So long, farewell, adieu......

It is with a heavy heart

 that tonight I pull the plug on

 mostly older than me.

This blog has been about the family

our dreams, our plans.

Now I have to find my own dreams

and make my own plans

and those dreams and plans

deserve a place of their own

But it is important that I not

leave here without

saying how much I have enjoyed the trip

and a huge thank you to

those wonderful people who

have travelled it with me. 

To Kerry, Renee, Jane and Tina 

who held my hand over the last

seven months and made

sure I came back


and the friends I met who have also been there
through the long hall
Vicki from Vicki lane mysteries
Anita from Castles Crowns and Castles,
  Semi expat in Oz,
A-M
Life in the Country Lane
James
Karina,
Gigi
A room for everyone
and Ann 


There are so many other wonderful people I met
who have widened my view of the world
who allowed me to share some of their
tears and laughter who
gave me a glimpse of their lives
and who taught me that
goodness still abounds in this
world of ours


I thank you one and all


hopefully I will catch up again in the near future
but for the last time from here


Goodnight

tidying up loose ends

Following up and tidying up loose ends

On my sidebar is a link to 

Stratford House

a house that was built by 

Ambrose and Bridget Rotton

without whom I would not be here!!!!

in the post I wondered what

it would have been like inside

and UK daughter promised to visit.

She did and we have lovely photos

of........

 Offices!!!!!!

But we were not to be totally denied a vision

into the past as we then discovered

that Bridget's brother had built a

house a few years before

 and it was this house that Ambrose and Bridget

obviously got some of their ideas from

they are incredibly similar.

and this house, called Blakesley Hall,

is also still standing

and is in fact a museum so

if you would like to have a look hop over here to

Blakesley Hall

and check out how they lived in the 1600's!

Maybe find a few ideas for your new interiors!!!!!!!!!!

Goodnight

The joys of downloading!!!!!!

What a wondrous world

hangs out there in the ether!

We disposed of the cameras upload program

downloaded another

and here we are!!!

don't know if this is all going to work

but if it does

the pic is a rather wonderful shot

taken by the clever

Gregoir

just before my first guests arrived

for my first 

"entertaining"!!!!

So lets see how this works!

Goodnight

My computer has taken

exception to the fact

that it has had little use in the

past 6 months

It absolutely refuses to allow me to load

any photos.

The minute I try I get the dreaded

blue screen.

Don't know how long it is going

to continue this sulk...

but we will continue anyway

and hope it forgives me 

for being absent so long!!

Blogger on the other hand has 

recovered from it's sulk and

is now allowing me to log in to my dashboard instead of

just the new post page!

So after this very boring tirade

it would appear that  

I am back

Thank you

for all those wonderful comments

and emails that have kept me going

you are a truly wonderful group of people

Hugs to you all

and Goodnight

Goodnight

I have a problem

I am not allowed to log on but I can post!

Some good news at last...!

15000 rioting people

100's of riot police

tear gas hanging in the air for hours,

two days of transport strike!

Did I say good news?!!!

Well yes...

because

 despite all the carrying on in Athens 

our beautiful  Harry

ignored it all

and he and his team

played wonderfully and he brought home 

a bronze medal

from the

World Special Olympics!

His parents, sister, aunt and Gregoir

all braved the elements to watch

him play.

Harry 

Papa would have been soooooo proud!

and as usual you continue to amaze me

with your sporting abilities,

your sportsmanship,

your team spirit,

your indomitable spirit and your 

truly wonderful sense of humour.

You enrich my life Harry

 and I love you very much

Goodnight

another goodbye...!!!!!

He was a large puppy

an even larger dog

who had a friendly wag for everyone

but behind that

cheerful look and wagging tail

there lived a fierce protector

but at 15 years and without Top and Maggie

John Wellington Wells (or Wells for short)

decided on Sunday that it was time for him to go too.

Travel safely Wells till you find the other two.

Goodnight