Mosaic Monday # 12. The Church at Stanton Lacy, Shropshire.
Whilst browsing the shelves of the Castle Bookshop in Ludlow last month I spied a book with a very intriguing title, "The Temptation and Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy". I put the book down to...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 13 - Postcards from Rhodes, Greece.
Hi everyone, Happy Mosaic Monday.We just got back from a 10 day trip to Rhodes, Greece where we celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary, yay!I picked out some postcards to send to all our friends back...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 14 - fête de la pomme au village de Trévières.
Yesterday we stopped for a while in the village of Trévières to take a look around the Festival of Apples which is held annually on the last Sunday of October.vintage artisanal apple press...
View ArticleMosaicMonday # 15 - Attingham Park, Shropshire.
On our last trip over to the UK we spent a lovely morning touring Attingham Park a perfect example of Georgian architecture located close to the village of Atcham in Shropshire.If you're a Downton...
View ArticleMosaic Monday - # 16. November days.
The first week of November certainly blew in with gusto bringing leaves and conkers swirling down and back breaking work for the Senior Partner and me.Add to that a house front covered by an ancient...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 17. Getting Crafty.
I've been a scrap booker for about eight or nine years and set up a separate blog called just scrapping about four years ago which has been sadly neglected of late. The blog not scrapbooking!I belong...
View ArticleFive On Friday - IKEA festive 5
This week Storm Angus has been battering our little corner of Normandy, most mornings have seen us returning home from walking Fleur looking like drowned rats holding useless umbrellas blown inside out...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 18. Seasonal preparations.
Eating home made mince pies is a British tradition that the SP and I have kept up ever since we left Merrie Olde England over 30 years ago.Whether we celebrated in the snowy wonderland of Bavaria or a...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 19. A seasonal treat (or two?).
My favourite French lifestyle magazine is Campagne Décoration and you may recollect previous posts featuring styles and ideas from it's beautiful pages that have inspired me.Click here and here to see...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 20. Finally feeling festive.
It's hard to feel festive when the sun is shining and the skies are blue, a quiet walk on an empty beach yesterday felt a million miles away from Christmas card scenes of snow, robins, fir boughs and...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 21. Inspired to travel?
Happy New Year to all my blogging friends around the world.May 2017 be ridiculously amazing for us all!About the most amazing thing that I like to do is travel, luckily so does the Senior...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 22. A favourite location to photograph.
One task I really dislike doing is trawling through the zillions of photographs on my PC hitting the delete button.I always get sidetracked, reminiscing about times, places and friends captured by my...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 23. Talking to horses.
Thanks for all the interesting comments on last week's Mosaic Monday post.It seems that many of us gravitate to the great outdoors with our cameras.Sallie said " We are always drawn to the water.......
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 24. The Bowes Museum, County Durham.
The Bowes MuseumLast week when I stopped by Daniella's blog " my little old world " I was reminded of a visit that the Senior Partner I made to the Bowes Museum in 2013.When I checked my blog history I...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 25. Winter Snap Challenge.
I'm back on home turf for my Mosaic Monday post this week sharing with you some images taken around and about as part of the Winter Snap Challenge currently happening on the UK Scrappers website.If you...
View ArticleFive On Friday # 9. 5 things that made me happy this week.
Joining Amy @ Love Made My Home for Five On Friday with 5 things that have made me happy this week.#1walking by a derelict barn we saw that some enterprising person was using itas a stable for their...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 26. The Good, the Random, the Fun.
One of the great things about Mosaic Monday is the inspiration that I get from visiting the blogs of all of you who participate each week.Mosaic MondayReading about where you live, your families;...
View ArticleFive On Friday # 10.
Joining Amy once again for Five On Fridaywith2 things that have something in common; 2 things that are loosely connectedand 1 sign of an early spring, perhaps!The first Sunday in February, as those of...
View ArticleMosaic Monday # 27 - so then this happened.
Mosaic MondayI have a friend who lives in the UK who likes to make marmalade in January, usually she makes a Seville orange marmalade because Seville oranges are at their best at this time of year....
View ArticleFive on Friday - feeling Pink.
Recently I've been getting FB requests to post a heart on my FB page to support Breast Cancer awareness which I thought was strange since October is Breast Cancer awareness month.Still it doesn't hurt...
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