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Saturday 28 April 2012

Just arrived to visit G and this was the time.  This was O's watch and G gave it to me after she died.  I wear it almost every day.

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Circle

Sunday 29 April 2012

Quite a number ofcircles actually!

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Something that makes me sad

Monday 30 April 2012

Well, not really sad ~ more nostalgic I suppose.  Eric and Janey gave us the clock when we married ~ 40 years ago this coming September. And time passing is quite sad really.

The photo is of Frankie aged 20 months and Stella aged 3 years 9 months.  Cpie looks like Stella and Lpip looked like Frankie when she was that age.  I love this photo and it always sits on my mantle piece but it is sad that it was so long ago. 

Well that is the first month done (last half at least) and I am still continuing.  But now I am going to post them all on my Annus Mirabilis blog ~ and at the end of each month.  It has certainly helped to concentrate the old mind! and I have messed about a bit to see how to get better shots.  All good.

The weekend

I had a great weekend ~ Janey and Eric came down and we nipped over to Enfield to collect the photos, went into Porcelanosa and laughed at the ridiculous prices, collected G, had lunch at mine, took G home and then, after E and J had left, I went for a walk in the lovely Whippendell Woods.  So peaceful!

On Sunday it was the Confirmation Mass which was beautiful.  But now I know I am getting old!  It was a 'new' bishop whom I had never seen before and my first thought was 'Goodness, he's young'.  I expect that reaction with policemen but Bishops???!!!!!

continuing the challenge ~ day 5

vegetable

Monday 23 April 2012

An onion.  Not much more I can say really . . . .

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Something I am grateful for

Tuesday 24 April 2012

A peaceful room at work in which to sit and read at lunchtime.  Ok so it's unsociable, but I like to be away from the hurly burly for a while!

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Looking down

Wednesday 25 April 2012

Stella and the Pies usually visit G after their violin and recorder classes and I generally manage to meet them there before they go home.  Looking down as they wave goodbye.

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Black and White

Thursday 26 April 2012

My purse ~ and me in the mirror taking the photo ~ also in black and white.  This is at around 7.00 in the evening and I was at work waiting for the Development Control Committee meeting to start.

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Somewhere I went

Friday 27 April 2012

Work! That's where I went. And then I went home again. But it was a Friday ~ and time to relax!  Like today, really.

I have a good weekend ahead: Janey and Eric are coming down tomorrow early and bringing a Boeuf Bourguignonne for lunch.  We will go to Porcelanosa to choose some tiles for their new bathroom, nip over to Enfield to collect the 'Kpie' photos and then collect G and bring him for lunch.  I'm not sure what we will do in the afternoon and evening but then J&E will go home.  On Sunday it will be the Confirmation Mass in the afternoon and then maybe a quiet evening with a dvd or the tv or reading . . . .

and a Fourth Day . . .

Orange

Thursday 19 April 2012

I was reading 'Room' by Emma Donoghue ~ Orange short-listed.

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 Something I drew

Friday 20 April 2012

It was the Grand National Horse Race the following day and the office held a Sweepstake.  I drew State of Play.  Needless to say it didn't win.

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Bottle

Saturday 21 April 2012

On my kitchen window sill.  I love coloured glass.  The tall triangular ones I brought from Austria last time I visited and the bulbous one with the leaning neck is just a random one that once had wine in it that I shared with G.  

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Last thing I bought

Sunday 22 April 2012

I had to cheat with this one ~ it was the last thing I bought but I bought it on the Saturday.  I had organised a studio shoot for Kpie and Stella and I had been to choose the photos we wanted.  On the way home we called in at Starbucks in Chiswell Green. 

Back tomorrow

Po x

Third Day of Photo Challenge

Flower

Monday 16 April 2012

Trisha planted up this pot for me in memory of Boogy.  It blooms every year without any help from me.

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Something I don't like

Tuesday 17 April 2012

A rainy morning ~ who would like a rainy morning?

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Hair

Wednesday 18 April 2012

From the left: 

Kpie: brown, thick and glossy like Kate M's

Jpie: a double crown

Cpie: gentle red ~ like marmalade

yay! catching up!

Second Day of Photo Challenge

How you feel today
Saturday 14 April 2012

This was the day Lpip and I went to see Joseph and these were some of the sweets she didn't eat!  It was a funny day all told.  I felt: grumpy, confused, unsettled, frustrated, angry, intolerant, undecided, hungry, annoyed, happy, enthralled and ultimately contented.  A real mixed bag all day ~ just like the sweets.

Sunset

Sunday 15 April 2012

The view from the bedroom that used to be Stella's.

Hmm!  well putting the photos on was a little quicker today!

Back soon

Po xx

Photo a Day Challenge

Something you found ~ Friday 13 April 2012

I have taken up the challenge!  The challenge is to take a photo a day and the subject for each day is on a list which I found on a blog whilst browing.  I rarely take photos and when I do they are usually hopeless so this has been a good way of focussing the mind and experimenting too.

So far I have only missed one photo and that was because I really couldn't 'get it'!  More of that on the day though.  

This is my first and was 'something I found'.  I found it on the computer at work ~ a 2-for-1 ticket offer for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' at the Watford Colosseum.  I took Lpip the next day and it was amazing!  and we both loved it ~ Lpip wants to go again!

it has taken me half an hour so far to upload this photo ~ here must be an easier way . . . . 

Back with more anon I hope

Po x

Some Questions and Some Answers

Kim tagged me with these questions aeons ago in January and this is my first chance to answer them ~ they mostly hold as true to day as they did in January though.

1. What was the best thing that happened yesterday?
     A request for annual leave was approved
2. What book could you read once a year and never get bored?
     The Diary of a Nobody
3. What was the last good idea you had in the shower?
     To visit the second hand bookshop in Stow on the Wold
4. Mac or PC?
     PC
5. What is your first thought when you hear that snow is in the forecast?
     Yay! Get indoors and batten down the hatches!
6. Favorite beach?
     Gillan Cove~ by the Herra
7. If you could do one sport very well, with no fear of injury, which would it be?
     Tennis
8. What is your favorite piece of jewelry and why?
     My wedding ring ~ for the symbolism, of course, but also because it is an unusual design
9. Do you get excited when the mail arrives?
     NO!
10. If you have a superpower where anything you knit would be finished, flawlessly, in a week, what would you knit?     
     A fair isle cardigan
11. DPNs or circs?
     DPNs

And the answer to the question 'What did Frankie have?' is: a beautiful baby girl weighing in at 10lb 5oz.  Lpip and Dpip think she is the Bees Knees and truly is she adorable.  She was born on 18 January ~ arriving much later than any of us thought ~ and she is growing, thriving and laughing. 

Almost ready to re-appear . . .

Everything has changed and I had forgottten by password . . . oh dear! 

BUT!! . . .

Stella came over this afternoon with the Pies and has helped me to reconnect with Blogger and I am hoping to be back on board soon . . .

I have photos, news and more ~ but sadly, less time than ever!

Po x