by Barbara | Jul 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
So, then what to tell you?England was full of…. Hot sunshine (30 last week – thank God for air conditioning in the car).Flowers, flowers, flowers.Pretty villages with cricket greens and sagging ancient houses.Red bricked pubs with great food and peculiar names (we owe...
by Barbara | Jun 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
I have so much to write about and no time at the moment to do so. I was without broadband for 4 days and nearly lost the plot altogether. That’s a bit worrying? Need to work that out. It was like losing my mobile… I felt bereft!And I really am bereft about...
by Barbara | Jun 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
And so we have reached one of the two turning points of the natural year.The Summer Solstice.Longest day.High Summer.I am pretty sure that in a previous life I was a witch or a Pagan Priestess as the Solstices (and indeed Halloween) in particular resonate with some...
by Barbara | Jun 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Monday afternoon.Almost midsummer.The Solstice waits in the wings of the approaching weekend.I sit by the open patio door.Cat is curled up on his chair beside mine.The smell of the rain drifts in from the garden.Bringing with it the plop, plop of rain drops falling on...
by Barbara | Jun 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sometimes it’s hard to remember to count your blessings… especially on Mondays! Which is how come I am posting this on a Tuesday!Here’s one of my best blessings….. looking all serious since I explained to him that I was posting his photo on my...
by Barbara | Jun 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Oh… the excitement… summer is here.The weather has been so wonderful for the last week.Sunshine, blue skies and (in Irish terms) hot temperatures.Coffee, lunch and dinner in the garden.Bare feet all day.Windows thrown open from early morning.Washing drying naturally...
