For some reason, I was sure I had started my blog in May. But recently I looked back, and it was 22nd April 2009. So today is my blogiversary - who knew I'd still be going 8 years later.
Yesterday was my birthday - so I took a memory trip back to two years ago when we were in Giverny and I never got round to editing and sharing photos from that day. My sister and aunt got a slideshow of ALL the photos; the overload is why I never got to do anything about them.
Here's a quick pick. It was a lovely day - Easter was late, so the gardens opened to the public a little earlier than usual and we were able to go on our last day in Paris. It changed the whole feel of the trip from just a city break to a holiday, because we got the train to Giverny and then we were right out in the countryside. When we arrived, the gardens were full, because there was a big group from a cruise ship. We walked around the gardens once in the throng, then sat on a bench at the back of the water garden for about half an hour enjoying the peace (and a cuckoo calling in the distance), and then when we walked around the gardens again, they were practically empty.
Now I think I want to make a card with my dogwood die!
Friday, 22 April 2016
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Steeples
I took a better look at the steeple on the old church/new distillery. It's glass - it's going to be beautiful!
Here's the very squat steeple of the Catholic St. James' church across the road (where you can get your Camino passport). I like the way the glass echoes the colour of the what I presume is copper encrusted with verdigris.
And Spring is on the way - the sweet chestnut inside the gate in work is greening up all of a sudden.
Here's the very squat steeple of the Catholic St. James' church across the road (where you can get your Camino passport). I like the way the glass echoes the colour of the what I presume is copper encrusted with verdigris.
And Spring is on the way - the sweet chestnut inside the gate in work is greening up all of a sudden.
I was trying to take a photo of a couple of grey wagtails, but didn't get the camera out of my bag in time - so all I have is the structure of the bridge.
And some more blue....
Monday, 4 April 2016
On the way to work...
Not today, but last Thursday which was beautifully sunny if still on the cold side.
The old de-consecrated Anglican church on St. James' Street was a lighting showroom when I first started working here, and then it went bust during the recession. It's now being converted into a micro-distillery - and getting a very fine steeple in the process; it hasn't had one since 1948 when it was apparently blown down.
The old de-consecrated Anglican church on St. James' Street was a lighting showroom when I first started working here, and then it went bust during the recession. It's now being converted into a micro-distillery - and getting a very fine steeple in the process; it hasn't had one since 1948 when it was apparently blown down.
Friday, 1 April 2016
March Favourites...
This month's header is a photo of a wren taken in St. Catherine's Park last April.
And some favourite cards from March:
I like this one because my mother called me after Sabrina in Milton's poem "Comus". So this was probably the first piece of poetry that I learned by heart. And I have a lovely little S-shaped enamel mermaid pin that was my grandmother's.
And some favourite cards from March:
I like this one because my mother called me after Sabrina in Milton's poem "Comus". So this was probably the first piece of poetry that I learned by heart. And I have a lovely little S-shaped enamel mermaid pin that was my grandmother's.
Sabrina fair, | |
Listen where thou art sitting | |
Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, | |
In twisted braids of lilies knitting | |
The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair: |
I feel this bird looks as if he has seen something which has astonished him - so I am thinking of adding a snail or something in the bottom right corner.