOYzd_rjBnVgEfXyKvkCyRQBseUH-lqfWiwM9JIUPiIRK3LV67fGnG5kLQM6J3ZN-nEKc/s320/IMG_3053.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621291181098850114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Foxgloves grow prolifically in our acid soil, click on the picture and you'll see a bee about to enter to collect pollen. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxAuZndb2pGmbW6xlepFGB6EFH_OETDgRG3yXOqTeYiVSXXGaKbT_dZe1RztmPysJZ7BFl12U7P3XohKjd5jBsMQyX2C1vYOgeBzxdqGGlD_0LZNLYmZvl2RrWwxrJ1zUS_jh/s1600/IMG_3062.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxAuZndb2pGmbW6xlepFGB6EFH_OETDgRG3yXOqTeYiVSXXGaKbT_dZe1RztmPysJZ7BFl12U7P3XohKjd5jBsMQyX2C1vYOgeBzxdqGGlD_0LZNLYmZvl2RrWwxrJ1zUS_jh/s320/IMG_3062.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621290735395773138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Grandma's bench is a favourite place to rest awhile with a cup of coffee or curl up on a comfy cushion with a good book.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7n9e4vGUKhpuDDfckcfP-frj0tGcggkmbn9p2cAzkhwA6CXZ9F5FX6YUnkY5ZiuNT2dwK2h0MfDEgkLSzYIKk2GZw2Z76O0yB5qe95uDfWJJ-S4FY_Ift0ly5OiSHVWrKpl1/s1600/IMG_2870.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7n9e4vGUKhpuDDfckcfP-frj0tGcggkmbn9p2cAzkhwA6CXZ9F5FX6YUnkY5ZiuNT2dwK2h0MfDEgkLSzYIKk2GZw2Z76O0yB5qe95uDfWJJ-S4FY_Ift0ly5OiSHVWrKpl1/s320/IMG_2870.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621290123845217426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What's unusual about this garden gate, nothing really! it replaced the former wrought iron one and matches the gate at the other side of our home.... what is unusual though, is where it was purchased..... not your normal timber merchant or DIY store, no it was a local jewellery shop! We'd called in to get my watch battery replaced and there propped up against the wall was this garden gate for sale.... open to offers, we made an offer and it was ours!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">JOYS OF CRAFTING</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since childhood I've enjoyed messing about with bits of paper and fabric, creating things out of unwanted scraps as well as knitting, sewing and crochet..... not that I'm very skilled, I just enjoy 'playing'. It may even be renovating something for our home, make do and mend, painting up an old piece of furniture, altering the use of something that has been re-claimed.... there is a joy in giving something new life. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I belong to our Church Guild, a group of ladies who craft, making items to sell at our coffee mornings and church fairs. We are always trying to think up new ideas of items that we can sell to raise funds. Here are a few of my recent makes.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GV4Eg5G9HDRiRm0t7gIii8kx9WYMg27cBmHjciW5BmILDBc1fgX6mwoHGdRhzUAcrGJtn843OOU4uLaZHSytj3Uj9lEJyUPdIe_XxX07xUnocnYgn73lyhKduHL8DbsonR8O/s1600/IMG_3034.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GV4Eg5G9HDRiRm0t7gIii8kx9WYMg27cBmHjciW5BmILDBc1fgX6mwoHGdRhzUAcrGJtn843OOU4uLaZHSytj3Uj9lEJyUPdIe_XxX07xUnocnYgn73lyhKduHL8DbsonR8O/s320/IMG_3034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620931941196294066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This notice board was achieved with help from John who cut the piece of board to the required size. I covered it with quilt wadding and over that the blue and white strip fabric, it was all stretched and stapled firmly at the back as too was the ribbon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7uvqcr6UmtBzh2iTaHlrwJvEPXeo7tb1Nj1RdTxKGldBMNqF_m0eG9qGLNBfkYG5BewJTMDx8vedT47hB613z29MLcXqMXgBMow6weOPx_RGimlHIdhFbh7Oqzlg4pFaNHcN/s1600/IMG_3045.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7uvqcr6UmtBzh2iTaHlrwJvEPXeo7tb1Nj1RdTxKGldBMNqF_m0eG9qGLNBfkYG5BewJTMDx8vedT47hB613z29MLcXqMXgBMow6weOPx_RGimlHIdhFbh7Oqzlg4pFaNHcN/s320/IMG_3045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620931593043299330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">These pot were made one sunny afternoon at a Guild craft session, unfortunately the picture doesn't display then very well... driftwood found on a local beach has been glued around the pot and raffia and dried seaweed added for decoration. The pots can be used a candle holders, a posy of flowers or pen pots.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-mnbNOc1Ff-xQ1S07LjlzT3xkqdSMcwnkLaiWXQrV-oN8lm5AE7TujKuulpi1u34r66lczw61X153ZqqfeN175tZ1yYc8tx29sUJcx2SYGOIPVEGBw5cyx8q9NW5jDqc-cDD/s1600/IMG_3037.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-mnbNOc1Ff-xQ1S07LjlzT3xkqdSMcwnkLaiWXQrV-oN8lm5AE7TujKuulpi1u34r66lczw61X153ZqqfeN175tZ1yYc8tx29sUJcx2SYGOIPVEGBw5cyx8q9NW5jDqc-cDD/s320/IMG_3037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620930952493322274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The shape of the driftwood often prompts ideas for what it can be made into.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEr3h3U04qRxramtk6b4oA5LWCxy9a8OGuFOMOMKhKHu5epswY9uBXWtRfmyuE9otmefjdKdLQtgysqJExMtLJlJHg-ZpD-gWuTY_zffB2kEOfMEwm83RqgAJSjv9xkEHIeBX/s1600/IMG_2964.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEr3h3U04qRxramtk6b4oA5LWCxy9a8OGuFOMOMKhKHu5epswY9uBXWtRfmyuE9otmefjdKdLQtgysqJExMtLJlJHg-ZpD-gWuTY_zffB2kEOfMEwm83RqgAJSjv9xkEHIeBX/s320/IMG_2964.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620930576936572754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">More scraps of fabric are used in the making of these pretty cat lavender sachets... great for use as a drawer fragrance and great for deterring moths.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNhWRAP97UOglk-MbXC46mknwZdvzcWp0J0Vq_gWJPyzhPf4mWT_zWkuc2HJEN9dsKsZPbNl21BxOxhknxdq7Pazm_ggLiL2rH_jYfrGOpTQGAu_k58ucjJJADkt1-PycLK_W/s320/IMG_3038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620930118423500978" /><div style="text-align: center;">The art of decoupage is used to transform these</div><div style="text-align: center;">smooth stones from the beach.... decorated with paper napkin and other cuts-outs, they become paper weights and doorstops.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjJejRzEcmvosZ9IffFtCLuEdrmLhdCZvNIAvCR4hNe1A4gSYDUYnBDLmEjlRhMncAIROruJjtCFFyZG0od8Ls-gy9X3V0OtT1l6tB4LNWTKMaTo2aanhkrUg0Ur0iOFzjWeD/s1600/IMG_3031.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjJejRzEcmvosZ9IffFtCLuEdrmLhdCZvNIAvCR4hNe1A4gSYDUYnBDLmEjlRhMncAIROruJjtCFFyZG0od8Ls-gy9X3V0OtT1l6tB4LNWTKMaTo2aanhkrUg0Ur0iOFzjWeD/s1600/IMG_3031.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjJejRzEcmvosZ9IffFtCLuEdrmLhdCZvNIAvCR4hNe1A4gSYDUYnBDLmEjlRhMncAIROruJjtCFFyZG0od8Ls-gy9X3V0OtT1l6tB4LNWTKMaTo2aanhkrUg0Ur0iOFzjWeD/s320/IMG_3031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620929802786010866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Paper beading is yet another simple and yet effective craft... making paper beads from strips of magazines pages or even junk mail. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVemLW_hn8LuR61XrRigd00YJzprkJceryIr_WcDN6ojz98SWDqO-4Bd5WliOgUDjVjWQWa0zZtO-ihxYMAUw8TIk4GNcukToAW0TfMCrv6W3PbIb7B89q6xSysylThIPPy9O/s1600/IMG_3042.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVemLW_hn8LuR61XrRigd00YJzprkJceryIr_WcDN6ojz98SWDqO-4Bd5WliOgUDjVjWQWa0zZtO-ihxYMAUw8TIk4GNcukToAW0TfMCrv6W3PbIb7B89q6xSysylThIPPy9O/s320/IMG_3042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620929320765661938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A few of the Guild crafters.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you are all enjoying summer, I shall be catching up with comments on your respective blogs in due course. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings - Marion</div><br /></div></div></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-82224270372616941972011-04-24T08:50:00.003+01:002011-04-24T09:24:23.838+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1bVktnmRtvgRFdXsJfK7ws3EjQWdsMAksgcCnW0yFWYKdU0m4I2BU7uxljBRbWgyjdZObiW2KudpLu9RvW2LUIC1IUK91_s6-6Wxbqoxa4LRg17NpWgqy4TEq3Wx1BYpgONB/s1600/IMG_2927.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1bVktnmRtvgRFdXsJfK7ws3EjQWdsMAksgcCnW0yFWYKdU0m4I2BU7uxljBRbWgyjdZObiW2KudpLu9RvW2LUIC1IUK91_s6-6Wxbqoxa4LRg17NpWgqy4TEq3Wx1BYpgONB/s320/IMG_2927.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599056115624769026" /></a>EASTER BLESSINGS......<div><br /></div><div>I was trying to decide on a suitable picture for my Easter post, then, whilst in church last week, my eyes fell upon our beautifully embroidered knelling pads.... </div><div><br /></div><div>I selected two.... the first one conveys the perfect Easter message and the one below depicts just how our countryside is looking right now.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">crystal clear blue skies, green pastures, tress heavy with blossom and sheep with their lambs quietly grazing in the fields.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wishing you a most blessed Easter. May this be a day of reflection on what the Easter message means in each of our lives.</div><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPUwqqF14QQbY7nwAmI8IZqfDxREv6z8qOsyjqbvZN1Px119gOE1E_rLUMHkqlYx7LVSIaNRTAWp5NGyFUc9sKmL2f2nPreSajnSakKFUkH6AfDEBN_5QVyIfCbNPlc7MoR-L/s1600/IMG_2931.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPUwqqF14QQbY7nwAmI8IZqfDxREv6z8qOsyjqbvZN1Px119gOE1E_rLUMHkqlYx7LVSIaNRTAWp5NGyFUc9sKmL2f2nPreSajnSakKFUkH6AfDEBN_5QVyIfCbNPlc7MoR-L/s320/IMG_2931.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599055605913461058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marion</div><br /></div></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-16497735844497364362011-04-06T07:20:00.005+01:002011-04-06T16:09:15.535+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWtpTLgvjr7GF56ldawgXyB27iIoAmb0LUswsH8w07WgBXo92Ba0V6TxqSlNYdR9QfsXWaOqeke5k4PYY0T7wdAtZLnWtDak9LCCP0PYadiMWkio5OwmJhpu6pLGoYu5ppNSn/s1600/DSCN5272.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWtpTLgvjr7GF56ldawgXyB27iIoAmb0LUswsH8w07WgBXo92Ba0V6TxqSlNYdR9QfsXWaOqeke5k4PYY0T7wdAtZLnWtDak9LCCP0PYadiMWkio5OwmJhpu6pLGoYu5ppNSn/s320/DSCN5272.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590888294998196546" /></a>ALL IN A DAYS WORK.....<br /><div><br /></div><div>There always seems to be some type of work on the go here at the Old Police Station..... and looking back in my iPhoto file I am reminded of just a few of the many projects we have achieved in recent months.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our latest major project. took place in the kitchen and was started on New Year's day. Originally this part of the building was not connected to the house.... it had its own entrance and was officially the police office. When we moved here in January 1994 we built a conservatory that linked the two buildings... for a few years I used the old police office as my home based office whilst still working in the travel business. When I retired, it became my craft room, then we started thinking it would make a nice kitchen.... so another conversion took place. Being a separate building it had four exterior walls before the conservatory was built. It always was a very cold room in winter, despite extending the central heating system into here and having cavity wall insulation.... not a place to linger during winter months.</div><div><br /></div><div>Having had a multi fuel burner installed in our sitting room 12 months previously and appreciated the efficiency of these stoves, it was decided this could be the answer to our heating problems in the kitchen. Where to site it was the difficult choice tho', all the wall space was taken up with units and appliances and I could see no way around the problem, until one day.... I stood looking at my cooker with its pretty slate roof which concealed the extractor fan that John had built and thought this could be the ideal location..... This is how it looked 'before' last New Year's day.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdqW2yqN1q5Y7ywYTGLrqSwZP_Vzo058Jq7XKtZX3Lf2GCyrUSCkqmVlbTGQKCDMBjmcpEUbhT9XXyeJt1LEHkcAmR7J7toau0JjMNtMl6vex4RfiUaltpkweJ7_I1bqLBIcz/s1600/DSCN2300.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdqW2yqN1q5Y7ywYTGLrqSwZP_Vzo058Jq7XKtZX3Lf2GCyrUSCkqmVlbTGQKCDMBjmcpEUbhT9XXyeJt1LEHkcAmR7J7toau0JjMNtMl6vex4RfiUaltpkweJ7_I1bqLBIcz/s320/DSCN2300.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590887379137554818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brother Roger arrived early that day to help. The slate roofed cooker hood was dismantled, kitchen units were covered in dust sheets and work commenced. Here is Rog adjusting the Kango drill.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLmEzoiun6XAa_fFKj-nJHRltGIWLu72pRm6tJCC-GT7viFy6LOjsDIcxyGMAFkaZO6gc5r4L3MIOJaguLRuVEFI77KipWRnCrR1AthjcdpElvaPWgScnfO-RU27-AP9Cyigd/s1600/IMG_2570.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLmEzoiun6XAa_fFKj-nJHRltGIWLu72pRm6tJCC-GT7viFy6LOjsDIcxyGMAFkaZO6gc5r4L3MIOJaguLRuVEFI77KipWRnCrR1AthjcdpElvaPWgScnfO-RU27-AP9Cyigd/s320/IMG_2570.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590886686758241202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few very dusty and noisy days followed, but I always comfort myself on such projects with..... "It has to get worse before it gets better". </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtwPN0zBgUvDjXQMPUK0uty0BLhUeAEdyRj1_iWnuY3prV0lzVconjYQfRSlPhrJQXoPV7LNR49E8EjRzlpxXIgPurRzVb_Ops5eAOPHkABhZ5_x2KrKaHcxZm2qlXLmuLCNr/s1600/IMG_2569.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtwPN0zBgUvDjXQMPUK0uty0BLhUeAEdyRj1_iWnuY3prV0lzVconjYQfRSlPhrJQXoPV7LNR49E8EjRzlpxXIgPurRzVb_Ops5eAOPHkABhZ5_x2KrKaHcxZm2qlXLmuLCNr/s320/IMG_2569.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590886311660827618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">At last the slate hearth was built and the wood burner put in place. We are slowly getting there.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRflfR941MHTkUWl13f5VMLIXRWKgvwjFcKqujfrdMAV5Y_eX_4bb53uch_gVwJyPN5-YN3IRVSSqoWulGsbQPN9Rd3OHiIWf2KUodtD0gNFA8V8D2ynq12gKBfrBCmjxqwzVf/s1600/IMG_2575.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRflfR941MHTkUWl13f5VMLIXRWKgvwjFcKqujfrdMAV5Y_eX_4bb53uch_gVwJyPN5-YN3IRVSSqoWulGsbQPN9Rd3OHiIWf2KUodtD0gNFA8V8D2ynq12gKBfrBCmjxqwzVf/s320/IMG_2575.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590886028012833234" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course the other problem we were faced with was where to site the cooker. The only option we had was in front of a window. I didn't think that suitable, but John said he could board up the top section of the window and fit in the pipe of an extractor fan. It has worked perfectly.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqAohLVci3-2pCNku2qk6CQY-tHadQfM-iOLmIQ59OH4qU4NY5sQv6kKnbFg8h6KI4_VVg_T77o5XxXdYkL-lABZjGDI1CQrLLiVToAJdY_Qtki6hqSTAkH_oAFqDBI6k4yULe/s1600/IMG_2803.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqAohLVci3-2pCNku2qk6CQY-tHadQfM-iOLmIQ59OH4qU4NY5sQv6kKnbFg8h6KI4_VVg_T77o5XxXdYkL-lABZjGDI1CQrLLiVToAJdY_Qtki6hqSTAkH_oAFqDBI6k4yULe/s320/IMG_2803.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590885675444664610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The little slate roof was reconstructed and neatly covers the hole where the chimney now goes through the wall....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dqUggrrze_4s-Arxfndnaw6AdkOnNYnjEIXxmiSmPNdJI8JGnlZEVaXe2p2mIZEaCaBhLPmMQBOU1qYkx_5790fPPmb36IGiOsfByK7yyHfeDDZ-n8jYqkPVoWP7GfGDvsB_/s1600/IMG_2811.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dqUggrrze_4s-Arxfndnaw6AdkOnNYnjEIXxmiSmPNdJI8JGnlZEVaXe2p2mIZEaCaBhLPmMQBOU1qYkx_5790fPPmb36IGiOsfByK7yyHfeDDZ-n8jYqkPVoWP7GfGDvsB_/s320/IMG_2811.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590885410527986418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And Voila! the work is done and our little stove installed. The kitchen is toasty warm now, a kettle sings on the hob.... it's the perfect place to pull up a chair and do a spot of knitting, read a book or just take a break for a cup of coffee. What a wonderful husband I have!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgWtJ1dk-GWmC5RH_QrmbKPEjJaZJfywNJUFoJNc3J0OfPsX3Myxu9IalBYbFdF2tJpFqNaLY3sMlhTayT0zz8NvsG4Ft8iEV0mlVZRLzHnRDEJyGcKjLT3DB9P8OGjdJx7x9/s1600/IMG_2806.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgWtJ1dk-GWmC5RH_QrmbKPEjJaZJfywNJUFoJNc3J0OfPsX3Myxu9IalBYbFdF2tJpFqNaLY3sMlhTayT0zz8NvsG4Ft8iEV0mlVZRLzHnRDEJyGcKjLT3DB9P8OGjdJx7x9/s320/IMG_2806.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590885124650126722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">October is always a busy month, its the month of harvest..... We had an abundance of apples last year that had to be gathered.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3l_XkZFs2ui2LTEH4QuNrMGGQPWl0AXeCeqSPRHkDvYyVJSXFgUpOrLRBNe4D4yMELQrcAstpzdSOae3h09dx2biVu4JMX_Iv4jH6o_wDFz7GR190rBXYbxBLsMJJzw3DrHB/s1600/IMG_2394.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3l_XkZFs2ui2LTEH4QuNrMGGQPWl0AXeCeqSPRHkDvYyVJSXFgUpOrLRBNe4D4yMELQrcAstpzdSOae3h09dx2biVu4JMX_Iv4jH6o_wDFz7GR190rBXYbxBLsMJJzw3DrHB/s320/IMG_2394.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590884817309902146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chutney was made, pies baked, lots sliced and stored in the freezer for use later and lots given to friends and neighbours.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKYTgG4QCe1NFWpmpRd6dZDQ7eBsjFIoFGNI2TSQILrmqB_7AcpNDiBeAPpZ9DH0YtwhM8ZHS872mYcLFoJdOYbk4HPNeF_KPqCpad3TcF6GZhDntrcz-yH01LHJjXStAf9ni/s1600/IMG_2387.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKYTgG4QCe1NFWpmpRd6dZDQ7eBsjFIoFGNI2TSQILrmqB_7AcpNDiBeAPpZ9DH0YtwhM8ZHS872mYcLFoJdOYbk4HPNeF_KPqCpad3TcF6GZhDntrcz-yH01LHJjXStAf9ni/s320/IMG_2387.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590884456513714754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJ7Y3j0TNL_454aL_N_A66jazfFSYqZQ688BN8twv8KWp_1nWBzqxNnZ0qDfmEwppchCmK9vUxiCkq1i5xmmylByJupN_QXcaC5NClpm4n4DyDDJZdMjUCIXMDyu7vPD6rqnt/s1600/IMG_2388.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJ7Y3j0TNL_454aL_N_A66jazfFSYqZQ688BN8twv8KWp_1nWBzqxNnZ0qDfmEwppchCmK9vUxiCkq1i5xmmylByJupN_QXcaC5NClpm4n4DyDDJZdMjUCIXMDyu7vPD6rqnt/s320/IMG_2388.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590884162295204578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Whilst out walking along a favourite lane with Kenzo at the end of last summer, I was thrilled to discover this little wild plum tree... simply loaded with fruit. It amazes me how much fruit we did in fact gather from it when I look at this picture recently taken stripped bare by the ravages of winter. I walked past it again today and already it is laden with blossom. I'm keeping a watch on 'my' little plum tree.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DEf6NwKj1o6WSJ9-YHianuwQMq8AQ3SOAQ89xjYe_kXXrBI3DtJuVNJGGHoY-zdLDfHDooUu6qPFy4yf5huCXlkdgVLGGyKQdE0xoMhd4ViSwC3xOgKHXrUOH3DH0tttQ5dh/s1600/IMG_2784.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DEf6NwKj1o6WSJ9-YHianuwQMq8AQ3SOAQ89xjYe_kXXrBI3DtJuVNJGGHoY-zdLDfHDooUu6qPFy4yf5huCXlkdgVLGGyKQdE0xoMhd4ViSwC3xOgKHXrUOH3DH0tttQ5dh/s320/IMG_2784.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590883888172951458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wild plums are no bigger than damsons.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72eCtUJ0sXj_ZnIy9sk4MKuEU6Kxdzwxoc59cmAcryLPZXf6ewgrnmdiCPqUbo3sJyY7XeDrCDzRf8TodcxsXejG3IUA45WqcN0NjflM7eDFzL5bzk57Ip7hkg_qGmpBYyBOm/s1600/IMG_2296.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72eCtUJ0sXj_ZnIy9sk4MKuEU6Kxdzwxoc59cmAcryLPZXf6ewgrnmdiCPqUbo3sJyY7XeDrCDzRf8TodcxsXejG3IUA45WqcN0NjflM7eDFzL5bzk57Ip7hkg_qGmpBYyBOm/s320/IMG_2296.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590883353688821794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Damsons are darker in colour and my real favourite fruit for jam making, but wild plums are now a close second. Love their tart sweetness. Delicious on toast for breakfast.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOQLDc9hyjNvsverZfPrNZkbZFXsnn1aRfMViZXUqCuU96wM5L4KvjUxB_2i2uDuIfLurJ20k_56SCwtXptKJI3u1KkFZdxBkQUhOo9Wbsb8j5xqxd8E75Mbx9JBBNkC2xbTj/s1600/IMG_2270.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOQLDc9hyjNvsverZfPrNZkbZFXsnn1aRfMViZXUqCuU96wM5L4KvjUxB_2i2uDuIfLurJ20k_56SCwtXptKJI3u1KkFZdxBkQUhOo9Wbsb8j5xqxd8E75Mbx9JBBNkC2xbTj/s320/IMG_2270.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590882951875068578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have decided to give our allotment up and grow a few vegetables in our own garden. The top lawn was a suitable space and so......</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Xo52pB_4qLRw7Yw0YQSk5XDoY1U1qWpaDBBx5ueQKuUE09P0CwFf7hNdPAgSz52LLianKRWj8UsQWVFnMEC75xP8PLjCi4qwGdtgRWl7Dkm3O5Kj6pPFVBqUHL2sXxZLhGPU/s1600/IMG_2289.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Xo52pB_4qLRw7Yw0YQSk5XDoY1U1qWpaDBBx5ueQKuUE09P0CwFf7hNdPAgSz52LLianKRWj8UsQWVFnMEC75xP8PLjCi4qwGdtgRWl7Dkm3O5Kj6pPFVBqUHL2sXxZLhGPU/s320/IMG_2289.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590882696480810098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">.......two raised beds were constructed at the end of the summer. Of course soil was needed to fill them. We were advertising for a good quality top soil for months with out any success...... </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafLNqgdA6YvRZ6FxFcwrXdO55PX55U-UOShYnF_cyPtYTFz7KRs1DUj5yVHwHyOm1k-qxoi4Mf5SbU8_XI1VS0Nl4BlDI44LB69tIL1mnKqcayx5hvYc12GzTnSMjvgOte6un/s1600/IMG_2397.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafLNqgdA6YvRZ6FxFcwrXdO55PX55U-UOShYnF_cyPtYTFz7KRs1DUj5yVHwHyOm1k-qxoi4Mf5SbU8_XI1VS0Nl4BlDI44LB69tIL1mnKqcayx5hvYc12GzTnSMjvgOte6un/s320/IMG_2397.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590882324456027234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">......then, a couple of weeks ago a local builder who had spotted out ad' called and asked if we still required some. An hour later we had this truck load dropped in the drive. It took 88 barrow loads full to fill the two raised beds. A job made more difficult because our garden is on such a slope its many steps that had to be boarded over to made transportation with a wheelbarrow easier. After John tipped off the loads, I raked it all out. I'll have to take pictures of the finished project.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy95ouI79jVH51t0-KBPHwO5nUcZMp8KInkoFJdaDQNA3UuSvyM5YVcABt-w8HehrX-dcFh7BOL3l3HtANdc2LmeGvXn2zi5myEv796_JRvV4jmuptWsZVeSw_y9ZdSSdY4yyN/s1600/IMG_2813.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy95ouI79jVH51t0-KBPHwO5nUcZMp8KInkoFJdaDQNA3UuSvyM5YVcABt-w8HehrX-dcFh7BOL3l3HtANdc2LmeGvXn2zi5myEv796_JRvV4jmuptWsZVeSw_y9ZdSSdY4yyN/s320/IMG_2813.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590881988683398354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">October is also the perfect time to gather hydrangeas. I like to string them up in bunches and hang them from the beams indoors. The colours are so beautiful and if kept out of sunlight will stay like this for many months.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_jjZ1UEbvYtznlRGXNgNtZOkauXjF-qppaY-_Poe5JZ5_U-GPINrddw0d5Auswvyz3XdWogI8kKKi56qgM0Qut6EGltZA0IrwvwLIf7OL_xPw7HQn0Gs9HzixgVrMjcfMQ0V/s1600/IMG_2341.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_jjZ1UEbvYtznlRGXNgNtZOkauXjF-qppaY-_Poe5JZ5_U-GPINrddw0d5Auswvyz3XdWogI8kKKi56qgM0Qut6EGltZA0IrwvwLIf7OL_xPw7HQn0Gs9HzixgVrMjcfMQ0V/s320/IMG_2341.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590881464219239266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's Baby Boy Kenzo, looking somewhat bored with Mummy's flower arranging.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWt6pziq33OnH0iUnQ6KDDX64nwXMZa7kpZgDbk9Q-Tk2fKjywzx-apY_6i56CwXfMFAynsayq_YGsNYs3Q7Don5fDjZGSqEqGsulXnSAE__Xo8VgaacO2q036H9xL2D27wKES/s1600/IMG_2346.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWt6pziq33OnH0iUnQ6KDDX64nwXMZa7kpZgDbk9Q-Tk2fKjywzx-apY_6i56CwXfMFAynsayq_YGsNYs3Q7Don5fDjZGSqEqGsulXnSAE__Xo8VgaacO2q036H9xL2D27wKES/s320/IMG_2346.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590881019367165522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">'That's better... now she's taken those flowers away I can have a nap'</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWOAZLNi497ZtIkg3hWZB5aOv5yIz4zOnf4WzlYSmq8g_jlv_5ePect8maWIel9Eb-LUPDW7UmyzETqZOeg4rcQaj2CFRWWdSY0awqBtZ8iaWeKW32a4am-QxV8c4ZgLhQI1a/s1600/IMG_2342.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWOAZLNi497ZtIkg3hWZB5aOv5yIz4zOnf4WzlYSmq8g_jlv_5ePect8maWIel9Eb-LUPDW7UmyzETqZOeg4rcQaj2CFRWWdSY0awqBtZ8iaWeKW32a4am-QxV8c4ZgLhQI1a/s320/IMG_2342.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590880597051791058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1AY7NsB7MNDHkDivBWEfDCV-4_MG5cIwxNAFca63dhnAtMRjMdWyWb_6Cxe-dW6pkzflnwC6s_bQfxUIC_EVYW3b3q4yeRAXkqfy5KvzJk5APLH1siQNWBwS7fnm7q11k3O9/s1600/IMG_2340.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1AY7NsB7MNDHkDivBWEfDCV-4_MG5cIwxNAFca63dhnAtMRjMdWyWb_6Cxe-dW6pkzflnwC6s_bQfxUIC_EVYW3b3q4yeRAXkqfy5KvzJk5APLH1siQNWBwS7fnm7q11k3O9/s320/IMG_2340.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590880173541976770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">October is also the time we take a delivery of logs for winter fires.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyTXyKe-nJF-hWIJgiuenao0GBluwfQobXGB4fF1aZc3zBJL2oAkf-N7uECySQZdNNckmpvS9kl8-Lb2jb3KgjmL-A-dMj3Ip2LCR9mD4O3YALlhVUDhm7C6Y0MAGriKSAYKM/s1600/IMG_1581.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyTXyKe-nJF-hWIJgiuenao0GBluwfQobXGB4fF1aZc3zBJL2oAkf-N7uECySQZdNNckmpvS9kl8-Lb2jb3KgjmL-A-dMj3Ip2LCR9mD4O3YALlhVUDhm7C6Y0MAGriKSAYKM/s320/IMG_1581.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590879620517067394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">John does work hard and it looks as if I only take the pictures, but believe me, I do help!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXq_xA3J_Ke-xBhvd-88nrYkZ6io0KlzwlZVipJUrFi1VfPgbRdly-QUN7B96g__UC0M4i1ialPdmhY-tAlnn1wYCPKnFHcfd2KYbG_nG4hvtJgcsGBSlrn6q0LDGQBkn308jW/s1600/IMG_2406.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXq_xA3J_Ke-xBhvd-88nrYkZ6io0KlzwlZVipJUrFi1VfPgbRdly-QUN7B96g__UC0M4i1ialPdmhY-tAlnn1wYCPKnFHcfd2KYbG_nG4hvtJgcsGBSlrn6q0LDGQBkn308jW/s320/IMG_2406.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590878898689709426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">John has built this handy log store. I think there is something quite beautiful as well as comforting to see a store of fuel gathered in.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiyZHH_gtpZzaq_XFVJF1nsx56vLiBNPxEleYlQfvdo96mDtdVZLvgW0ehdO0h3gdl9we6sc0aegB213H4Vu5rFWGGheI-QXPZ-Fq8RlTcLy4_6vFAkP2L0ax9GcuI02Llyf1/s1600/IMG_2407.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiyZHH_gtpZzaq_XFVJF1nsx56vLiBNPxEleYlQfvdo96mDtdVZLvgW0ehdO0h3gdl9we6sc0aegB213H4Vu5rFWGGheI-QXPZ-Fq8RlTcLy4_6vFAkP2L0ax9GcuI02Llyf1/s320/IMG_2407.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590878391764147250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The church we attend had a new meeting room built last year and it was decided that new stacking chairs were going to be far more versatile for its use than the original pews. So a number of the old pews were up for sale and we bought two. The one we planned to use in the conservatory was too long, so John set too and shortened it. It was quite surprising to see all the dust that had collected and concealed in the old joints over many years revealed when it was taken apart..... these beautiful pews made of old pitch pine feel so precious to us.... we think of the many folk over time that have sat in them, celebrating happy occasions, weddings, christenings, confirmations, blessings and the sad times too when folk with heavy hearts filled with grief at funerals. We feel it an honour that they are in our keeping now and will be loved and respected always.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNFoYpjX7ESxt5h9wnHi6EhBmh4UbKRZLHvO3EBlNG7YJ4KgIIbCPJ5rnRX8yphEz_HxzGi6d1l3K8Ij7rz5CyB_xz-QHnKSzFy9wkIG3Hwd1NisNAqtX_o5eFgrDecwfHcrS/s1600/IMG_2294.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNFoYpjX7ESxt5h9wnHi6EhBmh4UbKRZLHvO3EBlNG7YJ4KgIIbCPJ5rnRX8yphEz_HxzGi6d1l3K8Ij7rz5CyB_xz-QHnKSzFy9wkIG3Hwd1NisNAqtX_o5eFgrDecwfHcrS/s320/IMG_2294.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590878035935731186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The other pew needed no alteration and is placed on the veranda.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglufYG5cZiQwoaosjJaGAVWI8OOGraYSR4kpHGwmEWF9wnAAtsPSeY3ZVjiZCIAWXfm6Q7XcLHunuaetJbxc348Xc5dsb6TzCGg2ybO5QoF9-IHh7P9xaab3_d0FWiB3ooepRU/s1600/IMG_2277.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglufYG5cZiQwoaosjJaGAVWI8OOGraYSR4kpHGwmEWF9wnAAtsPSeY3ZVjiZCIAWXfm6Q7XcLHunuaetJbxc348Xc5dsb6TzCGg2ybO5QoF9-IHh7P9xaab3_d0FWiB3ooepRU/s320/IMG_2277.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590877732873679058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We also bought from church is this old hymn book cupboard, also made of pine. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJYtNd3rCCF_MWIjkaatWGi4Si8y67Zq0AC6ja9fHt0jDGu29qRQZC55GFwaD7Z5Zm70ey-0b1NbyTORMrCNb-JSVopiOmt2WNqhErLo0dLu_DqsJU3eLxNZlDp5BdWn3wW7r/s1600/IMG_2400.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJYtNd3rCCF_MWIjkaatWGi4Si8y67Zq0AC6ja9fHt0jDGu29qRQZC55GFwaD7Z5Zm70ey-0b1NbyTORMrCNb-JSVopiOmt2WNqhErLo0dLu_DqsJU3eLxNZlDp5BdWn3wW7r/s320/IMG_2400.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590877380596059522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beautifully made many years ago and sectioned off into pigeon holes to take the respective books..... the piece of paper pasted inside the left hand door lists the names of the ladies in the choir in 1934</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdB84sm6qRhsFxWrgkCE0qP8qfEgoi4KsY15P0EOGaGQDiTJoIY4w8GXkiJyGduJpOnl1ZGudZgNYUdLxTU97HfSSb-01RbGbqZDCxC0F-uNDuxmNfcqtVZ3bPNvAj2f14R9ks/s1600/IMG_2403.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdB84sm6qRhsFxWrgkCE0qP8qfEgoi4KsY15P0EOGaGQDiTJoIY4w8GXkiJyGduJpOnl1ZGudZgNYUdLxTU97HfSSb-01RbGbqZDCxC0F-uNDuxmNfcqtVZ3bPNvAj2f14R9ks/s320/IMG_2403.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590876909912079202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another project completed last summer was a balcony leading off from the kitchen and joining up at the front of the house with the veranda</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL25CeelIgLDrzYMnSYDtO5uHLrWB3lkxjqqbenaOiMGsxX22DflQ5gKJT1CdaovSHA_xBNGH7RH9SSgItEWWfMwTX36xuxe-T5I3-E92NNW-Jols8D1WCFm_DnvFjP7RnEyiD/s1600/IMG_2252.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL25CeelIgLDrzYMnSYDtO5uHLrWB3lkxjqqbenaOiMGsxX22DflQ5gKJT1CdaovSHA_xBNGH7RH9SSgItEWWfMwTX36xuxe-T5I3-E92NNW-Jols8D1WCFm_DnvFjP7RnEyiD/s320/IMG_2252.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590876487626747426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We've had thoughts about doing this for a long time..... it is perfect to sit out here now with a cup of coffee and enjoy the view down the valley.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1xfJbNxBs4hB1KImsCHVwRaJMMxDH-dhyc2PbHSFX0MzHQae9ZefROp2oIy_5GEQ3NKw-N3XuyCDBxDZVz2dyTdcumhdNzK6Itlp5MYnMQowNYlvjhA3k-8K6K3uI-D2Vqzf/s1600/IMG_2255.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1xfJbNxBs4hB1KImsCHVwRaJMMxDH-dhyc2PbHSFX0MzHQae9ZefROp2oIy_5GEQ3NKw-N3XuyCDBxDZVz2dyTdcumhdNzK6Itlp5MYnMQowNYlvjhA3k-8K6K3uI-D2Vqzf/s320/IMG_2255.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590876120827199634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is how it looks from the front of the property.......</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1yDaLMUVE1kBTgm5Y4-OFZxprifytWnKpvSiRtfY6uhlmEb1DBfSHts3Vt2md7Xv3PolKJVwBzm7W3C4ccPX4N_S_AD3qlhkEf2PK9Yx-sAODWIdcs_3pJPSmh5peliDsh7A/s1600/IMG_2312.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1yDaLMUVE1kBTgm5Y4-OFZxprifytWnKpvSiRtfY6uhlmEb1DBfSHts3Vt2md7Xv3PolKJVwBzm7W3C4ccPX4N_S_AD3qlhkEf2PK9Yx-sAODWIdcs_3pJPSmh5peliDsh7A/s320/IMG_2312.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590875509243720002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">.......and from inside the kitchen.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUtR5w1UHtyD9T3pPpVRL3s9H4L-JHJrp2Wx61CcH0pyOfVaYehnxJMZeRTXfmdzDxa4E3xfsTdKFy4g3WJdlOb8VlEMGGzGZZ5DTXL1qAOR12w0ryAiLZThd9100VR8mo598/s1600/IMG_2384.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUtR5w1UHtyD9T3pPpVRL3s9H4L-JHJrp2Wx61CcH0pyOfVaYehnxJMZeRTXfmdzDxa4E3xfsTdKFy4g3WJdlOb8VlEMGGzGZZ5DTXL1qAOR12w0ryAiLZThd9100VR8mo598/s320/IMG_2384.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590875169107696418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At last..... John is enjoying a well deserved rest with our well behaved 'children'.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0qvAyV4KT-206Wv3r2hFoLrUfPwyzbcc4XJbHqN40k3emXP4VQUaXzE8ktgWzanrwPttOYcWuMZXVhGtnmZK4nYuaNQL9ojRiQAXOGVsAe3uCVWb6Q-yas_M8ySWKJJQMkB8/s1600/IMG_2307.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0qvAyV4KT-206Wv3r2hFoLrUfPwyzbcc4XJbHqN40k3emXP4VQUaXzE8ktgWzanrwPttOYcWuMZXVhGtnmZK4nYuaNQL9ojRiQAXOGVsAe3uCVWb6Q-yas_M8ySWKJJQMkB8/s320/IMG_2307.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590874634766660034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But not for long, George can be so unpredictable with Kenzo and if the mood takes him, he'll whop out a clawed paw in his direction. As can be seen, there is not much difference in their sizes.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispKxmL0NIt9V4A03F16AGW3NULDaB9tDLmefAX1MzLDAyOUWVlVm8kJzEOB1-Fkfkz6V9viqVVLbEhADpQehTqwCjSZxRFgujzDSFDETncq4Q2zDVAmiesYviNMw61Q-IOkiC/s1600/IMG_2311.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispKxmL0NIt9V4A03F16AGW3NULDaB9tDLmefAX1MzLDAyOUWVlVm8kJzEOB1-Fkfkz6V9viqVVLbEhADpQehTqwCjSZxRFgujzDSFDETncq4Q2zDVAmiesYviNMw61Q-IOkiC/s320/IMG_2311.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590874260269091906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Unsuspecting... our dear little Kenzo sits blissfully unaware that George is giving his claws a bit of a sharpen on the fence.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3Sg2VJHdMTiJ__LihPWCLw3p06c15Jan_fH3X-Oe6qnxYWaAUz9RkImc-rRwQWaBdidAWEoAXG4-aB1s9hBUtVtcib1KB87ydg3z0C-Eoptu4kh9h-YfgYlLhecXhrCPoiWP/s1600/IMG_2198.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3Sg2VJHdMTiJ__LihPWCLw3p06c15Jan_fH3X-Oe6qnxYWaAUz9RkImc-rRwQWaBdidAWEoAXG4-aB1s9hBUtVtcib1KB87ydg3z0C-Eoptu4kh9h-YfgYlLhecXhrCPoiWP/s320/IMG_2198.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590873889981019170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">March was a glorious month in so many ways.... day after day of golden sunshine..... and the daffodils have been such a spectacular sight with mile after mile of them along the lanes and main roads.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TVoWLA5K1c9e_RySrO_NIFgqnJN5702ymhIqgml74pBMIpQFKVfJsrY4CgsSjt_SncRKRLT5dyF7APmqeQpz3dLa-ggHOg5XPCNzfjNxZ3vMEGL9WRbkZDJBmnECyzzopyH1/s1600/IMG_2788.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TVoWLA5K1c9e_RySrO_NIFgqnJN5702ymhIqgml74pBMIpQFKVfJsrY4CgsSjt_SncRKRLT5dyF7APmqeQpz3dLa-ggHOg5XPCNzfjNxZ3vMEGL9WRbkZDJBmnECyzzopyH1/s320/IMG_2788.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590873328581820786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">If there is one month that can be attributed with a single colour then it is yellow for March. Looking around in garden and countryside, one can very soon come up with quite a list of yellow flowers and shrubs in bloom at this time. It only took a few minutes to spot the following...... dandelions, celendines, crocus, primrose, cowslip, daffodils, tulips, forsythia, catkins, pussy willow, golden gorse and witch hazel..... and I'm sure there are a few that I have missed. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TGUl9qVg6OtP1tVy1l2vLqGBjFdXZ827qg7ylxlBxIjqTBEjD3B338z5M_F_SOO907RyxQ7NImN4jp2hoeru_f6OFfTCyOdVGfUZ9oLoxSxukjEwRmnBPGCoIf9oKULao4i1/s1600/IMG_2787.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TGUl9qVg6OtP1tVy1l2vLqGBjFdXZ827qg7ylxlBxIjqTBEjD3B338z5M_F_SOO907RyxQ7NImN4jp2hoeru_f6OFfTCyOdVGfUZ9oLoxSxukjEwRmnBPGCoIf9oKULao4i1/s320/IMG_2787.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590873026845208242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The drive into town has been a delight.... but I fear the flowers will all be over by Easter.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZiG4wG9yxKaUp0aSei-gxVIaJDckDtYa_xTf7-wHXuJyuLP3_3OKuChLW6ufdIhKAye6e_PbmxMO4VHEqFHQ-41adJMyijJtBUx7W4zK2r6M_CjMSYbwNL4VK_n_MQk9_2m_/s1600/IMG_2819.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZiG4wG9yxKaUp0aSei-gxVIaJDckDtYa_xTf7-wHXuJyuLP3_3OKuChLW6ufdIhKAye6e_PbmxMO4VHEqFHQ-41adJMyijJtBUx7W4zK2r6M_CjMSYbwNL4VK_n_MQk9_2m_/s320/IMG_2819.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590872546855983218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGgtSL2WNPo2FaEBJb-ql1eIz-r_wAHBQscPY5DSY0avhczkQXx9qqrdNYAg-SbB7Gk7d6ROEwehTpTl2rs2Cc8Lipt4MVgtNaU-_UlhLUak0KIsjpha8YIlExXF1zUwtdvNk/s1600/IMG_2816.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGgtSL2WNPo2FaEBJb-ql1eIz-r_wAHBQscPY5DSY0avhczkQXx9qqrdNYAg-SbB7Gk7d6ROEwehTpTl2rs2Cc8Lipt4MVgtNaU-_UlhLUak0KIsjpha8YIlExXF1zUwtdvNk/s320/IMG_2816.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590872005023680482" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrCIx-JZMO2RuR1fCcNBbyHkL-8AOCvCE73iFiUe00AaiJOT42ff7JOKmLFG4R87KgT0Dd0d3kVDoCniAsoW5eCNOfEYdcLDn5gvgoCbViki8Zl57ndf91IOzM0klmtApQOkb/s1600/IMG_2817.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrCIx-JZMO2RuR1fCcNBbyHkL-8AOCvCE73iFiUe00AaiJOT42ff7JOKmLFG4R87KgT0Dd0d3kVDoCniAsoW5eCNOfEYdcLDn5gvgoCbViki8Zl57ndf91IOzM0klmtApQOkb/s320/IMG_2817.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590871503893060818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nWo7J0PzSABMhGZ1TygNARctG2kXj7WNjoVhqYKSdVW57zZQ08D1Ra1APmlbQRRaC1nMK96A0VHf43OBbdYvgIdBarkY35kjoeHD_5zsflN4gjp2jcwAiSDP5CS5Zw00MWQS/s1600/IMG_2818.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nWo7J0PzSABMhGZ1TygNARctG2kXj7WNjoVhqYKSdVW57zZQ08D1Ra1APmlbQRRaC1nMK96A0VHf43OBbdYvgIdBarkY35kjoeHD_5zsflN4gjp2jcwAiSDP5CS5Zw00MWQS/s320/IMG_2818.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590871071738019186" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Beautiful sights of spring all around.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0GRg1T_tcsjy_pBk_maxZYXQHZvKUolpuV6kdZKRbCcDlXv8CTAbMse6cZOV_hLEDYGRWryTyhXvnutNepw1yTUsH212r_fXOE7mi8zpcwZJAVNgNawhik-cx8ug_0VmALzh/s1600/IMG_2796.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0GRg1T_tcsjy_pBk_maxZYXQHZvKUolpuV6kdZKRbCcDlXv8CTAbMse6cZOV_hLEDYGRWryTyhXvnutNepw1yTUsH212r_fXOE7mi8zpcwZJAVNgNawhik-cx8ug_0VmALzh/s320/IMG_2796.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590870069994906178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqD1UXzShN9qKMdRKuK61E1xbosWqva8oWINH1TR_BoxsNlFVuLhdJV1J-CLbcRmChFvWm_FxZEv3WlOs_vK1RuaGtg0sDJUhpU3mSfq21BR_t36wfR7RhlaAwxWXleb6I73P/s1600/IMG_2793.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqD1UXzShN9qKMdRKuK61E1xbosWqva8oWINH1TR_BoxsNlFVuLhdJV1J-CLbcRmChFvWm_FxZEv3WlOs_vK1RuaGtg0sDJUhpU3mSfq21BR_t36wfR7RhlaAwxWXleb6I73P/s320/IMG_2793.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590869700773798146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A picture of Baby Boy Kenzo just before he was taken to the doggy hair stylist.... in desperate need of a hair cut.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwUsBjQgb-2qbjfr0X7u8iige2ydNjQ4Bqhmzb5YnJaY6MaK98nms4QQJt1fCsbjM6iN1X-MpYP8VQPE26ETaZLUSpoZAsqENNGxHgoKgBcu8fkoqUrGWXHFsP5u8g2eRrm2F/s1600/IMG_2823.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwUsBjQgb-2qbjfr0X7u8iige2ydNjQ4Bqhmzb5YnJaY6MaK98nms4QQJt1fCsbjM6iN1X-MpYP8VQPE26ETaZLUSpoZAsqENNGxHgoKgBcu8fkoqUrGWXHFsP5u8g2eRrm2F/s320/IMG_2823.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590869217138201986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And finally, I'd like to show you this picture of our darling Grand Girl Laura.... at a session of modeling vintage wedding gowns</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJOAhqK4CePUBcbKnH45fn8yiUlxeMa3HNfNj18LQLMVMxxyqT4G4hx6IsKupdh3-x7jE09OD9keGjkudvI7TTTts-VKnOlgBIHoHQ-JVe35QNDZzXGlwiCtXcW3reSUtHb__/s1600/198977_139162029485272_117801328288009_229967_2635796_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJOAhqK4CePUBcbKnH45fn8yiUlxeMa3HNfNj18LQLMVMxxyqT4G4hx6IsKupdh3-x7jE09OD9keGjkudvI7TTTts-VKnOlgBIHoHQ-JVe35QNDZzXGlwiCtXcW3reSUtHb__/s320/198977_139162029485272_117801328288009_229967_2635796_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590868525812538770" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Have a blessed week everyone.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Marion</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-24880023554794445132011-03-10T06:51:00.001+00:002011-03-10T15:21:57.453+00:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tOTJdi9HrdrxXb0Gvrv9vA7rTaIhkYUo3oMS9vInwjSz1aZ82QEnhx_d1oez_v4Q7-xBKG3XwgpxUGUyFcz-uDiYYAzLQHbuMwwGQ1CX5qgZCDWIxWBoPest01mzbR4QAnHD/s1600/IMG_2736.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tOTJdi9HrdrxXb0Gvrv9vA7rTaIhkYUo3oMS9vInwjSz1aZ82QEnhx_d1oez_v4Q7-xBKG3XwgpxUGUyFcz-uDiYYAzLQHbuMwwGQ1CX5qgZCDWIxWBoPest01mzbR4QAnHD/s320/IMG_2736.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581608925859831042" /></a><br /><div>FEBRUARY - WITH ITS UPS AND DOWNS....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>February felt as if it slipped through my fingers, it had its highs as well as its lows! The lows were John being confined to bed with a fever and flu, I escaped the flu, but had a dreadful cold.</div><div><br /></div><div>The highs.... an unexpected visit from our son Christopher. He'd driven over to see us from Switzerland. It was such a thrill to see him pull onto our drive in his cute sign written doggy transporter. Christopher & his wife Agata run <a href="http://hundeabenteuerland.blogspot.com/">Doggy Adventure Land and Dog Sitting Business</a> near Zurich.</div><div>We had a lovely time together, lots of news to catch up with as we lingered over mealtimes, we went out sightseeing and took walks on the beach with Kenzo but there was one particular walk or more accurately a climb..... that this post is dedicated to.</div><div><br /></div><div>Click on the pictures for more detail....</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Christopher likes to climb this local landmark whenever he comes back to Wales and this visit was no exception. (the rock is the feature of my blog header picture). I would dearly have loved to join him, but with a bad cold settled on my chest, I knew I wouldn't have the stamina to do the climb.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBj2HHLhoIElIL7zQ6kIxdqPfgc8Zwxvch3GwIxLGspCt1lzwmfuz3xnV8aus87RZn4KDXhfdruV3bT7xku6yYjqSQIhvihwqCL3nsDgSytqj_4tfMe-IsKYJ_upE1Icff1q7/s1600/IMG_2732.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBj2HHLhoIElIL7zQ6kIxdqPfgc8Zwxvch3GwIxLGspCt1lzwmfuz3xnV8aus87RZn4KDXhfdruV3bT7xku6yYjqSQIhvihwqCL3nsDgSytqj_4tfMe-IsKYJ_upE1Icff1q7/s320/IMG_2732.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581608424126351394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He sets off on the zig zag paths of the lower slopes that lead up to the rockier terrane. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tTa7y5Os6vpwbP15gru6xd_JdogpCQs7QLuGokRv6rwegr-GNUeh1EQQ2wM1qHQRM4QI0FoUA4LYx2d4EWZcniUdImtLG9AIB83dqOnoMvoFiemxVjvtH_Xbjx9eqZFuwBYi/s1600/IMG_2712.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tTa7y5Os6vpwbP15gru6xd_JdogpCQs7QLuGokRv6rwegr-GNUeh1EQQ2wM1qHQRM4QI0FoUA4LYx2d4EWZcniUdImtLG9AIB83dqOnoMvoFiemxVjvtH_Xbjx9eqZFuwBYi/s320/IMG_2712.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581608026274143474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I choose to take the low road with Kenzo on the lead.... here we are making our way around to the western side of the rock.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxfajdMOFlv02XKxMkWWOvtGm0-lrPCfNGedjwDIUb2rtDwpaJpE0A2Y3K6_eNchI3ncnJFy5GspD8IfE8mxFOycoCLokIRW-of4Z_4NJ9OY65SHp2i3VzTLhhcUCUVMr7At3/s1600/IMG_2716.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxfajdMOFlv02XKxMkWWOvtGm0-lrPCfNGedjwDIUb2rtDwpaJpE0A2Y3K6_eNchI3ncnJFy5GspD8IfE8mxFOycoCLokIRW-of4Z_4NJ9OY65SHp2i3VzTLhhcUCUVMr7At3/s320/IMG_2716.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581607447598230338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Such beautiful colours on the hillside</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UXqw6T4gu1HIisjX8lkarotodN2Nz6VWm0F7kmLEtqJkqfOCefJlhkMMk_QAPkkHR-LknfSHV4YrutzTUfgQMkATbJEKF6I_4Vyz4DoR33Bx3HHhRwCI1QtnAT2T1gpFmMyZ/s1600/IMG_2714.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UXqw6T4gu1HIisjX8lkarotodN2Nz6VWm0F7kmLEtqJkqfOCefJlhkMMk_QAPkkHR-LknfSHV4YrutzTUfgQMkATbJEKF6I_4Vyz4DoR33Bx3HHhRwCI1QtnAT2T1gpFmMyZ/s320/IMG_2714.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581607174692387122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure who was the most interested.... Kenzo with the sheep or the sheep with us.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzITIGdDlAFnJgXn2JcQxqrXDxJg-EO8iB2LOjFNBqZcNzkHL1LXIGvwuawZH8fGu7lKruVGTLHaGoDVcd5300IZFFdDny4TCLY9bgl35nrDtEkM8wcknCbAjd80X4KmRakOd/s1600/IMG_2718.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzITIGdDlAFnJgXn2JcQxqrXDxJg-EO8iB2LOjFNBqZcNzkHL1LXIGvwuawZH8fGu7lKruVGTLHaGoDVcd5300IZFFdDny4TCLY9bgl35nrDtEkM8wcknCbAjd80X4KmRakOd/s320/IMG_2718.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581606782732584818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We've reached the west side of the rock now.... Christopher and I keep in touch by means of a two way radio.....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3tqiKNvRWc785PHdow05NkO2fh9N3E8Bd6aXvlg99ylz9PWAJaFWZnskkMZpJO_bt_S0Q-8xNGuSB8tMdfll9r0tfVR53ECS-CM7CcKSeF7bnYXpwHpFner24_61QPOEZzwh/s1600/IMG_2720.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3tqiKNvRWc785PHdow05NkO2fh9N3E8Bd6aXvlg99ylz9PWAJaFWZnskkMZpJO_bt_S0Q-8xNGuSB8tMdfll9r0tfVR53ECS-CM7CcKSeF7bnYXpwHpFner24_61QPOEZzwh/s320/IMG_2720.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581606474179794770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He's almost at the peek.... so I wait by the cattle pen to catch sight of him.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hhxOGofmxHxWmmqnHSidCy2lemeehxoNZjvTozeTgYD6lqf7302oT4AOr2IYqODuwKuoPCJL57dioT5cSsXDGK80Tl1RH8p2CstHNZFLd4KjwGy3z88bCE31IYMISL-iZr8H/s1600/IMG_2727.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hhxOGofmxHxWmmqnHSidCy2lemeehxoNZjvTozeTgYD6lqf7302oT4AOr2IYqODuwKuoPCJL57dioT5cSsXDGK80Tl1RH8p2CstHNZFLd4KjwGy3z88bCE31IYMISL-iZr8H/s320/IMG_2727.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581606089953930642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I needed binoculars to spot him and a zoom lens to take this picture.....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjfIEPAAGKakYn3LPfHsWuj1a7FTv90eViOmiUc1O19O7VNO8Oj0sjC8o0ujNgVHZCzqc5vUA_jk-22NGfpCGOEybyUIA7FcTGi2-6-c43JHLdGrlQ28onTEfilt_bafShoZ2/s1600/IMG_2725.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjfIEPAAGKakYn3LPfHsWuj1a7FTv90eViOmiUc1O19O7VNO8Oj0sjC8o0ujNgVHZCzqc5vUA_jk-22NGfpCGOEybyUIA7FcTGi2-6-c43JHLdGrlQ28onTEfilt_bafShoZ2/s320/IMG_2725.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581605290456191794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few pictures that Chris took from the top.....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTvtWDRD3CRSOPqGIr7UzlyRvwj9zBw88iTqrV2yZOmmz7Q2m5zpdpd5OlTdgSzaIsDp_3z-mNygcdSoelZY4i6kOZSuG7D5o8zArGP-lDWy2DsZH43KxSWCh5QOTqu2YB-uj/s1600/IMG_7981.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTvtWDRD3CRSOPqGIr7UzlyRvwj9zBw88iTqrV2yZOmmz7Q2m5zpdpd5OlTdgSzaIsDp_3z-mNygcdSoelZY4i6kOZSuG7D5o8zArGP-lDWy2DsZH43KxSWCh5QOTqu2YB-uj/s320/IMG_7981.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581604764803632882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The views are fantastic..... This is looking out to the east towards the mountain of Cadair Idris. It is amazing to think at one time the sea came in this far and covered the valley floor.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfv3kXS_R0Ej80vFvu8cQ2h0YukFIYJ6zTPZP3OYjrCMmcgpWlUdIwZhkio8WGC5nKCfwCK9QVAMh6osiDVrQTthIYvyjpH0G_6SiGLf21facYZMpFAjO3ixJgtHUgYb7tVW0/s1600/IMG_7979.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfv3kXS_R0Ej80vFvu8cQ2h0YukFIYJ6zTPZP3OYjrCMmcgpWlUdIwZhkio8WGC5nKCfwCK9QVAMh6osiDVrQTthIYvyjpH0G_6SiGLf21facYZMpFAjO3ixJgtHUgYb7tVW0/s320/IMG_7979.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581604399267079234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is an interesting one to click onto for more detail. Looking out to the west the sea is just visible on the horizon blending into the grey sky. My village can just be seen as it nestles into the hillside on the upper right of the picture.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cGFTs7IejxtROkFs6kcF0il9gMlJRKk1TrhA5GGYZDA_-nKmieVz7NQI2PtW22-yEFY0jz2dc0MACB5MpFD9jrx-1PgwoTWVtpc6-QwzdlJxSwCUGczp4_MulmPlVPmp0F5m/s1600/IMG_7977.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cGFTs7IejxtROkFs6kcF0il9gMlJRKk1TrhA5GGYZDA_-nKmieVz7NQI2PtW22-yEFY0jz2dc0MACB5MpFD9jrx-1PgwoTWVtpc6-QwzdlJxSwCUGczp4_MulmPlVPmp0F5m/s320/IMG_7977.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581603652259732402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here am I, just visible in my blue jacket.... taking shelter from keen winds that blow......</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hVTQp-gyhunWXZ_zfDrbX3gbB8MYN2iw3BHd2XUagnoPWWiyRkGlfzn5iOBlhDayu0OvY0nkwyDW_W6Dl1rOnCA6-pNSjYiRikcT4wttNtMduEZoNSvTp2briC0_DOVFpOos/s1600/IMG_7976.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hVTQp-gyhunWXZ_zfDrbX3gbB8MYN2iw3BHd2XUagnoPWWiyRkGlfzn5iOBlhDayu0OvY0nkwyDW_W6Dl1rOnCA6-pNSjYiRikcT4wttNtMduEZoNSvTp2briC0_DOVFpOos/s320/IMG_7976.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581602379802947442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's time to make tracks down... this takes less time than the climb up.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWEkLLSiYwvb3Uvlv3pTFZR24eTDhWTXfmoV0NyXXkeu3tuRGdxk0YudRsqCnzGXfM0mPhpHKVNs-CN0LJRKX5FHGNxSyKW6LNZoE5ebt3ns2ZrkTeNdyo5tfelLHXRoonw_8/s1600/IMG_2728.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWEkLLSiYwvb3Uvlv3pTFZR24eTDhWTXfmoV0NyXXkeu3tuRGdxk0YudRsqCnzGXfM0mPhpHKVNs-CN0LJRKX5FHGNxSyKW6LNZoE5ebt3ns2ZrkTeNdyo5tfelLHXRoonw_8/s320/IMG_2728.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581601397843354018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I turn and walk back to where the van is parked.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnjVPZ_YgY7rVuSf5Tc7iLgdymx67L_Mxg_pvQesAODVDiMBYz-vcKYOGjfWMCD5gdcclMvi-Y1-pB9oi_inWK7wVnd5lw8pNAIbGfTG9MC48F9N-LyjIct-trUI5LaMB0f8t/s1600/IMG_2733.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnjVPZ_YgY7rVuSf5Tc7iLgdymx67L_Mxg_pvQesAODVDiMBYz-vcKYOGjfWMCD5gdcclMvi-Y1-pB9oi_inWK7wVnd5lw8pNAIbGfTG9MC48F9N-LyjIct-trUI5LaMB0f8t/s320/IMG_2733.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581601105183075202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We pass isolated farmsteads that are tucked comfortably into the hillside.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8g0VVUzEhk4aK6JEgy4tTuTz49AOwJiE3_owAErTdPaGzSWxURtjLFdn4udI7Ky9viyImcFbe3TTpt5XS-QhK1adbq6bYLYrkJQp60mzUUpP860ZeonwC1O7KgD334dt6Uwgt/s1600/IMG_2735.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8g0VVUzEhk4aK6JEgy4tTuTz49AOwJiE3_owAErTdPaGzSWxURtjLFdn4udI7Ky9viyImcFbe3TTpt5XS-QhK1adbq6bYLYrkJQp60mzUUpP860ZeonwC1O7KgD334dt6Uwgt/s320/IMG_2735.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581600689501842738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He's back after an invigorating adventure .</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yVDfbOx5KQDd0GA4Zy2ziO4o2LG39zZZJwd3aHxSLrsAW2QBZuD9B2mv6CDK6kitvguAEyHCXkflEvhjYhz7CEYLTMcXhWEj2g5VXh6kP2U1-CncN6fUbLytOkTOHxUsAZeh/s1600/IMG_2739.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yVDfbOx5KQDd0GA4Zy2ziO4o2LG39zZZJwd3aHxSLrsAW2QBZuD9B2mv6CDK6kitvguAEyHCXkflEvhjYhz7CEYLTMcXhWEj2g5VXh6kP2U1-CncN6fUbLytOkTOHxUsAZeh/s320/IMG_2739.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581600363150563538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We drive over into the next valley and walk along the riverside..... the water looks an icy blue....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3BpLcRfX2ExPxDVSnQF0DiVeykI0iCx8uZk51RWPOXkWF4uDmztN8qsnin8iFWYrzKk6OCdHX16I-NZQYqVw17NBVAzV8c3MbZNF29cgcmh-T8ONwmIbqzpbTkCRcOW8o0OZO/s1600/IMG_2742.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3BpLcRfX2ExPxDVSnQF0DiVeykI0iCx8uZk51RWPOXkWF4uDmztN8qsnin8iFWYrzKk6OCdHX16I-NZQYqVw17NBVAzV8c3MbZNF29cgcmh-T8ONwmIbqzpbTkCRcOW8o0OZO/s320/IMG_2742.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581599960131854498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are both feeling the cold now......</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hf7Su6LCGUPc47whJIWwumcyCvrhD9KgFxpPDbk1lee2D0_aXzdbdNUHp9wvZLM3JS0s-BKsK-U6fgAa0JeaLOSvR6Tx4hbiXXk_yRVTsFYy_xDAaHmEiJ39vzI7OFSmOk63/s1600/IMG_2743.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hf7Su6LCGUPc47whJIWwumcyCvrhD9KgFxpPDbk1lee2D0_aXzdbdNUHp9wvZLM3JS0s-BKsK-U6fgAa0JeaLOSvR6Tx4hbiXXk_yRVTsFYy_xDAaHmEiJ39vzI7OFSmOk63/s320/IMG_2743.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581599101879463410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">So a nice warm drink at the village Inn is most welcome.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtgqDG1k-7Sw2z43pkI6M3qVFGmySYlBGdNHzm0GEsjE49PfJHdreBj2XRNgoGLRuWrnb_0Ar-cEocamvYRIbK0aS-onNWLsGRnx6D84NCqRLGd6DOSxJ5OxbtIqOaSDUYMga/s1600/IMG_2744.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtgqDG1k-7Sw2z43pkI6M3qVFGmySYlBGdNHzm0GEsjE49PfJHdreBj2XRNgoGLRuWrnb_0Ar-cEocamvYRIbK0aS-onNWLsGRnx6D84NCqRLGd6DOSxJ5OxbtIqOaSDUYMga/s320/IMG_2744.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581598613749173682" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And February ended on another high for me...... I celebrated a special birthday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings to everyone</div><div style="text-align: center;">Marion</div><div><br /></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-27088516460486497672011-02-03T07:25:00.035+00:002011-02-08T11:04:02.216+00:00<blockquote></blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJklfMYxRLaARPooLRo6ZzAkwNiGCUK8Usij30yFcHPvwmLZd1Dv7bN413AVWntaVuytGNp8ey9QHPZNGJPrJ4S6wkvURqOOrlWM0f2vGAl6G48bXba7lwdZzIs2tT1mrcd6wd/s1600/IMG_2690.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJklfMYxRLaARPooLRo6ZzAkwNiGCUK8Usij30yFcHPvwmLZd1Dv7bN413AVWntaVuytGNp8ey9QHPZNGJPrJ4S6wkvURqOOrlWM0f2vGAl6G48bXba7lwdZzIs2tT1mrcd6wd/s320/IMG_2690.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571212496961347570" /></a>THE FIRST WISPER OF SPRING....<div><br /></div><div>Last Thursday, was one of those rare days you get at this time of year, crystal clear blue skies, warm sunshine and the gentlest of breeze, a perfect day to be out walking. I took along my camera, for I wanted to check out a certain little grassy bank.... I was not disappointed, even though just one solitary flower had managed to make it so far, it was just breaking bud. This little clump of daffodils is always the first to hail springtime. In milder winters I have seen it in bloom as early as the end of November......<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJteR9eujMCgLnOwpDxhZ-lQJGu-s-665lm5-_bO-uZxrEe31Tm6I9kNwk7RYGKUnMkZPOxKQxgvMPIkinBjrM7yRIYsvTM5NBmn0NsYF4joYt7cYf1c7fAn7snyuFk13uCWff/s1600/IMG_2692.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJteR9eujMCgLnOwpDxhZ-lQJGu-s-665lm5-_bO-uZxrEe31Tm6I9kNwk7RYGKUnMkZPOxKQxgvMPIkinBjrM7yRIYsvTM5NBmn0NsYF4joYt7cYf1c7fAn7snyuFk13uCWff/s320/IMG_2692.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571212179694950242" /></a>......then, walking a little further down the lane</div><div>I was surprised to see a few lambs in a field. I lingered whilst attempting to get them in a group, but they skipped and jumped, that frisky way that lambs do at this time of year, you could feel their joy at being able to stretch their little limbs so, on this glorious day. In the end I settled for a picture of this little chap, as he stood still for a moment under the a line of washing the farmer's wife had put out in the field next to their farm.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>If you care to enlarge, simply click on the pictures.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDZwXtpKjeA3ZQs5XjGhdXC8OoNZ_01dAL9RoeiHJ69fh0Vg0UeuOMO2dPdrFf9cgVkba-hz-FU-qcrrYStOsckIb8P57ZPQ8gMEn8RdBTUvTxKL0gMkAaSaVJDwyYPkX3bNq/s1600/IMG_2676.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDZwXtpKjeA3ZQs5XjGhdXC8OoNZ_01dAL9RoeiHJ69fh0Vg0UeuOMO2dPdrFf9cgVkba-hz-FU-qcrrYStOsckIb8P57ZPQ8gMEn8RdBTUvTxKL0gMkAaSaVJDwyYPkX3bNq/s320/IMG_2676.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569370638299522754" border="0" /></a>MORNING, NOON & NIGHT.....</div><div><br /></div><div>I took the following pictures on another walk a couple of weeks ago. I was out with Kenzo before 8 am. There had been a heavy frost during the night and the countryside was frozen hard.... the grass felt crisp and brittle underfoot. The sun had just begun to glint its rays on the distant hills as it made its way up from behind the mountains. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Kenzo takes an interest in the field of sheep whilst I've secured him to the gate post to take a few pictures.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I like to walk this little lane, the hedges are high and on winter days offer great protection from the easterly winds as they whip through the valley. There is hardly any traffic, as only one cottage lies at its end.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><blockquote></blockquote><br /></u></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJEGWGijvsejfr4GGXk1_QZr_oG0BIcun3Pi4ATqT58z-Cur2JEJ14dXfhBF9FOMm8C0LF1CAcWpixX7DKa3kC2HIhvNN_wCxrCb6uFkOlgzz8-vzWMxNdE89tefZf_yLrYey/s1600/IMG_2672.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJEGWGijvsejfr4GGXk1_QZr_oG0BIcun3Pi4ATqT58z-Cur2JEJ14dXfhBF9FOMm8C0LF1CAcWpixX7DKa3kC2HIhvNN_wCxrCb6uFkOlgzz8-vzWMxNdE89tefZf_yLrYey/s320/IMG_2672.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569369606179061554" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The clumps of grass are frozen hard... the landscape is a silvery grey.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPWMYekFWE_oE58MK2HJMZWvALw73Jr0KdIYJaH9CRAGCydgpTq4Sb1KOiJ9ufPrv4uagQObt5BDHgO2V8kH8rcIjlEIGjwVQGGoF4CLJL2kmhLhzLPuv5UsdoRYwVb3qwV1L/s1600/IMG_2666.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPWMYekFWE_oE58MK2HJMZWvALw73Jr0KdIYJaH9CRAGCydgpTq4Sb1KOiJ9ufPrv4uagQObt5BDHgO2V8kH8rcIjlEIGjwVQGGoF4CLJL2kmhLhzLPuv5UsdoRYwVb3qwV1L/s320/IMG_2666.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569369277751832690" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What lies behind this gate has a tale to tell.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Burial space around our ancient village church was getting limited and so this plot of land was consecrated as a future cemetery. One man only was buried here. The following winter after this man had been buried here, the flooding was particularly bad in the valley and the waters came higher than in living memory, covering that poor mans grave. Of course it was very distressing for his family and so it was decided to exhume his body and re-bury him elsewhere. To prevent further distress in the event of extensive flooding in the future the ground was de-consecrated and now it is a field where children play.... but this gate is always a sinister reminder of what happened here.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OIXR7TbRdVhwivfziSu8HdIgtXvQAY7w0Z8u_Syn7HDubIUaAYiFEZAceTQWaALDMZkaYaHn4sQf1FE3zy3M3V1ovs404TZSF4LX5RuO329xgQX40fJ1VzfU_jiZhZ92-W9p/s1600/IMG_2665.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OIXR7TbRdVhwivfziSu8HdIgtXvQAY7w0Z8u_Syn7HDubIUaAYiFEZAceTQWaALDMZkaYaHn4sQf1FE3zy3M3V1ovs404TZSF4LX5RuO329xgQX40fJ1VzfU_jiZhZ92-W9p/s320/IMG_2665.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569369023973567426" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The grasses are frozen like waves of the sea. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTatI3-HlILKaBlakSU_UP1YeJe_rz3gsfsatf5M1vUH8hvSg2fk65F9hT45RcEr3egsgG0B_jWQGddjQ_yNhVIW4mvszzKHFxpaIEq1zpWEF876yEGS3Nbv7wSlDJ7OM0tq1y/s1600/IMG_2669.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1_YYzi7_gv8zaBRld7AwpG-Vc_3PzNOXIOlzRhyphenhyphenKaPZNCC_gwpnmmeJnMd_sH3ZhuswTRR3kWWSDkRyawYZctNPEJGTlcPxbo8cIQlhwfeYgmnGmCF0CWpZuSIH8TA3udXem/s320/IMG_2671.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569367838903270530" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The sun is climbing higher.....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeNRikPdxDGxeR9W3OKqKB8cJKwZTC6BiJkSm1bnE6gArxI7L5lKzvM8SSnINBfb_2W1VmlNnVW1CnTJWgctnqv_9HvVTRHOnTRaClRqsir3Oy91bNdY6Q3-YpKqdpXm1lzRu/s1600/IMG_2664.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeNRikPdxDGxeR9W3OKqKB8cJKwZTC6BiJkSm1bnE6gArxI7L5lKzvM8SSnINBfb_2W1VmlNnVW1CnTJWgctnqv_9HvVTRHOnTRaClRqsir3Oy91bNdY6Q3-YpKqdpXm1lzRu/s320/IMG_2664.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569367559465127218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3UpXSfjoghW5_3zGMgop_9Kva14TDAizMGZP6WWA-t6BDmgijLhK5ZRPBR8IQ-0cN_R3jOPqnO6fCfN_FrXVIYFyx537qEyqvRccHJde5y1tRZ3eNdFk66dvO_J2rXTHhGxJ/s1600/IMG_2667.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3UpXSfjoghW5_3zGMgop_9Kva14TDAizMGZP6WWA-t6BDmgijLhK5ZRPBR8IQ-0cN_R3jOPqnO6fCfN_FrXVIYFyx537qEyqvRccHJde5y1tRZ3eNdFk66dvO_J2rXTHhGxJ/s320/IMG_2667.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569367009267442690" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">......but it will be an hour or so before the frost goes off the fields.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHR6KsaxnTUqab3aTqaAJRkomE_FFsED9wk6qSuxNl0mNFNDLbaKykcqIk1zC73EMMU-BH6Aa3aCNhLU2yYnwpA5YEosS0wmS0soob3an_bV7EjZJ5JOna4PQibHANy14Kv8X/s1600/IMG_2673.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHR6KsaxnTUqab3aTqaAJRkomE_FFsED9wk6qSuxNl0mNFNDLbaKykcqIk1zC73EMMU-BH6Aa3aCNhLU2yYnwpA5YEosS0wmS0soob3an_bV7EjZJ5JOna4PQibHANy14Kv8X/s320/IMG_2673.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569366743978337666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS86YD59JPZFx8HfUtjpem9ecif8o3p0-80691ORz7tAeIacQPVPk-XfpQHVVL2RMcaejbyl-lHxzFn-zydoLg8liL8XwcoVGLsr7_DKl6r-oTMdmzsjHr4Sq6w9i84iWJOvnh/s1600/IMG_2674.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS86YD59JPZFx8HfUtjpem9ecif8o3p0-80691ORz7tAeIacQPVPk-XfpQHVVL2RMcaejbyl-lHxzFn-zydoLg8liL8XwcoVGLsr7_DKl6r-oTMdmzsjHr4Sq6w9i84iWJOvnh/s320/IMG_2674.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569366009597604210" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I turn to walk back home.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rMqYzos7iPHfoEWcLx9i8jBpXjmD8yQOwZMjWK-x2hihzk1QUA9afd-YIMISVA6fWYW6h0XpetjO7kDYszTfmgNPmQbD4dr9VPD6TNEdyNBYudyz3hIDsNKmxjYd2TnpQrkP/s1600/IMG_2675.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rMqYzos7iPHfoEWcLx9i8jBpXjmD8yQOwZMjWK-x2hihzk1QUA9afd-YIMISVA6fWYW6h0XpetjO7kDYszTfmgNPmQbD4dr9VPD6TNEdyNBYudyz3hIDsNKmxjYd2TnpQrkP/s320/IMG_2675.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569365663440605906" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"> At noon the same day, I've met up with a group of friends. We meet for lunch once a month and this was our venue. Lovely hotel overlooking the sand dunes and out to the sparkling blue sea. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjviZ8a3xSXDhWH_unPz4mwUUbEOmI98tqADGm-5tMldhZURU76E_xcZB_ehcEsxN9ssQJQIhoLgAWNWDAyelH3HSDpWrXNFYyBesY1f7zFtnjsHWh6oyfLK1adQcRNes3UJS/s1600/IMG_2658.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjviZ8a3xSXDhWH_unPz4mwUUbEOmI98tqADGm-5tMldhZURU76E_xcZB_ehcEsxN9ssQJQIhoLgAWNWDAyelH3HSDpWrXNFYyBesY1f7zFtnjsHWh6oyfLK1adQcRNes3UJS/s320/IMG_2658.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569365299786172146" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">You can always rely on good food here. This day I had medallions of venison.... delicious!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We chat as we return to the car park.... The gardens look beautiful in the sunshine, hard to believe it was January.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWdJQ8vzcm63C-WEZyFFZtJRc_RckUlnb3UOh8r54kXTohcX-mf94FWfydAOrvWs-IQrACHVxP4A34GAzCKNc_N6gRCwwnAV7UXMhPES2HTXAbxL6oCvE9arCbxDRGUPdy6Jj/s1600/IMG_2659.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWdJQ8vzcm63C-WEZyFFZtJRc_RckUlnb3UOh8r54kXTohcX-mf94FWfydAOrvWs-IQrACHVxP4A34GAzCKNc_N6gRCwwnAV7UXMhPES2HTXAbxL6oCvE9arCbxDRGUPdy6Jj/s320/IMG_2659.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569364875028292674" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z3vQVuzxhMm9o372hIh-jzFaVMeS_uaoYxjFMzDUvfCZ8LBsvPLayBy_rfm5CQFbZSiIQMyzrw_vaXN035l_Vpct7BYz1oFmvT7k7IMaK7Ctwz1z0IiP5aU3aqY5ItuNV0gl/s1600/IMG_2658.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z3vQVuzxhMm9o372hIh-jzFaVMeS_uaoYxjFMzDUvfCZ8LBsvPLayBy_rfm5CQFbZSiIQMyzrw_vaXN035l_Vpct7BYz1oFmvT7k7IMaK7Ctwz1z0IiP5aU3aqY5ItuNV0gl/s1600/IMG_2658.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUU_cSYPn9EtNIz8kF4dIu6TWwowsGW7qXwmQHMmTll-fhuW7qf8sjMACyyjBeY11geofpJC7aaKDbvxb5btZOOS4n9rcM4UnKSaR5SckY1wCIf5TxyXs51qHL302YrEQEVI9/s1600/IMG_2660.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUU_cSYPn9EtNIz8kF4dIu6TWwowsGW7qXwmQHMmTll-fhuW7qf8sjMACyyjBeY11geofpJC7aaKDbvxb5btZOOS4n9rcM4UnKSaR5SckY1wCIf5TxyXs51qHL302YrEQEVI9/s320/IMG_2660.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569363537028138946" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Its night time now, a glorious full moon begins to rise in the eastern sky.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPD3sZuTUsWHLnXdUd1kuqy0L_AHuh8PcSec-OHMgkkW97JTCkH_M7jLlHfc8VwTuHOm2esryxYVIoskZP8Kvh3KIKt2pciKO7HRkC_9rf2FeREleBR5C0-J8u-J4u6UH8y8t/s1600/IMG_2661.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPD3sZuTUsWHLnXdUd1kuqy0L_AHuh8PcSec-OHMgkkW97JTCkH_M7jLlHfc8VwTuHOm2esryxYVIoskZP8Kvh3KIKt2pciKO7HRkC_9rf2FeREleBR5C0-J8u-J4u6UH8y8t/s320/IMG_2661.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569363176414908066" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The end to a perfect day!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BcHaE2ExCLMp9W8Tm8wSXiaP46U50dD74MCdnxzPGjhfsUGPq5-wwV8ZYG81ZbLcq1-UboNF_itx6ay84NXICnIiF3B3Gp6eXimso0gb8xvgXTOsqUdpoVO0eLHf2uNCdWHi/s1600/IMG_2662.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BcHaE2ExCLMp9W8Tm8wSXiaP46U50dD74MCdnxzPGjhfsUGPq5-wwV8ZYG81ZbLcq1-UboNF_itx6ay84NXICnIiF3B3Gp6eXimso0gb8xvgXTOsqUdpoVO0eLHf2uNCdWHi/s320/IMG_2662.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569362912720940194" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings</div><div style="text-align: center;">Marion</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSqdvLwHz-fwgwU4FgKz1ZIVkSbF7bKLk8QAs1ds5WG_vGsyLTlXrZ9C_ffC_gx84MIVMYJ3_7bLgAptM5rTElHyPCAYp69w2flJD2cP0btXgW0ze99BXhV78AbWYMTrBa8Zs/s1600/IMG_2497.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSqdvLwHz-fwgwU4FgKz1ZIVkSbF7bKLk8QAs1ds5WG_vGsyLTlXrZ9C_ffC_gx84MIVMYJ3_7bLgAptM5rTElHyPCAYp69w2flJD2cP0btXgW0ze99BXhV78AbWYMTrBa8Zs/s320/IMG_2497.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569361557555856162" border="0" /></a>I intended to include this picture in a previous post but forgot, so I'll do it now. It was taken just before Christmas when we were suffering with blasts from the arctic. I think it is so pretty how little icicles have formed on this bush.<br /><br /></div></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-50766786919277329492011-01-14T06:58:00.022+00:002011-01-14T18:17:36.305+00:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATUzDFxrhj4u9BMcOvwagLRxjLd1MrPVnVICubwRjw7DUwcANqO8vbn3HZnLbWXOWRFgTqxaZdA7mk_th9XHVWLrO5ryHeVpZJrAJHWF0Bau_wg8i4B6A3idhdYkkvY2O-IKu/s1600/DSCN1718.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATUzDFxrhj4u9BMcOvwagLRxjLd1MrPVnVICubwRjw7DUwcANqO8vbn3HZnLbWXOWRFgTqxaZdA7mk_th9XHVWLrO5ryHeVpZJrAJHWF0Bau_wg8i4B6A3idhdYkkvY2O-IKu/s320/DSCN1718.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561947905773702658" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">THE DESERTED COTTAGES.....</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was gloriously sunny last Sunday and I didn't take much persuading when John suggested we take a walk to the top of the village in the afternoon. It is quite a climb up there, but we take it slowly and there are always great views to stop and enjoy on the way.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After weeks of freezing temperatures and heavy snow, it was encouraging to see that winter is slowly, but most surely, loosening its icy grip.... signs of new growth can be seen forcing its way through decaying vegetation in the hedgerow. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What a difference a sunny day makes to everyone and everything. The moss looks so green & vibrant and the leaves of the ivy that scrambles over the stone walls look quite freshly polished.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This lane is a delight to walk in spring.... when an abundance of wild flowers will be blooming amidst the verges and hedgerows.</span></p><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZVIC834UCl4gFkY7ogKbwXfhlZa277xfHJELy3nBg_NsYH1CuHJH8S36IHHabHRHJUE9cPw9-W9byVKZMX-t4sHTNj2ttbPBu6mtwzYV8NW5O8Ohb4zWzPKD_s0mh6Nntmls/s1600/DSCN1723.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZVIC834UCl4gFkY7ogKbwXfhlZa277xfHJELy3nBg_NsYH1CuHJH8S36IHHabHRHJUE9cPw9-W9byVKZMX-t4sHTNj2ttbPBu6mtwzYV8NW5O8Ohb4zWzPKD_s0mh6Nntmls/s320/DSCN1723.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561946661650591058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Already there is a great deal of navel wort growing in the small crevices of the old stone walls.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20f4W5cjRXYz8JuD8YFShdoReOXH_G7IwtfrZdyGGOjQa6cZqvm1Zhequx5JgtRVQjLPplQz6U1vtuEYucH_o7OxXtiOgT3cD7JobKUcibRWXY43GVEYsgjmA1QHh8BY6ebSI/s1600/DSCN1720.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20f4W5cjRXYz8JuD8YFShdoReOXH_G7IwtfrZdyGGOjQa6cZqvm1Zhequx5JgtRVQjLPplQz6U1vtuEYucH_o7OxXtiOgT3cD7JobKUcibRWXY43GVEYsgjmA1QHh8BY6ebSI/s320/DSCN1720.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561945758841544290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This old tree looks to be growing from out of the top of the wall, it isn't, but it is growing so close that its trunk has grown into and around the stones.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-4mwRNrMEF8LA5tfOwuB1oc2EmVhAQ5iTN1DRbXrdVHiZrDax35GG_Lssk36mtIGevMEVTEHqkODrGMEZsqc8Ip0-hpOft-Wtq5L8Q398cOk_24FOMHjicGK19yZgEvL7YU4/s1600/DSCN1721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-4mwRNrMEF8LA5tfOwuB1oc2EmVhAQ5iTN1DRbXrdVHiZrDax35GG_Lssk36mtIGevMEVTEHqkODrGMEZsqc8Ip0-hpOft-Wtq5L8Q398cOk_24FOMHjicGK19yZgEvL7YU4/s320/DSCN1721.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561944750975171346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Way out and at the top of the village nestles a cluster of tiny cottages, long deserted by the families who once called these dwellings their home. These cottages have always fascinated me and I linger for a few moments each time my walk takes me here.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I imagine what life might have been like all those years ago for these people, living in what would then be, not only extremely poor conditions by todays standards, but a very isolated existence too. In those days they would certainly have had no electricity.... oil lamps or candles would be their only means of light, they would burn wood to keep warm and for cooking, no water on tap either, but I think water would not have been a problem, as a fresh water spring rises at the side of the lane just a few feet away.... and I guess the water has sprung here for many decades. </div><div style="text-align: center;">There would have been no convenience of shops for miles and more likely than not, poverty would have prevailed to such an extent that no mode of transport would be available either, maybe a horse in the stable if they were fortunate, other than that, they would have walked everywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This small cottage consists of just one room, a front door, a window to the front and one to the back. The hard dirt floor that I can see through the window would have been common place too.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqi_oCaqNA7wvGP-NMU3PW5lxhblj58HGad7KjHKc9Dp73Dwdq7WgcMI0U1mKR0Ig3-nGpPoCZjBrJ9Rfh_uK7VCSeDl3GjXbWjEEzUiwSp6wUJOepjOvleS_eaEx2xMNPpPYA/s1600/DSCN1711.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqi_oCaqNA7wvGP-NMU3PW5lxhblj58HGad7KjHKc9Dp73Dwdq7WgcMI0U1mKR0Ig3-nGpPoCZjBrJ9Rfh_uK7VCSeDl3GjXbWjEEzUiwSp6wUJOepjOvleS_eaEx2xMNPpPYA/s320/DSCN1711.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561943926333657490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I would imagine that lots of children were raised in these cottages, despite the cramped conditions, it was an age when many children were born into a family, some perhaps not surviving into adulthood.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are gardens to the rear of these cottage, long forgotten now and wildly overgrown, nevertheless, I guess they were once cultivated and provided very needed vegetables.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRWWbLhbeJBWXynCuzg6m5SVxy2Rb_PfvbEwM22nClUZcOvaRR16JYcCxsGGnMfBTYtj6x8PyRvIkYB-CGtgytboKUZYpa6Tv7A2H9Pd8ua8B98NVBOBsdAuD-MP1dQE8v1K7/s1600/DSCN1710.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRWWbLhbeJBWXynCuzg6m5SVxy2Rb_PfvbEwM22nClUZcOvaRR16JYcCxsGGnMfBTYtj6x8PyRvIkYB-CGtgytboKUZYpa6Tv7A2H9Pd8ua8B98NVBOBsdAuD-MP1dQE8v1K7/s320/DSCN1710.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561943273775212802" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Life would have been hard in those times, when the man of the house would have to walk many miles over the mountain to find work enough to put a crust of bread on the table for his family or, maybe he was a shepherd who would stay out on the mountainside for days on end, sleeping in a makeshift hut to protect him against the harsh elements whilst he cared for the sheep. Who knows! I can only wonder.....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn71XrxBhsM7GKzIdbo96_PFh52OfZAJ1Ak-zIMuqGdaKTQdJS89imcNeLrtEApauY096b6MPeq6S84fmQuLrxaEYn4o_RqZrV5D48IPKE2qwGkdiSpsEYgSuSqTQR7L_Vp4qK/s1600/DSCN1708.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn71XrxBhsM7GKzIdbo96_PFh52OfZAJ1Ak-zIMuqGdaKTQdJS89imcNeLrtEApauY096b6MPeq6S84fmQuLrxaEYn4o_RqZrV5D48IPKE2qwGkdiSpsEYgSuSqTQR7L_Vp4qK/s320/DSCN1708.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561942674500107874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I lean on the gate and look around, the view is fantastic from up here, on sunny days like this, the sea sparkles in the distance. I wonder.... did the folk who lived here ever have the time to stop and enjoy the view as I did that sunny afternoon. </div><div style="text-align: center;">If you click on the picture below, you will see another deserted dwelling, this was a farm house in its day, with many interesting out buildings.... but what isolation! But that could be another story.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is something special about this place, I feel drawn to it, it has a good feel about it. All is quiet as I stand looking out by the gate, all except for the wind in the trees and the sound of running water. But wait.... is it my imagination, or can I really hear, blowing in the wind, the sound of children's voices as they play in a long forgotten time...... I am left to wonder!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHk4ca9c_X44LABLd6I5y_P4KfzuN7YdcDyDqaP0P4uxuQbrRiVM0_UioFxT8moV6xwNb0ECBhbf-9bz2u1IVeQKTVBXeMRs55w6PFIQXBxtIHie8a9M6x1MkSzi4yPuf6NcRM/s1600/DSCN1716.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHk4ca9c_X44LABLd6I5y_P4KfzuN7YdcDyDqaP0P4uxuQbrRiVM0_UioFxT8moV6xwNb0ECBhbf-9bz2u1IVeQKTVBXeMRs55w6PFIQXBxtIHie8a9M6x1MkSzi4yPuf6NcRM/s320/DSCN1716.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561941291675260994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We walk back not speaking much but deep in thought.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiARwqo2r3QECUiD1sqs3GojVcSRUzHtxkbyliQl4U7hplF3arSr1j87mdB3pDr3RsIO18gxPAY1LEHegqRRdTLARRr0OgA6gxjby1zaTmMtPkZsHmq8RuJLuHUaBwXVOViMAH/s1600/DSCN1714.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiARwqo2r3QECUiD1sqs3GojVcSRUzHtxkbyliQl4U7hplF3arSr1j87mdB3pDr3RsIO18gxPAY1LEHegqRRdTLARRr0OgA6gxjby1zaTmMtPkZsHmq8RuJLuHUaBwXVOViMAH/s320/DSCN1714.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561940405376974770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It is an easier walk back down hill..... There is now a chill in the afternoon air.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7QlmNkTvXP_tSc7CJ3dShYRlSwOnPoMbgVbs6uY6_upsFovEu7ofwE9CNhXFeZguIlxC7hp2VItfuNOs1A5DnElAWyaaKLotsVchYc_rOP8F_6DUZW6R7ZHZDSVvw3aLmFQ5/s1600/DSCN1713.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7QlmNkTvXP_tSc7CJ3dShYRlSwOnPoMbgVbs6uY6_upsFovEu7ofwE9CNhXFeZguIlxC7hp2VItfuNOs1A5DnElAWyaaKLotsVchYc_rOP8F_6DUZW6R7ZHZDSVvw3aLmFQ5/s320/DSCN1713.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561939837338213922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We are getting closer to our village now... clicking on the picture again will give more detail of the cottages clustered together that now form our village. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As we enter our home, our senses feel heightened by the cold. I am aware and appreciative of the warmth that greets us. I turn on the lights, check my computer and start to cook supper, all done by flicking a switch, pressing a button or turning a dial. Goodness, how times have changed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wrote about these deserted cottages a year or so back, but the pictures I took then were poor and did not upload well.... and I ended up deleting the post.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxb7aLSlnVdpghS9nCLcovzuX7v6nDmpt2ZyTGD9Yh2byb8x9urm5ad9rROcsQzR7rfL-D-530YfHn3whf3EVFg17uTs0GbO-CWuknc6jqorSIZofNaMzlLrgacYhtCVw20nMy/s1600/DSCN1725.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxb7aLSlnVdpghS9nCLcovzuX7v6nDmpt2ZyTGD9Yh2byb8x9urm5ad9rROcsQzR7rfL-D-530YfHn3whf3EVFg17uTs0GbO-CWuknc6jqorSIZofNaMzlLrgacYhtCVw20nMy/s320/DSCN1725.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561939125231024834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What a difference a few days make.... the following pictures I took whilst out walking midweek, gone were the sunny skies.... the village was shrouded in mist</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGEd_g9rSOH2i0fAVn8Go022c8NqYzK49fW69b1vLdJBOVr8JRO9-kWYbzZGHPRw122BAGnxnX6INCOXFDGKXcdgtWhlBsX6ROAz_viuBhhENYFhD4lskbXk7u8rGxIiqXwas/s1600/IMG_2644.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGEd_g9rSOH2i0fAVn8Go022c8NqYzK49fW69b1vLdJBOVr8JRO9-kWYbzZGHPRw122BAGnxnX6INCOXFDGKXcdgtWhlBsX6ROAz_viuBhhENYFhD4lskbXk7u8rGxIiqXwas/s320/IMG_2644.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561938503855687426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We had experienced heavy rain and the little river that winds its way along the roadside was flowing fast.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8dAqwl-mIR2_N65f4TsZVxJzp1EtY1Kxh5eMbQcAvUJjAQmjDAFWfj7wrjICNLSC19_7Sjy-ElIEmmevHj8xCa3hqF0SosUNqYP86xB4eDqq3SlQpnbLWrnNlYoI5G5aDu5t/s1600/IMG_2645.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8dAqwl-mIR2_N65f4TsZVxJzp1EtY1Kxh5eMbQcAvUJjAQmjDAFWfj7wrjICNLSC19_7Sjy-ElIEmmevHj8xCa3hqF0SosUNqYP86xB4eDqq3SlQpnbLWrnNlYoI5G5aDu5t/s320/IMG_2645.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561938087916667986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQahe2xz1Expk7sGFE0GzqaOQAcKIII4slOJ_5h1KnuXJtU9lpcyoRgf1nLP-zDVjsoPzua_BT1VjhXdKkZ313J2W0PhuhO9JPEv9ursnr7vJvUHYal7lqVTaRy-l-_HEHC_q6/s1600/IMG_2646.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQahe2xz1Expk7sGFE0GzqaOQAcKIII4slOJ_5h1KnuXJtU9lpcyoRgf1nLP-zDVjsoPzua_BT1VjhXdKkZ313J2W0PhuhO9JPEv9ursnr7vJvUHYal7lqVTaRy-l-_HEHC_q6/s320/IMG_2646.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561937631721780754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It is this same little river that skirts the bank of our garden and on this last picture the trees that can just be seen in the distance are the ones on our bank.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuC7fPuqpnDyr-jtwOA_hsXyrRT01mlltbpBC6QgXWWl6LQ5jbgECn1eljQEw85fs_lAnggQ98k2vfBHNrV0izKPAkbosfGPStGcXOir8YDV8ijsgFFZR_VHQLx5AEVvGrxFK/s1600/IMG_2648.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuC7fPuqpnDyr-jtwOA_hsXyrRT01mlltbpBC6QgXWWl6LQ5jbgECn1eljQEw85fs_lAnggQ98k2vfBHNrV0izKPAkbosfGPStGcXOir8YDV8ijsgFFZR_VHQLx5AEVvGrxFK/s320/IMG_2648.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561937204263577474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good weekend everyone and may the sun shine for you.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Marion</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-12945115797068784802010-12-31T07:05:00.026+00:002010-12-31T16:47:08.399+00:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmy-OxKyKiGbIGRTXbwcOYZCR7HvoHpN7ygH0GYRgPzsGrmu_Z-xp_G2ALTw3XLrAtpTlmUT7PxA51i7o-9T71Ra4v_Ssm7O8VTVJ5VUJmyJMmfOl1bUTfUbsMvJDljuW58Wmr/s1600/1aaaaabirdnewyr006.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmy-OxKyKiGbIGRTXbwcOYZCR7HvoHpN7ygH0GYRgPzsGrmu_Z-xp_G2ALTw3XLrAtpTlmUT7PxA51i7o-9T71Ra4v_Ssm7O8VTVJ5VUJmyJMmfOl1bUTfUbsMvJDljuW58Wmr/s320/1aaaaabirdnewyr006.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556864291594298690" /></a><br /><div>AS THE NEW YEAR OF 2011 DAWNS:</div><div><br /></div><div>May it bring for you blessings of.....</div><div><br /></div><div>New dreams to fulfill,</div><div>New goals to reach....</div><div>and new joys to discover....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and before we head into 2011 I have selected a few pictures to share with you taken in recent days.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our countryside remained covered in snow until Wednesday, when heavy rain washed it away.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Click on the pictures if you wish to see more detail......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZ6sAofGNbhf0pbTpnGQQkDcL9mBViBWb63AsRah7S9QUoc4eytq-PZCo-NS3ny5W6m-4rRDCAzZiIHjuREUXwkW1JRUllqMPVmM-b2R-0dm_NwZCvV6gUf7CG7GUGVJoodzv/s1600/IMG_2500.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZ6sAofGNbhf0pbTpnGQQkDcL9mBViBWb63AsRah7S9QUoc4eytq-PZCo-NS3ny5W6m-4rRDCAzZiIHjuREUXwkW1JRUllqMPVmM-b2R-0dm_NwZCvV6gUf7CG7GUGVJoodzv/s320/IMG_2500.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556864117516339858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BOM4zjegwUu1kKEAKLDvkz4PwNVP1nnrPvkj1tn4cXWlGqw0-4skdfUyIMvSYQwkewW2UGIH8TJpnS4V-efDt85Y7CBc-DPzvq7fACowIxkBighhtl45lLPDfQk4YTvQfI7j/s1600/IMG_2502.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BOM4zjegwUu1kKEAKLDvkz4PwNVP1nnrPvkj1tn4cXWlGqw0-4skdfUyIMvSYQwkewW2UGIH8TJpnS4V-efDt85Y7CBc-DPzvq7fACowIxkBighhtl45lLPDfQk4YTvQfI7j/s320/IMG_2502.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556863868085976482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Open fire are always a joy at this time of year. We have a multi fuel stove in our sitting room which is brilliant.... but unfortunately, not so in our dining room, the chimney there has presented us with a 'smoking' problem for years. However, after trying out different types of dog baskets without success, I had an idea.... one day in the summer, my gaze happened to linger on our chiminea and I thought that if we could fit the chimney funnel of it up into the fireplace chimney, it could well solve our smoking problem. .....and Yes! it works perfectly.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0WU7SXCxu3peYbxtOUiepId4fMZlK4K_VSxnHFsaCJanfFuh3Jal34FavoKbOzPmpeaLnTKO1qKIuLd__B7xTbHEZIcUPyX9UjLJjxWiTREouOZrnGWE8RUqG6VdIhy-11cE/s1600/IMG_2544.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0WU7SXCxu3peYbxtOUiepId4fMZlK4K_VSxnHFsaCJanfFuh3Jal34FavoKbOzPmpeaLnTKO1qKIuLd__B7xTbHEZIcUPyX9UjLJjxWiTREouOZrnGWE8RUqG6VdIhy-11cE/s320/IMG_2544.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556863466565980514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This nativity scene is quite a modern one, carved out of stone.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsgCJDKGSYyn__wHwdHp0H0oWKg1UakHjVO-yfIyxbbiAcdbYCfphZFj7tovYh4vr_n8XzRpefG7iBgKV9QdTNnVos8bLOMi4SWtgtZKFY0vz3kLvZdASlZATK2IPGmIa-Cay/s1600/IMG_2554.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsgCJDKGSYyn__wHwdHp0H0oWKg1UakHjVO-yfIyxbbiAcdbYCfphZFj7tovYh4vr_n8XzRpefG7iBgKV9QdTNnVos8bLOMi4SWtgtZKFY0vz3kLvZdASlZATK2IPGmIa-Cay/s320/IMG_2554.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556862920899912050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A beautiful centre piece, new to us this year.... This nativity scene is a wedding anniversary gift from dearest friends Betty & Edward. It is musical too. It's very precious and we love it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0d9TkBlhHxrSKNJuLiXRcpKd7bOth1ToAKLzixKtSHlv57_yhkAd2VcJyP9stZO95jdu_4qXQJABmmInWFsMUZYZkcsQRbWS47asb9jxLA6dntig0u6CDSgVOG89HgV186JBz/s1600/IMG_2451.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0d9TkBlhHxrSKNJuLiXRcpKd7bOth1ToAKLzixKtSHlv57_yhkAd2VcJyP9stZO95jdu_4qXQJABmmInWFsMUZYZkcsQRbWS47asb9jxLA6dntig0u6CDSgVOG89HgV186JBz/s320/IMG_2451.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556862438394942498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A rustic nativity arrangement placed on the bureau.... </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrF1YFK_Kcd1mY3CnDMHvaLrqddRTyvGRrVswubGhp5CcsZ1Wmwfd4UMpGwE7SRHugIhRM_7GDq3T3LlrIY-IIwcE6AJCVixPJJ1oV8mtXuFtkHsZEEUT4O2xGNytjamuEKhNX/s1600/IMG_2552.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrF1YFK_Kcd1mY3CnDMHvaLrqddRTyvGRrVswubGhp5CcsZ1Wmwfd4UMpGwE7SRHugIhRM_7GDq3T3LlrIY-IIwcE6AJCVixPJJ1oV8mtXuFtkHsZEEUT4O2xGNytjamuEKhNX/s320/IMG_2552.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556861793849015698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This year I decided to make a small collection of miniature buildings to create a Christmas village. I'm pleased with my efforts... I did intended to scatter artificial snow on the roof tops, but took the pictures before I </div><div style="text-align: center;">got around to doing so.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOL5YiH5VVs23KfXdGUkeQLNIkGY8MRjJT2guVFy5GASsFSQcK6vBT-x9W6S6F9N2UEP7ex25vUkOFrShC9uYGa-5_acrExSb45QpnA4PjAHHDsrr7kfppArIPpKXOyCM9faO/s1600/IMG_2420.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOL5YiH5VVs23KfXdGUkeQLNIkGY8MRjJT2guVFy5GASsFSQcK6vBT-x9W6S6F9N2UEP7ex25vUkOFrShC9uYGa-5_acrExSb45QpnA4PjAHHDsrr7kfppArIPpKXOyCM9faO/s320/IMG_2420.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556757389126059410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZC3rLzp5RlVV2lDBcjCoqNzS-FsURi3-pLEjLUI8lp1Zduoyzm6K_weJr0u14ETN0flm0boF5-yex6I4AmJjvIsUtTTNsi6QsW56ef9StC4uCiwDxQEBU1QoKiRQi_AOf8GYd/s1600/IMG_2446.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZC3rLzp5RlVV2lDBcjCoqNzS-FsURi3-pLEjLUI8lp1Zduoyzm6K_weJr0u14ETN0flm0boF5-yex6I4AmJjvIsUtTTNsi6QsW56ef9StC4uCiwDxQEBU1QoKiRQi_AOf8GYd/s320/IMG_2446.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556757049131795490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm very fond of candles at any time, we always light them on the dining table in the evening when we eat, but Christmas time especially..... they signify the light of the world. Here are a few of ours this year. In our Advent wreath the candles have burned very low by Christmas Day.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskUx1fqPSyf5k0yVSSU880h6ZGQrW3YGr4RsZU18IsWgVMqPGPnBaz-8WXeW4PR-Agmow0C-cXdUHgNS__2zpjVFwNNMCZMoCLFSw4QQzmaCLabGfnRHv48AZ6mbUWu-Qv407/s1600/IMG_2549.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskUx1fqPSyf5k0yVSSU880h6ZGQrW3YGr4RsZU18IsWgVMqPGPnBaz-8WXeW4PR-Agmow0C-cXdUHgNS__2zpjVFwNNMCZMoCLFSw4QQzmaCLabGfnRHv48AZ6mbUWu-Qv407/s320/IMG_2549.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556756377853634834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When we were in Switzerland last Christmas I enjoyed seeing homes with candles burning in lanterns on doorsteps, hung in porches and in the middle of front gardens. I liked the idea so much we have done the same at home this year.... hanging our lantern on the veranda. We lit the candle on Christmas Eve and it remained burning day and night until Thursday 30 December.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3jzh3RMUjU1IyEXbEkCZgLQYJg6As89e35F-v83-JJgbGIZD7NWgb6jvYbJVzeYCZ95oLl5CxaFe3YTgYqbE7VuPYuaFiMtIM88n8dWxjyQaGTLLTtTdIoDSVlItu46NA9Xcq/s1600/IMG_2567.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3jzh3RMUjU1IyEXbEkCZgLQYJg6As89e35F-v83-JJgbGIZD7NWgb6jvYbJVzeYCZ95oLl5CxaFe3YTgYqbE7VuPYuaFiMtIM88n8dWxjyQaGTLLTtTdIoDSVlItu46NA9Xcq/s320/IMG_2567.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556755862458611410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJkNiRdckw_L_nIXNeA7Zd9xnX5S6hDVWmOJ2BjSveIJPc2Mv29tTUywWm2kfNYj-NDl6Si1vxSbE1MJ5svRY2K0p1aEReXN8PCd65inUM7k_nbLgz2TcQZSVK-bqsmG3Ghh2/s1600/IMG_2565.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJkNiRdckw_L_nIXNeA7Zd9xnX5S6hDVWmOJ2BjSveIJPc2Mv29tTUywWm2kfNYj-NDl6Si1vxSbE1MJ5svRY2K0p1aEReXN8PCd65inUM7k_nbLgz2TcQZSVK-bqsmG3Ghh2/s320/IMG_2565.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556755537048958786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKFJ9f1Mii3M_8fSxIVfWmlymRtySsnOix6_tcySzTICtyuWaQaCGx7se2-I3sWGN0DZAFihYFlDCGT1Z0DA4ORJfrbwXlP3LwuKoAjj3N6S-FQDnwjtRHeWrKEmiSpJPfVOD/s1600/IMG_2493.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKFJ9f1Mii3M_8fSxIVfWmlymRtySsnOix6_tcySzTICtyuWaQaCGx7se2-I3sWGN0DZAFihYFlDCGT1Z0DA4ORJfrbwXlP3LwuKoAjj3N6S-FQDnwjtRHeWrKEmiSpJPfVOD/s320/IMG_2493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556755147268656866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHNFXHhEFrjuiI2TWzHPhjYKd7KEo0ZdiiLlu3E3DMTqDB_czTCDTPMadmDN2vnvzEOGaj5PfJJ1bKVoXBuKZgrkLEriO_fbya8Dy5italCagxDKEeX3M_AW4zJfKfR6AyMfN/s1600/IMG_2540.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHNFXHhEFrjuiI2TWzHPhjYKd7KEo0ZdiiLlu3E3DMTqDB_czTCDTPMadmDN2vnvzEOGaj5PfJJ1bKVoXBuKZgrkLEriO_fbya8Dy5italCagxDKEeX3M_AW4zJfKfR6AyMfN/s320/IMG_2540.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556752086925729874" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaYun7IALoZaVp2b_leOC1z_Fmd3RkRvncRRUday7mkLXF6m7Wzldj6dv4Tco-zKIqsqqRG66Xydm-MssimCcZ20ABjtEyPutgkuuUBgnX_kutgSNFYDLbwiohBT7lbM1EQgq/s1600/IMG_2513.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaYun7IALoZaVp2b_leOC1z_Fmd3RkRvncRRUday7mkLXF6m7Wzldj6dv4Tco-zKIqsqqRG66Xydm-MssimCcZ20ABjtEyPutgkuuUBgnX_kutgSNFYDLbwiohBT7lbM1EQgq/s320/IMG_2513.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556751691299072418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, from George.....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1a3-Tt22edS4K9cxF6KhhkScRRgWfMtuxc81KWK5lbRYcKkdJx4xpDVfiArdG35Qq7dVGzVxgDJnZmsRfGdy9XRPeUXd3oR0pZyvUC3jNuMdMb_HC363lOfI59o6DYKV10el/s1600/IMG_2186.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1a3-Tt22edS4K9cxF6KhhkScRRgWfMtuxc81KWK5lbRYcKkdJx4xpDVfiArdG35Qq7dVGzVxgDJnZmsRfGdy9XRPeUXd3oR0pZyvUC3jNuMdMb_HC363lOfI59o6DYKV10el/s320/IMG_2186.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556750560820160658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">from Kenzo.....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ASs_nTGT5COTpfL-lXXxhcpxbtcvtLxIDG6LKHIEz_gMF7Co36-JsC9GcrRVmuhrYCMYoocyqgrds5cT6886PgV-5AVT-PxFiPaUfAuNJBAq8vE3TFXTz-kGkVfDdQu98xGX/s1600/IMG_2545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ASs_nTGT5COTpfL-lXXxhcpxbtcvtLxIDG6LKHIEz_gMF7Co36-JsC9GcrRVmuhrYCMYoocyqgrds5cT6886PgV-5AVT-PxFiPaUfAuNJBAq8vE3TFXTz-kGkVfDdQu98xGX/s320/IMG_2545.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556749677305425202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">from John....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPxKPyT40_X3fIZ-FjdEyj7WyW1trGAfsL8GjSoxsP5eDbiz_P8cVDrk6Anmu3QPJrkAfZkmOwr8VfR1oBo880NIfzu3BKDKzhOfj-sPefookNvToRb7jlPiRVwIPMCnChdIX/s1600/IMG_2518.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPxKPyT40_X3fIZ-FjdEyj7WyW1trGAfsL8GjSoxsP5eDbiz_P8cVDrk6Anmu3QPJrkAfZkmOwr8VfR1oBo880NIfzu3BKDKzhOfj-sPefookNvToRb7jlPiRVwIPMCnChdIX/s320/IMG_2518.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556749320007640082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and me.....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkf3S-ipsx65bxR25Z0qQXidH_SoZb_SNTJbuCxV5PoksWYI5SMXl1auQkHYlLDwYbcWljSB-ouSdy-zRmc9fUMch6IBNG4h7opxJVo9JahyswFUr7wgvGEa-_xTFGyjsEjQG/s1600/IMG_2520.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkf3S-ipsx65bxR25Z0qQXidH_SoZb_SNTJbuCxV5PoksWYI5SMXl1auQkHYlLDwYbcWljSB-ouSdy-zRmc9fUMch6IBNG4h7opxJVo9JahyswFUr7wgvGEa-_xTFGyjsEjQG/s320/IMG_2520.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556748927451165634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">....we join together in wishing that peace, joy, health and happiness be with you as we say goodbye to 2010 and welcome 2011.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings - Marion</div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-55579880923364629782010-12-24T08:07:00.013+00:002010-12-24T20:30:23.403+00:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dAr7JvsyBnFONkCU5BBuwrVHIZuvQ-1cHLh782jtaZ-8zklLm-xz3UM5Dv2cLcO-wYTZqOS3W-4h64Uz9DfGwwuv-5rsqWMSHXJsICzLXSHnU6MNSU8b-KaR1cTv1-wYJNrC/s1600/IMG_2444.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dAr7JvsyBnFONkCU5BBuwrVHIZuvQ-1cHLh782jtaZ-8zklLm-xz3UM5Dv2cLcO-wYTZqOS3W-4h64Uz9DfGwwuv-5rsqWMSHXJsICzLXSHnU6MNSU8b-KaR1cTv1-wYJNrC/s320/IMG_2444.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554164248393355202" /></a><br /><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">WISHING YOU ALL A 'BLESSED CHRISTMAS' </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">I know its been a long time since I checked in....... in fact I've slipped out of blogging for so long that I've been finding it difficult to get started again. It saddens me when I realise that I have allowed six months to pass since my last post in June. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Actually, on checking back in my archives I see that it is exactly five years since I began writing 'Reflection Through The Seasons, the 21 December 2005 to be exact..... It's something that I have very much enjoyed over the years..... corresponding with the many friends I've made all over the world and so I've given myself a bit of a nudge to get back into the blogging scene again. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">A note about Kenzo.... he has settled into life with us in Wales extremely well and it feels as if we've had him for ever. Early morning and late evening walks with him have been a joy during the summer and autumn..... however, recent weeks have been somewhat of a testing time for walking.... snowfalls have been very heavy, this has now developed into treacherous icy conditions underfoot with a bitterly cold wind blowing from the arctic. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">But Kenzo loves the snow.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(click on the pictures to enlarge for more detail if you wish )</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTgjoqMPRNaTvPvdZY5ktzIWg2wChWaFM5nx2mujV5CRHb30CNTmrsot6BT8BKWmmsxTANRtdrjLyYORDwMjDS1M_mQMSyoxQ3IQ8vCtcVRt_4FoCmOvTw1CkvXw6FHISZUsQ/s1600/IMG_2474.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTgjoqMPRNaTvPvdZY5ktzIWg2wChWaFM5nx2mujV5CRHb30CNTmrsot6BT8BKWmmsxTANRtdrjLyYORDwMjDS1M_mQMSyoxQ3IQ8vCtcVRt_4FoCmOvTw1CkvXw6FHISZUsQ/s320/IMG_2474.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554163583357775442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He runs round and round the garden like crazy. One good thing</div><div style="text-align: center;">about the snow it keeps him clean..... unlike the usual muddy lanes in winter. The joys of having a white dog!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2WtkKspeUgw_OYvbXFnV4ewmJ2N6pesn9w-YJD-jzmm2TKsi3TzKWfAie-3Z0Ou4RIHbWJ5sm064N1fDX7tFCRU29j-_85s5V290iPUcEJHoMdhyy5m-6vR3c6UAi2b1gzKv/s1600/IMG_2468.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2WtkKspeUgw_OYvbXFnV4ewmJ2N6pesn9w-YJD-jzmm2TKsi3TzKWfAie-3Z0Ou4RIHbWJ5sm064N1fDX7tFCRU29j-_85s5V290iPUcEJHoMdhyy5m-6vR3c6UAi2b1gzKv/s320/IMG_2468.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554163335575980050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Heavy hangs the snowy sky...... an enchanted world has developed all around. Icicles hang from dripping trees and all imperfections are covered in a beautiful frozen landscape. Hardly a leaf or sprig of green remains on tree or bush and for a while our world is dressed in the purest virgin beauty.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_W6Xm3xzvcj_sTSgKRvWAi-fND5-GnhSzOWE9AL1gW9qqp1buuZL399GHPuS1usQxe7DxSPEdbCH7BwAuQZ9Wd1PO6HSifpBBW1GeavBbTt-6TACJG2-nfyi9c0Pw8dTmsTE/s1600/IMG_2460.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_W6Xm3xzvcj_sTSgKRvWAi-fND5-GnhSzOWE9AL1gW9qqp1buuZL399GHPuS1usQxe7DxSPEdbCH7BwAuQZ9Wd1PO6HSifpBBW1GeavBbTt-6TACJG2-nfyi9c0Pw8dTmsTE/s320/IMG_2460.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554162994146202306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugLwtKfioInFp4TXQu4i5FtqyUt9aZBGlI2uTsfp6ZEF7JYwkcWGc5Rq_zb-qT-yYTwjqCh4jSTASg1M6FL62wHBU6Em6fsCfVSvMc_W16uS1DuHgf9BX188OX-7hJ-xrZzwW/s1600/IMG_2464.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugLwtKfioInFp4TXQu4i5FtqyUt9aZBGlI2uTsfp6ZEF7JYwkcWGc5Rq_zb-qT-yYTwjqCh4jSTASg1M6FL62wHBU6Em6fsCfVSvMc_W16uS1DuHgf9BX188OX-7hJ-xrZzwW/s320/IMG_2464.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554162595261912994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBPksS8st5HS5xMJHoPA-FGfXpx5O9EZvB3_MTVUpTPTWkNk-CNu_bEBUiu4YvdvhoDNFseZVb1IntKpwRFEomZ9o5oOPYBK7rohtfz8kHoLd-ee97Rs0WTbvre_I1d2igZQ0/s1600/IMG_2463.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBPksS8st5HS5xMJHoPA-FGfXpx5O9EZvB3_MTVUpTPTWkNk-CNu_bEBUiu4YvdvhoDNFseZVb1IntKpwRFEomZ9o5oOPYBK7rohtfz8kHoLd-ee97Rs0WTbvre_I1d2igZQ0/s320/IMG_2463.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554162238583736210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQArWawToDxKIqgHshzBXLivZEWsIXZYUoO2aFhRLPY05WYAXgGjBHKulCKeQXrzV3TaWJ4oYU4njPmBc_lD32OkHnTYs7kxrNXKC2azTBGpVSAJjkxEwMOx1EV_1YswpNI5TV/s1600/IMG_2452.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQArWawToDxKIqgHshzBXLivZEWsIXZYUoO2aFhRLPY05WYAXgGjBHKulCKeQXrzV3TaWJ4oYU4njPmBc_lD32OkHnTYs7kxrNXKC2azTBGpVSAJjkxEwMOx1EV_1YswpNI5TV/s320/IMG_2452.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554161918307929218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It is Christmas Eve.... a busy day. Thankfully our local shops have re-stocked with deliveries today, shelves had become empty in recent days, even supplies of petrol ran out in local garages.... but all is restored to some degree of normality once more. After shopping this morning time has been spent in the kitchen, preparations for tomorrow when we will be joined by my brother Roger and his wife Uli. We attended the carol service early evening and now relax a while before we venture out in sub zero temperatures to attend Midnight Mass.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish you all a very happy Christmas as you gather in faith with family and friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Catch up again in the New Year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings - Marion</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-75946084571984821952010-06-11T05:37:00.022+01:002010-06-11T20:22:02.666+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmbI9L0YzP0FxWc0Sneeh-jIAY19qYAvUaE4_CP-fWWiz_2HOmJPZyu7cV4SnH0PrzuxgE7wQ8IgkC4gkH9KLLbNLlEeBmy06P6S6U7D-evT8CxDxbYs-aG7ksAKulIS-mzuD/s1600/IMG_2078.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmbI9L0YzP0FxWc0Sneeh-jIAY19qYAvUaE4_CP-fWWiz_2HOmJPZyu7cV4SnH0PrzuxgE7wQ8IgkC4gkH9KLLbNLlEeBmy06P6S6U7D-evT8CxDxbYs-aG7ksAKulIS-mzuD/s320/IMG_2078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481410799219203314" border="0" /></a>INTRODUCING KENZO......<br /><br />I’m so happy to announce that our long awaited baby Kenzo arrived in May. I’ve been longing to write and announce his coming since we first met him in Switzerland when we spent two precious weeks with him at Christmas.... but I didn’t want to tempt fate that our plans may not come to pass.... and so resisted, well, almost.... I did pass a few hints with a couple of pictures in posts... if you look back to January and March.<br /><br />Kenzo is an adorable Bichon Frise, we celebrated his first birthday on 28 May... he is a gift to John and me from our son Christopher & his wife Agata. Agata runs a Doggy Day Care business near Zurich - 'Hunde Abenteuer Land' and Kenzo came into their care last August when his previous owner’s job prevented him from keeping him..... so, a new home had to be found. John and I had never considered having a dog until Christopher suggested we may like him.<br /><br />We first met on our arrival at Zurich Airport on a very snowy evening in December and Kenzo was there to greet us. I heard later that Agata had said to Christopher.... 'who do you think will Mum hug first'. Needless to say, Kenzo was immediately scooped up into my arms as soon as we met..... what a darling!<br /><br />Kenzo had already had seen the vet in December and started the course of injections necessary in preparation for him to come to UK... these included anti-rabies vaccine..... after which we had to wait six long months for a further blood test to be taken to ensure that he was clear to travel. During that time we enjoyed countless pictures of him by means of <a href="http://www.hundeabenteuerland.blogspot.com/">Agata’s daily blog. </a><br />On 11 May Kenzo visited the Vet again and was pronounced fit and healthy, his little passport was stamped... how cute is that! and he was able to come to us in Wales. He travelled by car and ferry and we met him in Cheltenham... what joy!<br /><br />So here he is, at home with us in Wales and we are all enjoying every minute. Yes, and he's changed our lives completely... for it is almost like having a baby in our midst.... the garden has been made safe with new fencing, I have to keep a watchful eye on his on his mischievous ways, toys litter the floor and many walks now fill our day..... unfortunately Kenzo has no respect for my garden and has to be stopped from digging holes in the flower borders.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Kenzo with a soft toy that he enjoys dragging around....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1f4G1No99k4M4P9C4G3KxbnitSEljM32M6imapEZbqTYOxNn8lxlXiA6OPnkul-KciwUbDva82g0VBl-f0PqN1s0ISsDjFcjLeyszTgd4GPczPpTiKw3cCWtGzjOdBU_D7ym/s1600/IMG_2066.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1f4G1No99k4M4P9C4G3KxbnitSEljM32M6imapEZbqTYOxNn8lxlXiA6OPnkul-KciwUbDva82g0VBl-f0PqN1s0ISsDjFcjLeyszTgd4GPczPpTiKw3cCWtGzjOdBU_D7ym/s320/IMG_2066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481410444259480002" border="0" /></a><br />A quiet moment in the sunshine... grooming is a daily task, but he is so co-operative and so too with his bathtime.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkk1q_KfmOqh2_9bz6cHvTk1LEZyIN_TgAMcLM4a9UsoS-JZsB-X8gjEF92EkLVnyWUJHDihHuavMWfNA7EsxO2HMsP-PIqjujfeZhqtzyWAQBBEQrzhmH_dtNuTNgTlwyWEV/s1600/IMG_2057.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkk1q_KfmOqh2_9bz6cHvTk1LEZyIN_TgAMcLM4a9UsoS-JZsB-X8gjEF92EkLVnyWUJHDihHuavMWfNA7EsxO2HMsP-PIqjujfeZhqtzyWAQBBEQrzhmH_dtNuTNgTlwyWEV/s320/IMG_2057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481409991999667474" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTWY3Meft_FHvmOBVHmrphj8zg-aIcI4dOBD38pDYdtHPQIbTZXGG0yyu1qBtCr1xYhvRtFc9ZdB5ULomaQyRpmajkfKEAudQoTMFbNU6CYP93UaouEqLj8-qWtkpoheJhZJX/s1600/IMG_2065.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTWY3Meft_FHvmOBVHmrphj8zg-aIcI4dOBD38pDYdtHPQIbTZXGG0yyu1qBtCr1xYhvRtFc9ZdB5ULomaQyRpmajkfKEAudQoTMFbNU6CYP93UaouEqLj8-qWtkpoheJhZJX/s320/IMG_2065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481409678907953538" border="0" /></a><br />A cute little picture covered with a sheepskin rug.... It is just like having a real life teddy tear.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzN0eiH2s2qrceaKTSBgv06lgqatX-X26RpW2h5WU_6g6dvB9kXv8pXHO7CI1LJvuzLukO_Qn4xtafiakX30rBab66qOP5aOAr1TIXWRawaL8s6sw0Tjazr65Hm8bc9OHizjYO/s1600/IMG_2089.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzN0eiH2s2qrceaKTSBgv06lgqatX-X26RpW2h5WU_6g6dvB9kXv8pXHO7CI1LJvuzLukO_Qn4xtafiakX30rBab66qOP5aOAr1TIXWRawaL8s6sw0Tjazr65Hm8bc9OHizjYO/s320/IMG_2089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481409180559579970" border="0" /></a><br />I think that Kenzo had not encountered a cat before meeting George.... he was soon to discover that George is not up for playing puppy games... instead he prefers to keep a respective distance. Given time, I'm sure they will learn to live more closely with each other.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxl4hYsOPpwlyT6xsZHY9quPR3uoilg2JTLFpgy-kmZTJDhZ9uaJsK0zyCD_UFsAq0alfWaXAE3vixnHehgEVflHyOWkuazW6yLESfYTlH-TQ4TWtlY7of4mcls9WaKEiv9_Mz/s1600/IMG_1921.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxl4hYsOPpwlyT6xsZHY9quPR3uoilg2JTLFpgy-kmZTJDhZ9uaJsK0zyCD_UFsAq0alfWaXAE3vixnHehgEVflHyOWkuazW6yLESfYTlH-TQ4TWtlY7of4mcls9WaKEiv9_Mz/s320/IMG_1921.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481379654939172194" border="0" /></a><br />May... My very favourite month has come and gone amidst this change in our lifestyle. However, I did occasionally remember to grab my camera to record some memorable scenes in my garden. The wisteria has been spectacular.... masses of flowers, their fragrance drifted so sweetly in the air.... it was a delight to see from the garden and also through my kitchen window......<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimirL5mEAB5jv6dt9id0_HtF8sXLI6QQc7XZYAY8yQ2ewvnPk-6F61_ZOgt9dEhyphenhypheniP5gygfdGniIztJA-p8tex14a19Mjd0po9f7_gq-7aWTnECyuzzuV7sdKLff2n2EFKk6uo/s1600/IMG_2055.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimirL5mEAB5jv6dt9id0_HtF8sXLI6QQc7XZYAY8yQ2ewvnPk-6F61_ZOgt9dEhyphenhypheniP5gygfdGniIztJA-p8tex14a19Mjd0po9f7_gq-7aWTnECyuzzuV7sdKLff2n2EFKk6uo/s320/IMG_2055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481379301386734146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzit6qiF7Na_DZuEXhEE5uguvjMVBNrMXclorwozg9Y0AZYsF1t82iyRbmyu5q9KeRhaEp_RhyphenhyphenN7j0AasUAl1t3bSNsOt9elWjxnq5BoEAyeuovpt-8XTJHxj0lOI49WrRMd-/s1600/IMG_2100.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzit6qiF7Na_DZuEXhEE5uguvjMVBNrMXclorwozg9Y0AZYsF1t82iyRbmyu5q9KeRhaEp_RhyphenhyphenN7j0AasUAl1t3bSNsOt9elWjxnq5BoEAyeuovpt-8XTJHxj0lOI49WrRMd-/s320/IMG_2100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481378878596631938" border="0" /></a><br />The ferns have unfurled their fronds in their usual snakelike fashion....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHreBkOxcGluwa2qt9ld7-Lz9PNrEye3A5Qk77pgzc1lDijzPAV389D-tTlg8jQrprqCdESRaTn3ZoFS5JTDObnR3JFNgl8U6cqjHp_OiLmSmbZX33mO6NlxBZAO8v-zub5qpw/s1600/IMG_2031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHreBkOxcGluwa2qt9ld7-Lz9PNrEye3A5Qk77pgzc1lDijzPAV389D-tTlg8jQrprqCdESRaTn3ZoFS5JTDObnR3JFNgl8U6cqjHp_OiLmSmbZX33mO6NlxBZAO8v-zub5qpw/s320/IMG_2031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481378360342113666" border="0" /></a><br />.....and pollen from the tree heathers feel as smooth and fine as talcum powder.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQgcUF8SyKVRnglwViRHegP6i7NbotdIR-fZLB5ogi_lfr4UdJfcHGPs5G9ee4QMoU7-Y39FpiXYlGms7LQYC6_LQ9NvQMDyBEhyphenhyphenBEITjGUqyBzLPHAMASMBBaQnCtr3_Hc2u/s1600/IMG_2029.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQgcUF8SyKVRnglwViRHegP6i7NbotdIR-fZLB5ogi_lfr4UdJfcHGPs5G9ee4QMoU7-Y39FpiXYlGms7LQYC6_LQ9NvQMDyBEhyphenhyphenBEITjGUqyBzLPHAMASMBBaQnCtr3_Hc2u/s320/IMG_2029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481377985504739426" border="0" /></a><br />...and the long stems of the Camassia are bedecked in blue starry flowers......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6ewUW6B4XbyQhPwPb_MbfsE7t-0CBKo451VOhmlviM-7pgdp6YO7T5rrpUp1MtwYtcJNiM4Jq6KoboZ-jnkhsdgKyrkllFNHuhuTokVgAYNMLwW1z_ldXtCaqakzjeF4OKvi/s1600/IMG_2024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6ewUW6B4XbyQhPwPb_MbfsE7t-0CBKo451VOhmlviM-7pgdp6YO7T5rrpUp1MtwYtcJNiM4Jq6KoboZ-jnkhsdgKyrkllFNHuhuTokVgAYNMLwW1z_ldXtCaqakzjeF4OKvi/s320/IMG_2024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481377481898012530" border="0" /></a>I think the below plant is 'Thermopis' it is one I rescued in poor condition from a local Nursery last year..... it has recovered well and given a lot of pleasure this year. If anyone can confirm this plant it would be much appreciated.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrrUrAml_mEJrd4ean_CcxY1lJ0Ug3efhcOdpfkKU3v-fqovs5yWtbMIAQeQnO5H9Ya9PGXoQtiGvY3sOShLvzf8xCr9E3PT_oh9wlJTUGIbw-N2pTmqtXDTUqK_DU4vx6zBQ/s1600/IMG_2023.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrrUrAml_mEJrd4ean_CcxY1lJ0Ug3efhcOdpfkKU3v-fqovs5yWtbMIAQeQnO5H9Ya9PGXoQtiGvY3sOShLvzf8xCr9E3PT_oh9wlJTUGIbw-N2pTmqtXDTUqK_DU4vx6zBQ/s320/IMG_2023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481376932315159122" border="0" /></a><br />The month of May is 'Lilac Time' so wonderfully fragrant... I love to have a vase full of it and enjoy its perfume around the house.... I know that some folk wont have it in their home for superstitious reason, but I'm not influenced by such things.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaetv60Czoaiy_eVAcnxaQzZ4aAqGO8YPBAtUAVS0Es5qlVAp1QWo6_470v86r0ThpY0gIB5Foe77E0zjp8b2gC_DZIbifeccEIDvd7X0yIrWYrKuGrB-BNAhPq4_dgiRy5GNP/s1600/IMG_2018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaetv60Czoaiy_eVAcnxaQzZ4aAqGO8YPBAtUAVS0Es5qlVAp1QWo6_470v86r0ThpY0gIB5Foe77E0zjp8b2gC_DZIbifeccEIDvd7X0yIrWYrKuGrB-BNAhPq4_dgiRy5GNP/s320/IMG_2018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481376503994929234" border="0" /></a><br />The Weigelia has bloomed its socks off....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThCXBJX_Fb3OUhlJ1lVcNOfRLjR0zVSAUI67sMlhpFT_seRmjMZc5qrs5XdWwR3jWRxe-cKhN8eUxmyVEqVpGErSW7cFZzCAk9r60hsnSWjiBwNemEt6cTddRbqgD7z41Mgim/s1600/IMG_2019_1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThCXBJX_Fb3OUhlJ1lVcNOfRLjR0zVSAUI67sMlhpFT_seRmjMZc5qrs5XdWwR3jWRxe-cKhN8eUxmyVEqVpGErSW7cFZzCAk9r60hsnSWjiBwNemEt6cTddRbqgD7z41Mgim/s320/IMG_2019_1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481376023822741474" border="0" /></a><br />I have always loved architectural plants... and since my beautiful tree fern died, this has become a favourite..... Trachycarpus fortunel... It adds that tropical touch to the garden, but being one of the hardier varieties, it stands up to our severe winters.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZKDXEC9QqPYVTsZ8Sb7ZkXWdwxKH-l3-BY16ZNefEhsyMMW77fvBPl_OeilsDiyJGX0NJxNKBQumSODI23FnegqTfsD7YJmaD-2oBnHTLK92nXoOPLGDi1eoDno3r-jdzagg/s1600/IMG_2013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZKDXEC9QqPYVTsZ8Sb7ZkXWdwxKH-l3-BY16ZNefEhsyMMW77fvBPl_OeilsDiyJGX0NJxNKBQumSODI23FnegqTfsD7YJmaD-2oBnHTLK92nXoOPLGDi1eoDno3r-jdzagg/s320/IMG_2013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481375694955456434" border="0" /></a><br />A little collection of Rockery Perennials and Hostas on the marble top of an old Singer sewing machine adds a bit of interest on the patio of the summer house.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzS1bKWAPAnSgGXuPDf03wk5eGowgDuFOd7pcRfMUJWfxRKGokhH_8LOmvP4-HGCwfTvBtdMhRM1WgxvYosdePYSr2ZH0mWEb5eHwOZBrmtVaiSpCfdfAxU7mf0S4yPV2laJm/s1600/IMG_2026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzS1bKWAPAnSgGXuPDf03wk5eGowgDuFOd7pcRfMUJWfxRKGokhH_8LOmvP4-HGCwfTvBtdMhRM1WgxvYosdePYSr2ZH0mWEb5eHwOZBrmtVaiSpCfdfAxU7mf0S4yPV2laJm/s320/IMG_2026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481375303405280322" border="0" /></a><br />....and lastly I simply had to include a spray of apple blossom....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8glq64-MSkrgHvaSDS79tn1NEYUcAoQR90k5UqCcRl71JZu6DELsiSuk3XTsZ-X4hZ1iB0QmrTpDEj3lXKP1VsqbRwTIy4JYVmcW6ie5MaC9xhvLKKgtDh67dDwBAwNAyeA6/s1600/IMG_1929.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8glq64-MSkrgHvaSDS79tn1NEYUcAoQR90k5UqCcRl71JZu6DELsiSuk3XTsZ-X4hZ1iB0QmrTpDEj3lXKP1VsqbRwTIy4JYVmcW6ie5MaC9xhvLKKgtDh67dDwBAwNAyeA6/s320/IMG_1929.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481374925467075042" border="0" /></a><br />Have a good weekend everyone.....<br />Marion<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqezkxMdpSk8haj1Wc73RlNLipdMqZd5rN2QLhYwNmzIjfPnNfSo5yS_pc0RuqffzxhLnEdsZLNg-cus1ffnhDXBiMZ6aepjubUOtWrfwb-7zsE-qTXNjyJv9tkTK9Jra39FE/s1600/IMG_1929.JPG"><br /></a>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-45466766472820073502010-04-23T06:18:00.001+01:002010-04-23T11:39:54.666+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgm6IyKGAv1r2mkiB2yiZ6aPQuJbPPzJFJyeTBN6tiPRqaRsjvKDXIwhQ_qhjJimKvIiFu9TC-RdTriOVr14eUTqMfg7W50S8k1EZFwwgMHvJQuHeazbfGL1i0NTpuWAsqQHGC/s1600/DSCN1869.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgm6IyKGAv1r2mkiB2yiZ6aPQuJbPPzJFJyeTBN6tiPRqaRsjvKDXIwhQ_qhjJimKvIiFu9TC-RdTriOVr14eUTqMfg7W50S8k1EZFwwgMHvJQuHeazbfGL1i0NTpuWAsqQHGC/s320/DSCN1869.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463203594240017714" border="0" /></a> ST. GEORGE'S DAY - ENGLAND..... Celebrate! Fly the Flag! for today is our National Day.<br /><br />Today in England flags will be flown from public buildings and many folk will proudly wear some sign or symbol.... such as a rose or a badge to show their loyalty to the land where they were born.<br /><br />Although I live in Wales now and I can lay claim to inheriting a quarter Welshness from my Welsh Grandmother, I am very proud of my English heritage..... so today we wear our rose and celebrate with pride .<br /><br />This statue of St. George and the Dragon forms part of the War Memorial to the men of Stanway, it stands at the junction of Stanway village on the main road that goes on to Stow-on-the-Wold. When I lived in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, this was a neighbouring village.<br />St. George slaying the dragon symbolises the ultimate triumph of good over evil.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBjPz2TVgLdEtPMmRKumuevscg6aER1zqWywV4wRoH6fPhbEeeYN5_FSXew_33QX4ZzrVCbpBb3x2041Ag0IL2LNyoTZ7mvN9Fqj2GrQG-_JjKCOkOTk9_x4GxeZn33PdCNZG/s1600/IMG_1916.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBjPz2TVgLdEtPMmRKumuevscg6aER1zqWywV4wRoH6fPhbEeeYN5_FSXew_33QX4ZzrVCbpBb3x2041Ag0IL2LNyoTZ7mvN9Fqj2GrQG-_JjKCOkOTk9_x4GxeZn33PdCNZG/s320/IMG_1916.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462834448572028466" border="0" /></a>HAIL TO SPRING......<br /><br />April is a busy month, everything is bursting into life and so much needs attention in the garden. Lawns are being mowed, seeds are being sown and the greenhouse is full of the new growth. It is the season of warm sunshine, showers, hope and promise.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Our home and garden sits in a slightly elevated position, a small river runs alongside our land and from our garden there is such a pretty view as we look down the bank to the river below.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXvlqGOl4K8zzSqp0lIHB-4kF3VujC1n4AgZKyfEgmQU9oZQJss3GC-vTVQzM1Vx3MoGZlsvtZTbijT5ITO_1MVMPG1ETc_Gw-rWOyjfdbz_Yb9PwLrWKILdXnLaBghs3x24O/s1600/IMG_1908.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXvlqGOl4K8zzSqp0lIHB-4kF3VujC1n4AgZKyfEgmQU9oZQJss3GC-vTVQzM1Vx3MoGZlsvtZTbijT5ITO_1MVMPG1ETc_Gw-rWOyjfdbz_Yb9PwLrWKILdXnLaBghs3x24O/s320/IMG_1908.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462833333552880434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi150i7sJTtNaN4RImn6V5ExSii4hgswhnZZ50v4vBWtCQJSOTaMFRP-lhmirMYVqKhCMfMqEob7n0pKMXV-entyQZc7bA7vbABH16RZdp8BeMXEBsrN_NV-qpNkIHX1sM4EWKG/s1600/IMG_1904.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi150i7sJTtNaN4RImn6V5ExSii4hgswhnZZ50v4vBWtCQJSOTaMFRP-lhmirMYVqKhCMfMqEob7n0pKMXV-entyQZc7bA7vbABH16RZdp8BeMXEBsrN_NV-qpNkIHX1sM4EWKG/s320/IMG_1904.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462832726838243074" border="0" /></a><br />A few steps from our gate takes us onto the ‘The Common’, this is a stretch of common ground where years ago villagers would keep their livestock, a few pigs, a flock of sheep perhaps, but today, it is more a playground for village children..... how fortunate they are in this day and age to have the freedom to run and enjoy such beauty, away from busy built up streets of towns and cities.....<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nQisN3iXGlnFCLecJcmrYNgWRkP2SQStzJ4v8h_hn6NPyhZp6mR8kbijxbxKdDFto7PPecZQqCjp6f02joF_7ugFk0U08XDXxybEuXm1k5skzMpMEJ3lFrFCtePIpguL8w-I/s1600/IMG_1911.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nQisN3iXGlnFCLecJcmrYNgWRkP2SQStzJ4v8h_hn6NPyhZp6mR8kbijxbxKdDFto7PPecZQqCjp6f02joF_7ugFk0U08XDXxybEuXm1k5skzMpMEJ3lFrFCtePIpguL8w-I/s320/IMG_1911.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462832212498385442" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A walk on the Common reveals many wild flowers..... here a clump of wild violets nestles amongst the grass<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsK1rA3yVsqp9LsNOcqGMNct7JmYLv7MWFSYTCw5ESjn2BObPelxoRKONVSn4Db4SDPJxF4wdlTDlbSL-8MM2f6doNX-mjyS1TCeT4qmliXolI1y0oodhG68BH9oiqI_5kKwSj/s1600/IMG_1901.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsK1rA3yVsqp9LsNOcqGMNct7JmYLv7MWFSYTCw5ESjn2BObPelxoRKONVSn4Db4SDPJxF4wdlTDlbSL-8MM2f6doNX-mjyS1TCeT4qmliXolI1y0oodhG68BH9oiqI_5kKwSj/s320/IMG_1901.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462107009878844258" border="0" /></a><br />The delicate white flower of the wood anemone nods gently in the breeze. On a warm sunny day the flowers open their little faces to the sun, but when it is cloudy or when evening falls, they droop their little heads shyly and gracefully.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-isaSXZgAuej3BKGxXmIiizYhQ94ygSTDoPzn3vJUCDNU19avD9HFOEiJqX634Y82tWYQsXuH-bt4yOFh6JnxF08JaO5Ipd3v83dmsYuLEztjx62C36nh61U6GRwZQRbVOXR/s1600/IMG_1910.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-isaSXZgAuej3BKGxXmIiizYhQ94ygSTDoPzn3vJUCDNU19avD9HFOEiJqX634Y82tWYQsXuH-bt4yOFh6JnxF08JaO5Ipd3v83dmsYuLEztjx62C36nh61U6GRwZQRbVOXR/s320/IMG_1910.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462106599873770498" border="0" /></a><br />Although the daffodil is found more often in the garden.... there are quite large patches of them growing on the Common.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCdUYLtw0oUja5uxuhxzbM-ocWkMBaU2fwLP6_k6SLCALRxghl_6mBOoHN8DrHVOvYekeqonqkoLVl5yBfL3tpo5H0lIfa4Tcq6ylFDS6QCjiRmhEgrlfG8SNDKk66ifEgD_nQ/s1600/IMG_1913.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCdUYLtw0oUja5uxuhxzbM-ocWkMBaU2fwLP6_k6SLCALRxghl_6mBOoHN8DrHVOvYekeqonqkoLVl5yBfL3tpo5H0lIfa4Tcq6ylFDS6QCjiRmhEgrlfG8SNDKk66ifEgD_nQ/s320/IMG_1913.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462106177716726482" border="0" /></a><br />The fluffy catkins of the Sallow Willow look so beautiful against the blue sky.... as a child we would called them 'pussy willows'.... as the light fine hair resembles the fur of a kitten.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxweVde2cPEvBSP8Q8QMo8VpPMDJFG6r1O-42zxZTffxsNcUMFDWPbm0_1qjpzyp795yqn384bvcnfQLMqJf5FWsk-TT9Z25pi_kSqxcuL4k52GIu0XTLguvuCURc2jJWy1Pa/s1600/IMG_1912.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxweVde2cPEvBSP8Q8QMo8VpPMDJFG6r1O-42zxZTffxsNcUMFDWPbm0_1qjpzyp795yqn384bvcnfQLMqJf5FWsk-TT9Z25pi_kSqxcuL4k52GIu0XTLguvuCURc2jJWy1Pa/s320/IMG_1912.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462096324283105938" border="0" /></a><br />I think that the lovely golden flower of the dandelion is greatly overlooked and under valued..... and more often than not thought of as just a common weed They do have many uses, used in herbal remedies and of course children have great fun by 'telling the time' when the flowers have turned to fluff balls of seeds.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnztLx8t7wxveORxPqjGf0wAKbGe3ed2FT_DMsBZoNJPpoUq7QV_XiNBmjDUBkWjYZjR_5SAt1jyBjS9LFf5UVMPq4YnUuqQufKg5O81aD0nWCiNXvN1DRXciELFgqMJpctpDo/s1600/IMG_1909.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnztLx8t7wxveORxPqjGf0wAKbGe3ed2FT_DMsBZoNJPpoUq7QV_XiNBmjDUBkWjYZjR_5SAt1jyBjS9LFf5UVMPq4YnUuqQufKg5O81aD0nWCiNXvN1DRXciELFgqMJpctpDo/s320/IMG_1909.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462095901312631122" border="0" /></a><br />I hope you all had a Blessed Easter. It was a very busy time at our church with a number of moving and emotional services taking place on the days coming up to Good Friday......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiik9nXuvvFPDP2PDbDrlTxuFxgjEOGOXfDfqbttEHA9oNCJwOz_vcJ8XhCo5L0GhMzPXqDCGVbQ0QKJcJIZU2BwhkSqPKFcBTPPIppdL1r2kO3M1MuG1rInn-8NgERRN6jd3iZ/s1600/IMG_1681.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiik9nXuvvFPDP2PDbDrlTxuFxgjEOGOXfDfqbttEHA9oNCJwOz_vcJ8XhCo5L0GhMzPXqDCGVbQ0QKJcJIZU2BwhkSqPKFcBTPPIppdL1r2kO3M1MuG1rInn-8NgERRN6jd3iZ/s320/IMG_1681.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462095331774590818" border="0" /></a><br />On Good Friday we followed the 'Way of the Cross' in rather a unique way. A journey was organised for members from the different churches in the town to travel on the narrow gauge steam railway... and stopping at the stations along the track, we followed the Stations of the Cross in a very special way. At each of the 14 Stations the train stopped, passengers alighted and gathered for a short reading and meditation that marked the last journey of Christ from his trial to his burial. So 'Stations @ Stations' was a very appropriate journey for us to take.<br />The Steam Railway has a fine museum which houses much memorabilia.... there were many fine old steam engines all with interesting names. The one below is named Dot.....<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqRLNwhPdyv923cpBprUt2LKMOFcyKF1Chl4LElPpyAri7D0RdIrEtlczdAe08n3F5m-J0wCIToZrs3prVobk8nfjR7fdPB3fw43-WiMApGKSxKLRFBFKkKNf1suKZo2-2X_L/s1600/IMG_1688.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqRLNwhPdyv923cpBprUt2LKMOFcyKF1Chl4LElPpyAri7D0RdIrEtlczdAe08n3F5m-J0wCIToZrs3prVobk8nfjR7fdPB3fw43-WiMApGKSxKLRFBFKkKNf1suKZo2-2X_L/s320/IMG_1688.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462094797742410850" border="0" /></a><br />This is Rough Pup....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2ydDYRpGbI6sus-cHrZtY93Q-wEQWtGjFj8Tot3_q8TzOFuBs14A-U8X-EXjMJk5ge-MEcmOjDqy7A3gxaAiEo9Phk2-hoBwjljpXLI7Y4y1sIguDiXC1Pxquzd2c9Faa8Ik/s1600/IMG_1689.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2ydDYRpGbI6sus-cHrZtY93Q-wEQWtGjFj8Tot3_q8TzOFuBs14A-U8X-EXjMJk5ge-MEcmOjDqy7A3gxaAiEo9Phk2-hoBwjljpXLI7Y4y1sIguDiXC1Pxquzd2c9Faa8Ik/s320/IMG_1689.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462094496948997602" border="0" /></a><br />....and this one 'George & Henry' I particularly liked...... George being the name of our cat and Henry being the name of the dear cat we had before George.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65Tb80QWk-xaUWtBbmwClQfN582fX-6oST6TaM5nXSp8tgnwfmjkx37iUpLbWFGGrXfCBQVjIcaN2XFvA8dKbmTuV-82yGc1BS7HkNK2NohFr-hh-M0kMpMoa-Rn3ByV5Meps/s1600/IMG_1690.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65Tb80QWk-xaUWtBbmwClQfN582fX-6oST6TaM5nXSp8tgnwfmjkx37iUpLbWFGGrXfCBQVjIcaN2XFvA8dKbmTuV-82yGc1BS7HkNK2NohFr-hh-M0kMpMoa-Rn3ByV5Meps/s320/IMG_1690.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462094142721898338" border="0" /></a><br />The railway line runs along the hillside and just below the track runs this pretty mountain stream.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLsa_8MOzjnk6hBt9hDl_XIVgEi-K7SQnESfcRCivk9wm5Mt1lIJhHbLzYWqvXXZz_v4kmlGSqyeJOsv4T3TXMW7Gnw0Acqf2yF_bLdlWjqQ3700oPs3VGgr-zXc6_cyO-J2p/s1600/IMG_1693.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLsa_8MOzjnk6hBt9hDl_XIVgEi-K7SQnESfcRCivk9wm5Mt1lIJhHbLzYWqvXXZz_v4kmlGSqyeJOsv4T3TXMW7Gnw0Acqf2yF_bLdlWjqQ3700oPs3VGgr-zXc6_cyO-J2p/s320/IMG_1693.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462093731608953378" border="0" /></a><br />This wonderful narrow gauge railway was to become the world's first preserved railway and it even has connections with the much loved and famous story books 'Thomas the Tank'.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHP7D24_7wbSLbPyId9aCUZ7oWC2oZWxx-jvvT4GaFgkDM0HZRPOATZ_c6lISx946aUlPEm-5zTTgChvF__REi0ifIXt2S3X27919QzfgxoWRGMw5Oa6H2q5zdUcThCkMi-6N/s1600/IMG_1685.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHP7D24_7wbSLbPyId9aCUZ7oWC2oZWxx-jvvT4GaFgkDM0HZRPOATZ_c6lISx946aUlPEm-5zTTgChvF__REi0ifIXt2S3X27919QzfgxoWRGMw5Oa6H2q5zdUcThCkMi-6N/s320/IMG_1685.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462093154552283602" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Stopping at one of the 'Stations' a magnificent double rainbow appeared.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFckexCxchghAHr_ELt-i1FMLkrRGo3khWnWk_06D8Gz8LoFfcLZcZV-5ODRUIcDVVEkT87fH2gYDwi5J8lcM8OzzI2ct86_TaUbuphGAI7f03iy2X7kw0re9-UI4DIdO0E7zS/s1600/IMG_1691.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFckexCxchghAHr_ELt-i1FMLkrRGo3khWnWk_06D8Gz8LoFfcLZcZV-5ODRUIcDVVEkT87fH2gYDwi5J8lcM8OzzI2ct86_TaUbuphGAI7f03iy2X7kw0re9-UI4DIdO0E7zS/s320/IMG_1691.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462090870543763586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEiVukTMDu5DJAUW1c1o9mMgemOc_Tpip20iCqR2p1oMJf_ENep4ACV57YulcJUDoCZ7qgUDrd4kpACPJjFO-kwqejoC_CUASRpcXT1rGMK9ixpTMsP5d51Ed0X1RJZVWqphs/s1600/IMG_1694.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEiVukTMDu5DJAUW1c1o9mMgemOc_Tpip20iCqR2p1oMJf_ENep4ACV57YulcJUDoCZ7qgUDrd4kpACPJjFO-kwqejoC_CUASRpcXT1rGMK9ixpTMsP5d51Ed0X1RJZVWqphs/s320/IMG_1694.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462089366105876930" border="0" /></a><br />On Easter Monday our Church held a coffee morning... there were the usual stalls selling craft work and cakes. I made a few Easter chicks, each little check contained a Cadbury Cream Egg.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEO7TMGxsdOe7wSJpdJvPlKq2dmZ_F7Bds9LH0G0OeLORhZQOJ4-z4ctdD-kGqCzRoPGu6E1tyjgxq3rMJFqm1MSN_7cq6W-vSGORkyYPvdSMSbjO_vN-xSE03lIp5opXHps3s/s1600/IMG_1695.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEO7TMGxsdOe7wSJpdJvPlKq2dmZ_F7Bds9LH0G0OeLORhZQOJ4-z4ctdD-kGqCzRoPGu6E1tyjgxq3rMJFqm1MSN_7cq6W-vSGORkyYPvdSMSbjO_vN-xSE03lIp5opXHps3s/s320/IMG_1695.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462085897267557874" border="0" /></a><br />Here are a few little decorative hearts I made.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7QTjYL-ADKlRMAq-TIdI-Ff3ka24A2VDHO6NxgzZwbWSwGjUQ61SovLJ4M6tP0ekXoeccDN97jzvWTst5l_5FjzGdBqWibCDFp3uQi1w4jdHkZ0KalMVfC9ZWHD7VJKRO599/s1600/IMG_1696.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7QTjYL-ADKlRMAq-TIdI-Ff3ka24A2VDHO6NxgzZwbWSwGjUQ61SovLJ4M6tP0ekXoeccDN97jzvWTst5l_5FjzGdBqWibCDFp3uQi1w4jdHkZ0KalMVfC9ZWHD7VJKRO599/s320/IMG_1696.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462085586427418386" border="0" /></a><br />We enjoyed Easter in so many way. I hope that you did too. After the weekend, John and I went away for a few days.... I'll write about that in my next post.<br /><br />Have a great weekend everyone. At last we are enjoying glorious weather. I hope the sun shines on you too.<br /></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-63910903112531747352010-03-15T16:05:00.023+00:002010-03-18T13:53:52.092+00:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Is8B-DcXba8mguJ1YEo-Z74PHGoB9v1xVKdLjER5_RTJBpHU1IVY9eiCZa5ZUJUQ3rx0CVJJ9dK8YT5ZXyDt14jVIXneSXUKDIFmxphwRFlJAHRvh2dhzEVvjFAkqH3k1dsB/s1600-h/IMG_1645.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Is8B-DcXba8mguJ1YEo-Z74PHGoB9v1xVKdLjER5_RTJBpHU1IVY9eiCZa5ZUJUQ3rx0CVJJ9dK8YT5ZXyDt14jVIXneSXUKDIFmxphwRFlJAHRvh2dhzEVvjFAkqH3k1dsB/s320/IMG_1645.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448898626877155794" border="0" /></a>EVENTS IN RECENT DAYS.....<br /><br />Mother’s Day, or as I prefer to call it ‘Mothering Sunday’ is celebrated in UK and Ireland on 4th Sunday of Lent, a day to honour Mothers and Motherhood. However, I think in most parts of Europe and US ‘Mother’s Day’ is observed in May.<br /><br />For those unaccustomed to our Mothering Sunday tradition the following link may be of interest......<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/mothers.htm">http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/mothers.htm</a><br /><br />John and I celebrated Mothering Sunday in the traditional way and enjoyed a lovely service at our Church. It was good to see so many of the children participated in the service, reading passages from the Bible and paying tribute to their Mothers for all they do for them. The children carried baskets of posies, handing one to each member of the congregation. Our posies are shown in the picture above.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This picture was taken in our church last year when John and I, together with seven others were confirmed by the Bishop. A beautiful and memorable occasion<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDy7uLCjvJ_dztlMwie4F9-_IZaeE6pvfuvcdnYdp0p0nIYlP9u4Ti2c-aqbVae9WfmUrEt8URQtTyNmOdYk01W3oeKSRsqNsagAL0_YBNanKlPfjKziJnv9vZh_naas_XaxU/s1600-h/confirmation.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDy7uLCjvJ_dztlMwie4F9-_IZaeE6pvfuvcdnYdp0p0nIYlP9u4Ti2c-aqbVae9WfmUrEt8URQtTyNmOdYk01W3oeKSRsqNsagAL0_YBNanKlPfjKziJnv9vZh_naas_XaxU/s320/confirmation.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448897338580375554" border="0" /></a><br />Our Mothering Sunday posies<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HBKFI8ReVLgjSOir9EVJq2dfM6h0m7lNtJb24FkLGrxFqvu7tBIlxg8htw1Uo_zLxLdTaU6Wvh-tVfoHCmwTg_vXTR5OKRnU9DMj8H_EnZ4ZxG5dvXc2Qyz41Fp_pfSnt75R/s1600-h/IMG_1646.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HBKFI8ReVLgjSOir9EVJq2dfM6h0m7lNtJb24FkLGrxFqvu7tBIlxg8htw1Uo_zLxLdTaU6Wvh-tVfoHCmwTg_vXTR5OKRnU9DMj8H_EnZ4ZxG5dvXc2Qyz41Fp_pfSnt75R/s320/IMG_1646.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448896624124905234" border="0" /></a><br />George.... Whose bed are you sleeping in?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5i1VJjWKqBCRS6_IoV_JQZXzVOEXlu4U-Qul6dx-6nuG8Yj55D7ySVLQSKmjmfSe5alwni167Zz33vfPK4e7UyRjZ30f3wfSsnMWtmHwgJIUHppw3n2_lBt7Jgad0XuUt0STC/s1600-h/IMG_1640.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5i1VJjWKqBCRS6_IoV_JQZXzVOEXlu4U-Qul6dx-6nuG8Yj55D7ySVLQSKmjmfSe5alwni167Zz33vfPK4e7UyRjZ30f3wfSsnMWtmHwgJIUHppw3n2_lBt7Jgad0XuUt0STC/s320/IMG_1640.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448895809713587362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In recent days I finished embroidering this little cloth.... it is one that my Mother had begun years ago.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2sWviQ6zIbB11hzWPmM-Gtg1TKQj3NLF_5rUVN9x1qrEPvkIUMDD_OqDwTNmcoe5HoiwOqw-aTozgHdnjXJngg7yvmBgAWvDxxhowVKSeapFt2ll0jGIhopM0_7oyLGNDg3C/s1600-h/IMG_1608.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2sWviQ6zIbB11hzWPmM-Gtg1TKQj3NLF_5rUVN9x1qrEPvkIUMDD_OqDwTNmcoe5HoiwOqw-aTozgHdnjXJngg7yvmBgAWvDxxhowVKSeapFt2ll0jGIhopM0_7oyLGNDg3C/s320/IMG_1608.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448895373951879794" border="0" /></a><br />Days of glorious sunny weather tempted me into the garden. There is much work to do clearing away the winter debris that has collected in and around flower beds, collections of dead leaves had to be raked out and of course re-potting a number of congested tubs. This bamboo is a fine example of one that was completely pot bound... just a mass of roots that had grown round and round with hardly any soil left to sustain it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3f01wCtPS59CCjw1J40DZ_UXKgjEOpAuks4PFMkUn1-kmwNS9r9v9D0-mCdNCrKVkjFgQH1yeb0x1huaQOhLsIgzTfuo3qKGUoZ5iSUBuwzDMZxwmZzgIEB1yPC5LMd583zu/s1600-h/IMG_1641.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3f01wCtPS59CCjw1J40DZ_UXKgjEOpAuks4PFMkUn1-kmwNS9r9v9D0-mCdNCrKVkjFgQH1yeb0x1huaQOhLsIgzTfuo3qKGUoZ5iSUBuwzDMZxwmZzgIEB1yPC5LMd583zu/s320/IMG_1641.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448895025994531794" border="0" /></a><br />George love days like this.... he is my constant companion when I'm in the garden.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJhdQPQvNIkSAdSGt8PuV76zULcl4gh2w8rmhaq3WKb9E0vY7IVQyn_doQ6YgczWKn3eX81XNfRKhm9roTYe4pA_XhbtQTFRHHcQ1zLUKxOaMDNh8YdJMF4dUZ8eE53aLw6Xz/s1600-h/george+b:bath.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJhdQPQvNIkSAdSGt8PuV76zULcl4gh2w8rmhaq3WKb9E0vY7IVQyn_doQ6YgczWKn3eX81XNfRKhm9roTYe4pA_XhbtQTFRHHcQ1zLUKxOaMDNh8YdJMF4dUZ8eE53aLw6Xz/s320/george+b:bath.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448894639583427474" border="0" /></a><br />Work continues on our sea defences, more huge boulders are being carried to our shores by road and ship.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0anL72uZzkJlOA_GQgtCtj-rZbhyphenhyphenOLCM13scmXoask4rAwFdTqXpNShD4Il4jiGtHOvCBb1ENAxOq_I1n-cLPLZmafJ4Fkf6mxSGmtnM6lMGTA-Xhf1NPnX2c-0uebmNCA8Mh/s1600-h/IMG_1619.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0anL72uZzkJlOA_GQgtCtj-rZbhyphenhyphenOLCM13scmXoask4rAwFdTqXpNShD4Il4jiGtHOvCBb1ENAxOq_I1n-cLPLZmafJ4Fkf6mxSGmtnM6lMGTA-Xhf1NPnX2c-0uebmNCA8Mh/s320/IMG_1619.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448893974327075522" border="0" /></a><br />As I walked along the promenade last week I found this interesting sight. You may recall a picture I included in a recent post dated 2 February showing how the force of the waves had eroded away the steps going down to the beach..... so I was surprised to see how this part of the beach recently excavated, shows how the steps have been protected over the years by deep sand... they look as good as new at this point.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcOHWA-UxtD3qZzp7E_4lli31J925PGH-SbksfCR-n6BPzlywnxjFiErEgJEkgWFI5Mq8jdJem-O8tLdlqiQqbiWoO9q4ALhfYwg2Xmwcsc74mHjTk87duuy55CZFpuwU0pu0/s1600-h/IMG_1623.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcOHWA-UxtD3qZzp7E_4lli31J925PGH-SbksfCR-n6BPzlywnxjFiErEgJEkgWFI5Mq8jdJem-O8tLdlqiQqbiWoO9q4ALhfYwg2Xmwcsc74mHjTk87duuy55CZFpuwU0pu0/s320/IMG_1623.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448893717695302290" border="0" /></a><br />Despite the wall to wall sunshine we've had in recent days.... it has been bitterly cold early morning. Our conservatory is north facing and first thing in the morning it feels like an ice box.<br />This has been a frequent temperature in there until the sun moves round......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUioWiTuCli_nwSJ8MSmgJVBBOm5kc5uVtFvvXzf5_Kz2DqZdc9Av0Cg2WY234ZJxpMxc1e4q_WmYUetrOsq918oorhTQGAVIMfkttCBE6OouMEnvdLjfA4VKFvIBeHil0EEFp/s1600-h/temp+con..JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUioWiTuCli_nwSJ8MSmgJVBBOm5kc5uVtFvvXzf5_Kz2DqZdc9Av0Cg2WY234ZJxpMxc1e4q_WmYUetrOsq918oorhTQGAVIMfkttCBE6OouMEnvdLjfA4VKFvIBeHil0EEFp/s320/temp+con..JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448893146540490450" border="0" /></a><br />.....but, quite a different reading when the thermometer is placed outside in a sunny spot.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQNIj5NxzuOmqDkUZLmTSUtdnZXcs7fJfPGCPRk6HRV2dbMc6aouliHfwN2Y2OsSretfh8wHLx2o2qZIIlJwjHfihq86koWcAlQnI1bj2yZfHHC350bjodtKoe0QI9ZlicbUy/s1600-h/temp+garden.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQNIj5NxzuOmqDkUZLmTSUtdnZXcs7fJfPGCPRk6HRV2dbMc6aouliHfwN2Y2OsSretfh8wHLx2o2qZIIlJwjHfihq86koWcAlQnI1bj2yZfHHC350bjodtKoe0QI9ZlicbUy/s320/temp+garden.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448892842756321698" border="0" /></a><br />Have a good weekend everyone and may the sun shine wherever your steps take you.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marion<br /></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20138197.post-49849464759926595232010-02-28T15:35:00.000+00:002010-02-28T15:35:27.879+00:00<div style="text-align: center;">28 FEBRUARY AND<br />LOOKING BACK OVER THE YEARS...<br /><br />Forgive me for this rather indulgent post, but its my birthday today and I’ve been looking back over the years.... please join me as I pull out a few pictures that reflect the changing times as the years have rolled by bringing me to where I am today.<br />I was told that it snowed the day I was born.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is the first picture I have of me... unfortunately it is undated.... a bonny baby of a few months old.... I remember Mother referring to these pictures as Polly photographs.... can anyone else remember them? I'm pleased that the pictures were never split up into individual ones.... I now have them framed. My parents often talked of the days in that Spring when I would be wrapped up warm, put in my pram and pushed out to the orchard of apples trees they had..... I enjoyed hearing of how the apple blossom petals would fall on and around my pram.... always thought what a lovely scene this embraced. Babies aren't put out in their prams to enjoy fresh air these days are they!<br /><br />You can click on any of the following pictures if you care to enlarge them for more detail.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOZqbve9NOxu2_4MskDu5vLL1OKBaW4LyomR9ozUms9SfjhF4lZ40juiLP1HiJKs7AF3oIS4_8enMGEh0jAFAY04qIE5VH4t1dIPERuXUOYTyuBcSbnZe4wcLu9k7hchT7_i-/s1600-h/IMG_1571.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOZqbve9NOxu2_4MskDu5vLL1OKBaW4LyomR9ozUms9SfjhF4lZ40juiLP1HiJKs7AF3oIS4_8enMGEh0jAFAY04qIE5VH4t1dIPERuXUOYTyuBcSbnZe4wcLu9k7hchT7_i-/s320/IMG_1571.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442968061726376642" border="0" /></a><br />My Mother made this little pink coat for me.... these were the war years when everything was rationed and very scarce... I guess it was made from some little piece of fabric available her.<br /><br />After my Mother died.... my brother and I were going through her belongings.... we came across this little coat..... she had kept it neatly folded and wrapped in tissue paper all of those years.... we also discovered a small pair of corduroy pants she had made for my brother.... it was such an emotional time..... when we discovered them we both sat on the floor of her bedroom and cried. We had no idea she had kept these two precious little items of clothes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzRnIe1itQAScH1EIFo1rMBtZlevGu1x2PNASnaD1yFJTOU5qO_MAgj702AoApc2D5vzms9UTGnVT7Y-qm78oqProZDhiYLlNdMuGzJTP-aMKJY0ba5onW5m_FoNDgQrvyacL/s1600-h/IMG_1575.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzRnIe1itQAScH1EIFo1rMBtZlevGu1x2PNASnaD1yFJTOU5qO_MAgj702AoApc2D5vzms9UTGnVT7Y-qm78oqProZDhiYLlNdMuGzJTP-aMKJY0ba5onW5m_FoNDgQrvyacL/s320/IMG_1575.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442967800326198258" border="0" /></a><br />Here I am in the early 1940’s.... obviously having fun playing in the garden by the look of my dirty leg sitting next to me our dog whose name was Prince ......and wearing my Daddy's straw hat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDzZFHHQpX0_rlSQN1Qc2UZcapDTOpS2weWzOFxJKTRm3RoFNmtTOVozoLyAll9Y65F3Gw7Ze4H1oMlYzkBBFvvXaSt8aaaGOPtbO6LnyC-GeB2lcTHXyqEDGVd5Ga-NF8uui/s1600-h/Scan20007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDzZFHHQpX0_rlSQN1Qc2UZcapDTOpS2weWzOFxJKTRm3RoFNmtTOVozoLyAll9Y65F3Gw7Ze4H1oMlYzkBBFvvXaSt8aaaGOPtbO6LnyC-GeB2lcTHXyqEDGVd5Ga-NF8uui/s320/Scan20007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442966775930042242" border="0" /></a><br />Me, my Daddy and Prince.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Rdpxaom6Fr4RPtjfyKUSKf_HOWEtYpSHLWBYQa_sKHbWCxAF1iCHMnDolZO8y09vPAAYxXL6c4o8YBjTp6b3MGAFWmZ2HQJGtWRKbzBtlDXvpCqOOg2dZ6YFZnHWfFvPH7I5/s1600-h/Scan20008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Rdpxaom6Fr4RPtjfyKUSKf_HOWEtYpSHLWBYQa_sKHbWCxAF1iCHMnDolZO8y09vPAAYxXL6c4o8YBjTp6b3MGAFWmZ2HQJGtWRKbzBtlDXvpCqOOg2dZ6YFZnHWfFvPH7I5/s320/Scan20008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442966604068431218" border="0" /></a><br />A few months older maybe with my cousin Barbara...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHS-Zf3bSx_nBi5rw1ACRLw1Kxa9qOp9OaUzd8L2vCAOFuMyZEeivDyemvamooO2L1oXd0cCqeLuI0Qzpe0ADpzMssI8Xvzo9pYnX6vFHPL4LGp1l1seHoqZNelGV9lOZea0HT/s1600-h/Scan20009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHS-Zf3bSx_nBi5rw1ACRLw1Kxa9qOp9OaUzd8L2vCAOFuMyZEeivDyemvamooO2L1oXd0cCqeLuI0Qzpe0ADpzMssI8Xvzo9pYnX6vFHPL4LGp1l1seHoqZNelGV9lOZea0HT/s320/Scan20009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442966295361637330" border="0" /></a><br />We are still in the 1940s and here I am feeding the chickens in our garden<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUbNf0TFzzRYTQuu7Np8gf-VoOFqwo6WqHbnvZ_T7Dfv-DFdC_xbAh9py4sjKgdIK7c44cesPX1jJJgK_JDRvuS9grjKg_JdD5PS9b4JDjtIhgL6KjaWYCiS6rJh45hRh4qif/s1600-h/Scan20005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUbNf0TFzzRYTQuu7Np8gf-VoOFqwo6WqHbnvZ_T7Dfv-DFdC_xbAh9py4sjKgdIK7c44cesPX1jJJgK_JDRvuS9grjKg_JdD5PS9b4JDjtIhgL6KjaWYCiS6rJh45hRh4qif/s320/Scan20005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442966036021460290" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I'm ten years old now and a bridesmaid at my cousins wedding. I don't look very happy do I?.... I remember being very cold..... but I'm pleased they didn't make me wear the headdress the other bridesmaid has.... I did love my silver shoes though.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtmCvNc4DptAzSwxeK4aXKj96JJH5pKwcTAgofNG8xVJk2atljXX3vOEHyi94cV6fucYPI7TncDs0MXk2Kb9c2UFESrZqqNGoKkTq4ObLpljmeWTIi3JBbno40dOvlmQ1F3qv/s1600-h/Scan20006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtmCvNc4DptAzSwxeK4aXKj96JJH5pKwcTAgofNG8xVJk2atljXX3vOEHyi94cV6fucYPI7TncDs0MXk2Kb9c2UFESrZqqNGoKkTq4ObLpljmeWTIi3JBbno40dOvlmQ1F3qv/s320/Scan20006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442965312671461170" border="0" /></a><br />My early teens in the '50s<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RfTfgNUAafAMPMuZaryB7ZdMR0lhH0c7GA3dWKlHS5TXkfE8OjXXM8V31h5VFH6y4Y3DyJ1N9O9ZZJ1mXMxH_tVhZ5FAUmNqCwtHH_ubVJMApHaVfvv0g5f13ETiUFNMTTh2/s1600-h/Scan20001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RfTfgNUAafAMPMuZaryB7ZdMR0lhH0c7GA3dWKlHS5TXkfE8OjXXM8V31h5VFH6y4Y3DyJ1N9O9ZZJ1mXMxH_tVhZ5FAUmNqCwtHH_ubVJMApHaVfvv0g5f13ETiUFNMTTh2/s320/Scan20001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442964918260650450" border="0" /></a><br />I'm 18 years old here with my brother Roger who is three years younger.... For a very short time we were the same height,<br />he was soon to overtake me though.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZq3RuwfkBx945rIy5VrEdS6zLtjYW0CeHuDC8gsDPylAeO1QDgDCy3VOhtt33-kgqtwA58rSnexlbanIV1gwdUBa6o_eUm9DbEkSSp8Iorcq25mqGi0lA0H0GmpYIC7wWrXK/s1600-h/Scan20010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZq3RuwfkBx945rIy5VrEdS6zLtjYW0CeHuDC8gsDPylAeO1QDgDCy3VOhtt33-kgqtwA58rSnexlbanIV1gwdUBa6o_eUm9DbEkSSp8Iorcq25mqGi0lA0H0GmpYIC7wWrXK/s320/Scan20010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442963803005351330" border="0" /></a><br />We skip now to the 70s.... in my car wearing a flowery blouse and mini skirt, I remember it well.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGRISkROsMSIYNFduQi81nbsJCe0KGdawc-ASav6Lf0WGKWN4dN2BZMmgN5CDFB6CIKjLHQwgnjPhTTwPtP_aSyJzn-jysNvDtKC_x00lIQhFrzAT1zakhj2iuXUzjOzdUxzZ/s1600-h/Scan20001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGRISkROsMSIYNFduQi81nbsJCe0KGdawc-ASav6Lf0WGKWN4dN2BZMmgN5CDFB6CIKjLHQwgnjPhTTwPtP_aSyJzn-jysNvDtKC_x00lIQhFrzAT1zakhj2iuXUzjOzdUxzZ/s320/Scan20001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442963138604988818" border="0" /></a><br />Into the 80s.... I'm now working in the travel business and I had my share of courier duties to do on tours.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBGlqEt-nxxewcO8fqtRtT9Y8fN89vwEujFgXWPQtX2DkEI3FxENmQVMBiTQlhUI1QGOpsR0SZ_vzjyVlHTIoAV1n8eyFC0uiO9hkvPI21IhdsBc7vGtpz84PVKzKS7Lz8UkJ/s1600-h/Scan20004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBGlqEt-nxxewcO8fqtRtT9Y8fN89vwEujFgXWPQtX2DkEI3FxENmQVMBiTQlhUI1QGOpsR0SZ_vzjyVlHTIoAV1n8eyFC0uiO9hkvPI21IhdsBc7vGtpz84PVKzKS7Lz8UkJ/s320/Scan20004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442960363430175522" border="0" /></a><br />1987 - at my desk, which had had a quick tidy up especially for the picture. I was Tours Manager for a travel company in Cheltenham, Glos. A great job which I loved for 18 years.... I did the hotel contracting for the company and wrote the holiday brochure... best part tho' was travelling around, checking out the hotels and visiting the many holiday destinations both in UK and Europe where we based our holidays.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z2YC1TrsvrRPVXTrG2-uEJALRb8kNKskrqRu4ZHOwVWE4yG58D8-3uZLRRw1k3JRD2GlAXFBmI2ruDG6Eu5haHana28gXXuFTEP0paqOoXXhu8cQMBHVbS20nR0Ua4VpCjps/s1600-h/Scan20003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z2YC1TrsvrRPVXTrG2-uEJALRb8kNKskrqRu4ZHOwVWE4yG58D8-3uZLRRw1k3JRD2GlAXFBmI2ruDG6Eu5haHana28gXXuFTEP0paqOoXXhu8cQMBHVbS20nR0Ua4VpCjps/s320/Scan20003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442960174202261970" border="0" /></a><br />5th December 1981 - The day John and I married...... It was a wonderful warm sunny day. Here I am with my good friend Angela and brother Roger.... you can see how tall he grew!<br />The winter forsythia was flowering well against a warm Cotswold stone wall.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmubKan2P1EbWjkzQfRBrtFFZh_GjrKkOf96AzzxF2GizOYd1j-qAJctZwm2cJ3SOmQRvfyMJdjdfJVV1EzLIAHDindznLNdJ-IJymaTtGKyOEA9jus2lCLOdq9mILwZO2xYS/s1600-h/Scan20011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmubKan2P1EbWjkzQfRBrtFFZh_GjrKkOf96AzzxF2GizOYd1j-qAJctZwm2cJ3SOmQRvfyMJdjdfJVV1EzLIAHDindznLNdJ-IJymaTtGKyOEA9jus2lCLOdq9mILwZO2xYS/s320/Scan20011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442959832321265602" border="0" /></a><br />1997 - By now we are well settled into the old Police Station here in Wales... Major renovations were taking place in the house and we had terraced off the considerable gradient of our garden.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9Z7pKw5dzWN5-_3xsdwsBZc0q45i_H4mVEX_5ty-VVazFJWsPxxW1qH9AQNLvcAWBQbOdd835M5EBJ73IaThm2JJheQst2hrZin156e6eYTPcNNBDTsVgfCU5MIx1muER7bN/s1600-h/Scan20002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9Z7pKw5dzWN5-_3xsdwsBZc0q45i_H4mVEX_5ty-VVazFJWsPxxW1qH9AQNLvcAWBQbOdd835M5EBJ73IaThm2JJheQst2hrZin156e6eYTPcNNBDTsVgfCU5MIx1muER7bN/s320/Scan20002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442959316222084738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">2006 - Enjoying one of our favourite walks... to the secret walled garden.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyCb5dWGZML4hN1Xx98pV7nPCR9aKxFz4O5IC1jfmTfISV0ZWE8X-gK1Dw-P7ty_bhEOA1fVOxFv2AerR0LNghptvpC7rUoStmqOvWOEoLJJJBr_Xdk97WzA34fMteHsXpEfw/s1600-h/DSCN3663.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyCb5dWGZML4hN1Xx98pV7nPCR9aKxFz4O5IC1jfmTfISV0ZWE8X-gK1Dw-P7ty_bhEOA1fVOxFv2AerR0LNghptvpC7rUoStmqOvWOEoLJJJBr_Xdk97WzA34fMteHsXpEfw/s320/DSCN3663.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442957730539975074" border="0" /></a><br />July 2009 - How delighted we were to be at the Dome in Brighton to see our darling Grand Girl Laura graduate.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMBCa3MHJ4jzZ2SmOTYiCu3KsMBxOb90P5qkE_mXnxBFNidS910nuPMJBycYW25OF1GGAoh-fAuPsdQE_UDfe5nqEhXHNL0GjHwiWhOfGkdsVKxm38q4g_pEyc_j5jmnWQHu8/s1600-h/IMG_1021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMBCa3MHJ4jzZ2SmOTYiCu3KsMBxOb90P5qkE_mXnxBFNidS910nuPMJBycYW25OF1GGAoh-fAuPsdQE_UDfe5nqEhXHNL0GjHwiWhOfGkdsVKxm38q4g_pEyc_j5jmnWQHu8/s320/IMG_1021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442957288375144274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">December 2009 and here we are..... Christmas in Switzerland having lunch in a restaurant alongside the river Rhine.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gVCG4v36mUHfrnPbuA1UmHlmJ58W2At7Fb1So1Hda2ctKH3Z9WLJONR2vunEhu92Nc0h1sKL1XjRQe-3sIGxrtCaA4kwPaG5InYB2W_e091mcCD31wnqrkEW1KiiVxyzaUpK/s1600-h/IMG_1341.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gVCG4v36mUHfrnPbuA1UmHlmJ58W2At7Fb1So1Hda2ctKH3Z9WLJONR2vunEhu92Nc0h1sKL1XjRQe-3sIGxrtCaA4kwPaG5InYB2W_e091mcCD31wnqrkEW1KiiVxyzaUpK/s320/IMG_1341.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442954578146641058" border="0" /></a><br />How quickly these years have flown by... how important it is to stop and smell the roses along the way.<br />Have a blessed Sunday everyone.<br /></div>Reflection Through The Seasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081179712025990011noreply@blogger.com14