In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs when the sun travels along its northernmost path in the sky. This marks the astronomical start of summer in the northern half of the globe.
Farm
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Chocolate
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Not an Easter Egg but chocolates from a dear friend
First of all I would like to say
Big Happy Birthday to my eldest son, Forty today
How did that happen..........?
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Spring
Vivaldi's Spring
The Spring Equinox is the first day of spring season and occurs when the sun passes the equator moving from the southern to the northern hemisphere. The North Pole begins to lean toward the sun again. Day and night have approximately the same length. The posh name for Spring Equinox is Vernal Equinox.By the meteorological calendar, spring will always start on 1 March; ending on 31 May
All this week I have been feeling bleurgh.... Not helpful being on your own either, so I watched too much television and knitted. Think I feel better now!
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Sunrise and Sunset
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The sunrise.
Sunset
Look Up!
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When I was younger I always wanted to do photography but couldn't afford to. There was no instant pictures then, no digital cameras, no phones with cameras attached! The photographs had to be developed by yourself or taken to the local chemist for developing.
I did know a photographer and he always said "look Up! when you want to take some photos.
I learnt a lot with just that phrase..... always look up you never know what you may see...........
Warning: Just remember to look where you are walking........
Signs of Spring
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Delicious
Highly pleasant in taste!
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I made some Rock Cakes - Recipe can be found here
One was extra delicious straight out of the oven!
When I make these for my grandchildren I use chopped coloured cherries
Unexpected
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Two video calls from my son in New Zealand. One last Sunday and one just now, both occasions, as I answered my 4year old granddaughter's beautiful smile saying Hello Nanny. This morning for me was her opening parcels, book for her and the jumper for her brother.
This is unexpected too!
My friend knows I love Amaryllis bulbs. Big blousy show off of the bulb world.
This poor bulb had a bit of a rough start
I opened the box to find it had been packed upside down.
Spent all day Wednesday sorting out the Freeview Box. I rang my provider, who came back my phone line is OK. I quite clearly said You View, then my husband's cousin rang we nattered for about an hour or so. When I put the phone down from her I rang my provider back, answered the questions hopefully clearly as I could and then the question is it about the problem already in hand, answer Yes! I got a voice I could just about understand and she said can you do this and and this with the box, I obliged. After about and hour she said I needed a new box. I knew I needed a new box, I needed an upgrade as it had been on its last legs over the last couple years and gave yesterday. I had had the box since day one of Freeview. It made me think though. There was someone taking control of my telephone, internet and TV at the other end of the phone line!
Thursday morning off to the hospital.
I was OK. Found I couldn't sleep on that side but other than that fine.
Scavenger Hunt
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Starts with W
This one was quite difficult so I'm afraid another lesson..........
W for Wisdom
Athena
Goddess of Wisdom. war and the craft, and the favourite daughter of Zeus. Athena was, was perhaps, the wisest, most courageous, and certainly the most resourceful of the Olympian gods.
Minerva
Roman goddess of Wisdom, medicine. commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war.
Frigg
Goddess in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about her, she is associated with foresight and wisdom, and dwells in the wetland halls of Fensalir.
Owl
The owl was a symbol for Athena, goddess of wisdom and strategy, before the Greeks gave their pantheon human forms. According to myth, an owl sat on Athena's blind side, so that she could see the whole truth. In Ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of a higher wisdom, and it was also a guardian of the Acropolis.
According to ancient folklore in the West, the owl is considered a wise, silent and solitary bird of prey associated with lunar deities - symbols of wisdom, wiser even than the eagle - the totem bird of the Sun Kings.
It goes back to the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena, having an owl as her symbol. I had one Naturalist tell me once that owls came to represent wisdom because of their large eyes and their success in hunting at night and catching creatures that humans weren't able to detect.
(All W for Wisdom sourced from Google)
First of all I would like to say a BIG Happy birthday to my youngest son 35 years old today
It snowed this week, but nothing spectacular. I helped a friend to make marmalade. It would have taken her all day if she'd attempted it on her own. I'm part of her bubble as her husband has Parkinson's so she needed help. I just helped to peel and squeeze the oranges she did the rest in the afternoon. I haven't done much else this week just knitting and sewing.
Scavenger Hunt
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Lovely Memory
My last Happy Memory I had with my late husband, we went to see the
Agatha's Christie's The Mousetrap.
Scavenger Hunt
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My own choice
Pretty tiny Daffodil
The next full Moon can be seen on 28 January 2021. The so-called ‘Wolf Moon’ will appear for around three nights.
A full Moon happens roughly every 29.5 days, the length of one lunar cycle. You can see details of each full Moon of 2021 (including every Moon’s dedicated name) below.
28 January: Wolf Moon
27 February: Snow Moon
28 March: Worm Moon
27 April: Pink Moon (supermoon)
26 May: Flower Moon/Blood Moon (supermoon)
24 June: Strawberry Moon
24 July: Buck Moon
22 August: Sturgeon Moon
21 September: Harvest Moon
20 October: Hunter’s Moon
19 November: Beaver Moon (micro full Moon)
19 December: Cold Moon
First of all I would like to say Happy Birthday to my granddaughter Scarlett,7 years old today
Think Positive, my words for the year - Huh!
Two block toilets in the matter of days, not happy. I thought the guy who came to sort the upstairs loo and all was OK... No.... by Saturday morning the downstairs was blocked! Not sure the blockage had flushed through properly, anyway I'll be on the phone tomorrow...........
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This week New
This little person, a second grandson was born about 8,30am 9th January UK time.
He is in New Zealand.
If his parents and sister were still living in UK I still wouldn't be able to see him yet.....
My late husband use to say to me Think Positive. Wise words!
That is my word(s) for the year!
So I'm thinking positive! I'm having a eat out of the Freezer January!
Someone who doesn't like injections or blood taking I am looking forward to having my Coronavirus Vaccine. I could be in one of three groups 64yrs, 65yrs if its after April or the 75yrs and vulnerable as I have had cancer.............
I've joined the I live, I Love, I craft Scavenger Hunt again.
I haven't done it for a while but one picture a week, I can do....
This week GIFTS
Fairy Cakes
and sent some Flowers
It was my friend Val's birthday on 4th January, she said her birthday is so near Christmas that she doesn't really celebrate it. I thought this year she was going to.
She is one of three lovely friends in my little bubble
2020 a Year to Remember.........
I'm reluctant to say it but......
HAPPY NEW YEAR
2021 has got to be better than last year, hasn't it?
What will this new year bring?
What a strange year 2020 has been. All of a sudden we had this virus which went worldwide which came from somewhere in China, and now it's getting worse. Well they do say things have to get worse before they get better don't they.....?
