Sunday, December 20, 2020

Morning Sun

 We've had such strange weather over the last few days but we have been able to get out for a quick walk a few times between the raindrops.  Over the muddy fields, for which wellies are definitely needed, or around the streets locally varying the route, clockwise or anti clockwise around the block.

This was the sun at just before eleven o'clock this morning. 

We risked going out for a quick walk and were lucky. It started to rain just as we  got back home.
 
We made cheese scones for lunch but had eaten them before I thought to take a photograph, they were delicious.

I've been sorting out the Christmas decorations and gradually putting them around the house.  I was pleased to find my little singing shepherd.

I bought him from a shop in Stratford-upon-Avon some time in the late seventies or perhaps early eighties. We had probably been to see a play but I can't remember which one, we were also Christmas shopping because I remember the lights in the darkening streets as we emerged from the theatre in the late afternoon . He is actually a candle snuffer.  I remember there were other nativity characters to choose from but he appealed to me then and I still like him.

Finding the shepherd candle snuffer reminded me that I also bought a little dish from the same shop as a present for my Mum.  Of course it is now back with me and full of memories. 

Meanwhile, in the garden, little Snowdrop shoots have begun to emerge from the damp soil. Signs of hope, of new beginnings, at least one small thing to look forward to in the new year. 
 

26 comments:

  1. Love the atmospheric photo of the sun, good that you got back home before the rain. Love the shepherd, so clever that he’s a candle snuffer. B x

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    1. Thank you Barbara, the sun looked very stark and colourless within half and hour or so it was bright and shining again:)

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  2. Lovely little singing shepherd candle snuffer - what a lovely find and memento from Stratford. The dish is pretty too. I love cheese scones - m favourite :) Good to see the little snowdrop shoots appearing. Something to brigten the New Year when they flower. Your photo of the sun is very atmospheric. The weather is very mixed here too. Stay safe and well and take care.

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    1. Thank you RR. It was lovely to see the snowdrops, I expect if I ventured further into the garden I would find other spring flowers coming through too, everything is so wet at the moment but at least we have sun today so coffee then a walk is next on the list. You too stay safe:)

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  3. I find it amazing that you have snowdrops starting. (We won't see them for another three months). I really love that little shepherd. Nice memories to go with it. -Jenn

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    1. Thank you Jenn, I'm so pleased to see the snowdrops as it is hard to grow them in our heavy clay soil. The little shepherd make me smile:)

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  4. Hi hope your doing ok, I find I haven't bobbed by your blog in a while. A few blogs have reported spring flowers appearing much earlier this year. A hopeful sign of new beginnings I think. X

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    1. Thank you for popping by, glad those spring flowers are in their early stages of growth, it is something to look forward to:)

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  5. Weather must be crazy all over, as here in southern Australia, it's not been very warm, but we are in a La Nina weather pattern, so it will be milder & wetter for some of this summer. My garden has gone quite wild with so much rain, but when we do have a few hot dry days it needs watering & everyone's lawn goes brown. MAD! Love your little singing shepherd. Take care, stay safe & huggles.

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    1. Thank you Susan, weather is weird isn't it? Life also at the moment. Our lawns squelch underfoot and the paths are waterlogged. I hope you received your little parcel in time for Friday. All the best stay safe:)

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  6. The weather is all a bit to pot at the moment isn't it! I haven't had cheese scones in ages, i'm tempted to make some! The little shephard is lovely :)

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    1. Thank you Pam, the sequence of one wet day followed by a drier one doesn't give anything in the garden time to dry out. I hope you made some cheese scones:)

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  7. The sun looks like the moon, what great shots. Did somebody say cheese scones?!! I love your little candle snuffer, he has such a sweet face. Such a treat to see the snowdrops on the way too. Take care Rosie. 🎅

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    1. Thank you Karen. I knew you would appreciate the mention of cheese scones. I wonder who made the little shepherd all those years ago? Take care:)

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  8. I love the way that we all have little decorations that evoke so much of the past when we drag them out of the attic every Christmas. I don't know about you but I've seen enough mud to last me for this winter - some of it quite close up when I managed to fall over in it! Snowdrops and daffodils are little signs of hope for the future.

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    1. Thank you John. I hope you didn't hurt yourself falling in the mud. We kept slipping and sliding in places but managed to stay upright. There is something special about snowdrops:)

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  9. What a fantastic photo of the Sun. As Coastal Ripples says, very atmospheric. It's as if the bare trees are climbing towards it in worship.

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    1. Thank you Robert, the sun was quite monochrome for a while that morning. By the time we were ready for a walk it was bright again:)

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  10. Stunning photos Rosie, especially the first one. I like your little shepherd and all the tree decorations around him. It is nice to se the snowdrop shoots emerging. I already see narcissus shoots coming through that I only planted in October/November! :)

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    1. Thank you Simone, the sun was very photogeic at that point. The shepherd is quite old but the little trees I bought from Sostrene Grene in Chester a couple of years ago, they do seem to go well together. Snowdrops are always a sign of hope and we certainly need that for the next few months. Take care:)

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    1. Thank you William, it was quie weird 11a.m. seemed more like early evening:)

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  12. Your photos of the sun are amazing! I love your singing shepherd, and Christmas is a time for memories, isn't it? x

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