First of all I would like to say
Big Happy Birthday to my eldest son, Forty today
How did that happen..........?
Joining in with I live, I Love, I craft Scavenger Hunt
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.
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...........
I've joined the I live, I Love, I craft Scavenger Hunt again.
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.....?
Two Weeks
On 1st September I was picked up by my son and daughter-in-law to take me back to Thames Ditton to stay with them for a few days.
On the way we we stopped at Stonehenge, Anneka had previously booked like you have to do these days. Not quite the same as when I went in the 1960s, then there was just a car park, a tea wagon and you could stand and play on the stones. Now there is a visitors centre, a shop, huts to look at and mile and half walk to the stones, or there is bus with a narrative as you look out of the bus window.
The following day Robert and I did some errands and took a tranquil walk home
When we got back I booked an appointment to go into Creative Quilting. I did not spend much just some fabric for a couple of projects but whilst in there I saw a lovely simple quilt which I stored in my memory as I felt it inappropriate to take a photo.
My version of a quilt I saw
I wasn't in there an hour and too early to sit around to meet my son so I popped into a cafe and had a cup of tea and wrote some good luck cards to my grandchildren for going back to school. One had made herself sick worrying as she was going to the "big school".
Met up with Robert and we strolled around the grounds, The main gardens were closed as they were preparing for a sports car auction, but they opened the gardens the public don't normally see and the Kings Dining room which was the way to the exit.
This made me laugh - it just says it all!
on the entrance gates are a Lion and Unicorn, like most little girls my granddaughter is into unicorns so I took my life into my hands and took a photo of the entrance gates........
The lion and the unicorn
Were fighting for the crown
The lion beat the unicorn
All around the town.
Some gave them white bread,
And some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum cake
and drummed them out of town.
And when he had beat him out,
He beat him in again;
He beat him three times over,
His power to maintain.
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“The Lion and the Unicorn” have been part of the United Kingdom history since 1603 when Scotland and England were unified.
Even before James I of England unified the two kingdoms, they were already symbols in their Royal Arms, two lions being emblem of England while two unicorns were standing for Scotland.
Since 1603 the Lion and the Unicorn are elements in the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, standing for the the unification of the two kingdoms.
The unicorn is a legendary creature, sometimes depicted as a white horse with a horn in the middle of its forehead. Legends describe this horn as having miraculous powers: cure diseases, cleanses evil, giving life.
The lion is a respected, valued and even defied animal in some cultures. Its identity as a symbol of power dates back 5,000 years. The lion’s mane is a royal symbol being often compared with the sun rays.
“The Lion and the Unicorn” is traditional nursery rhyme telling the story of the enmity and the fight of suzerainty of the two kingdoms, the lion and the unicorn being symbols of their power and dominance.
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Friday we stayed in. I had taken patchwork and knitting to do and Robert did some work
The next day we all went to Waverley Abbey. We had a picnic lunch under the only part of the ruin that had a bit of a roof, then we strolled round the abbey, then to a nearby pub which had a lovely spaced garden for a cool drink
I thought this tree was great with some of it's roots above ground
The following day was home time. I spent a week in isolation*, my friend did my shopping and the highlight of the week was to watch the "Game of Skips"
It was fascinating to watch!
They put the full skip and put it into the empty skip which was on the back of the transporter.
then swapped the chains over and picked up the full skip again and placed it back on the transporter,
*I put myself into isolation just as a precaution
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