Yay!!!! ... And Thanks!!!!!!!!

I came back late last night to my first 2 Christmas cards - Thank you louise39 and oldgraymare ... and I shall be sure to tell DJ he has his own card ... even though I shall look after it - Thank you again oldgreymare

Now, this morning I wake up and have 2 cookies to eat for breakfast - More thanks to oldgreymare - and to kaczurda

Aren't I a lucky girl?

Yay!!!! ... And Thanks!!!!!!!!

I came back late last night to my first 2 Christmas cards - Thank you louise39 and oldgraymare ... and I shall be sure to tell DJ he has his own card ... even though I shall look after it - Thank you again oldgreymare

Now, this morning I wake up and have 2 cookies to eat for breakfast - More thanks to oldgreymare - and to kaczurda

Aren't I a lucky girl?

Yay - Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you to the kind someone who has given me another Christmas cookie

I have some amazing friends - I can't thank you enough.

Love and hugs

And Again -

Wow - I have had to edit as I have had yet another cookie - Thank you so much jaded_jamie - That is so sweet of you, especially as you are away from us all at present - I hope (and pray) that you will soon be at peace ... and back with us all again.

Love and hugs to you

Yay - Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you to the kind someone who has given me another Christmas cookie

I have some amazing friends - I can't thank you enough.

Love and hugs

And Again -

Wow - I have had to edit as I have had yet another cookie - Thank you so much jaded_jamie - That is so sweet of you, especially as you are away from us all at present - I hope (and pray) that you will soon be at peace ... and back with us all again.

Love and hugs to you

30 Day MEME - Day 8 - A Photo That Makes You Angry/Sad

It was very hard to decide what to post today - so I have, yet again, bent the rules!

I am posting a picture of a place that I used to visit regularily, as it was on the way to my Grandparents. Just outside the city of Cambridge, is the town of Madingley - and this is taken on the aprt of American soil that remains there.

I have a "hobby" of visiting War Cemetaries wherever I go - and the few USA ones I have been to have rows of white crosses - so sad, so much loss of life and potential - so much heartbreak. However, that isn't the picture, because in each of these hallowed corners are chapels, with individual designs apropriate to the area of the war that they were part of.

Cambridgeshire is part of the area where the USAAF were based - and my mother was used to watching the Flying Fortresses over her village. This beautiful mosaic depicts those planes travelling with the angels - a very moving image, IMHO. I think that the image must have been inspired by the third verse of the Palm Sunday hymn, "Ride on, ride on, in Majesty" :-

Ride on, ride on, in majesty!
The wingèd squadrons of the sky
Look down with sad and wondering eyes
To see the approaching sacrifice.



Take a moment to remember those who fought and died and are buried on foreign soil ... and their families and friends left sad at home.

Take another moment to remember those who still serve - both at home and abroad ... and their families who wait.

30 Day MEME - Day 8 - A Photo That Makes You Angry/Sad

It was very hard to decide what to post today - so I have, yet again, bent the rules!

I am posting a picture of a place that I used to visit regularily, as it was on the way to my Grandparents. Just outside the city of Cambridge, is the town of Madingley - and this is taken on the aprt of American soil that remains there.

I have a "hobby" of visiting War Cemetaries wherever I go - and the few USA ones I have been to have rows of white crosses - so sad, so much loss of life and potential - so much heartbreak. However, that isn't the picture, because in each of these hallowed corners are chapels, with individual designs apropriate to the area of the war that they were part of.

Cambridgeshire is part of the area where the USAAF were based - and my mother was used to watching the Flying Fortresses over her village. This beautiful mosaic depicts those planes travelling with the angels - a very moving image, IMHO. I think that the image must have been inspired by the third verse of the Palm Sunday hymn, "Ride on, ride on, in Majesty" :-

Ride on, ride on, in majesty!
The wingèd squadrons of the sky
Look down with sad and wondering eyes
To see the approaching sacrifice.



Take a moment to remember those who fought and died and are buried on foreign soil ... and their families and friends left sad at home.

Take another moment to remember those who still serve - both at home and abroad ... and their families who wait.

366 MEME - Day 297 - Bude - More Christmas Lights.

I had to go back to the opticians today and as you can see they are have some of the trees on them - I also like how they have used the blank sides of the buildings to add these large images.




BTW - I can try wearing my contacts again next week - by then I should be doing OK (fingers crossed!!)

366 MEME - Day 297 - Bude - More Christmas Lights.

I had to go back to the opticians today and as you can see they are have some of the trees on them - I also like how they have used the blank sides of the buildings to add these large images.




BTW - I can try wearing my contacts again next week - by then I should be doing OK (fingers crossed!!)

5 Word MEME - Twice

Yes, you know I like MEMEs so I volunteered to do this 5 word MEME thingy twice.

The rules are that you leave the word "Word" in your reply and then I will select 5 words that apply to you.
You then write about what those words mean to you.

I asked jaded_jamie and he gave me -
Cornwall.... Jiffy.... Parents..... Marsters..... LJ

And I asked kudagirl and she gave me -
Family.... Travel.... Home.... Blessings.... Camera



( Now this is what I have to scribble - )

5 Word MEME - Twice

Yes, you know I like MEMEs so I volunteered to do this 5 word MEME thingy twice.

The rules are that you leave the word "Word" in your reply and then I will select 5 words that apply to you.
You then write about what those words mean to you.

I asked jaded_jamie and he gave me -
Cornwall.... Jiffy.... Parents..... Marsters..... LJ

And I asked kudagirl and she gave me -
Family.... Travel.... Home.... Blessings.... Camera



( Now this is what I have to scribble - )

Yay - Again, Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a great day I am having - more cookies - at this rate the sugar rush will be tooooooooo much for England to cope with!

Thank you rivertempest and girlmacbeth - you are sweethearts!

It is friends like both of you are that make my life a happier place.

Yay - Again, Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a great day I am having - more cookies - at this rate the sugar rush will be tooooooooo much for England to cope with!

Thank you rivertempest and girlmacbeth - you are sweethearts!

It is friends like both of you are that make my life a happier place.

Yay - Again, and Yet Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am one lucky girl - Thank you so much calturner, jamalov29 and deborahw37 - You are so kind to send me cookies. I just can't believe how many lovely people I know.

Yay - and squeeeee

Yay - Again, and Yet Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am one lucky girl - Thank you so much calturner, jamalov29 and deborahw37 - You are so kind to send me cookies. I just can't believe how many lovely people I know.

Yay - and squeeeee