tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116219082024-03-19T08:02:52.483+00:00Corners of my MindWalking - Reading - Home - Garden - Countryside - Places of Interest - History - Cats - Photography
Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comBlogger1570125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-25312115298451614772024-03-16T09:54:00.000+00:002024-03-16T09:54:42.840+00:00Water Voles<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> In a comment on my last post Caroline from <a href="https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Ragged Robin</b></a> blog reminded me that as well as seeng Little Grebes on the Cromford Canal in Derbyshire we had also seen Water Voles. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I didn't think I'd taken any photos of them as I had a small camera then but I knew Paul had taken a few photos. After a quick trawl back through photos stored on a hard drive he found his photos.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here they are. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1j7xwi5-SU46t7ayFW3s0U27CzoXC9ZwxDyzXIvSwz904p483maDCBePPTr91wnrlw0FafLFIRbD83TRcPMO0X8xRR3BnQ2wsrlRtrvL43p0oPC21fBDKVnjnwzlbTA1AXoSH_tyeSgLJgzLIbQUA7NMcMIXviruUsG_694_flJqJJjjrdGp/s480/2008-28Feb-Cromford%20050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="480" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1j7xwi5-SU46t7ayFW3s0U27CzoXC9ZwxDyzXIvSwz904p483maDCBePPTr91wnrlw0FafLFIRbD83TRcPMO0X8xRR3BnQ2wsrlRtrvL43p0oPC21fBDKVnjnwzlbTA1AXoSH_tyeSgLJgzLIbQUA7NMcMIXviruUsG_694_flJqJJjjrdGp/w400-h349/2008-28Feb-Cromford%20050.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeG6LODtSUjTZ1ZqsaPG9ZVNGMVapLqRtp6fQi4wDHgOyyUlVn0NW-3eTW81OhWqEbck0cMqlETX8z-kl_QHripHFOZpV06yINoa0L9h5FoPSUADcTiT4gGj4XLd7r8zImBLiXfbFs1XXTzv-SDV1tzNiQM7gA8RK2NAyKqxyaTwSZniRdz3Sg/s480/2008-28Feb-Cromford%20057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="480" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeG6LODtSUjTZ1ZqsaPG9ZVNGMVapLqRtp6fQi4wDHgOyyUlVn0NW-3eTW81OhWqEbck0cMqlETX8z-kl_QHripHFOZpV06yINoa0L9h5FoPSUADcTiT4gGj4XLd7r8zImBLiXfbFs1XXTzv-SDV1tzNiQM7gA8RK2NAyKqxyaTwSZniRdz3Sg/w400-h340/2008-28Feb-Cromford%20057.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8jiePSL_-wV2uE9vViJwSGCSgKw7ylGvEsZye5DHKSPHt1mqI01rXBaQlZtr0QSSut0dIgIovQnC9g6Jc0mvGEFSjZCQF1GXLCHNqDtSrH6uCBFMC_sftKqDBasr1R_vBS0GIzukABoPAD3OTdZP5NecGMg-bcIwcnWLgKUFRx9zg6IdyMgD/s480/2008-28Feb-Cromford%20059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="429" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8jiePSL_-wV2uE9vViJwSGCSgKw7ylGvEsZye5DHKSPHt1mqI01rXBaQlZtr0QSSut0dIgIovQnC9g6Jc0mvGEFSjZCQF1GXLCHNqDtSrH6uCBFMC_sftKqDBasr1R_vBS0GIzukABoPAD3OTdZP5NecGMg-bcIwcnWLgKUFRx9zg6IdyMgD/w358-h400/2008-28Feb-Cromford%20059.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwjQpbQpRAC_Gkcfq-3v5ONd8Q7-If6bAM2aQeFnAZKp4QSN49VRSNVDFIuu7QzdRTSbUOpGIxS5zghxWMBmdULIHZpQ3rEXLYhHZCt97y2oq_dh2B-d2LqZx1rmXeOXBbGaDPzRLpTLwY0nFmh63uosex3eHDUT8225MCEgCRMkLrKgNmhna/s480/2008-28Feb-Cromford%20076.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="480" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwjQpbQpRAC_Gkcfq-3v5ONd8Q7-If6bAM2aQeFnAZKp4QSN49VRSNVDFIuu7QzdRTSbUOpGIxS5zghxWMBmdULIHZpQ3rEXLYhHZCt97y2oq_dh2B-d2LqZx1rmXeOXBbGaDPzRLpTLwY0nFmh63uosex3eHDUT8225MCEgCRMkLrKgNmhna/w400-h285/2008-28Feb-Cromford%20076.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGCTureyYtZphJd-dSd9om_TvHujzGUBnUc-ztj859z46EvphHUoT72giT3yX3f9D10VtMYhbrdKyHLfMUu-jcdpa-iSlmngXrPA-CRVGZ1ciCnuJLG6dKv4Ue3ah27jN33vSz-g2xdfooK-wwqJANsMmySlIsUSIEUFE40TjJDXJ5z-yknKR/s480/2008-28Feb-Cromford%20080.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="480" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGCTureyYtZphJd-dSd9om_TvHujzGUBnUc-ztj859z46EvphHUoT72giT3yX3f9D10VtMYhbrdKyHLfMUu-jcdpa-iSlmngXrPA-CRVGZ1ciCnuJLG6dKv4Ue3ah27jN33vSz-g2xdfooK-wwqJANsMmySlIsUSIEUFE40TjJDXJ5z-yknKR/w400-h346/2008-28Feb-Cromford%20080.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Such beautiful little creatures. As these photos were taken on 28th February 2008 these particular ones will be long gone, but not forgotten. It was such a joy to see them. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Water Voles are red listed as they have become an endangered species.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Here is more information from <a href="https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/water-vole" target="_blank"><b>The Wildlife Trust website</b></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></p>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-53892300728828657922024-03-14T08:05:00.000+00:002024-03-14T08:05:02.811+00:00Nineteen Years<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the first post I wrote on this blog on this date in 2005. Where have all those years gone?</span></span><br /></p><h2 class="date-header"><span>Monday, March 14, 2005</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"><br />We had a wonderful
walk today along the canal at Cromford. I always enjoy this walk and
seem to discover something new each time. Today we ventured under the
road bridge near the disused station and discovered the old catch pit
used to slow down or catch trains going too fast or derailed trains from
the quarry top. Beyond this is the 2½ mile walk up to Middleton Top
and we decided this was to be the next walk of discovery. Possibly
coming in from Middleton top down to the canal and back again. I just
love these areas of old industry where canals, rivers, railways and
roads meet, converge and cross over each other, now tranquil places
where once there was noise, smoke, sweat and energy. There is another
walk we do at Consall Forge that has the same impact but here the trains
run on the line between Cheddleton and Froghall on the Churnett Valley
Railway and if you are very lucky you sometimes see the steam trains.
The added bonus at Consall is the Black Lion Pub, very favorably sited
halfway round the walk. Anyway, I digress, back to Cromford. Of
course the draw at Cromford is the Mill café with its home made cakes
and scones or bowls of homemade soup always welcome after a long walk.
Up in the village itself is the Scarthin book shop, well worth a visit
with lots of lovely nooks and hidey holes where you can sit and look at
all the wonderful books. The highlight of today was the Dab Chicks or
little Grebes on the canal. They were having a super time, loads of
them all together, very noisy but sweet individuals dipping and diving
and generally giving loads of entertainment to the passers by. I guess
it must be the mating season.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">No photographs in those days of course. I don't think I had a digital camera for a while. Things changed so much over the years. <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Apologies for not bloggng recently. I haven't been too well. I have a couple of appointments coming up in the next two weeks so I'm hoping that I can find out what is wrong. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">All for now. Take care everyone.</span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;"> </span></p>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-90059117668326020032024-02-21T11:10:00.002+00:002024-02-21T11:13:38.863+00:00Between the Raindrops<div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gosh, what a lot of rain we've had. It hasn't been possible to get out into the garden although yesterday was dry until late afternoon so I was able to nip outside and sweep up leaves that had gathered on the paths and steps and take a few photos. Everywhere is so wet.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf6Rx749yBj2EjnsklDRzM_RJ4ZLXe1bkJ0IAfIvyvFU0UQKrTIxo8yF7fuCxhivNw9dHZVBSVrh-7rkBOQ0fFOnBAOvyDzre7MdO4C9KUlpozgrCx7b7SAGsUFLkCEoo8ID-wz7OsjgEgzjD7h5UTgp5TczkXhKoPnl9l5rnCStrpeMkV8c9/s480/DSC01488.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="480" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf6Rx749yBj2EjnsklDRzM_RJ4ZLXe1bkJ0IAfIvyvFU0UQKrTIxo8yF7fuCxhivNw9dHZVBSVrh-7rkBOQ0fFOnBAOvyDzre7MdO4C9KUlpozgrCx7b7SAGsUFLkCEoo8ID-wz7OsjgEgzjD7h5UTgp5TczkXhKoPnl9l5rnCStrpeMkV8c9/w400-h329/DSC01488.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">At the top of the garden the Wild Garlic is in leaf and spreading everywhere. There are several clumps like this.<br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vswj8q05SO_JHEUq_VggMZnLJVi8vE7ILdYtESO2RIf4JeRsJkWNSD2P8HjEAFrfaJ9dhO1SpO8q_YMMRM9IpMna_HuupJZdVBC0YxyRR50ArRyEFPXp6lkNTGtFGTAAe5oHWIPPdabr-5dkvbDtc4mOHkNuxc56ThzQg1JAnsj9QNohM7Z5/s480/DSC01490.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="480" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vswj8q05SO_JHEUq_VggMZnLJVi8vE7ILdYtESO2RIf4JeRsJkWNSD2P8HjEAFrfaJ9dhO1SpO8q_YMMRM9IpMna_HuupJZdVBC0YxyRR50ArRyEFPXp6lkNTGtFGTAAe5oHWIPPdabr-5dkvbDtc4mOHkNuxc56ThzQg1JAnsj9QNohM7Z5/w400-h263/DSC01490.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The rhubarb is doing well. A few days ago we used the final bag of rhubarb we'd frozen from last year to make a crumble. There's just one bag of frozen plums from last summer's crop left. Perhaps that will make a pudding for lunch when friends visit next week.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I seem to remember a song from my childhood about a lonely little Petunia in an onion patch. Perhaps it used to be played on Uncle Mac's children's favourites along with songs like Tubby the Tuba, Sparky's Magic Piano and The Runaway Train. We were talking the other day about radio shows from the 1950s and remembering things like Toytown and Larry the Lamb on the wireless and Patience and Prudence Kitten on the television. Anyway we don't have a lonely Petunia but do have a Crocus amongst the Snowdrops.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFI_F_8dKGgg34mUcIkfmSSUmynJwXa5hXtZ8zPKC5l4WJddvfixTczw-BaqWvOw2s4Shcy31gHBsscpxZuLTKpRKQ_JvqYVFuFS5r8rf6BislhgY5sDpjpjlmAD30VlkiPINMDEz_ZrTqXuHpd-kroxGunDt9xtlemjLfuNCLgbdC_49aE0F/s480/DSC01465.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="480" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFI_F_8dKGgg34mUcIkfmSSUmynJwXa5hXtZ8zPKC5l4WJddvfixTczw-BaqWvOw2s4Shcy31gHBsscpxZuLTKpRKQ_JvqYVFuFS5r8rf6BislhgY5sDpjpjlmAD30VlkiPINMDEz_ZrTqXuHpd-kroxGunDt9xtlemjLfuNCLgbdC_49aE0F/w400-h329/DSC01465.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Snowdrops have been in a large tub close to the house for a few years now, I remember buying a couple of plants at Leek Market just before lockdown in 2020 and they have spread and will need splitting this year but there was never a Crocus amongst them until now. Where did it come from? I hope it isn't lonely.</span></span><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYEkRWnDltk30GWAx_G8Dz-CUYjv7u_8bV5nFBhPYxiFAiMyjJcmoC8yQedR7Q4Q0-1pW0Yh-5k8Q48tJMjDnVqK9-2j7kqTvH42JKMNPTkJ_BIvYaEYxhbLOObyIZs8iYJXNy_daqMFh5jxPdtpWMslPpKwIFiBGFrf5_9wCvVsZ1JHdNAiZ/s480/DSC01468.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="480" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYEkRWnDltk30GWAx_G8Dz-CUYjv7u_8bV5nFBhPYxiFAiMyjJcmoC8yQedR7Q4Q0-1pW0Yh-5k8Q48tJMjDnVqK9-2j7kqTvH42JKMNPTkJ_BIvYaEYxhbLOObyIZs8iYJXNy_daqMFh5jxPdtpWMslPpKwIFiBGFrf5_9wCvVsZ1JHdNAiZ/w400-h331/DSC01468.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also coming along are the Tulips we planted in the Autumn. I think there are a couple of layers of them so they will flower at different times.</span></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiX9l2XF84kN8JTxUHomi2L93GSXYxkJwpNbzD2Twg-gxDo3XjQECXejGkh-3gNJ0uKLhSEf0hiLEnnkTw-oQGF6bEjHZ7_jvdEK1EgZvH_6sas7bE1iMPo3xn8DWv5ncVwQlHP-uS5WV0Z7vFR57AHuiHGeRQZBJqIS4u9L2R0XXtgHtWlVH/s480/DSC01479.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiX9l2XF84kN8JTxUHomi2L93GSXYxkJwpNbzD2Twg-gxDo3XjQECXejGkh-3gNJ0uKLhSEf0hiLEnnkTw-oQGF6bEjHZ7_jvdEK1EgZvH_6sas7bE1iMPo3xn8DWv5ncVwQlHP-uS5WV0Z7vFR57AHuiHGeRQZBJqIS4u9L2R0XXtgHtWlVH/w400-h300/DSC01479.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Indoors we have little seedlings of tomatoes</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTzQ5qJRf_r2ifU_dSIRXoI9dfxyHKiqhCTjCKblmmckedXquN5PTfdyF6gzZizYIPkdPtqZpCkACRJ4FY3_LyhyT9kgK8W-ogPj839IaIbyqtJyAnL-PROtj7ofP3k2wLhT8JhpKEe8auQz75CslNSaYNMOvR7VjVmfR_xKRMKcNTFHnGgk9/s480/DSC01481.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="480" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTzQ5qJRf_r2ifU_dSIRXoI9dfxyHKiqhCTjCKblmmckedXquN5PTfdyF6gzZizYIPkdPtqZpCkACRJ4FY3_LyhyT9kgK8W-ogPj839IaIbyqtJyAnL-PROtj7ofP3k2wLhT8JhpKEe8auQz75CslNSaYNMOvR7VjVmfR_xKRMKcNTFHnGgk9/w400-h288/DSC01481.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and sweet peas. </span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_aGwfSSYWAc7RXE4iPHBDjE3DCKv87PWxzObQuw4wLBFqzfo2QGZYvxI9XSE5Nk13t0bQBJ5VOagdM9HQdAaQUx37zknbg1cyomTxI2F2LHTqDaG6r1Zxrl9JCVUIRRZmHbg486fHS_tEkjE58DTYFe5N1dqcSmJa28RP8bSqq8sSBF3tzvf/s480/DSC01482.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="480" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_aGwfSSYWAc7RXE4iPHBDjE3DCKv87PWxzObQuw4wLBFqzfo2QGZYvxI9XSE5Nk13t0bQBJ5VOagdM9HQdAaQUx37zknbg1cyomTxI2F2LHTqDaG6r1Zxrl9JCVUIRRZmHbg486fHS_tEkjE58DTYFe5N1dqcSmJa28RP8bSqq8sSBF3tzvf/w400-h336/DSC01482.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Not many of these have germinated so we may have to sow some more seed or buy a few plants later. I do like to have sweet peas in the garden.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's windy and raining here today. I know lots of you here in the UK are experiencing very wet weather and local flooding. How is the weather where you are? <br /></span></span></div></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-32771180158109837822024-02-09T13:49:00.002+00:002024-02-09T13:49:49.134+00:00Five on Friday - Recently<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. LastThursday we went over to Nottingham to have lunch with some friends. We drove our usual route from here to Ashbourne and then to Belper before driving through Kilburn and Codnor on our way to Beeston.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYs7O4-H5jqLJ_xedsLTY4gsAdPIurVK7gCbNaL6Gd3AA7afE7867YdRFvR7oF_hK1dH5U0Y00KjKN5Sm5nA_opRJsVhDelRr6N1znXIt-Sjc8xg_7k2eQ8Yf1aL6eK_cieqoOxbujxhD6U9ibbZvsovWiu9HKCCTzekRE7WublGifPhLaPJ1z/s480/DSC01363.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="480" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYs7O4-H5jqLJ_xedsLTY4gsAdPIurVK7gCbNaL6Gd3AA7afE7867YdRFvR7oF_hK1dH5U0Y00KjKN5Sm5nA_opRJsVhDelRr6N1znXIt-Sjc8xg_7k2eQ8Yf1aL6eK_cieqoOxbujxhD6U9ibbZvsovWiu9HKCCTzekRE7WublGifPhLaPJ1z/w400-h354/DSC01363.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We stopped in Belper for a coffee and leg stretch on the way and I spotted the wall painting as we walked around. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbt_vqUe53GCzg3XgkOYx041VICttrzcsZWRsJ40VJQtbbg23hntmJkF8bhxYgz-0-3_fCMV7-Pbw0nkWzYH1lOGgHf01jNROf09cE-TXIr5pygspSso7OlXFHj51iU8aBfV8r4Kxk0gRk16JPzLDKWu2K2M5gBxhMv_mBIRyCUqHR8g4_g2dj/s480/DSC01365.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="480" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbt_vqUe53GCzg3XgkOYx041VICttrzcsZWRsJ40VJQtbbg23hntmJkF8bhxYgz-0-3_fCMV7-Pbw0nkWzYH1lOGgHf01jNROf09cE-TXIr5pygspSso7OlXFHj51iU8aBfV8r4Kxk0gRk16JPzLDKWu2K2M5gBxhMv_mBIRyCUqHR8g4_g2dj/w400-h234/DSC01365.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. At Trentham Gardens the circus has arrived in readiness for the half term holidays next week. I remember being taken to see a circus when I was a small child. It was in the Blackpool Tower and ended with a water scene when the whole arena filled with water and some of the entertainers were stood like statues on plinths above it. I don't remember much from the experience except perhaps that I felt sad for the animals and that I wasn't sure about the clowns, they seemed a bit scary. I think one of them was Charlie Cairoli and there was another clown with a painted white face, wide trousers and a pointy hat. I've no idea how old I was, perhaps five or six. </span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elsewhere in the building</span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I remember a huge organ rising up out of the floor with a tremendous noise and applause from the crowd . My mother told me later that the organ was a Wurlitzer and the person playing it was called Reginald Dixon. I also remember feeling so sleepy as we sat on a coach driving through all the lights on the sea front. I expect it was the illuminations. Did we go for the day? Did we stay overnight? I have no idea. All these memories from the sight of one big top.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. I've found another family photo. Back to 1908 again and the same time and place as the wedding photo I showed you a post or two ago. These are just the Edwards Family rather than the whole wedding party. My great grandfather Thomas Edwards, my great grandmother Sarah Ann in the middle at the front and their eleven children, one of them, Rose, is my grandmother. I know the names of them all and have identified eight of them on the photo. There are just three sisters on the back row who I'm unsure about.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI4PWLHbewJrzbFjs6-mygFB8VpVUmX0mYmnrQn2rrmJc_phSyL8iOoo7E7ak4vXazRxezuVqVN7oxmZXfrgsDrJ70T0mTnVrIxKa_WdgZk5VDu5QQFT6kPyARxzY_fAbfjycOgDpXZFLFojKfvBfZysYOeFUPua3QkVrSFCI7c_nft9iVoQM/s480/Family-H02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="480" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI4PWLHbewJrzbFjs6-mygFB8VpVUmX0mYmnrQn2rrmJc_phSyL8iOoo7E7ak4vXazRxezuVqVN7oxmZXfrgsDrJ70T0mTnVrIxKa_WdgZk5VDu5QQFT6kPyARxzY_fAbfjycOgDpXZFLFojKfvBfZysYOeFUPua3QkVrSFCI7c_nft9iVoQM/w400-h296/Family-H02.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Back row Thomas, Rose, ?, Ellen, ?, ?, John</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">front row George, Clara, Edith and Alvin. The other sisters are Sarah Ann, Elizabeth and Mary. I'd love to identify them on the photo. I know that two of the daughters, Ellen and Clara, were in service at Catton Hall in Derbyshire.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Two books from the library. I've never read either author before but they were mentioned on various forums by authors that I have read. I hope I'll enjoy reading them.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpkXAJ70Aa3NjatgVzfHAi3pt0911ch1hUYSTD-2OuwO23TU_tVlMloiha1yM1gF_Ib0G8_UKjFlPZC38AvZNSnb_lcCWa-IAtNOxQ3bT2rKMjPFagGMpzgIDfzZr5tTF5rexcNANUfGFbvACawXMmM4Y8L69eQKDnHq8TQtX4sEZkr6gH0XW/s480/DSC01413.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="480" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpkXAJ70Aa3NjatgVzfHAi3pt0911ch1hUYSTD-2OuwO23TU_tVlMloiha1yM1gF_Ib0G8_UKjFlPZC38AvZNSnb_lcCWa-IAtNOxQ3bT2rKMjPFagGMpzgIDfzZr5tTF5rexcNANUfGFbvACawXMmM4Y8L69eQKDnHq8TQtX4sEZkr6gH0XW/w400-h199/DSC01413.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">5. We popped up to the City Museum to visit a new exhibition. Carboniferous Monsters.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4BIE0sXXqY0ttMJ7Xf9IetM9MhK6B65IlYefHJzKe8SqElOT6s7M3dNaD9tHPz7DKGgU0zcUf9gXjKPKe16sPb4i88-_cy3K9YrfbXiiq92F51zOCUAWOHnHnWpJQ5_tgBNnMmk5EWcmfjiw1UdkRzVsSZpAV9ExZFmcEwJry73v4s_hhcz6/s480/DSC01415.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="480" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4BIE0sXXqY0ttMJ7Xf9IetM9MhK6B65IlYefHJzKe8SqElOT6s7M3dNaD9tHPz7DKGgU0zcUf9gXjKPKe16sPb4i88-_cy3K9YrfbXiiq92F51zOCUAWOHnHnWpJQ5_tgBNnMmk5EWcmfjiw1UdkRzVsSZpAV9ExZFmcEwJry73v4s_hhcz6/w400-h301/DSC01415.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Fortified by coffee and a shared slice of cake we made our way to the gallery tickets in hand.<br /> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0K3QqqxgjwBbzy9cAaZJba-B2lMzOyHwsC72OF0a7l2ZWkf6r_OG1VauCwF2XYDM00wB-RC-q-CKecp_UcHutW3vc925CisniBRrkwVSw6X0UDtnQ9axO63j9uuw3EUm-iAhRwEKD-BFJJKZvUasy5BAYVna7UlHxu61oZOMJ6CnNQ4r_yOZe/s480/DSC01417.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="480" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0K3QqqxgjwBbzy9cAaZJba-B2lMzOyHwsC72OF0a7l2ZWkf6r_OG1VauCwF2XYDM00wB-RC-q-CKecp_UcHutW3vc925CisniBRrkwVSw6X0UDtnQ9axO63j9uuw3EUm-iAhRwEKD-BFJJKZvUasy5BAYVna7UlHxu61oZOMJ6CnNQ4r_yOZe/w400-h274/DSC01417.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>What a fabulous exhibition it was.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-ajENdZHVHdZA0minTRHTf5hnYGvjPXTw2n_O8CPB1clTXoPLr0rL0z4eibkMcfSw2uAV7Y-9kT1QuYekLfKgwr4XCNTZ3IET0STampl4WNKzQEp6njod2-sg0vOZ9oc36gHxhneiH9qSCKfCOkwpvV0kabFnjwDECXtnOzgaMcN0Ojzv1AO/s480/DSC01439.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="480" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-ajENdZHVHdZA0minTRHTf5hnYGvjPXTw2n_O8CPB1clTXoPLr0rL0z4eibkMcfSw2uAV7Y-9kT1QuYekLfKgwr4XCNTZ3IET0STampl4WNKzQEp6njod2-sg0vOZ9oc36gHxhneiH9qSCKfCOkwpvV0kabFnjwDECXtnOzgaMcN0Ojzv1AO/w400-h323/DSC01439.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Creatures from land and sea that pre-dated dinosaurs by 100,000 years.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-fkXvRDJAT1bRx9PMf5RHoBaujHkQzhGfdYisynr5ufA4Ziw-Ypp6z9R5hfrRQZOJFWFsvurKoh8_UucDxRWg_OEujBXli7Kd5fqDdCLHRPXL9MrPLtXdEiTBbOxrNMI5xv3ZtXbztgcS-vjING1ROUQok9DLtXUXi33-7rtlE1JaDKcynuQ/s480/DSC01430.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-fkXvRDJAT1bRx9PMf5RHoBaujHkQzhGfdYisynr5ufA4Ziw-Ypp6z9R5hfrRQZOJFWFsvurKoh8_UucDxRWg_OEujBXli7Kd5fqDdCLHRPXL9MrPLtXdEiTBbOxrNMI5xv3ZtXbztgcS-vjING1ROUQok9DLtXUXi33-7rtlE1JaDKcynuQ/w400-h300/DSC01430.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I was rather taken with the dragonflies.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRbX8ed-Luus7wNDlx8NoGfAfF2t1aUR3hm8FEgDeUBVqdZy2_ebradLLtuQqWdJMlK6F5xDkTWjJTj3O74YvcD9n47hHMNHiUNU55Oed20JiMtq8zPVBkjLqUzDRQrpxn3BV5venRCCeNGXZShlVwbm8HsFFtRekm44PwMZB17D8SU4PGU97/s480/DSC01427.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="480" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRbX8ed-Luus7wNDlx8NoGfAfF2t1aUR3hm8FEgDeUBVqdZy2_ebradLLtuQqWdJMlK6F5xDkTWjJTj3O74YvcD9n47hHMNHiUNU55Oed20JiMtq8zPVBkjLqUzDRQrpxn3BV5venRCCeNGXZShlVwbm8HsFFtRekm44PwMZB17D8SU4PGU97/w400-h343/DSC01427.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />All for now. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend. </span></span><br /></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-65616467972839510202024-02-06T14:35:00.002+00:002024-02-06T14:36:33.858+00:00Spring Flowers<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Into February with a bit of colour and cheer from some seasonal flowers. Hellebores at a local garden centre.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYvM7TTxvp4KLVoPD5Y0vV1-76AzU3tj6dFBb3jaLexLo8cI7Rz0bJY1V-o3HeElzXVOBYyNOPRjRGX3uWmHRwUR7QT7QeExZcxRPDsV-38qKVSbynDHINSDoCWrliUxi-aevTQv8OXmXPnaid16tYWhenRUKMerVIidfMQJopxS7FX9XULh1/s480/DSC01335.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="480" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYvM7TTxvp4KLVoPD5Y0vV1-76AzU3tj6dFBb3jaLexLo8cI7Rz0bJY1V-o3HeElzXVOBYyNOPRjRGX3uWmHRwUR7QT7QeExZcxRPDsV-38qKVSbynDHINSDoCWrliUxi-aevTQv8OXmXPnaid16tYWhenRUKMerVIidfMQJopxS7FX9XULh1/w400-h324/DSC01335.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such beautiful colours and so cheerful</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwrM-t8gWABYStEJvsHmC48fkzkAKe1xh0GYELWqBeSWZYhQnsAGXyZnq95fIIZ2vtRTibLNgk3AgHq5zcF9EXNA5GZ5sPobKUDZY2u_1KgS183lzsZaja9Mw1N_BRNNThhHwecevFVLc_ELDBlvi83rtxHB7KWQdtkZfDU-oFSxMlRrkRg6E/s480/DSC01336.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="480" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwrM-t8gWABYStEJvsHmC48fkzkAKe1xh0GYELWqBeSWZYhQnsAGXyZnq95fIIZ2vtRTibLNgk3AgHq5zcF9EXNA5GZ5sPobKUDZY2u_1KgS183lzsZaja9Mw1N_BRNNThhHwecevFVLc_ELDBlvi83rtxHB7KWQdtkZfDU-oFSxMlRrkRg6E/w400-h374/DSC01336.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXZtoUy59zQvWzCLW9YEBHuy8bfqVDcVF3GNssm5_uBFTUn3tMVq11qk64O-gfI6N3bmvo5EsDXVgcS5KcqM8wzX6ajWsZUFOSNHNKbit93X-kKubk6rWBMUzS84G4HqOEaPwEvisaVOPtatz_F_0ntnMifl-fun3Iw2zBFOwQVst0qyT3w6o/s480/DSC01337.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="480" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXZtoUy59zQvWzCLW9YEBHuy8bfqVDcVF3GNssm5_uBFTUn3tMVq11qk64O-gfI6N3bmvo5EsDXVgcS5KcqM8wzX6ajWsZUFOSNHNKbit93X-kKubk6rWBMUzS84G4HqOEaPwEvisaVOPtatz_F_0ntnMifl-fun3Iw2zBFOwQVst0qyT3w6o/w400-h313/DSC01337.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wish they would grow in our garden but they don't like the damp, clay soil.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKs_EKNzgzT2_PImOK1CgEdtIfLNR448hi0jYDZIW-h5LNNYRXaVhAEpoa03U-QwC_hefxqIJL131dVkQHA6Sm4f5T6ExduCSGuzAxD01z_9RQvEmPPirM7VWYh7-h7MghWWeF3r8SqWO24iXUCRv0UT0-1osivRdwvsxo5ipua5jVhx-BANy/s480/DSC01338.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSNM4qTgjLW5r1RO_aJY0ZQ0QActpgM_LXgZUWClfamj4W1TxjG1pTPQHeJ3VhExnUuXDGWqyLcoMviJQHXI9khQSbCXtYkIaqqrQPkpqdaa1pspiO33GoZQ5X6McomZl_mvD9LZgxmhSD3k653qYhvv0MqWDyOfhtI_uqe61vqTMyXvmOPFX/s480/DSC01339.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="480" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSNM4qTgjLW5r1RO_aJY0ZQ0QActpgM_LXgZUWClfamj4W1TxjG1pTPQHeJ3VhExnUuXDGWqyLcoMviJQHXI9khQSbCXtYkIaqqrQPkpqdaa1pspiO33GoZQ5X6McomZl_mvD9LZgxmhSD3k653qYhvv0MqWDyOfhtI_uqe61vqTMyXvmOPFX/w400-h314/DSC01339.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> In the large tub by the back door the early Spring flowers are blooming.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><p style="text-align: center;"></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="356" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquhauaJfgc17KBvL4DpMNyXF6np5fwRvq1StmLSiyc_Ug6qe4csu2QWfK5x1dWDPvxtjHJwm7yJaaOS_CLuH2k4oWPfSJ6a1aiXuP35u8wVh2IrJPH_WoRIg9MOOskso8Uyu70aDgfpTAM2EyPT392ut9pZkEABM3BxbOdJp4TBdMMx2wbrni/w296-h400/DSC01372.JPG" width="296" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Small Iris and Winter Aconite.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1b2__gWGjVQ9DRlhzhkgAu5JF00Y1MwX87VXlgWEonezAVGCj8S775NPPEDA16JQVlzzETTCyRpAYJXNZ7qfMv_RNimyFucqg6Pj1S5IUgs5JovTpwHxCvRRP59CjPRgMJMLtdtS4hErC0FLtfuWRzYsIjbNFmupCH5vwKHMiwkAG07mCCVN/s480/P1290765.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="480" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1b2__gWGjVQ9DRlhzhkgAu5JF00Y1MwX87VXlgWEonezAVGCj8S775NPPEDA16JQVlzzETTCyRpAYJXNZ7qfMv_RNimyFucqg6Pj1S5IUgs5JovTpwHxCvRRP59CjPRgMJMLtdtS4hErC0FLtfuWRzYsIjbNFmupCH5vwKHMiwkAG07mCCVN/w400-h339/P1290765.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Indoors the Hyacinths are gently wafting their scent around.<span><br /></span></span></span></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-38730477725529414342024-01-31T08:11:00.000+00:002024-01-31T08:11:11.357+00:00Bug Snugs, Beavers and Snowdrops<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We're at the end of January. I can't decide whether days have passed quickly or slowly. Things have got done, appointments kept, walks taken to boost daily steps but somehow without much enthusiasm or solidness about them. Sort of drifting really.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last week we walked at Trentham as we do most weeks. We found lots of changes. Some tree felling had taken place, lots of clearing of shrubs and some new additions.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWQunAogvd7yQV124mZF6N6hD_X_coA3jhFmigExyqDiz_4ZvVVRQO-BTtJpGmtL7wcOwmX_1Lvg91PhcRgw1Eg1A1mpy8Rkwz3qWqH-XpVQ1Lv2K1TJk7OjRFjaZX7QBL3-e8tOaWYc7QZprRmSXjYxnkF0Sz75FHpPTXAmG7l70egOe88x2/s480/DSC01301.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="480" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWQunAogvd7yQV124mZF6N6hD_X_coA3jhFmigExyqDiz_4ZvVVRQO-BTtJpGmtL7wcOwmX_1Lvg91PhcRgw1Eg1A1mpy8Rkwz3qWqH-XpVQ1Lv2K1TJk7OjRFjaZX7QBL3-e8tOaWYc7QZprRmSXjYxnkF0Sz75FHpPTXAmG7l70egOe88x2/w400-h208/DSC01301.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Bug Snugs</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-APpxBqPj-d7OV8rEtYkDHVJdW38UsMd-fCY3F8HuMcM9ao56kLS_Ys1qdIBl7duVoaFwiaY3XuKrD2JS7pF5uSvvynAMH2wKN3bdspCXjFGEScnHq5-_H4lbsxR2AdJPsQvMa5BTob9udG5AieB_QQr3d7uvCm9_gTh6epmRLSyvu_t8ooB/s480/DSC01299.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="480" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-APpxBqPj-d7OV8rEtYkDHVJdW38UsMd-fCY3F8HuMcM9ao56kLS_Ys1qdIBl7duVoaFwiaY3XuKrD2JS7pF5uSvvynAMH2wKN3bdspCXjFGEScnHq5-_H4lbsxR2AdJPsQvMa5BTob9udG5AieB_QQr3d7uvCm9_gTh6epmRLSyvu_t8ooB/w400-h254/DSC01299.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As the label says they have been built to keep insect life warm and to act as shelter for things like frogs and hedgehogs in the winter months. Birds will use some of their material for nesting in the Spring. What a good idea.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0p3IiDGkByxAyt0A-l5Ec1XSJu5fRxxbFgImQ-nN_FfOBxhr6S5kpEsqWssc3FeZDSxH3MTA-7klNR6cLkQKvEOKwOwvqwzoOtTOIWJCH0KaSfhlXkTFAykt1QGfpYoph0RVvymp2-jwYDcsIPnBRAiAyCCWSRd2BRiMXf9x03ozm_AWnqbr/s480/DSC01300.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="480" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0p3IiDGkByxAyt0A-l5Ec1XSJu5fRxxbFgImQ-nN_FfOBxhr6S5kpEsqWssc3FeZDSxH3MTA-7klNR6cLkQKvEOKwOwvqwzoOtTOIWJCH0KaSfhlXkTFAykt1QGfpYoph0RVvymp2-jwYDcsIPnBRAiAyCCWSRd2BRiMXf9x03ozm_AWnqbr/w400-h336/DSC01300.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Elsewhere around the lake there are signs of Beaver Activity. The little family of Beavers on the island in the middle of the lake has grown to four and they are making their presence felt all around the lake.<br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiopx9kR7JgA7FD8btsInnsEYtmy5GImZwPfnyIYKHekbS4Ml0AGtIIvujS-YYJc757QsRAylNlhvYO3jxHfb0m-Itvrs_WfIcfgxVarlbcJLPHUATHtYFEqGmQkrt5GWDZIiM1doNRjs7pHF5s5EGKtfcfk4lmoW8kIaybE_-unUEeimiSph/s480/DSC01309.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="480" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiopx9kR7JgA7FD8btsInnsEYtmy5GImZwPfnyIYKHekbS4Ml0AGtIIvujS-YYJc757QsRAylNlhvYO3jxHfb0m-Itvrs_WfIcfgxVarlbcJLPHUATHtYFEqGmQkrt5GWDZIiM1doNRjs7pHF5s5EGKtfcfk4lmoW8kIaybE_-unUEeimiSph/w400-h378/DSC01309.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">There are two or three areas where they have been gnawing at branches. They are adding to their food cache of juicy green wood which is full of nutrients for them.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> </span><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirz8MK2vJGM_hmA55iQMlPuVssFV90KcJoOacxVDV1HjOjXuYEOPgF1x1qReEoiaAGc9qiadHDHNxoZcEJWxL1M3U1j2ZEQKy5Aq_XHI8OTpo2q1R3ERXowh0tJ_Gcfs_GYu-BRkuvrgNZvmeeJdOWsGxF1d-g_LzCMQ6IppoCB_jWbVbEgbjN/s480/DSC01310.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="480" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirz8MK2vJGM_hmA55iQMlPuVssFV90KcJoOacxVDV1HjOjXuYEOPgF1x1qReEoiaAGc9qiadHDHNxoZcEJWxL1M3U1j2ZEQKy5Aq_XHI8OTpo2q1R3ERXowh0tJ_Gcfs_GYu-BRkuvrgNZvmeeJdOWsGxF1d-g_LzCMQ6IppoCB_jWbVbEgbjN/w400-h350/DSC01310.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Apparently they create food storage areas and eating stations. </span></span><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkF6xey6cd_sRGRyG3rzDoWy4U-QfkoMa9-SRrkYUgroNME7_cXKV5Hxa2ZFMHsSgAzakPpu-LxAEu1iYBvKZTqxJuC7aSfhbvPNAtYQfU-sr_KfOvKhAIk2BkTC5PUbM-YRtb1VOCcbatMZl_TfcbiEo9ONLR-aPW1Uhub5ylURytkNC8aRQ6/s480/DSC01359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="480" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkF6xey6cd_sRGRyG3rzDoWy4U-QfkoMa9-SRrkYUgroNME7_cXKV5Hxa2ZFMHsSgAzakPpu-LxAEu1iYBvKZTqxJuC7aSfhbvPNAtYQfU-sr_KfOvKhAIk2BkTC5PUbM-YRtb1VOCcbatMZl_TfcbiEo9ONLR-aPW1Uhub5ylURytkNC8aRQ6/w400-h276/DSC01359.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are signs too of them starting to build a canal network in the reed beds.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">More about the Beavers <b><a href="https://trentham.co.uk/blog/staffordshire-welcomes-first-beaver-birth-in-400-years-within-britains-largest-enclosure-at-trentham/" target="_blank">here <br /></a></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBNOwUyYgreeeh_dxNCCgqBCdtgHK21hW2w5guYWJUYC5JqPKrv_mjY2f6MeX4e55XkJBO0LvCt4QDRURUKYLTQgSowUYgZBs2wZD8q-MDJFi0YT8qpbT6ceRcLN_QS34dkk8F-c5n-rqvYaGD8NhXJLdyzy-nTFFgKPzPppVshatP0FOL9ad/s480/DSC01347.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="480" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBNOwUyYgreeeh_dxNCCgqBCdtgHK21hW2w5guYWJUYC5JqPKrv_mjY2f6MeX4e55XkJBO0LvCt4QDRURUKYLTQgSowUYgZBs2wZD8q-MDJFi0YT8qpbT6ceRcLN_QS34dkk8F-c5n-rqvYaGD8NhXJLdyzy-nTFFgKPzPppVshatP0FOL9ad/w400-h334/DSC01347.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>There were quite a few Snowdrops along the garden paths.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnf9xh74widBFZ9_U8ZiBIRvDAt08Z-9ntrZmVLPJMWvgkfHWG-svp-AFo4z9w4KckviUbVDT80ayZQJJDPaXL7-0JW9YHJIDyd-Cj7xW1muX_O_b57VxxxNPaRJOui41NheMM8uMJHRtoqvC8OoiWqOVjb1Y2G0tt528Z0F87GSFG_oQFF7S2/s480/DSC01345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="459" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnf9xh74widBFZ9_U8ZiBIRvDAt08Z-9ntrZmVLPJMWvgkfHWG-svp-AFo4z9w4KckviUbVDT80ayZQJJDPaXL7-0JW9YHJIDyd-Cj7xW1muX_O_b57VxxxNPaRJOui41NheMM8uMJHRtoqvC8OoiWqOVjb1Y2G0tt528Z0F87GSFG_oQFF7S2/w383-h400/DSC01345.JPG" width="383" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Bobbing gracefully in the breeze.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dJjEzVxS9w-HSlTOBIVuo8RYXPBuFY133SHS0ZykyRls-n9bH_W6Mqlvl8KX2rH434_64-QDZd8z-m6yRcUxaqvwkBKO8Fjie9XR3w9myJ4Ax3Ikd6GQWVXtA5YxtlVzBahzVILCD9o7QW3qZVTiFb8V2WdsEQmSRuCE1jWK1EImFxkOQ83X/s480/DSC01349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="480" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dJjEzVxS9w-HSlTOBIVuo8RYXPBuFY133SHS0ZykyRls-n9bH_W6Mqlvl8KX2rH434_64-QDZd8z-m6yRcUxaqvwkBKO8Fjie9XR3w9myJ4Ax3Ikd6GQWVXtA5YxtlVzBahzVILCD9o7QW3qZVTiFb8V2WdsEQmSRuCE1jWK1EImFxkOQ83X/w400-h231/DSC01349.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Lots of Cyclamen too showing arcs of colour under the trees.<br /></span></span><br /></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-48506628100983692252024-01-28T15:32:00.001+00:002024-01-28T15:33:54.515+00:00RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We started the bird watch about 9.30 a.m. on Saturday as there were quite a few birds in the garden. We'd topped up the feeders around 9a.m. and the birds started to appear.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1Xe6A8awzzQ5OZHulhoCR5TtQ9_cSnvhKEyaa3-8jKExZc9AyUnjzpcUE_9865LZrbCC-XG3GS-hezugf4I3_4Nwu0Pg26O29pJ6e_WrnV3NA3HUOSAAfAozznrKZrW2z27tnB_348kYTU-lZ8Lzr9NT64qZf1aOTg-QUxYJN0bqizNNxlZC/s480/P1290864.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1Xe6A8awzzQ5OZHulhoCR5TtQ9_cSnvhKEyaa3-8jKExZc9AyUnjzpcUE_9865LZrbCC-XG3GS-hezugf4I3_4Nwu0Pg26O29pJ6e_WrnV3NA3HUOSAAfAozznrKZrW2z27tnB_348kYTU-lZ8Lzr9NT64qZf1aOTg-QUxYJN0bqizNNxlZC/w390-h400/P1290864.JPG" width="390" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">First in were Starlings and Blackbirds followed by a couple of Magpies, a couple of Rock Doves and a couple of Wood pigeons. Most prolific visitors were Goldfinches.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnNSqcVpg5zRGpEaXB3n33Tvz9Yr99Qc0b4bwk6dEB3lawKoxufI8YNQRMTdI4CUxcLfV4cJwaXaJ8M0GlD3pQ2IuAf2cwSGHeiN3nB7Qt9w22-evxhJGvnxTO69CKLi4SqXabOTU8nxM3OF-IjVKM3wzGbXfDUR1yo1jF1S8A1fGVzC0z0Nh/s480/P1290874.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="478" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnNSqcVpg5zRGpEaXB3n33Tvz9Yr99Qc0b4bwk6dEB3lawKoxufI8YNQRMTdI4CUxcLfV4cJwaXaJ8M0GlD3pQ2IuAf2cwSGHeiN3nB7Qt9w22-evxhJGvnxTO69CKLi4SqXabOTU8nxM3OF-IjVKM3wzGbXfDUR1yo1jF1S8A1fGVzC0z0Nh/w399-h400/P1290874.JPG" width="399" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a distinct lack of Sparrows in our garden this year although we've seen plenty around on our local walks. About an hour after the count finished 4 Longtailed Tits appeared on the fat ball feeder - too late to be counted. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not great photos I'm afraid as they were taken through the conservatory windows.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWUXWh-3WB2AWufmhR84T7zo8ilmtcVKThXlAS40AJiCEEh3w8KJPABojF4bMe3imB9IWFfv7HO7MKTl2LnD4pMw8BtVEZfvoCtSlq37N_lEZP2hWx9H6XpAEHvUkoFHV0yGRgsyDm598_fOLrzwuhDWh1mOiPRjcnAanZKbRm5WjhgzZXUYW/s480/P1290866.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="480" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWUXWh-3WB2AWufmhR84T7zo8ilmtcVKThXlAS40AJiCEEh3w8KJPABojF4bMe3imB9IWFfv7HO7MKTl2LnD4pMw8BtVEZfvoCtSlq37N_lEZP2hWx9H6XpAEHvUkoFHV0yGRgsyDm598_fOLrzwuhDWh1mOiPRjcnAanZKbRm5WjhgzZXUYW/w400-h268/P1290866.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDpnrKFj39CVePLasr5o8k62CbgMBeKbhB24BHoDzvFv4D6tkAuWfN8htHuKmHzv1NI6WHNgri3fsVS9biTRsU33ETPzLPNuRvM-9Z1a838HopV7z1F1TUEjyuv5V1Ovhyphenhypheneo0WqQt-qu_8AktEWC_rRTIG685a9_qZtaU60MV6xyvoSMJm3o2/s480/DSC01333.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="385" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDpnrKFj39CVePLasr5o8k62CbgMBeKbhB24BHoDzvFv4D6tkAuWfN8htHuKmHzv1NI6WHNgri3fsVS9biTRsU33ETPzLPNuRvM-9Z1a838HopV7z1F1TUEjyuv5V1Ovhyphenhypheneo0WqQt-qu_8AktEWC_rRTIG685a9_qZtaU60MV6xyvoSMJm3o2/w321-h400/DSC01333.JPG" width="321" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The full list</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">4
Starlings, 3 Blackbirds, 2 Woodpigeons, 2 Rock Doves, 9 Goldfinches, 2
Magpies, 3 Dunnocks, 2 Collard Doves, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Blue Tit and 1
Robin.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ClIjKLuougm6wnyY_dmbK35IcFWK9CsrK6F-rM4oVd76juuSq-cBfOYNCmTjFBcw_q37rx5Pcace0ILB4Iq8lJHJtCyrELApCl6S7wIecdp88MVlXlKOo-8BJe69RA-Tc1EgI1rQFTlQKoewajhYeiCmKBH-80FsT8TByzy2f1zVq4pRZ8FH/s480/P1290876.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="480" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ClIjKLuougm6wnyY_dmbK35IcFWK9CsrK6F-rM4oVd76juuSq-cBfOYNCmTjFBcw_q37rx5Pcace0ILB4Iq8lJHJtCyrELApCl6S7wIecdp88MVlXlKOo-8BJe69RA-Tc1EgI1rQFTlQKoewajhYeiCmKBH-80FsT8TByzy2f1zVq4pRZ8FH/w400-h291/P1290876.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for now.</span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-10272620048197936932024-01-19T12:09:00.002+00:002024-01-19T12:09:22.356+00:00Wintry Days<div><div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">After all the wet weather the last few days have been sunny but oh so cold. We have managed to get out and about for a couple of walks this week. Both yesterday and today the sky has been so blue.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday we woke up to a light dusting of snow and the car had to go into the garage for it annual service. Wednesday, after a supermarket shop, we visited the Brampton Musem in Newcastle (under Lyme) for a mug of coffee and a shared slice of banana bread. I liked the sign on the front of the counter in the tea room cafe.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeOMTcedjVaOKL8aE_L7JmDQaY7hC-HPbemvbWcNkmZHoyQSXaduomiHEYkoKd5b1mRTdgrO6nLUWVjRRuEXEAp_ntFGT110D-cMRLtFL2BYPivfxv3toZHzKRfXTylBDR7Xt_8iEEBUXmDEhWsxBDZBSmUWZqLYIYTvIPMlqCJANfFLssgvH/s480/DSC01266.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="305" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeOMTcedjVaOKL8aE_L7JmDQaY7hC-HPbemvbWcNkmZHoyQSXaduomiHEYkoKd5b1mRTdgrO6nLUWVjRRuEXEAp_ntFGT110D-cMRLtFL2BYPivfxv3toZHzKRfXTylBDR7Xt_8iEEBUXmDEhWsxBDZBSmUWZqLYIYTvIPMlqCJANfFLssgvH/w254-h400/DSC01266.JPG" width="254" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">After coffee we popped into the galleries to look at the latest exhibition. Art work by the Society of Staffordshire Artists.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvYwPZ-_C5Pv5ytlO9bqC7S85w0-1YvJbHxisNUypxxObMsOIQFFUA1pmIUvlB2b4uDa1XMVho8X6zUgfRWjfK8yn06YRuV4ASP-6VMI-rWIpaJ7W2QjSKg2-6gzI7e_uN5xZnqykkjI2Ygm8VE8V8nOacRakX5K6RnIjMGe46pw_rRhqFiw5/s480/DSC01270.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvYwPZ-_C5Pv5ytlO9bqC7S85w0-1YvJbHxisNUypxxObMsOIQFFUA1pmIUvlB2b4uDa1XMVho8X6zUgfRWjfK8yn06YRuV4ASP-6VMI-rWIpaJ7W2QjSKg2-6gzI7e_uN5xZnqykkjI2Ygm8VE8V8nOacRakX5K6RnIjMGe46pw_rRhqFiw5/w400-h320/DSC01270.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3d-3qQ5SYq6wdqn2-o7pIsABSlGaIl2gz56xEPAO5Qmvs7cYs6G6a68NfOf9H-gfSR0r9ESHLdMmsGyxIDEiE1F4I3UyoyGRmUGYvyI2lSbVeUUjCRdMpT2w6AsBh_ZBFWKGN-nq-N3g4LH4Dg5TR53y2xpM6YXB_uQ_zTPlyCUARSS_q15Do/s480/DSC01269.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3d-3qQ5SYq6wdqn2-o7pIsABSlGaIl2gz56xEPAO5Qmvs7cYs6G6a68NfOf9H-gfSR0r9ESHLdMmsGyxIDEiE1F4I3UyoyGRmUGYvyI2lSbVeUUjCRdMpT2w6AsBh_ZBFWKGN-nq-N3g4LH4Dg5TR53y2xpM6YXB_uQ_zTPlyCUARSS_q15Do/w400-h320/DSC01269.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Yesterday we took a walk around Trentham Gardens the weather was so different from last week.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wttnaXWYSKlFEbYZQr2_Pw2X5lbTVdC24ovXkQpFBCFGV3sHsGokIqHyMnq9cQE0Qwf2S3dIvcFeNlFGrJUttsh_lZyey7rTrRlhka73YrOwzcfBojObUWez7tCz32HOHLxwwlm-60Mb5auzsZl6qJVFjZUZ5rN5aF636N3evQFG-WvoGdsy/s480/P1290756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wttnaXWYSKlFEbYZQr2_Pw2X5lbTVdC24ovXkQpFBCFGV3sHsGokIqHyMnq9cQE0Qwf2S3dIvcFeNlFGrJUttsh_lZyey7rTrRlhka73YrOwzcfBojObUWez7tCz32HOHLxwwlm-60Mb5auzsZl6qJVFjZUZ5rN5aF636N3evQFG-WvoGdsy/w400-h300/P1290756.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">The fountain in the shopping area had frozen with some beautiful patterns in the ice.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowUwgxZXm5QS7miPBfHZdqi3PizEZlB8oQAu3tgxcPL5758VAZPcLdeTqcJMVKCRliFecbC4gaUiLvZweFEgk3poRZC3lh7lhb1rsoTi1ljazq08y_yaeXVVx3B2YNcwvVUtl6yWqnHdvzDcFwoL_QWBRua9tiv1OVSsj6TIGfjJChhGf2xaA/s480/P1290739.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="480" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowUwgxZXm5QS7miPBfHZdqi3PizEZlB8oQAu3tgxcPL5758VAZPcLdeTqcJMVKCRliFecbC4gaUiLvZweFEgk3poRZC3lh7lhb1rsoTi1ljazq08y_yaeXVVx3B2YNcwvVUtl6yWqnHdvzDcFwoL_QWBRua9tiv1OVSsj6TIGfjJChhGf2xaA/w400-h340/P1290739.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Lots of blue sky, shadows and reflections.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8dbThMhyx6CE6YcO0u4Kb-sIyti3JVzu4m3p1HcMg06GbAqLLsasO0tnR8R8QsHOYeZS6AUabl2eF3jJZ7p1Fer_sKY1H0oGrA0fe3lXuGU9xftzhLXr1IttA0r1gDtMc4IKkl0VU7TRKwDkjZeX3XznFSLbTaB8-LGaiMZSM0Klx_cqxFGn/s480/P1290708.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="462" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8dbThMhyx6CE6YcO0u4Kb-sIyti3JVzu4m3p1HcMg06GbAqLLsasO0tnR8R8QsHOYeZS6AUabl2eF3jJZ7p1Fer_sKY1H0oGrA0fe3lXuGU9xftzhLXr1IttA0r1gDtMc4IKkl0VU7TRKwDkjZeX3XznFSLbTaB8-LGaiMZSM0Klx_cqxFGn/w385-h400/P1290708.JPG" width="385" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Even though it was getting towards midday it was still very cold.</span><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryYVi3IUfZ7Z4aJGFf7MMdkelwCAo_p7SC4XPphVOBv-dqpaKO7_tXFpbH_Kp1DN93p17zrLphX4Y7H7hBEBC7l7w0xFORW9Lb8P1UZzUa0HplhDU7OrK0v2Cyv4FvxUAzWUihLCM9Cy5fJzX33ZtrLJCTfNXtVJeTF4iLVd0C5tTaMBnlkll/s480/P1290742.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="480" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryYVi3IUfZ7Z4aJGFf7MMdkelwCAo_p7SC4XPphVOBv-dqpaKO7_tXFpbH_Kp1DN93p17zrLphX4Y7H7hBEBC7l7w0xFORW9Lb8P1UZzUa0HplhDU7OrK0v2Cyv4FvxUAzWUihLCM9Cy5fJzX33ZtrLJCTfNXtVJeTF4iLVd0C5tTaMBnlkll/w400-h308/P1290742.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the lake the Coots were marching across the ice, there were quite a few of them all together. Apparently the collective noun for Coots is a cover.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDla58PHkUHGVSVJxe6wC7hQ_uYllnJb7eb-wuWGX0SzuW3JgGhizsIBmzfiYM32KHPvdca0br7BUqunFvQO2MEI6LXDQEqPwFCDshESzYDEluBbgBzOsIkz54UsnE0GYhKthse63iU7ilOnEKColj5REcBU40-AqMzQ3WRe_USWPjsqmMO63h/s480/P1290746-001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="480" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDla58PHkUHGVSVJxe6wC7hQ_uYllnJb7eb-wuWGX0SzuW3JgGhizsIBmzfiYM32KHPvdca0br7BUqunFvQO2MEI6LXDQEqPwFCDshESzYDEluBbgBzOsIkz54UsnE0GYhKthse63iU7ilOnEKColj5REcBU40-AqMzQ3WRe_USWPjsqmMO63h/w400-h319/P1290746-001.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">They were joined by two Little Grebes. The Little Grebes or Dabchicks had found an un-iced over area to keep diving in.</span><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXBMlkaky5aUDRYuPe3W3yfbPNxHUKV-ASDFNdSVDFaI5VosFXumeLugMDwhyphenhyphencRfjlYdsSYcXYiON2JMJdX0dEo7GMOR6aVyaw5Qjb9jO69wAAYqHsrhDqqszOYOnkhhU3UyXEsjVSNRgwzDX39l6t1nKk6FDKIV6Bt5iSv8Sw8sMoMckXIzO/s480/P1290735.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="480" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXBMlkaky5aUDRYuPe3W3yfbPNxHUKV-ASDFNdSVDFaI5VosFXumeLugMDwhyphenhyphencRfjlYdsSYcXYiON2JMJdX0dEo7GMOR6aVyaw5Qjb9jO69wAAYqHsrhDqqszOYOnkhhU3UyXEsjVSNRgwzDX39l6t1nKk6FDKIV6Bt5iSv8Sw8sMoMckXIzO/w400-h324/P1290735.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Cormorants. </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHA4JKepJul5NtdDmOEAJIE_2GAsB3g-Rmpc_3xILVsvewjudOdRKXHxNaCKoaxzM1nzOyAJNI6grsWKFHKe3fbzMC6U3fHeS-rZEwksN6KZvFimTMsGbnHJ3lf_skAgw-VSNAP-U9f4isBjJ4fk2hRTudqJe3CC5HRIpOEImteJkz-YHu3fII/s480/P1290737.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="480" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHA4JKepJul5NtdDmOEAJIE_2GAsB3g-Rmpc_3xILVsvewjudOdRKXHxNaCKoaxzM1nzOyAJNI6grsWKFHKe3fbzMC6U3fHeS-rZEwksN6KZvFimTMsGbnHJ3lf_skAgw-VSNAP-U9f4isBjJ4fk2hRTudqJe3CC5HRIpOEImteJkz-YHu3fII/w400-h291/P1290737.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Nuthatch</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">At home Snowdrops are peeping through the frost and snow, there is no sign of the Winter Aconites yet.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikQoX-O81trEAOr_ZGy_K01Ih5sC9hZjjaF6fxMG4g2MFUjmKHEr__erBoKfXspQTkuMF84AEFfXnxkD5Ukw25YiD71Z8jFtSRnvCQJ3V4v_o04JwLki7wU6HaNI5a8HCcGnt3CSBAwHv4CV9HuOwPgI3RMIzOTG2eMnpkLRDkz1Gxefg8xTf/s480/DSC01251.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="480" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikQoX-O81trEAOr_ZGy_K01Ih5sC9hZjjaF6fxMG4g2MFUjmKHEr__erBoKfXspQTkuMF84AEFfXnxkD5Ukw25YiD71Z8jFtSRnvCQJ3V4v_o04JwLki7wU6HaNI5a8HCcGnt3CSBAwHv4CV9HuOwPgI3RMIzOTG2eMnpkLRDkz1Gxefg8xTf/w400-h290/DSC01251.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm looking forward to seeing them both again this year. </span></span><br /></p>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-2768142624977914482024-01-10T08:10:00.001+00:002024-01-10T08:10:13.223+00:00Gently into the New Year<div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are ten days into January already and I can't really say that we have done anything positive, just a bit of walking, a bit of shopping, some reading but no gardening as it is still far too wet. A few days ago, I'm not sure what day other than that it rained all day, the paths were flooded and the pond overflowing. The paths have dried out now although the grass is still squelching underfoot. We took a walk in the local park one day when the sky was blue.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOWlClpjeLNjrKW5wlhLsR_jbxEyg5UutCFk-3fvVk0BViMNDL1nttrAGwDYLgKvnyb9FacsmP098K5FTU5Dp3UDW9D3K1mrXjPfAbhUmFXgPo1-_2Vaq5nJDr2yjXYm8vkCh2487hKYh4tLGYGJC8dvn0bw279mI7RojkkGwOyQLvkzChAXk/s480/P1290589.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="480" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOWlClpjeLNjrKW5wlhLsR_jbxEyg5UutCFk-3fvVk0BViMNDL1nttrAGwDYLgKvnyb9FacsmP098K5FTU5Dp3UDW9D3K1mrXjPfAbhUmFXgPo1-_2Vaq5nJDr2yjXYm8vkCh2487hKYh4tLGYGJC8dvn0bw279mI7RojkkGwOyQLvkzChAXk/w400-h329/P1290589.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">and the shadows were long.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57D4IN-u1qG-2GAjyKikazYm3K3Pe4EDS1vAzxu2KZOfBLVOCJsaMNT-Y2uayjjMGBv7okkNSCOBRcOfiBvZfhSsoEEiAoNHkj3ub3cWEO_VCoiMoRbtJUXyNPi1vDoL2sEXj4mqDh1lhcz6dUnPQJZ43AB_DRJQOwtNkh0DMxGCCWUun42AE/s480/P1290590.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="480" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57D4IN-u1qG-2GAjyKikazYm3K3Pe4EDS1vAzxu2KZOfBLVOCJsaMNT-Y2uayjjMGBv7okkNSCOBRcOfiBvZfhSsoEEiAoNHkj3ub3cWEO_VCoiMoRbtJUXyNPi1vDoL2sEXj4mqDh1lhcz6dUnPQJZ43AB_DRJQOwtNkh0DMxGCCWUun42AE/w400-h319/P1290590.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I've just been into the garden and taken a layer of ice from the top of the bird baths. The bird feeders are being emptied every day by loads of goldfinches (we counted 60 at one point up in the trees just over the top hedge) plus a few blue tits, great tits and long tailed tits. There are several blackbirds about today and also collard doves. Crows and Magpies have been calling in the distance and both owls and foxes can be heard in the small hours. Wood pigeons have started calling in the early morning just as the heating jumps and stutters into life. Today it is sunny but very cold and windy. </span></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last week we had a little walk around Leek where I took a few photos. It was quiet but thankfully dry. After a coffee and a look at an exhibition at the <b><a href="https://foxloweartscentre.org.uk/">Foxlowe Arts Centre</a></b> we walked around the park and back up the cobbled path to St Edward's church.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueXY5nLsUHHu1z0n2yDDA_c30sO8Gxnq94ZW1n-bezBP0dxDwu6Nqi5NW0d2L9v8Vrt8Me2BrCBcKF0lOc4fFDX_0R2aK7CDoyicdh9JZ4VZkWcyeS6fPALL4iVjWwbsxEZhkzDa26tOSXGImYh4bg4L4H-FLRtlG6IS700fk59TWOl7ONhdE/s480/DSC01128.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="480" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueXY5nLsUHHu1z0n2yDDA_c30sO8Gxnq94ZW1n-bezBP0dxDwu6Nqi5NW0d2L9v8Vrt8Me2BrCBcKF0lOc4fFDX_0R2aK7CDoyicdh9JZ4VZkWcyeS6fPALL4iVjWwbsxEZhkzDa26tOSXGImYh4bg4L4H-FLRtlG6IS700fk59TWOl7ONhdE/w400-h346/DSC01128.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscWRi0k9m7GFkFgg2MBiBN20v3Cn9W9QX0KMMyCyh2pjqmGRM-NgWb1DcMbIivHBNVk5A7xN_sQCAVH0em0iArbz4k-07xsHpsBFH3fgbO17nsT-Sj4Wmvs_5FVGcJ-2K_phLVFHy5aqb5bcjcfrHQUTWbHHsCN9xRCiFR5JEJd1_Le_NvsnU/s480/DSC01146.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="480" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscWRi0k9m7GFkFgg2MBiBN20v3Cn9W9QX0KMMyCyh2pjqmGRM-NgWb1DcMbIivHBNVk5A7xN_sQCAVH0em0iArbz4k-07xsHpsBFH3fgbO17nsT-Sj4Wmvs_5FVGcJ-2K_phLVFHy5aqb5bcjcfrHQUTWbHHsCN9xRCiFR5JEJd1_Le_NvsnU/w400-h329/DSC01146.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWLRIbj61UeqlBugOkOSpHbKfUHDSB2gZYr0LMdu1oPuKIumt-Sj6jmkPZaCBvdN_kYBN2rmNPCsWbriaR5uVwGceyqD-AZFtHyRGmOnR1hc7rFjpYxTm671ceTf5pMa_DZhyRKm9l2hihvlVriKoK8ULmzKxMYlW58yCUJHRHLGFx-Vkj9PV/s480/DSC01147.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="386" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWLRIbj61UeqlBugOkOSpHbKfUHDSB2gZYr0LMdu1oPuKIumt-Sj6jmkPZaCBvdN_kYBN2rmNPCsWbriaR5uVwGceyqD-AZFtHyRGmOnR1hc7rFjpYxTm671ceTf5pMa_DZhyRKm9l2hihvlVriKoK8ULmzKxMYlW58yCUJHRHLGFx-Vkj9PV/w321-h400/DSC01147.JPG" width="321" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uQBo3cYPt9hkOG5pPRVR8HYfyQg_AVK5D28a5tL9S6ptdDedFhQOmCPjsU94lghvPVY-P-TXqui2L2cFZanL2K4KiaRkoECpO_DX0yW6kn5ZygILnwI0ypzHGldMYpgmNUU2x9LtB_Je8Z5NoLro9F_Op8EtKCH0QhiPMk6ZGrv669kCoRxt/s480/DSC01149.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="480" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uQBo3cYPt9hkOG5pPRVR8HYfyQg_AVK5D28a5tL9S6ptdDedFhQOmCPjsU94lghvPVY-P-TXqui2L2cFZanL2K4KiaRkoECpO_DX0yW6kn5ZygILnwI0ypzHGldMYpgmNUU2x9LtB_Je8Z5NoLro9F_Op8EtKCH0QhiPMk6ZGrv669kCoRxt/w400-h275/DSC01149.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Later the same week we walked at Tretham Gardens. It was quite misty as we arrived and it took some time for the sun to burn it away. The mist made for some atmospheric photos around the lake.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFT-LFkN4jeZSU45943roCqFEoLFj_rPKRlB_379W-3PhMIpD9im3Lgrg1uo3yL05r46hDQpmxIM1LpkdMTsArvLVSK8F5X_QuulMavyH5wIoVKtUkCBRiTzhUzbLv7KY9NDRdD5ualziKRAzQ-Tbhfh7KyNgxMiFBNxkdIbKI_DiPCo3tm2J/s480/DSC01167.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="480" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFT-LFkN4jeZSU45943roCqFEoLFj_rPKRlB_379W-3PhMIpD9im3Lgrg1uo3yL05r46hDQpmxIM1LpkdMTsArvLVSK8F5X_QuulMavyH5wIoVKtUkCBRiTzhUzbLv7KY9NDRdD5ualziKRAzQ-Tbhfh7KyNgxMiFBNxkdIbKI_DiPCo3tm2J/w400-h261/DSC01167.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscSvUdrFSXOo3m3H56vcLqHumfcbThnyVMeZ5oBmomPdR-YFKA78hcHOuWXAZoCVTsNmIWA5VXFOwcirrMntf-ndjGN4bzKsoNWVe2UeWurJ5tI8Ja3L39c84tLEcvSyvdRawDxPG4i_eYKjjgZf-L0o7Cj783a5HKrLxIAjsrhc2rStfY4TZ/s480/DSC01171.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="480" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscSvUdrFSXOo3m3H56vcLqHumfcbThnyVMeZ5oBmomPdR-YFKA78hcHOuWXAZoCVTsNmIWA5VXFOwcirrMntf-ndjGN4bzKsoNWVe2UeWurJ5tI8Ja3L39c84tLEcvSyvdRawDxPG4i_eYKjjgZf-L0o7Cj783a5HKrLxIAjsrhc2rStfY4TZ/w400-h278/DSC01171.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> I've also been looking out old photos and found the one below. It is of a wedding party in 1908. The Edwards family in all their finery. My great grandmother and grandmother and grandfather are on the photo as well as my Aunt Millicent Mabel, always known as Millie</span>.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUbB08b4lgEJ2PsttLpGTeTiIdSIKKJPn_p6ZzS-2BARnBm0UZE1YmbjTtvc-PxW51SrxXhfUN4ngrMtIlxFJmDLfhia8Tkh9ZF8dXop8G2V5r7nhGbYcJRVkA7U14i6FgNnbfuhy0vVqDWkKk-6250qbofzgrmANv_ewltOVRdsJupt8pfcl/s480/Tanya's%20photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="480" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUbB08b4lgEJ2PsttLpGTeTiIdSIKKJPn_p6ZzS-2BARnBm0UZE1YmbjTtvc-PxW51SrxXhfUN4ngrMtIlxFJmDLfhia8Tkh9ZF8dXop8G2V5r7nhGbYcJRVkA7U14i6FgNnbfuhy0vVqDWkKk-6250qbofzgrmANv_ewltOVRdsJupt8pfcl/w640-h406/Tanya's%20photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">I've returned the books I've been reading over Christmas and New Year to the Library this morning. It's half closed for refurbishment so I didn't choose any more books. I have a couple of e-books from the Cloud Library to read.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncqLKiqkoMsbCI2kpwjxbeWsaK71vFqcF1ea-AfEtfXJiRmAqciMNZjCXr2d92b50BRGkO4Doew11tlpWxWNMk-QpVerDe-69fWDaDNi5dCCWvHz3QhJ2vRT8muZKqOGfPZFIuJAEmzop79x7JK52bZyqDL3Io_llB3VXafrRwiZnsbQOMM6S/s480/P1290637.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="480" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncqLKiqkoMsbCI2kpwjxbeWsaK71vFqcF1ea-AfEtfXJiRmAqciMNZjCXr2d92b50BRGkO4Doew11tlpWxWNMk-QpVerDe-69fWDaDNi5dCCWvHz3QhJ2vRT8muZKqOGfPZFIuJAEmzop79x7JK52bZyqDL3Io_llB3VXafrRwiZnsbQOMM6S/w400-h201/P1290637.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">More gentle pottering is in order this week as well as cooking and baking for the freezer. <br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">All for now. </span></span></p>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-69196486444825947382023-12-29T07:54:00.002+00:002023-12-29T08:14:00.597+00:00Looking Back<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> As the year draws to a close I thought I'd find a photo from each month this year to remember things we'd done and places we'd visited. It was hard to choose which ones to use as there were so many. I thought we'd had a quiet year this year with no long holidays and just two short breaks. We seem to have pottered about quite a bit locally and within a day's reach.<br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvv5yjrnSdunwMhmhZVjF5Xt5J75_K5VfVKgNH4e4LFbkob5Z93jNO41mVjuH7p3HOJw698zfIjj4MqYHP_cxgTqT3ZglzUSgK7A6B61Bmes-RwNNrgVt6Uh7KefgdeQ-4ONmV2eO-qijD7fJi3hOtzZ2AmkWwOmSzSNYqeh4LC_gZ8kSr5fg/s399/FoxJan.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="399" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvv5yjrnSdunwMhmhZVjF5Xt5J75_K5VfVKgNH4e4LFbkob5Z93jNO41mVjuH7p3HOJw698zfIjj4MqYHP_cxgTqT3ZglzUSgK7A6B61Bmes-RwNNrgVt6Uh7KefgdeQ-4ONmV2eO-qijD7fJi3hOtzZ2AmkWwOmSzSNYqeh4LC_gZ8kSr5fg/w400-h276/FoxJan.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">January - Snow and a foxy visitor to the garden.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVRfKn3FrwYN62I3IkSKEeVSIUJkO8pcl6HQMrD1BdceOFYJ5l5B3H_ThXrQIE8x0YxNc3jJs1tKqxx70s05IbKHEqwByW9yPj38ruxT2Fr0sYVp2I-6OhwcBhK5sOQ70MtQLvt02u94z0WO3AIA6OBMTQrFworZabFSjnTr7r5esb6hgjet-/s400/SnowdropsFeb.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVRfKn3FrwYN62I3IkSKEeVSIUJkO8pcl6HQMrD1BdceOFYJ5l5B3H_ThXrQIE8x0YxNc3jJs1tKqxx70s05IbKHEqwByW9yPj38ruxT2Fr0sYVp2I-6OhwcBhK5sOQ70MtQLvt02u94z0WO3AIA6OBMTQrFworZabFSjnTr7r5esb6hgjet-/w400-h300/SnowdropsFeb.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">February - Snowdrops at Rode Hall, Cheshire.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></div></div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKkPuYMraDmvvcGvcDhMEFVbMr-4_AsuIlUZRLK1bK8EOhH5OolDBU66wk73uGnnkEDOUaaoJiI0ADjt8YTiQQEE0VqaMuhqB1g7DcvKPxI9gufpCo7bFCk6OcVvq9izZ1cS9oq76Rmp264JkuqrpSlRsquyNc-INS2hG95hS1dMc9UF-wjUp/s400/KingfishersMar.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="400" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKkPuYMraDmvvcGvcDhMEFVbMr-4_AsuIlUZRLK1bK8EOhH5OolDBU66wk73uGnnkEDOUaaoJiI0ADjt8YTiQQEE0VqaMuhqB1g7DcvKPxI9gufpCo7bFCk6OcVvq9izZ1cS9oq76Rmp264JkuqrpSlRsquyNc-INS2hG95hS1dMc9UF-wjUp/w400-h333/KingfishersMar.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">March - Kingfishers nest building at the Wolseley Centre, Rugeley, Staffordshire</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></div></div><div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYxwecoqRVLUm7g7QmMgjL8vs9EKs7rh95YzJY2zvDJZBDlsyL47TwTwbMq6G6DFvzLRypCPOQvIRjXvJBsIxG5hbVORvc7Hfkf2TnCstmb757NstFfZ-7PXKsMTrbX7NcOV4ojVrbH1vhzU6Q6Ge5ODv1CUnGI-RPj93ZwMsP453HJZo-xFC/s399/CastleApr.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="399" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYxwecoqRVLUm7g7QmMgjL8vs9EKs7rh95YzJY2zvDJZBDlsyL47TwTwbMq6G6DFvzLRypCPOQvIRjXvJBsIxG5hbVORvc7Hfkf2TnCstmb757NstFfZ-7PXKsMTrbX7NcOV4ojVrbH1vhzU6Q6Ge5ODv1CUnGI-RPj93ZwMsP453HJZo-xFC/w400-h236/CastleApr.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">April - Rhuddlan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7oqI2BE09npJpb6qH6Uwv638n0rrX9HUnw4mVpnbylk82qHGUB5ad2KqkQlrbJs4QhyphenhyphenfTavUEPxTt2asb__9hTYrhlWKKFQmeIdW93OIydpDqwbtp3tJXw7HLWgpq16AuGfElZTXx10m4Xca5Rk0uwHP6J3oHXhDD0h7qo2VcrOrsMGjgM4o/s400/SunFAug.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="400" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7oqI2BE09npJpb6qH6Uwv638n0rrX9HUnw4mVpnbylk82qHGUB5ad2KqkQlrbJs4QhyphenhyphenfTavUEPxTt2asb__9hTYrhlWKKFQmeIdW93OIydpDqwbtp3tJXw7HLWgpq16AuGfElZTXx10m4Xca5Rk0uwHP6J3oHXhDD0h7qo2VcrOrsMGjgM4o/w400-h303/SunFAug.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">August - Sunflowers at Barlow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDADhcW3rzEXemvj9p3kSnBpz4Sk8xHQgVxjdyI2kaUaOCavElu7WgAqWQODiU3gNyiQ523sLH2WrzAoZKncEZx8OtpIPzjuF_Iw8ezvJ30Ssyhir8x6SNHrRwUBkzneUwIvYWdRL_cL1O2Jh8KL0kjQkWak4gAFoospk0rVotfIgj82fHSTU/s400/ShellSep.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDADhcW3rzEXemvj9p3kSnBpz4Sk8xHQgVxjdyI2kaUaOCavElu7WgAqWQODiU3gNyiQ523sLH2WrzAoZKncEZx8OtpIPzjuF_Iw8ezvJ30Ssyhir8x6SNHrRwUBkzneUwIvYWdRL_cL1O2Jh8KL0kjQkWak4gAFoospk0rVotfIgj82fHSTU/w400-h300/ShellSep.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">September - Scallop Shell, Aldburgh, Suffolk</span></span></div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTWUNpYf4NgTFxflvCD48oIgRXC3vU3tERYUpHoAvNNatVH25KBaVvYJ3Gnl2bQwuIVr2RtSshkNtByDDiTVdREuixRTkC7g8E1GVnkot7e3-1hTb_03Hzojtzkj0i82PERXVCwvQIxrIgRdGsDLpj54hMDxPE-GP_z7SwWdsH_C7njLXDdPX/s400/FGOct.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="400" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTWUNpYf4NgTFxflvCD48oIgRXC3vU3tERYUpHoAvNNatVH25KBaVvYJ3Gnl2bQwuIVr2RtSshkNtByDDiTVdREuixRTkC7g8E1GVnkot7e3-1hTb_03Hzojtzkj0i82PERXVCwvQIxrIgRdGsDLpj54hMDxPE-GP_z7SwWdsH_C7njLXDdPX/w400-h348/FGOct.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">October - Fly Agaric toadstools at Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="480" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmCUQvt17HTGxKrxLMnziTbbVQm6aBhs27UdnZniQCVKSsXRRhJRpnD2eHJ5JUXiQPSgyoWMqEn9z2M-01UN_uWkzC0p6MVvfaqKJDnqY_yzfEpn2wDkkeG1Uqjwqm-rdxnsKaz8_Jc_aJMlrj1gm2sK16tBWn0nhzkq0CO5AI7eo28RQ9K0-/w400-h319/DSC00945.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">December - Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unusual visitors to our garden this year have included -</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MPAXDIh3oLYxVMvLbTuDrr5KSIRxDIwW2GOqxDuOjVcNdo3jzFS-b3Glcmzp2dxrQ3ylI8DkBP9PIJjp5G6LnR3zS3ISvZj_KK1xiUtEOP8qKJNmqFyQLnM8Edw38MHpd0MKlbYPraf4R2Q_OPKjb9whIcSVULDKDu-EMYVvSgckBU6PqEf1/s400/P1100103.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="400" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MPAXDIh3oLYxVMvLbTuDrr5KSIRxDIwW2GOqxDuOjVcNdo3jzFS-b3Glcmzp2dxrQ3ylI8DkBP9PIJjp5G6LnR3zS3ISvZj_KK1xiUtEOP8qKJNmqFyQLnM8Edw38MHpd0MKlbYPraf4R2Q_OPKjb9whIcSVULDKDu-EMYVvSgckBU6PqEf1/w400-h338/P1100103.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">A pair of Mallards</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAjQUZxZGjsYA8gs1GqwTLvDAs7FNgvvAMzJ6FlxR0O5RzB_afz7vmIfhRoyxd7RrYljUXi0TLyXsuBcmqD3YhfpBCdqjKJwluiYx-IxLtpTYNf8nBtUHW1QnBjGC_zkQKRB_0A4k7zer6wDHnvVKKgkxM3d2-roDWu2lEqhgL6g5qDewL-A6/s400/WoodpeckerJan.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="400" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAjQUZxZGjsYA8gs1GqwTLvDAs7FNgvvAMzJ6FlxR0O5RzB_afz7vmIfhRoyxd7RrYljUXi0TLyXsuBcmqD3YhfpBCdqjKJwluiYx-IxLtpTYNf8nBtUHW1QnBjGC_zkQKRB_0A4k7zer6wDHnvVKKgkxM3d2-roDWu2lEqhgL6g5qDewL-A6/w400-h311/WoodpeckerJan.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> A Great Spotted Woodpecker</span></span></div></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kOrLGBmJmQ-1dQjywdIAWJQu2D4upUG33qVgh3FTWFpExoPGoiZSKPZ0V0-HbC6K9BEA3LsRfFx5NZ_Ngn0d8JYmD-uj1FQSG4NMTR8iKo7bQfqIkVGeZDG1_g4WWopEI_6zLnyw8wCYQCdj4PRQmRSVX0DkW-bnLU6rcgkB96bQxYLoslLe/s400/354460193_6597822366916300_6934211642062375594_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="400" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kOrLGBmJmQ-1dQjywdIAWJQu2D4upUG33qVgh3FTWFpExoPGoiZSKPZ0V0-HbC6K9BEA3LsRfFx5NZ_Ngn0d8JYmD-uj1FQSG4NMTR8iKo7bQfqIkVGeZDG1_g4WWopEI_6zLnyw8wCYQCdj4PRQmRSVX0DkW-bnLU6rcgkB96bQxYLoslLe/w400-h386/354460193_6597822366916300_6934211642062375594_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">A ring-necked parakeet<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKKE4lJYNQsvUq3MOG5Vr7LbbMVYqS_mmDzyoWFp31eQtG3SRxRW16ClKV3ZWlVA3sL1gjfMIWvlvGD74cexEXRMnkP20hDjbJGslSJxVL777EQHgYlPRhXW79tE2fOGesW28DBePVAnDT3xKJmoGnmhGJCJiG2Hh2hQslFZrNskEGYg1yWtn/s399/P1120729.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="399" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKKE4lJYNQsvUq3MOG5Vr7LbbMVYqS_mmDzyoWFp31eQtG3SRxRW16ClKV3ZWlVA3sL1gjfMIWvlvGD74cexEXRMnkP20hDjbJGslSJxVL777EQHgYlPRhXW79tE2fOGesW28DBePVAnDT3xKJmoGnmhGJCJiG2Hh2hQslFZrNskEGYg1yWtn/w400-h373/P1120729.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">and a Red Legged Partridge.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We only managed a couple of short breaks away this year as we had quite a bit of work done in the house through July and August. In April we spent a few days in Rhuddlan in Wales and visited the castle there as well as visiting nearby St Asaph cathedral, Denbigh castle and the RSPB reserve near Conwy. In September we went a bit further afield into Suffolk and visited Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge and Aldeburgh.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for now. Take care. <br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></p></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-34613420526293795062023-12-24T14:55:00.001+00:002023-12-24T14:58:44.783+00:00Just a Little Bit Festive<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The weather has been awful these last few days, wind, rain and then wind and rain again. We have managed a couple of local walks between raindrops but almost got blown away on one of them. Many places were closed because of the high winds, incuding the Trentham lakeside walk.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8BsFit1EKtke_K5lP21JI-rKV8hPfe4-Ymy1A2ZxpvDZJYJ4yVn_OH1TEvJfkGWtOqBXxUo6z0rPy1LkMkluhMLZ89dTSOyjWmljpfquk2JI2pGlen7hZ1EH6kX0IvZjfDfi9zhN_3KVcb6azTHa62sE_v7mqRphTjctnXJPIirufrX6M2E_/s480/DSC01032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="480" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8BsFit1EKtke_K5lP21JI-rKV8hPfe4-Ymy1A2ZxpvDZJYJ4yVn_OH1TEvJfkGWtOqBXxUo6z0rPy1LkMkluhMLZ89dTSOyjWmljpfquk2JI2pGlen7hZ1EH6kX0IvZjfDfi9zhN_3KVcb6azTHa62sE_v7mqRphTjctnXJPIirufrX6M2E_/w400-h329/DSC01032.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We walked to the local park yesterday but I didn't take many photos so I thought I'd take some of a few of our favourite decorations which are here and there around the house. </span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP5K7eYojsOdD6l8oQ4uQdT4FwJYg_vbNglxEHWfdpGmnc8-ZwRmZqw-Xe42jN8j3HikBcXifCVRMIEudbDZ6OC95cBU6_i-LS7McpxN1URxlejrdgV7WKJE0K-ENEP_64n84n1Q9muJ8ZgCH-xash9k96KZFqUL5fGJF7f6gnv_OASRwKUA-/s480/DSC01042.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="480" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP5K7eYojsOdD6l8oQ4uQdT4FwJYg_vbNglxEHWfdpGmnc8-ZwRmZqw-Xe42jN8j3HikBcXifCVRMIEudbDZ6OC95cBU6_i-LS7McpxN1URxlejrdgV7WKJE0K-ENEP_64n84n1Q9muJ8ZgCH-xash9k96KZFqUL5fGJF7f6gnv_OASRwKUA-/w400-h214/DSC01042.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cheerful Cards on the mantlepiece</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgksaBAjCa2Z5IDLEMKNpqFWA4VjZhdDuhJ9bQceHdoS_I_6ZfqiUHZcaTGb9sBFap7PXi8cNydsdDoWMzaxXVXRQUygvrXEM0LFIYB-gOlH3jY1L813b1Jp7IDItj4blaitMFcNfJXjaJgbmAna0mGkeEm7bO4wkSWRvLuW8B6_H80a74U8sK/s480/DSC01043.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="480" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgksaBAjCa2Z5IDLEMKNpqFWA4VjZhdDuhJ9bQceHdoS_I_6ZfqiUHZcaTGb9sBFap7PXi8cNydsdDoWMzaxXVXRQUygvrXEM0LFIYB-gOlH3jY1L813b1Jp7IDItj4blaitMFcNfJXjaJgbmAna0mGkeEm7bO4wkSWRvLuW8B6_H80a74U8sK/w400-h204/DSC01043.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Other festive items along the radiator shelf</span></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBMUaCgWQ4bHCGCZJmunu3eFRe03s22NUlkWcx5jsy9XAEjw7X7LgN1GIymWo92r6vj0-Y6ABOgVHJq9BRN4eEo67LJ5tSId_s9EInaP5sTbgqNud36iWKXBktmO0tWVAVRvgdFj4IDOFNDCshGdttRrvLyzA3YDH8_-rXQFSAyPGOgxUG3Kz/s480/DSC01045.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBMUaCgWQ4bHCGCZJmunu3eFRe03s22NUlkWcx5jsy9XAEjw7X7LgN1GIymWo92r6vj0-Y6ABOgVHJq9BRN4eEo67LJ5tSId_s9EInaP5sTbgqNud36iWKXBktmO0tWVAVRvgdFj4IDOFNDCshGdttRrvLyzA3YDH8_-rXQFSAyPGOgxUG3Kz/w286-h400/DSC01045.JPG" width="286" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1SqFpeviLcFwb9qY8332bfabBEakg5PIEHOxVaOvt7s93dtOI2wTUssjyeisZIHEprosQSPxLqsY-n_bJpf7PKNMrU_R22rPJ_yyLbiuT5vnlWD2zBYKaKvItEO9SCsF15s92pXPynpQf4sMSxCqpwqxiOGjHGVQqXu07XC7GFKPkVBtS8Hd/s480/DSC01046.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="480" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1SqFpeviLcFwb9qY8332bfabBEakg5PIEHOxVaOvt7s93dtOI2wTUssjyeisZIHEprosQSPxLqsY-n_bJpf7PKNMrU_R22rPJ_yyLbiuT5vnlWD2zBYKaKvItEO9SCsF15s92pXPynpQf4sMSxCqpwqxiOGjHGVQqXu07XC7GFKPkVBtS8Hd/w400-h255/DSC01046.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Christmas tree is a small one, rooted from the top of a larger tree. It will go out in the garden early next year.<br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MeJAQXz3T216-N5heOEEamS_6Yj5QVMhq3IhSA_KfvcYOb2sSVCdRQGq_NdmLshvttlCZAFsxOusRWWIpEQNH5RQolVAnpAGdk5AfthAqyVSb1eXvi1CJupxhJM3c01mmgJd9ub0HT_Vvh9i1b6-DtraN2w_9fpmOSkJxax_va7ttIs3Indm/s480/DSC01005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MeJAQXz3T216-N5heOEEamS_6Yj5QVMhq3IhSA_KfvcYOb2sSVCdRQGq_NdmLshvttlCZAFsxOusRWWIpEQNH5RQolVAnpAGdk5AfthAqyVSb1eXvi1CJupxhJM3c01mmgJd9ub0HT_Vvh9i1b6-DtraN2w_9fpmOSkJxax_va7ttIs3Indm/w266-h400/DSC01005.JPG" width="266" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have nurtured it over the last month since we bought it and now it is decorated with some of our favourite things and is in the conservatory rather than the living room.</span></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mearKzZs6rc3oVp9L3a3jpVBslsm3qZ0kYjJ7HbGS-7I2urrUIcb1CiSilZY0KQGm7uOD9bB0snhVGRST45KkFgVp2MAlpFPeN63BUVmDMgERvVJkRSTYrdpx3G0u8IX0I-OTa8aEF1wccSo0-xhQjjK8TZYFhqy5MM9bM8muI4PM965svrl/s480/DSC01050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="480" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mearKzZs6rc3oVp9L3a3jpVBslsm3qZ0kYjJ7HbGS-7I2urrUIcb1CiSilZY0KQGm7uOD9bB0snhVGRST45KkFgVp2MAlpFPeN63BUVmDMgERvVJkRSTYrdpx3G0u8IX0I-OTa8aEF1wccSo0-xhQjjK8TZYFhqy5MM9bM8muI4PM965svrl/s320/DSC01050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Favourite decorations include the mouse above from the Chatsworth Garden Centre. We took my step-sister shopping it was Christmas 2015. She was registered deaf/blind so needed help with shopping. The next year she was diagnosed with dementia and has been cared for in a safe home ever since.<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPx1-xtJQF4Cf4XG2YOp2MKDRUlpN5VM3lbxtRmL-nFTz7bZant0MHxI1eLwjaYMN79de5X-wq77lI6Sb_9dkwJosbpgEJimf5UBXv-jaDyFPqE-wheZ2AcRpTRE-uxePk_tIG8vWTmZjmAIdxW8nQkYXDqaQY1GpIpM_ROLwlFVeVuIjGhpJ/s480/DSC01052.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPx1-xtJQF4Cf4XG2YOp2MKDRUlpN5VM3lbxtRmL-nFTz7bZant0MHxI1eLwjaYMN79de5X-wq77lI6Sb_9dkwJosbpgEJimf5UBXv-jaDyFPqE-wheZ2AcRpTRE-uxePk_tIG8vWTmZjmAIdxW8nQkYXDqaQY1GpIpM_ROLwlFVeVuIjGhpJ/w308-h400/DSC01052.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The newest decoration Fox in a Winter Jumper from Waitrose. As a lover of foxes I couldn't resist.<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QjnWVu9wNAmxw7VEytxQMkSg8y9KvlzTsWJU9uEW62D8nQEJ0Hs4okurEmhGGsKgTe6tg0bjoeLPMas3taShz25Ox3S0w3tbur3WoQf8QnmCBFxZqM66w802BidIFeHyaxOdX5U8P-z1g0rkjPkGKoX16cEYDUS7XtSyJoNMfRn-J4DvT2nw/s480/DSC01053.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="480" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QjnWVu9wNAmxw7VEytxQMkSg8y9KvlzTsWJU9uEW62D8nQEJ0Hs4okurEmhGGsKgTe6tg0bjoeLPMas3taShz25Ox3S0w3tbur3WoQf8QnmCBFxZqM66w802BidIFeHyaxOdX5U8P-z1g0rkjPkGKoX16cEYDUS7XtSyJoNMfRn-J4DvT2nw/s320/DSC01053.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hare from the Token House in Nottingham one of my favourite shops and one of my favourite animals.<br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7H_YG7Oe45ez0L9p9Klpy6FFTqtU7frWRchhWv5F9LVSFcrraymdk2g3WaazbbIh_0YVJZ6ZY1tlIvAvgfxbjRdUQZTcXYkoGJs1Q7UO1IyQlZRDJY5JbbkDYsFs_aj6sxnag5H2KFWSoqeU5-0k9MXQl5FqVVNPYifVmg82GscVlOxfsG2j/s480/DSC01054.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="304" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7H_YG7Oe45ez0L9p9Klpy6FFTqtU7frWRchhWv5F9LVSFcrraymdk2g3WaazbbIh_0YVJZ6ZY1tlIvAvgfxbjRdUQZTcXYkoGJs1Q7UO1IyQlZRDJY5JbbkDYsFs_aj6sxnag5H2KFWSoqeU5-0k9MXQl5FqVVNPYifVmg82GscVlOxfsG2j/w254-h400/DSC01054.JPG" width="254" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not sure where the bird house came from. I wish I could remember.<br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSa4B8UUsb-FA4L53cQw7ajumEoDjaAHlDtfiSYKLNE2ogJgF8D01x4rLWGKwXuSxu1xtw4zrgh301xr2-w2L87EOZl3VrRcOTESsyQOHwsOYAVzdPzGUaHrXT6iXVQpSxwwS2E5w4h7ZAB6XMp1xHCTwyGdbtT8uk442AXGlAvZV4Vfy9VZGq/s480/DSC01055.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="480" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSa4B8UUsb-FA4L53cQw7ajumEoDjaAHlDtfiSYKLNE2ogJgF8D01x4rLWGKwXuSxu1xtw4zrgh301xr2-w2L87EOZl3VrRcOTESsyQOHwsOYAVzdPzGUaHrXT6iXVQpSxwwS2E5w4h7ZAB6XMp1xHCTwyGdbtT8uk442AXGlAvZV4Vfy9VZGq/s320/DSC01055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I remember buying this cat in a car but can't remember where, most probably a garden centre.<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxD_BoidEtejPiw6sssIyFgPEciCZiaPjjM7_pszGFdkyixzweRboWDsUwbt4EKtj3RUkuQA32Th9ooiK-GBM1JdQkbOEERAf0orcy7PEnxWn2q5oahFSiyLjboaB4di3Bp2Hd9s4pZHJhyj-26QOL8RHNhuWbPJTqbc9lTRY5fmhTPLg8_Cr/s480/DSC01056.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="315" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxD_BoidEtejPiw6sssIyFgPEciCZiaPjjM7_pszGFdkyixzweRboWDsUwbt4EKtj3RUkuQA32Th9ooiK-GBM1JdQkbOEERAf0orcy7PEnxWn2q5oahFSiyLjboaB4di3Bp2Hd9s4pZHJhyj-26QOL8RHNhuWbPJTqbc9lTRY5fmhTPLg8_Cr/w263-h400/DSC01056.JPG" width="263" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">A snowman crocheted by a dear friend. She has been in hospital but is home now and we wish her well. She also made the Gingerbread man below.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMkmESBaoAjXyE-1Keajf69Nq3NBt4u_2HcZnhwx_J6quOWLbY8VshNvrb208lsHByFyiO0hQpBqS_Sk1jp0nHlYk05ejwUnZSRKZDsJjowMVYPCywek90-qXhxeOaJsrLY3wJAxwi-r7qI6sSposJbRBzxE7Wb6c8ElNe7lt-EWglf5-uFwI/s480/DSC01073.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="337" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMkmESBaoAjXyE-1Keajf69Nq3NBt4u_2HcZnhwx_J6quOWLbY8VshNvrb208lsHByFyiO0hQpBqS_Sk1jp0nHlYk05ejwUnZSRKZDsJjowMVYPCywek90-qXhxeOaJsrLY3wJAxwi-r7qI6sSposJbRBzxE7Wb6c8ElNe7lt-EWglf5-uFwI/w281-h400/DSC01073.JPG" width="281" /></a></div><br />Well, I think that is all now. I always feel slightly sad at this time of year as I remember Christmases past and those we shared them with. So many awful things are happening in the world at the moment that it seems hard to be frivolous. Cards are sent, telephone calls made and contacts made with 'absent friends and cousins dear' a favourite saying of one of my late cousins.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for now. I wish you all peace and joy and hope for the future. <br /></span></span></div></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-18527736611927898662023-12-17T14:31:00.000+00:002023-12-17T14:31:56.858+00:00Wintertide and Waxwings<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We are back home from a couple of days away visting relatives, old haunts, churchyards and cemeteries</span></span>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yRQtj3oklSQsPsuVe7nC6-PXz76Eafb74inQduN1_dEFDosyo-nbGx6-HcK8pFuWGGDnO6iiqkrlWmphwGWqUjBvSeIFFB10IlGOLKaZOxolnFyk031h7K63MdVOEInypz8gbIctpTXF-OSAogQG8WAUBFCGGHxx04aXIZ1h4ZySrpmCmUbA/s480/Bols1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="480" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yRQtj3oklSQsPsuVe7nC6-PXz76Eafb74inQduN1_dEFDosyo-nbGx6-HcK8pFuWGGDnO6iiqkrlWmphwGWqUjBvSeIFFB10IlGOLKaZOxolnFyk031h7K63MdVOEInypz8gbIctpTXF-OSAogQG8WAUBFCGGHxx04aXIZ1h4ZySrpmCmUbA/w400-h259/Bols1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I managed to find suitable holly wreaths on a stall at Bolsover market. So many memories of living close to the little town as a child and teenager came back to me. It is much changed (lots of new housing and big new supermarkets) but somehow exactly the same too. Bolsover Castle was closed so before we started for home we visited nearby Hardwick Hall. I grew up in a small village close to both these wonderful buildings so they are part of my childhood memories.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHRwV8COHdSFHGz67HLV04Fv9dMR_j6-lxMYSYmiMVhxjblrU-IxE_U7BB4ebCM_ZLzeBCAeb-pRcxtm-Ccm7cv9MJTkpcI3ybhF1bIPtH__uotCJ57Jib5NnshlS-oITcllRC7me81QykbsI47ucRxrerpCXwt1RSRo9-mSXlrhmHwLFOTNW/s480/DSC00951.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="480" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHRwV8COHdSFHGz67HLV04Fv9dMR_j6-lxMYSYmiMVhxjblrU-IxE_U7BB4ebCM_ZLzeBCAeb-pRcxtm-Ccm7cv9MJTkpcI3ybhF1bIPtH__uotCJ57Jib5NnshlS-oITcllRC7me81QykbsI47ucRxrerpCXwt1RSRo9-mSXlrhmHwLFOTNW/w400-h285/DSC00951.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">A saying I remember from childhood is 'Hardwick Hall more glass than wall.' Hardwick Hall is run by the National Trust whilst nearby Hardwick Old Hall is cared for by English Heritage, it was closed the day we visited.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD2rjYOJzYj5VQYuEhahyphenhyphenJzeJZKZB6LzsdCBQSNTl3id9vxl0kCz1ZM4t7JHhyNAYZt3sjl2HUpm8g1cFMYYKS9BvSOLqjXjLPKMQq4pWcd9EbWojZvho2FSQdKmoYphGKNSVKxzrRNSy0NL0qTg31MNT8tZahI6Mc0MoxShsfU0gfiyAshY4/s480/DSC00972.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="480" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD2rjYOJzYj5VQYuEhahyphenhyphenJzeJZKZB6LzsdCBQSNTl3id9vxl0kCz1ZM4t7JHhyNAYZt3sjl2HUpm8g1cFMYYKS9BvSOLqjXjLPKMQq4pWcd9EbWojZvho2FSQdKmoYphGKNSVKxzrRNSy0NL0qTg31MNT8tZahI6Mc0MoxShsfU0gfiyAshY4/w400-h364/DSC00972.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The old hall is just over the garden wall from the newer hall. Hardwick Old Hall was built between 1587 and 1596 by Bess of Hardwick but in 1590 before the old hall was completed Bess began to have built the new hall using noted architect of the time Robert Smythson. Apparently the two halls were used together for quite a time to complement each other. The old hall was partially dismantled in the 1750s as by then the Cavendish family preferred living at the family seat at Chatsworth.</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_WLiJGdbL8yiHoWLAPg8vqRUqzDUhRcenmhiofbNV388A5SbmJ-FBfR8LljJp7nY2kdxqMnnR9s3LReYxW9rMfjl_0jN-B28TFQtdTM_uJenWnBYPE-8B8a8xdF8EtVowssgHgdY7mfcR8TO4XOgJRn-8sUlQqUz0soGLeDUeYPt515_OGby/s480/HH4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="480" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_WLiJGdbL8yiHoWLAPg8vqRUqzDUhRcenmhiofbNV388A5SbmJ-FBfR8LljJp7nY2kdxqMnnR9s3LReYxW9rMfjl_0jN-B28TFQtdTM_uJenWnBYPE-8B8a8xdF8EtVowssgHgdY7mfcR8TO4XOgJRn-8sUlQqUz0soGLeDUeYPt515_OGby/w400-h303/HH4.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside Wintertide was being celebrated lead by the Lord of Misrule. We collected our lanterns and proceeded up the stairs. I'd forgotten those wide stone stairs leading up to the grand appartments above. It's a place of many stone staircases and walls hung with beautiful tapestries.<br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9lCptPzTJwUMqp0Mcj4m9cvRb1nyRnYtc0uB_GeEr82aKpWZ9H-vuc3LGM_kEHFT4JrDZY-en2UqwCfzYfMAaBQIvHVH-oYxjPPqMgnnyn4b2omicMe2qwAXbWYWqBryVI3lEbMO9nWM9Hpr5QAtIk1_nuzKuvRfGPqjCXPVd5swz8gp6wed/s278/HH1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="186" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9lCptPzTJwUMqp0Mcj4m9cvRb1nyRnYtc0uB_GeEr82aKpWZ9H-vuc3LGM_kEHFT4JrDZY-en2UqwCfzYfMAaBQIvHVH-oYxjPPqMgnnyn4b2omicMe2qwAXbWYWqBryVI3lEbMO9nWM9Hpr5QAtIk1_nuzKuvRfGPqjCXPVd5swz8gp6wed/w268-h400/HH1.JPG" width="268" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaieCgFkU66KA_nsOmVqsOiaYWXXyofv4xEFVjp2kAKI58dMmr7PfTbQ0lRa4XHV9KrI72o0Wrzw9oui-ezESoNeCXFKZ4TqOugnIMzo582BLcSNdw0Gs4Az8A2vUCDVrkD_sMGSd80BoBb6Ue9F3jGay8mljchKqv6yrEYUZ0TAOEOOszQUiY/s480/DSC00957.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaieCgFkU66KA_nsOmVqsOiaYWXXyofv4xEFVjp2kAKI58dMmr7PfTbQ0lRa4XHV9KrI72o0Wrzw9oui-ezESoNeCXFKZ4TqOugnIMzo582BLcSNdw0Gs4Az8A2vUCDVrkD_sMGSd80BoBb6Ue9F3jGay8mljchKqv6yrEYUZ0TAOEOOszQUiY/w300-h400/DSC00957.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVUixvTIQ3iDAYRU0N1R7tVH1eMpyeGxwR0WkxaBk0I6Jvkkw5EsIqTElRrm71UgvsPFY6MESphXR3Gcc6R3RWv6UX05tFW8wz4KGq2jmznaZhJHzPRTDF2d0OOk_zQCEUcwM1pQczsK2gA6lBV9n8jPAtRRmADYiElEPbGL5D1MCkCdRDXNJ/s480/HH2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="480" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVUixvTIQ3iDAYRU0N1R7tVH1eMpyeGxwR0WkxaBk0I6Jvkkw5EsIqTElRrm71UgvsPFY6MESphXR3Gcc6R3RWv6UX05tFW8wz4KGq2jmznaZhJHzPRTDF2d0OOk_zQCEUcwM1pQczsK2gA6lBV9n8jPAtRRmADYiElEPbGL5D1MCkCdRDXNJ/w400-h264/HH2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the long gallery the Lord of Misrule bade us to linger and explore in the shadows. There were areas where you could write down your thoughts as you were asked to remember happy festive times, the people who had been part of those times, to be grateful for joys and happiness experienced and hope for kindness in the future. There was a shadow puppet theatre at the end of the gallery.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov9WKMksUK6ee1wjQdziLvJk0nRExO5DOdknS87DiWpF8OI7l67Nkkc7DG_ICS0i6ppIDXEsfnljXi2dZXNs5of6rDtUAtP5q6YauXdpX0vbn8XIZG5K8kJq6H84R4tQ6688ouEWWhS5qh7EWEbG8A-ckSmcQgU7Tet5ZG7sKJEsiSzSurt8F/s480/HH6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="480" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov9WKMksUK6ee1wjQdziLvJk0nRExO5DOdknS87DiWpF8OI7l67Nkkc7DG_ICS0i6ppIDXEsfnljXi2dZXNs5of6rDtUAtP5q6YauXdpX0vbn8XIZG5K8kJq6H84R4tQ6688ouEWWhS5qh7EWEbG8A-ckSmcQgU7Tet5ZG7sKJEsiSzSurt8F/w400-h348/HH6.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the areas used to sit and reflect, to write down thoughts. The whole display was about shadows, light and reflections. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZZEC5gMp3hBGZRiBQsVz3FhfRmkbbhXLeflGnEIlSjxrf1UtxlmRxW2XU4PJ0kM9l72lP584zadsosVryRNKgPAmafjrLkohDfwhG7HLjcoQVoYNWySI44n9PnIIpVSCW-Kt6E2eNp23cWwiB9cuHtq3cII7zTZZJpOOZnnXdMkEF46hmbmq/s480/DSC00978.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZZEC5gMp3hBGZRiBQsVz3FhfRmkbbhXLeflGnEIlSjxrf1UtxlmRxW2XU4PJ0kM9l72lP584zadsosVryRNKgPAmafjrLkohDfwhG7HLjcoQVoYNWySI44n9PnIIpVSCW-Kt6E2eNp23cWwiB9cuHtq3cII7zTZZJpOOZnnXdMkEF46hmbmq/w400-h256/DSC00978.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Back outside in the South Gazebo we found traditional Tudor decoratations.</span></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0xgOtkUJlM_Q7mNQ1OMpi0OvzqTCtlfSl0Yld26rG7fcWLgP-6ytP6F4GuANW4ha8M_Pu34mcPGVaUQ2gcmoMm5aC2FrOQHP6IljA1cZlAVoGo0R8x9k49MO9s_SC1QyefU0e_W3kMewxUxR2tIZc3ozka-WvVmgKsJhS5VAjW9KnRs9S-oB/s480/DSC00989.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="480" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0xgOtkUJlM_Q7mNQ1OMpi0OvzqTCtlfSl0Yld26rG7fcWLgP-6ytP6F4GuANW4ha8M_Pu34mcPGVaUQ2gcmoMm5aC2FrOQHP6IljA1cZlAVoGo0R8x9k49MO9s_SC1QyefU0e_W3kMewxUxR2tIZc3ozka-WvVmgKsJhS5VAjW9KnRs9S-oB/w400-h393/DSC00989.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Kissing Bough, the precursor of mistletoe, was made with twigs and evergreen foliage and sometimes fruit and cones. The bough was hung over doorways to welcome visitors to the house.<br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhnYilVgngzW4YK0C9rSxV3GGStd3pw4Y8ICgb9rL82FrVG4PuY61Ahv9L9bXEc7SrYKCalBVOVQkf2mvcQe6vdMajTgk0xNGXGO2mdSyCHoIjUU6IRp2TFD6Q1p4l56OaLgykyYoHAX-4aiR_cUz_t5ORk3nT5uj4CJjNmD_ZX-y1r-iwdV/s480/DSC00988.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="358" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhnYilVgngzW4YK0C9rSxV3GGStd3pw4Y8ICgb9rL82FrVG4PuY61Ahv9L9bXEc7SrYKCalBVOVQkf2mvcQe6vdMajTgk0xNGXGO2mdSyCHoIjUU6IRp2TFD6Q1p4l56OaLgykyYoHAX-4aiR_cUz_t5ORk3nT5uj4CJjNmD_ZX-y1r-iwdV/w299-h400/DSC00988.JPG" width="299" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifyrAdMnCi0MkJM580VJNhu7slpx8O_jGwUscnWlGG6nIzHG4Uk-FEAvpCjnLclL-w21RIm5h2jrAEQbv__bbWDcjr22dgTqAzCHg6dy-hX1maixmNAuK_O-THYWnvYTeFiLRysCAC7rq7LxVAI-gAKOy1o4DojeSCE8Nh9I4_Pc3BZG3IRzbX/s480/DSC00986.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="480" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifyrAdMnCi0MkJM580VJNhu7slpx8O_jGwUscnWlGG6nIzHG4Uk-FEAvpCjnLclL-w21RIm5h2jrAEQbv__bbWDcjr22dgTqAzCHg6dy-hX1maixmNAuK_O-THYWnvYTeFiLRysCAC7rq7LxVAI-gAKOy1o4DojeSCE8Nh9I4_Pc3BZG3IRzbX/w400-h384/DSC00986.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Orange and clove pomanders decorated the window sill below garlands of leaves.</span></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HDTb6zeM5dhu9fZhiBdlYYl4EP3S1klnRW1E7O_0OJc7i6X_XHxVXx8mUQUfjrfVDD9AsF7aocbsftQBRrBysygrhosrZMHTXYE5Ppiv1PiuL1RuAx4K0PkAQyPDsLIHmyFkr9fRTgRqWbtZRVeXZCoSQo3kMvDRrG-hKMUkEdxuSF-BQnnz/s480/DSC00985.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="480" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HDTb6zeM5dhu9fZhiBdlYYl4EP3S1klnRW1E7O_0OJc7i6X_XHxVXx8mUQUfjrfVDD9AsF7aocbsftQBRrBysygrhosrZMHTXYE5Ppiv1PiuL1RuAx4K0PkAQyPDsLIHmyFkr9fRTgRqWbtZRVeXZCoSQo3kMvDRrG-hKMUkEdxuSF-BQnnz/w400-h223/DSC00985.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9Rp74CH43AdLQkj81XBIq5eyzekehu1TufSfSayLqtpdfvzNH7OZBm5OEsDIkUPdTVAgCxM031ckngnKp7Qk14NxjWivrbnPXm1lc7pcCWolqPCPH_MyIIjmC8algdxW4cETBOTOICsYpdS2OsvnMrfhb-QLih-2l1hEsukaW7dbaEXsJ7mo/s480/DSC00992.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="480" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9Rp74CH43AdLQkj81XBIq5eyzekehu1TufSfSayLqtpdfvzNH7OZBm5OEsDIkUPdTVAgCxM031ckngnKp7Qk14NxjWivrbnPXm1lc7pcCWolqPCPH_MyIIjmC8algdxW4cETBOTOICsYpdS2OsvnMrfhb-QLih-2l1hEsukaW7dbaEXsJ7mo/w400-h294/DSC00992.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">An unexpected 'decoration' were hundreds of dormant Ladybirds high on the ceiling above the door.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></div></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before I go in my last post I promised photos of Waxwings. These wonderful birds have spent over two weeks feasting on the many berry trees in our little part of the city. They've been there through wind, rain and snow. We've wandered down to the local park two or three times in the hope of seeing them. It was a case of third time lucky last Sunday. We saw them straight away. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiv1mmCO0cg1KBCe4xL6CeGKWAH0kQ-zrXcMHf-0U5yWS4D3LGL0AS2lIY23br6Pwq7NzL4Cgq0jfCOW4VPscO9J6IjkiyQZdPhFJQDDEVv84a2yk9WLzbY05jUp6K6ljA-9BQCrojZmkA-vtUxwe4-lFozn8Is3SeIapkxor5-BZBYHdjFgk_/s407/Waxwing2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="401" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiv1mmCO0cg1KBCe4xL6CeGKWAH0kQ-zrXcMHf-0U5yWS4D3LGL0AS2lIY23br6Pwq7NzL4Cgq0jfCOW4VPscO9J6IjkiyQZdPhFJQDDEVv84a2yk9WLzbY05jUp6K6ljA-9BQCrojZmkA-vtUxwe4-lFozn8Is3SeIapkxor5-BZBYHdjFgk_/w394-h400/Waxwing2.JPG" width="394" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Waxwings are winter visitors to the UK coming from Scandinavia to feast on seasonal berry trees. They are such beautiful birds. I've seen some wonderful photos of them across the various local bird forums and websites and it seems that it is a particularly good winter for them.<br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgksiI-hamHsA0wCcKkQsyC-32om-fj9bmMFgdMVBc3ijcpGPjst3a6C8e0j87JgQ-qZHwcSQ6lI-yVrBBezAlLQXFBwT1M2A1jAOZbSDyVt-rHFwnuYilSSDxAsL7LIKSZL8Sbaak-fbywTL66LyoLAS2cs1jTyNwdQyxNiaUJdO13DdGL7m/s457/Waxwing1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="457" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgksiI-hamHsA0wCcKkQsyC-32om-fj9bmMFgdMVBc3ijcpGPjst3a6C8e0j87JgQ-qZHwcSQ6lI-yVrBBezAlLQXFBwT1M2A1jAOZbSDyVt-rHFwnuYilSSDxAsL7LIKSZL8Sbaak-fbywTL66LyoLAS2cs1jTyNwdQyxNiaUJdO13DdGL7m/w400-h349/Waxwing1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Photos of the Waxwings and internal shots in Hardwick Hall were taken by Paul as my little camera wasn't up to the job. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Right it's time to go and think about decorating the Christmas tree.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for now. </span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take care.</span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-37913593140799299712023-12-09T12:00:00.002+00:002023-12-09T18:28:08.906+00:00Getting There<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The last week has been so wet and still it rains today. We've just managed a quick walk up to the local post office and back to buy stamps and post both cards and a parcel. The heavens opened again as we were halfway home so we are now drying off. I think soup is needed for lunch although it isn't cold, just very damp and windy. Dull too. Earlier this week we had a good clear out of household things we no longer needed or used and took them to The Big Shop which is a combined shop and warehouse for a nearby hospice. We went there as there is plenty of space to park close to the donation point. As we drove along the lanes between Stone and Eccleshall the roads were full of huge puddles with rainwater running off the fields and gushing up from blocked drains. Some fields had developed small lakes on lower ground. Some had resident gulls on them.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNWOg4wciUwFJBZ7r2QODQsCHmOsvfqc8JKQ0NbOd2TQjUQYpIWcLchpi32rmVPIcrKDqx8seI_cidGNrfrf82Va2OS1Ng1jIhpJQz_5hNw4OAncfK7GzKyLkkNtvQ36sczwZKDQJ4TeHh3IWoMFiQEOKmIz7D_1XRHz6F9dEpQiKUv4gxxw7/s480/DSC00866.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="480" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNWOg4wciUwFJBZ7r2QODQsCHmOsvfqc8JKQ0NbOd2TQjUQYpIWcLchpi32rmVPIcrKDqx8seI_cidGNrfrf82Va2OS1Ng1jIhpJQz_5hNw4OAncfK7GzKyLkkNtvQ36sczwZKDQJ4TeHh3IWoMFiQEOKmIz7D_1XRHz6F9dEpQiKUv4gxxw7/w400-h326/DSC00866.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall</span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Zv82CaU_xSOTEY_12O1mekurP_BCs9Jr8r_23QITy00ree05jO3yU0gVWiW1rSuUYOzEiw0B3TqMnJNYDpjl90JA-CcRwjPcHCvXj0-nTfiJxHkXK9eeIrNt2GS65_3nZe3grUVhhiqa-HLRfca9AAOFWpruC2GsCGhvsh13t-9ORuZZiEjM/s480/DSC00861.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="480" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Zv82CaU_xSOTEY_12O1mekurP_BCs9Jr8r_23QITy00ree05jO3yU0gVWiW1rSuUYOzEiw0B3TqMnJNYDpjl90JA-CcRwjPcHCvXj0-nTfiJxHkXK9eeIrNt2GS65_3nZe3grUVhhiqa-HLRfca9AAOFWpruC2GsCGhvsh13t-9ORuZZiEjM/w400-h284/DSC00861.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Above and below the High Street Eccleshall is a mixture of shops, cafes and private houses. Many have the names of their former use. The Old Bakery, The Old Post Office and The Old Fire Station are just some of them</span>.</span><br /></div></div><div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJjh6vZsjZneiNbsoPh72Rlm2VJOu2zQ8a1QSB1yU4aidbiYemYlThcKsijdup5bw-AYcXbd2ZMUa5Y6DeC7VX1ruyVgp38FCVOZhE-fxSahxP2fu2i367hyphenhyphenFfr1dVci5Nc3JCKn0zD0HvdQPdddT7Pp3Z37nX799BJzpwYdcv-FK7kV_MmZi/s480/DSC00867.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJjh6vZsjZneiNbsoPh72Rlm2VJOu2zQ8a1QSB1yU4aidbiYemYlThcKsijdup5bw-AYcXbd2ZMUa5Y6DeC7VX1ruyVgp38FCVOZhE-fxSahxP2fu2i367hyphenhyphenFfr1dVci5Nc3JCKn0zD0HvdQPdddT7Pp3Z37nX799BJzpwYdcv-FK7kV_MmZi/s320/DSC00867.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eccleshall's shopping streets were looking quite festive in spite of the rain. We had a coffee and then a little wander around before returning home.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRvIPnN6X1z_7i9kORaS8-A9fja4D2g-KB5B1scMbdkZEQ8drooQQXYyYJPmmzztSDNgQjCI3OUC8Azlv2VbJfyCfuBRQDNxCu_jZCmsK1O5Vb5UIhB8_XUUZby4Z33S6IwNmLIlwPWOjb-TnQVX53D4_OMyBEZMxV_PWFvlKkzVuURacwt5m/s480/DSC00872.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="324" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRvIPnN6X1z_7i9kORaS8-A9fja4D2g-KB5B1scMbdkZEQ8drooQQXYyYJPmmzztSDNgQjCI3OUC8Azlv2VbJfyCfuBRQDNxCu_jZCmsK1O5Vb5UIhB8_XUUZby4Z33S6IwNmLIlwPWOjb-TnQVX53D4_OMyBEZMxV_PWFvlKkzVuURacwt5m/w270-h400/DSC00872.JPG" width="270" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Preparations for Christmas have included pudding making. I haven't bothered with a cake this year. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEroThkQnECFgSYdPg65-QAI6l7duEqhWVA7Pbbk9AyPu5P9g9uTf_xOicXExmVMIOPz4G415P8SvqI9aaPU4z_IsEPgRBNg63_WFcrCgU1TtoCzmU8lc7458hg09cK-hgdQxyI3Q5M3g8ixHVrP5IZ4s3OGV8m5oH9qY0yigDFVK9bcY4NpF/s480/Pudding&Cake.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEroThkQnECFgSYdPg65-QAI6l7duEqhWVA7Pbbk9AyPu5P9g9uTf_xOicXExmVMIOPz4G415P8SvqI9aaPU4z_IsEPgRBNg63_WFcrCgU1TtoCzmU8lc7458hg09cK-hgdQxyI3Q5M3g8ixHVrP5IZ4s3OGV8m5oH9qY0yigDFVK9bcY4NpF/w300-h400/Pudding&Cake.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">I did make a cake for a friend's birthday last week and a slice was eaten late afternoon after a lovely lunch. Just right with a cup of tea to sustain us on our journey home from Nottingham.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRB24HpxVgOa0r-_iyS3vg4fNULal7TF6c98sh8kKpifAQ-dXIlO7CFlqXrCpiiJXA3omjhb-Ox626VQHxROWSB-FOtyyAmDymnLOvXLRQ8JWE6V4brGz4V7Pvy352gmjCmto_kL0TvW6baA7xu72cBBjR3CM0fPZHeNfP9gHW5sYqfNYfihM/s480/DSC00774.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="480" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRB24HpxVgOa0r-_iyS3vg4fNULal7TF6c98sh8kKpifAQ-dXIlO7CFlqXrCpiiJXA3omjhb-Ox626VQHxROWSB-FOtyyAmDymnLOvXLRQ8JWE6V4brGz4V7Pvy352gmjCmto_kL0TvW6baA7xu72cBBjR3CM0fPZHeNfP9gHW5sYqfNYfihM/w400-h265/DSC00774.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coffee and Walnut cake, a favourite. </span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_8h1b1zTHNmL6CU3Mvr16-MrqPediZaeEmehGc_y8D_HRXCkYyQfz33KALiXSd9bEpjLT5A94C0CZoa4hVpTwN0iHn4nH0yQUkhiLn-U_y_7DpB9lpV9sw_P9EgawEl2M2aH-8lIp05JnSdHkuHmF0yQdmbWdJm8mmeCj38O2qvNs_xh3fkf/s480/DSC00828.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="358" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_8h1b1zTHNmL6CU3Mvr16-MrqPediZaeEmehGc_y8D_HRXCkYyQfz33KALiXSd9bEpjLT5A94C0CZoa4hVpTwN0iHn4nH0yQUkhiLn-U_y_7DpB9lpV9sw_P9EgawEl2M2aH-8lIp05JnSdHkuHmF0yQdmbWdJm8mmeCj38O2qvNs_xh3fkf/w299-h400/DSC00828.JPG" width="299" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We also brought home one of Robert's 'paperbag' stories which was inspired by fox and badger visits to our garden and the visit of an elderly fox to his own garden. In this story Eddy the fox has a lucky escape from the dogs next door with the help of his friend Toby the badger.</span></span><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last weekend we had snow. We walked out in it and down to the park where parents and children were out and about with sledges, all having fun in the soft snow. We passed many snowmen on our walk. By the next day it had been washed away by the rain.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiig3cbUr-Av6Sda8YoKkfs4NOt_8W19n1CAszvLTPVgIByrItsr1BQLRQBDXR8uavH7F0QMex6-LoSLnqIDHSV6LjRfwkiQrrN2fBeZaNgp1ZXkmItD0nkY2xKO6zwY07ToraVnA5RXVwAGD2fzHLdfKXvPGyy2Y5l_8k-Dc5wDh_aj5sMp3/s480/DSC00851.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="480" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiig3cbUr-Av6Sda8YoKkfs4NOt_8W19n1CAszvLTPVgIByrItsr1BQLRQBDXR8uavH7F0QMex6-LoSLnqIDHSV6LjRfwkiQrrN2fBeZaNgp1ZXkmItD0nkY2xKO6zwY07ToraVnA5RXVwAGD2fzHLdfKXvPGyy2Y5l_8k-Dc5wDh_aj5sMp3/w400-h333/DSC00851.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fenton Park</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-Ew0wR66p_YmMmsqbqrINTWTKtKULzXfbpi20HOfqnlZYanzdqAju5QCkc63e19D4cmM4bNyFmX8RJPdYX3vuRr6Hgro2eojBCeDqXIMZL0fN_BLI1A_rPGYUvJs4TxyBgaFW6KbjiM-3ls7l6buZz-KIseIsMDR20sdEppOggya1mxSVL61/s480/DSC00850.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="480" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-Ew0wR66p_YmMmsqbqrINTWTKtKULzXfbpi20HOfqnlZYanzdqAju5QCkc63e19D4cmM4bNyFmX8RJPdYX3vuRr6Hgro2eojBCeDqXIMZL0fN_BLI1A_rPGYUvJs4TxyBgaFW6KbjiM-3ls7l6buZz-KIseIsMDR20sdEppOggya1mxSVL61/w400-h309/DSC00850.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fenton Park</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85esVLAD0ALxqaq1EEXrvMWiwqVpyBRublcIkJlp7iomDPA22Kp11Z64kI-dfETyZwx2cJlP5RsoAonuPA5bS-31o2dTKM4kGVfdgbCiwoFUQVIQzjKMVVDDY3KivfXCqN-378X43lYeMmjXy8JX-vEGro9o_s0tszp_H_-qXYXmTxN03a2jW/s480/DSC00847.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="480" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85esVLAD0ALxqaq1EEXrvMWiwqVpyBRublcIkJlp7iomDPA22Kp11Z64kI-dfETyZwx2cJlP5RsoAonuPA5bS-31o2dTKM4kGVfdgbCiwoFUQVIQzjKMVVDDY3KivfXCqN-378X43lYeMmjXy8JX-vEGro9o_s0tszp_H_-qXYXmTxN03a2jW/w400-h323/DSC00847.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We moved on from the park to see if we could spot the Waxwings that had been reported as feeding on the berry trees in a small square nearby. Unfortunately we didn't see any, just lots of people in black with cameras wrapped up in plastic bags patiently waiting. I've seen some lovely photos of the Waxwings on social media and apparently they are still there today.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next week we have another visit to make to take cards and presents, again into Nottinghamshire. We are gently getting on with plans for the coming weeks. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for now. </span></span> <br /></div></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-75038523209098825842023-12-01T14:12:00.003+00:002023-12-02T08:23:26.566+00:00Into December<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few photos from this morning's walk at Trentham Gardens. Cold in the air and crunchy underfoot. Visible breath from both walkers and dogs. Definitely a warm hat, scarf and gloves day. Also a hot chocolate day at the cafe halfway around the lake. Fingers warmed around the cup before we moved on.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPEN-j24ZI0gD_nFm8IkG7nNLSva1fREG0nEfIh3efu5SoXGgQcITSfvO7AUVA1B_seqxWatPVABoq-cbaUmVDfTqoWmEwzu-w_HkkEleofxlDKnTBtVxIyd7BpPI46UXSMJCcgcagh4ZcmB37KAsYAI7x4sP0vkIGQqr099nDf3SZsYWEUlA/s480/DSC00787.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="480" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPEN-j24ZI0gD_nFm8IkG7nNLSva1fREG0nEfIh3efu5SoXGgQcITSfvO7AUVA1B_seqxWatPVABoq-cbaUmVDfTqoWmEwzu-w_HkkEleofxlDKnTBtVxIyd7BpPI46UXSMJCcgcagh4ZcmB37KAsYAI7x4sP0vkIGQqr099nDf3SZsYWEUlA/w400-h331/DSC00787.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLWFJ0CHuwTrgxiO97spYRI-zUseNTmO2joJoBryHD7ksn6QeaaCYo4ZCzA5AEZweIs4xPxSqRMZrP1FohkazRXGNEMuUbiZV-ckSIu1bZ8tyhQUwwKXOiqeONGE-LH-O5rg5DV224m_EiicmKCclRzU2rMAyUMhpe6WU267CC6fIZ8wA7f4A/w400-h300/Trentham.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Stay warm and have a lovely weekend.</span></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><p></p></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-39224209774163616732023-11-23T07:56:00.004+00:002023-11-23T08:00:17.538+00:00A Few Geese<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> There were lots of lovely geese around the lake at Rocester last week. As well as the usual Canada and Greylag geese there were quite a few others.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4993X7qYSnUCNLN2LM0iudyu8Dt-jK06T5ITaTFq-15L7Vk-duET6AZGbIF0IBkvxqZ8chIPW5gctXESbBEvfNbqf0WluUAvakEO_OW7nNBR-J3QtZ-6gpusd5Kp9qOflFk3AwyQCJsIJbIc4Z47hYBso5NQfN_WqsBlpUSHJoNxU-dTsGgkZ/s480/DSC00649.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="480" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4993X7qYSnUCNLN2LM0iudyu8Dt-jK06T5ITaTFq-15L7Vk-duET6AZGbIF0IBkvxqZ8chIPW5gctXESbBEvfNbqf0WluUAvakEO_OW7nNBR-J3QtZ-6gpusd5Kp9qOflFk3AwyQCJsIJbIc4Z47hYBso5NQfN_WqsBlpUSHJoNxU-dTsGgkZ/w400-h280/DSC00649.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">A trio of geese grazing - Bar-headed goose, Egyptian Goose and Greylag goose.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDyXzs_0UBJfw9WTr8zwolbUOBBTXZOwqdRBTuD3S2AxrC82dyuwf1Fx2j7pS88pcZEDAsWAHOQioPokNakN8Mv2C7nexJaoJLWEZy4iBfDLEigb-blnwkyJTEmO0v7wesSG3R3PdAO3NhRO9JumvxddKq9C2C9PKpghj34Il05IrwGJy80Pv_/s480/DSC00657.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="406" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDyXzs_0UBJfw9WTr8zwolbUOBBTXZOwqdRBTuD3S2AxrC82dyuwf1Fx2j7pS88pcZEDAsWAHOQioPokNakN8Mv2C7nexJaoJLWEZy4iBfDLEigb-blnwkyJTEmO0v7wesSG3R3PdAO3NhRO9JumvxddKq9C2C9PKpghj34Il05IrwGJy80Pv_/w339-h400/DSC00657.JPG" width="339" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Snow Goose</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2xMUrukOypZWgf98XNA48H-cY-CHF_GNjzJrTf0ueiXMIOrg7_Ee3SUJIs3Qm-4TmySQQN6cIjW9N6oN3Hbf48zhHtJcBfs1ngIbFqi9xZCSiD-3G5qzG-hF-BiW0Chm0ZMxdpMARmB5koUWZxq9Pz0AToQz3pmt_0M1heUwQ9XBC5WfgLu7/s480/DSC00638.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="384" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2xMUrukOypZWgf98XNA48H-cY-CHF_GNjzJrTf0ueiXMIOrg7_Ee3SUJIs3Qm-4TmySQQN6cIjW9N6oN3Hbf48zhHtJcBfs1ngIbFqi9xZCSiD-3G5qzG-hF-BiW0Chm0ZMxdpMARmB5koUWZxq9Pz0AToQz3pmt_0M1heUwQ9XBC5WfgLu7/w320-h400/DSC00638.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Bar-headed Goose</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOu39ij2uYxdt6fvDIOL4RQyEF1HTFGyWwXTQKNT2N6lvC0BuEvDBUaiVvCGv565dyX7DoX6T_Jl5yxpwBrcA6ZSwqpvka2hZRtG9N0NliCdZecyETKjmJd_W9JsK4l5i2v3bDJgPHd76bCJSrAiPdZqciclQQYHRxOnCnr3KvlTzbJRKgSECt/s480/DSC00654.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="480" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOu39ij2uYxdt6fvDIOL4RQyEF1HTFGyWwXTQKNT2N6lvC0BuEvDBUaiVvCGv565dyX7DoX6T_Jl5yxpwBrcA6ZSwqpvka2hZRtG9N0NliCdZecyETKjmJd_W9JsK4l5i2v3bDJgPHd76bCJSrAiPdZqciclQQYHRxOnCnr3KvlTzbJRKgSECt/w400-h368/DSC00654.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Emperor Geese</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAOcKoGRjhcWGFHU6Hlxx9nz8snC3-KKcXpkgKnDlcrgkQom9gD1hpRsvKy7JarcnVjReDqwjfxrAtRmfPqIKSzkRMtHFhI2l5boZuuFjP7WWDOs6BYbR0ZnaRLBNA7pF0lCKAtYmU9fLvKrXWOXdrYO-f5EKiBEa7QZNnC-5B3qH9AXoA0NY/s480/DSC00656.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="480" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAOcKoGRjhcWGFHU6Hlxx9nz8snC3-KKcXpkgKnDlcrgkQom9gD1hpRsvKy7JarcnVjReDqwjfxrAtRmfPqIKSzkRMtHFhI2l5boZuuFjP7WWDOs6BYbR0ZnaRLBNA7pF0lCKAtYmU9fLvKrXWOXdrYO-f5EKiBEa7QZNnC-5B3qH9AXoA0NY/w400-h396/DSC00656.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Barnacle Geese</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2jraG4o-dK5UR6mE7z4qu9XQfb15IM93aJXSpS-Kxo32_A_NviRbkr-Hc4SuyBfFNSSgX-mHi2-Iz964VQ2RwdnA-Qtwjlb0w9s0GQOGR7gws_rv1ZKVUXfLjYIViK1oAi6z4f6XHe3zMJsf8kP87kc0WKlWE2wHgA7r_ieX3Wcp68xDsAiG/s480/DSC00636.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="480" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2jraG4o-dK5UR6mE7z4qu9XQfb15IM93aJXSpS-Kxo32_A_NviRbkr-Hc4SuyBfFNSSgX-mHi2-Iz964VQ2RwdnA-Qtwjlb0w9s0GQOGR7gws_rv1ZKVUXfLjYIViK1oAi6z4f6XHe3zMJsf8kP87kc0WKlWE2wHgA7r_ieX3Wcp68xDsAiG/w400-h306/DSC00636.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I'm not sure what this one is. A Hybrid perhaps?</span><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGRFyZonuoh3Q8cQWS1IOKB2xnyuVIGGez5UqpZwuf76J_soXaHKJPXx-vkPRmwdtslIzW4oW9SCk3Q0ufp2VdQgO5GV9MdV7BHXomNgSLx6T8vTsy8CQNZowhVxgTCrBFxz-vSNkyFiqN0zcm7nlXjPbXEo1z31oWySef-OBt0MSQJva9D8K/s480/DSC00628.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="480" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGRFyZonuoh3Q8cQWS1IOKB2xnyuVIGGez5UqpZwuf76J_soXaHKJPXx-vkPRmwdtslIzW4oW9SCk3Q0ufp2VdQgO5GV9MdV7BHXomNgSLx6T8vTsy8CQNZowhVxgTCrBFxz-vSNkyFiqN0zcm7nlXjPbXEo1z31oWySef-OBt0MSQJva9D8K/w400-h245/DSC00628.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Greylags - they all gathered together and with a flapping of wings and a tremendous noise they all flew off. It's great to hear them. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfLU6rVP4zHuTvKXrNtLLg9e2rpNSlRuUtvOtehfoJyip01knOKYvBeKgpE7-gAONn9al_9sOU8IQ6N2ZN3MUxGLYDAmIZO7CXn3TzM6FNZQeWIYulqyThSCk0vBmXSBu-rIlF1ar4jaNzR23dArZgFIF9EdU048UqJ7vyhnvIXr5rz1DAiaQ/s480/DSC00651.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="480" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfLU6rVP4zHuTvKXrNtLLg9e2rpNSlRuUtvOtehfoJyip01knOKYvBeKgpE7-gAONn9al_9sOU8IQ6N2ZN3MUxGLYDAmIZO7CXn3TzM6FNZQeWIYulqyThSCk0vBmXSBu-rIlF1ar4jaNzR23dArZgFIF9EdU048UqJ7vyhnvIXr5rz1DAiaQ/w400-h254/DSC00651.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Barnacles - there were lots of these all together. What is it about geese? I love them, especially at this time of year.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We had a brisk walk around the whole lake before moving on to Croxden Abbey which I wrote about in my last post.</span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-24391790843495274792023-11-18T11:31:00.003+00:002023-11-20T14:27:08.487+00:00Croxden Abbey<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Croxden Abbey is one of our nearest English Heritage sites. I've written a couple of posts about it over the years but I thought it could be featured again as it is a beautiful and atmospheric place.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWq6BY4o2nuNGzdjatAhQIUNTLtGCIU-oP2ASSmm3F6OXFO4XmiOkx91vw4an_dNOtITR-8IQzH5Z5Pns1C52Roa_X0bTB1jnejVZr-3L925Q9Ukfm6XHBDtHoG3aRmyo-5IhJ1nmIbNE4jn-B5JsCQDzg5TqlN7BufvQRpBIi6D3coZ6Hp_h/s480/DSC00662.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWq6BY4o2nuNGzdjatAhQIUNTLtGCIU-oP2ASSmm3F6OXFO4XmiOkx91vw4an_dNOtITR-8IQzH5Z5Pns1C52Roa_X0bTB1jnejVZr-3L925Q9Ukfm6XHBDtHoG3aRmyo-5IhJ1nmIbNE4jn-B5JsCQDzg5TqlN7BufvQRpBIi6D3coZ6Hp_h/w300-h400/DSC00662.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We visited on Wednesday after a visit to Uttoxeter and then a walk around the JCB Lake at Rocester. We saw some wonderful water birds at the lake so I'll write about those in a later post.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrfMsgNHM-R4rSMqdtXbgfwmuDQyoTsbS_Utx1V-j2EU8HZEd9Sv6wr-m7jLEAlU2wDM1wLp2C_VSC6OyYrcCn_r8WVFE-XPPmdX-xb5xjBfhnrXUlflSsXOWL6Kna5N3cNFQkCE4OfNlXOY4xvMnVxLeytwgRzt3bzKb2MY_P-8yA330xVVN/s480/DSC00663.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="480" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrfMsgNHM-R4rSMqdtXbgfwmuDQyoTsbS_Utx1V-j2EU8HZEd9Sv6wr-m7jLEAlU2wDM1wLp2C_VSC6OyYrcCn_r8WVFE-XPPmdX-xb5xjBfhnrXUlflSsXOWL6Kna5N3cNFQkCE4OfNlXOY4xvMnVxLeytwgRzt3bzKb2MY_P-8yA330xVVN/w400-h283/DSC00663.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Croxden Abbey was founded in 1179 on land granted by local nobleman Bertram de Verdun, Lord of the Manor of Alton. By the 13th century it housed about seventy Cistercian monks. In 1538 after the Dissolution it became a farm and farmland. In 1539 the site was leased to Francis Bassett a servant of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYhPulBooNH0rUlFaX_tZwl5xnJTi-_C2Z8zfTQwVNq6zhYD-FBZUGegOmllZRYoVRQG6eIRK8e4uxxK5H_C3n6fziRCMsYmkU3jfnDeNN9HsrJltCLR2ZS7EtDfasSdEEVc8RLr_doKA_VbGGvJxUo4wEHjBy6TLqZE92ObTzgT2SvtCIfiY/s480/DSC00668.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="480" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYhPulBooNH0rUlFaX_tZwl5xnJTi-_C2Z8zfTQwVNq6zhYD-FBZUGegOmllZRYoVRQG6eIRK8e4uxxK5H_C3n6fziRCMsYmkU3jfnDeNN9HsrJltCLR2ZS7EtDfasSdEEVc8RLr_doKA_VbGGvJxUo4wEHjBy6TLqZE92ObTzgT2SvtCIfiY/w400-h314/DSC00668.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The ruins comprise remains of the Abbey Church, Infirmary and Abbot's lodging.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="480" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSsO3uZb063mDSQOiyZ16R3Rb4JjD9g4bXTrgY2-A5fjMLzvoEMzoGbm3eqj8DOM3nOji3q5mCn3Uv4KSt3pS5l2Ad6HriTS0CvxUr2FAXf_k_6Ns0Tg7ypZYd1ysMqhmrCeWBQrQZPzzrpB_3RUju8GTdnisb19a93oG_BDqKN3cW6AdiFzZ/w400-h324/DSC00674.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">West Range</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrbvCS2XZYYnoQjHH7r7nyBK-xyYfv8t-aejwot0NfSHGN2Q6roMiCp7SObkpMHo2in01JcUwyG6VlkTTMCU6kGtGXjlCe2djuhF5l0_Pds8mBeeCkqVx2CAWkHGeMw1KJErHy9pcL03_O6yPSMcy_fphCYwEeuA5QAuzqkq0l1XTYHPHq1my/s480/DSC00675.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrbvCS2XZYYnoQjHH7r7nyBK-xyYfv8t-aejwot0NfSHGN2Q6roMiCp7SObkpMHo2in01JcUwyG6VlkTTMCU6kGtGXjlCe2djuhF5l0_Pds8mBeeCkqVx2CAWkHGeMw1KJErHy9pcL03_O6yPSMcy_fphCYwEeuA5QAuzqkq0l1XTYHPHq1my/w300-h400/DSC00675.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Latrines</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> </span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUof0vVxidLXinThJ4HVJCcTRtQeIBc-eKbHNyFRBZUDrY-1cSrWvb7GGlhxrmY0CucvRMhVtdkg5z6znQQjOMeLi7Tbkq3FV-bcd4848XP7BIdd0PPChXcpm6y8s4MFB9zmJiiKl6DJpe6p3N-V8aGlG7MVHhpWN4rqWBXCLM7i0h0SWWcOy/s480/DSC00681.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">Above what is left of the site of the bookroom and Sacristy.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFvoB-Zd2BBtmnZYyTHbUZB0MuspAnDWF8EzVffewuctaIfl_56phlJ6GFi9w4CMbKlz3sk4KfeWpkgGTSpx0G3l9DpmgzbAy2-pQBnDjeQOZklKDR3EPZF-lb6InXdqM0pxRWIj6Tu1Lu5zHbv_Ushls9qAin0UG_ct0PJkbJVhkf-j4VkB1/s480/DSC00689.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="480" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFvoB-Zd2BBtmnZYyTHbUZB0MuspAnDWF8EzVffewuctaIfl_56phlJ6GFi9w4CMbKlz3sk4KfeWpkgGTSpx0G3l9DpmgzbAy2-pQBnDjeQOZklKDR3EPZF-lb6InXdqM0pxRWIj6Tu1Lu5zHbv_Ushls9qAin0UG_ct0PJkbJVhkf-j4VkB1/w400-h373/DSC00689.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remains of the church</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyPTfPRuLR42NHFOWpEFQuoPV78yZjQJeRMcA70QHpdFm77MxvdINiw6KgwyVVL2u8NUKD1xqKORBZCD9BmnePMkifaTx9DbaMj0ZRZDTomYdP77r3TqXGWRc0cnE1aPvy7LtN2Vf1tZYhT0okfUOu2To8Q37QlpOz2Hj6ByvoPvu9sH0VIDJ/s480/DSC00693.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="480" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyPTfPRuLR42NHFOWpEFQuoPV78yZjQJeRMcA70QHpdFm77MxvdINiw6KgwyVVL2u8NUKD1xqKORBZCD9BmnePMkifaTx9DbaMj0ZRZDTomYdP77r3TqXGWRc0cnE1aPvy7LtN2Vf1tZYhT0okfUOu2To8Q37QlpOz2Hj6ByvoPvu9sH0VIDJ/w400-h369/DSC00693.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">It's said that some of the burials close to the high altar in the church are those of Bertram III de Verdun the founder of the Abbey and his wife Rohese. Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Baron Verdun and his first wife Matilda or Maud Mortimer daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwJAle_hbjX51NpeEaktZxqgyaIEJClsSy1UtCngiJNaOxoGem4q6RwIZneVITe8Nd7ogSFrbL4VEMnEnMcMl05Y_BE5ipzfTLehgQh-vKKYOcPb7QD5D8gzT56uugMPjF8fyKvPsUYyLwPKoGqkoKzdV9pjXeTAVhwaXbeq5oYND4T80dcHB/s480/DSC00694.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="480" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwJAle_hbjX51NpeEaktZxqgyaIEJClsSy1UtCngiJNaOxoGem4q6RwIZneVITe8Nd7ogSFrbL4VEMnEnMcMl05Y_BE5ipzfTLehgQh-vKKYOcPb7QD5D8gzT56uugMPjF8fyKvPsUYyLwPKoGqkoKzdV9pjXeTAVhwaXbeq5oYND4T80dcHB/w400-h333/DSC00694.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see from the photos it was a bright, sunny day. It wasn't cold either. Rain came later as the sky darkened in the late afternoon and evening. </span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-92006214064057664392023-11-13T19:26:00.002+00:002023-11-14T08:27:59.284+00:00Tulip Tree<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The Tulip Tree (Liriodendron) at the top of the garden is fast losing all its leaves. It’s been looking spectacular, changing from bright green, to acid yellow then deep orange before it’s leaves began to drop and whirl and descend in a bright cloud towards the grass below. Brisk gusts of wind lift the leaves and toss them around. Many of them land in the hedges and shrubs, others float on the pond.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzDmrV8RF21BawVZPbLqB_4sdaAa9K0PPhlMCxLBRzNmGIq83Us3DzhABfZRUriJmxKLvSw4_hFWnafgxpi7xywmfXkxXLAy2iByAx-NYEWW_2LKh7uh0DNyIjL0Usp_Zyk_3lmuk8QtHrZl6ApiJj7JMrr3N774Orh9sQs2XGy8ORI1g29DM/s480/DSC00548.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="480" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzDmrV8RF21BawVZPbLqB_4sdaAa9K0PPhlMCxLBRzNmGIq83Us3DzhABfZRUriJmxKLvSw4_hFWnafgxpi7xywmfXkxXLAy2iByAx-NYEWW_2LKh7uh0DNyIjL0Usp_Zyk_3lmuk8QtHrZl6ApiJj7JMrr3N774Orh9sQs2XGy8ORI1g29DM/w400-h358/DSC00548.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can’t imagine how tall the tree is now. Hard to think that we brought it home from the garden centre in the back of a car and that it remained in it’s pot for a couple of years whilst we decided where it would live.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUECwK6KPloFQZievUSDM-lZzUE3oKEfvbK4Cgz-eylkvuIzStJnmgP4H0n5ZHvjnGp7VnZt4jrgI4HBjzdYVmSEL1C9qLeXe5QNgWFUJaNXdJN0XIwAWoghNWeudHrK3zckyCUkmefvOoZA7OdbB1v4uCnLa78kR-_gV0oCm7Iu1mq_yeYNwB/s480/DSC00551.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="480" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUECwK6KPloFQZievUSDM-lZzUE3oKEfvbK4Cgz-eylkvuIzStJnmgP4H0n5ZHvjnGp7VnZt4jrgI4HBjzdYVmSEL1C9qLeXe5QNgWFUJaNXdJN0XIwAWoghNWeudHrK3zckyCUkmefvOoZA7OdbB1v4uCnLa78kR-_gV0oCm7Iu1mq_yeYNwB/w400-h293/DSC00551.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Liriodendron is part of the Magnolia family of trees.</span></span></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKy9EcKqxIFCwjS9F07k8gvbOWt8FBZGch8ezLhh1KSYtv4rfawo19KcCt2UBV89C6VPEJQUWkk9oa1SXBdDsC_jhG6NP64FXJVj5MNZZsEH8QGDLcripygTp5ewcetEKdk58estZO8ZM7W-LIeI9wHsSRbyibmOb-lcgH6BQAbY0YiPPdhvzd/s480/DSC00554.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="480" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKy9EcKqxIFCwjS9F07k8gvbOWt8FBZGch8ezLhh1KSYtv4rfawo19KcCt2UBV89C6VPEJQUWkk9oa1SXBdDsC_jhG6NP64FXJVj5MNZZsEH8QGDLcripygTp5ewcetEKdk58estZO8ZM7W-LIeI9wHsSRbyibmOb-lcgH6BQAbY0YiPPdhvzd/w400-h351/DSC00554.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">It got the name Tulip Tree because its flowers vaguely resemble tulips. <br /></span></span></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFJFLVZKRMKepxNLfjNRKnwhr6YMAlmHvwhxe_Rb0o_KVygeDbuiOUPdpyfUUhJnHQsST7tHS8NbwaJ3cYxT2e-e53900QrRW1y_mh2UR9KEnO3pU0FiqpxXISnQt8Kc9UA7SW4lOB34EwYgkQEkFdvKQ7H6y3EyjRHsBlCSWt3CBxS3zYkB-/s480/DSC00559.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="410" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFJFLVZKRMKepxNLfjNRKnwhr6YMAlmHvwhxe_Rb0o_KVygeDbuiOUPdpyfUUhJnHQsST7tHS8NbwaJ3cYxT2e-e53900QrRW1y_mh2UR9KEnO3pU0FiqpxXISnQt8Kc9UA7SW4lOB34EwYgkQEkFdvKQ7H6y3EyjRHsBlCSWt3CBxS3zYkB-/w341-h400/DSC00559.JPG" width="341" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Apparently they can flower once they have reached fifteen years in age. </span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ours hasn't flowered yet.</span></span></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxQJLqtMittQ6f87SfIWFfXgZpqiBp7KmoDWpeWeGAmjkmPVGSumdX8odB0sqcrq_Yzc2pakJ8V_Ac5S_vwqn9qs4hZ6nCb9PC9_IdeG_ydcesFks9RLcOXDLaeZWaMLqXrNvI-EiEj52Vu7njwTJqCH8vz3TujdQR5Eb8e_UivsBuq2cy5RN/s480/DSC00601.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="480" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxQJLqtMittQ6f87SfIWFfXgZpqiBp7KmoDWpeWeGAmjkmPVGSumdX8odB0sqcrq_Yzc2pakJ8V_Ac5S_vwqn9qs4hZ6nCb9PC9_IdeG_ydcesFks9RLcOXDLaeZWaMLqXrNvI-EiEj52Vu7njwTJqCH8vz3TujdQR5Eb8e_UivsBuq2cy5RN/w400-h350/DSC00601.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photos above and below were taken early this morning when even more leaves had fallen</span></span>.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_xFoo_k61_m7TfuuHhwjIhXcg6AXwr3FIUwFcfKI7ahd6EmcKYv2XZUcgmuC2wAzNr76zfcdFZz0jr-8nWb7U6WOp76xlZpscLbpaVfP1uDs4TtPrXxOD9n6ICPawNmcrrCjZzlfIMRgXG2-4knJMbmUCpIa6cKx4u8ogZ5bpw_05uWInPSh/s480/DSC00602.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="321" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_xFoo_k61_m7TfuuHhwjIhXcg6AXwr3FIUwFcfKI7ahd6EmcKYv2XZUcgmuC2wAzNr76zfcdFZz0jr-8nWb7U6WOp76xlZpscLbpaVfP1uDs4TtPrXxOD9n6ICPawNmcrrCjZzlfIMRgXG2-4knJMbmUCpIa6cKx4u8ogZ5bpw_05uWInPSh/w268-h400/DSC00602.JPG" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tree is native to North America and was introduced into this country in the 17th century.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3kapaJKMQkSArPN2hVCa76owO53Fx076MK_EnqWAtSUkhiVoAqwpnnI0xFVM7-1GwW2hJo-FNh0bNeglQXxj7hYe-ICUwl8xvuKUsBq9J6-dudzuXtplbhhrACJWbxoAX_0c0kiQXmrQfPXKxhR-iy6HDISKFME_mIUGUxNRbgHdjS7i3L9W/s480/DSC00609.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="480" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3kapaJKMQkSArPN2hVCa76owO53Fx076MK_EnqWAtSUkhiVoAqwpnnI0xFVM7-1GwW2hJo-FNh0bNeglQXxj7hYe-ICUwl8xvuKUsBq9J6-dudzuXtplbhhrACJWbxoAX_0c0kiQXmrQfPXKxhR-iy6HDISKFME_mIUGUxNRbgHdjS7i3L9W/w400-h291/DSC00609.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our tree must be around twenty years old. When you compare it with the one below in Trentham Gardens, it's still a youngster.<br /></span></span></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapofFKL0RD1pnnsdMHE2RgKb5dmGLD3H0DP346GGPo0IvuyOsixcTneLeKsZlo0sjtri2BUqeTf-zAkwRnli8AKYtDQ-5CNiFfxyt_u77m40LwaBcDrdh0hzM-Ln0YbUPnVj2cM4mu7KI7Ij7S6dIoZk6mlKS6e1nAwqjvu3LwqqJkonLreU0/s480/DSC00611.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="480" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapofFKL0RD1pnnsdMHE2RgKb5dmGLD3H0DP346GGPo0IvuyOsixcTneLeKsZlo0sjtri2BUqeTf-zAkwRnli8AKYtDQ-5CNiFfxyt_u77m40LwaBcDrdh0hzM-Ln0YbUPnVj2cM4mu7KI7Ij7S6dIoZk6mlKS6e1nAwqjvu3LwqqJkonLreU0/w400-h336/DSC00611.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm having problems with my laptop. It seems to be on a go slow. Not sure what the problem is as it has plenty of memory. I may have to buy a new one. <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for now. Take care.</span></span><br /></p></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-31730078615288631142023-11-08T15:29:00.001+00:002023-11-08T15:29:58.304+00:00To the Spitfire<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recently we ventured up to the city centre to visit the Spitfire Gallery at the museum. The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery can be found in what is signposted along all routes into the centre as The Cultural Quarter. We also wanted to see the new library which had moved from its old 1960s building into</span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">one of the new buildings on the Smithfield site, an area where there used to be a pottery factory. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before we went into the Museum we wandered around the newer buildings.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHzRVtkrnvm1pxJjc__C-cn_UuLH4hZx95YSVuTlIu4n8AGFa40A0L9aTY1Kkm4kn3qbMke4-oDvmh7Qe6AEKLoncpOqE15Du5y_vPrxIVW_LYS1pBEz9zJ3Iv6oZLL6KOT6fLrKHp1eHI9AOFwWS1muE1WDWqBAFQ4K17AGe5E0pD2SB8J1z/s480/DSC00461.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="480" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHzRVtkrnvm1pxJjc__C-cn_UuLH4hZx95YSVuTlIu4n8AGFa40A0L9aTY1Kkm4kn3qbMke4-oDvmh7Qe6AEKLoncpOqE15Du5y_vPrxIVW_LYS1pBEz9zJ3Iv6oZLL6KOT6fLrKHp1eHI9AOFwWS1muE1WDWqBAFQ4K17AGe5E0pD2SB8J1z/w400-h284/DSC00461.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The new library opened at Two Smithfield last week. It is quite spacious inside, fiction and children's books downstairs and non fiction on the upper level. There are lots of computer points and tables on both levels. The archives part of the old library building will now be housed within the museum, opening in Spring next year.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoyKzRUoFWPvOTtwwcYZPJZpd0JtLPJ3GaX5lOzCplZJ7PWtb54r3vy6hvClK1Hq9fkvMYHdf6Yh8Ylgq1twyT-rhxp9egbyuMWxt8CbE4Eu4pbawUdtJ-VWCMTU5Ra37Ci4yIO6qkY0HIG4Y6bK-WN1w5cEOgsTy9xeHOAlPIxavQjLT7XYl/s480/DSC00462.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="480" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoyKzRUoFWPvOTtwwcYZPJZpd0JtLPJ3GaX5lOzCplZJ7PWtb54r3vy6hvClK1Hq9fkvMYHdf6Yh8Ylgq1twyT-rhxp9egbyuMWxt8CbE4Eu4pbawUdtJ-VWCMTU5Ra37Ci4yIO6qkY0HIG4Y6bK-WN1w5cEOgsTy9xeHOAlPIxavQjLT7XYl/w400-h306/DSC00462.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Opposite the new library is the Mitchell Arts Centre. Local man Reginald Mitchell (1895 - 1937) was the designer of the Spitfire hence the name of the cafe there.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgBmqnXfhzaTBOqTVyidE8uqEKkrxmeSZtAJGuwyhjKso60hhHZ9m9TFxzUYYdiPXlYH4JVpZKdfbcDRgDflDe6fbMUdasX84BUmDnBVhnxMTYrR6lhzI4YqD466sjLQeDgvUCd9dv_-TnthIoVYwavHciZN385oe4ertq1N3QqggH2SqJxtj/s480/DSC00499.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="480" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgBmqnXfhzaTBOqTVyidE8uqEKkrxmeSZtAJGuwyhjKso60hhHZ9m9TFxzUYYdiPXlYH4JVpZKdfbcDRgDflDe6fbMUdasX84BUmDnBVhnxMTYrR6lhzI4YqD466sjLQeDgvUCd9dv_-TnthIoVYwavHciZN385oe4ertq1N3QqggH2SqJxtj/w400-h361/DSC00499.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Further along the road is the Regent Theatre. Behind it is Victoria Hall a largish but not huge concert venue. I have to admit I've only been inside the Victoria Hall once when we went to see Simon Callow's one man show on Charles Dickens. We've been to the Regent Theatre a few times but not recently.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lZBIJXSbAshB8v2wueTpN5m-wdv9fV0K_nH_vfJDc5-7AqUoJwivfXov4q4piuuP7p4NVDHbYJ6XLgv-wsBwvOBhGiYNeVcDTgB3ibbzs2dkKd0s1JMXN2v9pdbWRq73iOLJC9UcKQO8Rdz0oAHF6ZbqGI6-jIbf3v_gijVk5qlHbJLTkEGu/s480/DSC00464.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="480" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lZBIJXSbAshB8v2wueTpN5m-wdv9fV0K_nH_vfJDc5-7AqUoJwivfXov4q4piuuP7p4NVDHbYJ6XLgv-wsBwvOBhGiYNeVcDTgB3ibbzs2dkKd0s1JMXN2v9pdbWRq73iOLJC9UcKQO8Rdz0oAHF6ZbqGI6-jIbf3v_gijVk5qlHbJLTkEGu/w400-h324/DSC00464.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Back on Smithfield - a new hotel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> </span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdJJMFoGukHvKlsNsXUC88c2HtuMeMZIuf0QDyb4Vk9ZhBUNm8PKabeFGD1R7vKuxYjuVW4GS0-a7R0PNejqMmNC4D1BC2PuV6tcegKrntOolqUVBA_PI4HnxheWZ2kx-Q2TIiOiro0ex6dAENhed41H0xKT1oAJlUoegRTgYHL9rPZ-wa8To/s480/DSC00469.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdJJMFoGukHvKlsNsXUC88c2HtuMeMZIuf0QDyb4Vk9ZhBUNm8PKabeFGD1R7vKuxYjuVW4GS0-a7R0PNejqMmNC4D1BC2PuV6tcegKrntOolqUVBA_PI4HnxheWZ2kx-Q2TIiOiro0ex6dAENhed41H0xKT1oAJlUoegRTgYHL9rPZ-wa8To/w400-h300/DSC00469.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">One Smithfield was inspired by the designs of local potter and ceramic designer Clarice Cliff. Talking of Clarice Cliff we recently saw the film 'The Colour Room' about her early years in the pottery industry. I really enjoyed it. Lots of it was filmed locally.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMzqHUwuEeVDfbdaEYSww9FbGjZsQu6oD-hwtQr-HHbEDb4e8WR4VOavoyiZLgUSJX3YWDg5UTYSuwUqFneGla7cttMxIH-hGo7O813bMRck_pEJgqfcOz1K20RToFQjpWjHZ7qFzcatIsqti-_tXrBfbXl5ot_RdwO5cUAgF7BEDLzXRhKrP/s480/DSC00470.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="480" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMzqHUwuEeVDfbdaEYSww9FbGjZsQu6oD-hwtQr-HHbEDb4e8WR4VOavoyiZLgUSJX3YWDg5UTYSuwUqFneGla7cttMxIH-hGo7O813bMRck_pEJgqfcOz1K20RToFQjpWjHZ7qFzcatIsqti-_tXrBfbXl5ot_RdwO5cUAgF7BEDLzXRhKrP/w400-h326/DSC00470.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">A small fragment of what is left of the old Smithfield Factory one of the city's most iconic shapes. The bottle oven or pot bank.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHydIuWH6ELFU8R49xe1CXAhyo3w6hoQ7jAuNNd0NedgG4UVo_2FhuRrJQPMuIpLLIg3BM50XoaH8mV4_jlzow7X192II3n5E7qIqbY2Ub038js5sfeE380YysjgGg3unZrSPoBsPsx_HdI0YRMT5b9aG391gBUsEAvpRp98qrqf6WB1J_Kqc2/s480/DSC00471.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="480" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHydIuWH6ELFU8R49xe1CXAhyo3w6hoQ7jAuNNd0NedgG4UVo_2FhuRrJQPMuIpLLIg3BM50XoaH8mV4_jlzow7X192II3n5E7qIqbY2Ub038js5sfeE380YysjgGg3unZrSPoBsPsx_HdI0YRMT5b9aG391gBUsEAvpRp98qrqf6WB1J_Kqc2/w400-h268/DSC00471.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">The back of the Potteries Museum - the Spitfire is behind the large window.</span><br /></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvA4EUXej06sflIIZJBneL1nSXe5HIbXgfkjS0mp0n7FsLCXqa7p6NQ_ORY3d55nJW29SpO5qdND-cKURtazYTJQEtMoF9MWY1-AMOxuXr_amng4Jus8XYun4wsKvyGS0Y-xqevME_kxjJ459YkH6adsu1kl9xa2-yPGu5Y-J_f0lRQgHTxvm/s480/DSC00475.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="480" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvA4EUXej06sflIIZJBneL1nSXe5HIbXgfkjS0mp0n7FsLCXqa7p6NQ_ORY3d55nJW29SpO5qdND-cKURtazYTJQEtMoF9MWY1-AMOxuXr_amng4Jus8XYun4wsKvyGS0Y-xqevME_kxjJ459YkH6adsu1kl9xa2-yPGu5Y-J_f0lRQgHTxvm/w400-h259/DSC00475.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">By now it was well past 10a.m. and the Museum was open.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlJR9ndVnh6CmvB7uA-tRgq2uluKRrMe2L2I6dhGsQHMAMrpJKlhmFQAbC_je89RlPTfMxmZSyJWZaIyYQFiD-FfKoooqRUIySaUIxMg-j4bSeavVoIo5YMI0Pfyorm82Mwto4qmakula5tPgGBdW0ZLrdUggm4YA53h31xM4qpe04ErqAcVh/s480/DSC00477.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="480" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlJR9ndVnh6CmvB7uA-tRgq2uluKRrMe2L2I6dhGsQHMAMrpJKlhmFQAbC_je89RlPTfMxmZSyJWZaIyYQFiD-FfKoooqRUIySaUIxMg-j4bSeavVoIo5YMI0Pfyorm82Mwto4qmakula5tPgGBdW0ZLrdUggm4YA53h31xM4qpe04ErqAcVh/w400-h279/DSC00477.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The Spitfire has been decorated with over a thousand poppies made by the 'Let's Make Jam' Women's Institue.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbgFbIcXbl4tOvtfoTAEKj0mmgovCFhyphenhyphen4OwNMkuwiv1vQyYIHjGaUDC9vy-MumsRziIsPHbxefXUl4TpK3JkhLHAoGbMG-VI8KU5-_XH2Pjg0kXdO-HjTm6ADI8gdHYDZPAcweXuRiFDv35TScw_9ijrqMkkdfL7CRS958d7Qz7PHSYIxq6Ok/s480/DSC00481.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="480" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbgFbIcXbl4tOvtfoTAEKj0mmgovCFhyphenhyphen4OwNMkuwiv1vQyYIHjGaUDC9vy-MumsRziIsPHbxefXUl4TpK3JkhLHAoGbMG-VI8KU5-_XH2Pjg0kXdO-HjTm6ADI8gdHYDZPAcweXuRiFDv35TScw_9ijrqMkkdfL7CRS958d7Qz7PHSYIxq6Ok/w400-h308/DSC00481.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The WI have made the poppies from wool, felt and paracord.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfSaLwIgWUYy2v0y7ecB5h-mDGL0U4BzS8WHSKyoEgEVI1BkfiM4mBtpTfJeOAZ1YtGFZXUyDDWfsxwx0RDOYw-seviFWyRrVm94K6F8gmwA4OR33jKqSx-AbOCPFGyNlzfT3bMYD17asOtmo6mIGRAKi_iKs9jl3UBuj-QVbjAOsguqkXCAQ/s480/DSC00492.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="480" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfSaLwIgWUYy2v0y7ecB5h-mDGL0U4BzS8WHSKyoEgEVI1BkfiM4mBtpTfJeOAZ1YtGFZXUyDDWfsxwx0RDOYw-seviFWyRrVm94K6F8gmwA4OR33jKqSx-AbOCPFGyNlzfT3bMYD17asOtmo6mIGRAKi_iKs9jl3UBuj-QVbjAOsguqkXCAQ/w400-h325/DSC00492.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">The poppies are sewn onto cargo netting except for the wreath.</span><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyK3va4K9EgvjnfuIGhMSMRS6VM4ZlUKTM27uCUFJ17djoOwI6totavulkcfnhTpHcDjQdkMJ0l22uV40TvfRdQ0gHfPu89_6me3id6Ov7uGtgS83oe4L_HixOufh1zYfPAtbedLkdpbGXcpH8AM6HYnMUu2x79s1BaII6ckU-PJhqsNqwuwF3/s480/DSC00486.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="480" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyK3va4K9EgvjnfuIGhMSMRS6VM4ZlUKTM27uCUFJ17djoOwI6totavulkcfnhTpHcDjQdkMJ0l22uV40TvfRdQ0gHfPu89_6me3id6Ov7uGtgS83oe4L_HixOufh1zYfPAtbedLkdpbGXcpH8AM6HYnMUu2x79s1BaII6ckU-PJhqsNqwuwF3/w400-h284/DSC00486.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">The poppies will be on display until Sunday 12th November.</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKazyvOKWfcLF84ZP9j_0xyGjDSjs-xd1JHFAg-6MzZGCv-TE7Vc7f5zkHk-ghq_sjSMydn-5VjNzKGvMRcrTwRu0cxAJg3tdOXKaMW1nnroxjIsR-EirNhGZWHyJmLERX3dlyvvECHusi8V2IKl81jGGCThcuhzJ2Za70Eje4bFo4kd2qUzqP/s480/Hanley1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKazyvOKWfcLF84ZP9j_0xyGjDSjs-xd1JHFAg-6MzZGCv-TE7Vc7f5zkHk-ghq_sjSMydn-5VjNzKGvMRcrTwRu0cxAJg3tdOXKaMW1nnroxjIsR-EirNhGZWHyJmLERX3dlyvvECHusi8V2IKl81jGGCThcuhzJ2Za70Eje4bFo4kd2qUzqP/w480-h640/Hanley1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />All for now. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><span> </span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></p></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-9842706092100107452023-11-02T14:08:00.003+00:002023-11-02T14:12:47.766+00:00By the Water's Edge<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Just a few photos from yesterday's walk.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWAHgySkr0w6-n9Ur09QkCebSTsr_C5afDuwhymRKsIqDg8b365gZs0KgXuOmfTtw5_NUKJ1PHOXyBrDcc76AQ6BttscVdBJabdQx4mjd7lr2DebYp6xVbS_jEfLDpFsUPpDgiTDq8O9MgmrsBVt4kCI9Uk3q7C2zXTXeiyfLTAePctx5Ku_i/s480/DSC00440.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="480" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWAHgySkr0w6-n9Ur09QkCebSTsr_C5afDuwhymRKsIqDg8b365gZs0KgXuOmfTtw5_NUKJ1PHOXyBrDcc76AQ6BttscVdBJabdQx4mjd7lr2DebYp6xVbS_jEfLDpFsUPpDgiTDq8O9MgmrsBVt4kCI9Uk3q7C2zXTXeiyfLTAePctx5Ku_i/w400-h283/DSC00440.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Mist over the canal. This is the Trent and Mersey canal which is part of the walks around Westport Lake. Just South of the Kidsgrove tunnel. Further South it runs by Middleport Pottery and towards Etruria Junction where it meets with the Caldon canal.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LG_kJbF_wwZlajUT9365hIaWr_60xOnM5OIwlNM5H3dOpMeSBU1-E6eRMdJtlVCxSV2rN2aLPNR0v3GGt4hC3i7Hj6e-8ajxZQNA-Vrqzw-6tUMzLBx4MwNDTWBbYiOddJKL9HcNLFwjD8yReCzo883_eW_i3_-WcTmWDjOc2Ki_W7c8pmWS/s480/DSC00437.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="480" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LG_kJbF_wwZlajUT9365hIaWr_60xOnM5OIwlNM5H3dOpMeSBU1-E6eRMdJtlVCxSV2rN2aLPNR0v3GGt4hC3i7Hj6e-8ajxZQNA-Vrqzw-6tUMzLBx4MwNDTWBbYiOddJKL9HcNLFwjD8yReCzo883_eW_i3_-WcTmWDjOc2Ki_W7c8pmWS/w400-h284/DSC00437.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LIUOO3cvMyY70iZoHH2v51V8BjzypPANHNyHkW63AZsZKrLAwv4c22kQZMvclwsp9LDaVp6JrsWiVfedcu77M7vLRjxgIYsTrWBsDjxWXIMsaVFgIoOqxn5SThs1meCHKihvuAC8ETWwqltxFPRd14KQtNN3KjgVkvWT4HjbCUi6BHzcicjs/s480/DSC00444.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LIUOO3cvMyY70iZoHH2v51V8BjzypPANHNyHkW63AZsZKrLAwv4c22kQZMvclwsp9LDaVp6JrsWiVfedcu77M7vLRjxgIYsTrWBsDjxWXIMsaVFgIoOqxn5SThs1meCHKihvuAC8ETWwqltxFPRd14KQtNN3KjgVkvWT4HjbCUi6BHzcicjs/w400-h320/DSC00444.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Autumnal Trees</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19nJuXfrzQvCzl6De4xLMUU8QCm-IkXPeOhnTecxeg7AsRfs31f3Dh-xVd_GVaZsh5gj-dLYCY8cJ0vv3aoVjExNVg1CSf975OF1gD3PfcVBmRPg6qjoniQTF0NevInlSDvGQxJOP3ZluWz_EFVCi0c3ePoivy4iTUfwIP6zxdnebFuNv3muh/s480/DSC00433.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="480" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19nJuXfrzQvCzl6De4xLMUU8QCm-IkXPeOhnTecxeg7AsRfs31f3Dh-xVd_GVaZsh5gj-dLYCY8cJ0vv3aoVjExNVg1CSf975OF1gD3PfcVBmRPg6qjoniQTF0NevInlSDvGQxJOP3ZluWz_EFVCi0c3ePoivy4iTUfwIP6zxdnebFuNv3muh/w400-h301/DSC00433.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">An inquisitive swan</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4f5Wq2EL93JbtSlTuxBNyrNrXGvNGgGr-X1Xcjtc_NE6_ndNFZD-_mVgfNXdqCWZbUf6FwYtUhElySA4t9ZzW-bq0B8nnaL0hh8-nQ4ucrASuUZHoZKn4wtBsEKM2Ly_UZy_6Ew1CXvqSoaAetMBDXwoC52FC-kuUBpotlTlk3NvVKpKKDrhH/s480/DSC00435.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="480" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4f5Wq2EL93JbtSlTuxBNyrNrXGvNGgGr-X1Xcjtc_NE6_ndNFZD-_mVgfNXdqCWZbUf6FwYtUhElySA4t9ZzW-bq0B8nnaL0hh8-nQ4ucrASuUZHoZKn4wtBsEKM2Ly_UZy_6Ew1CXvqSoaAetMBDXwoC52FC-kuUBpotlTlk3NvVKpKKDrhH/w400-h229/DSC00435.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> Lots of these - Merganser or Goosander? I can never tell the difference. <br /></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3DcA3_oxhw3z60vYl6avmBAhn9LhFzzzFeUIysVFv_Ae6mn989jD9ilDUGDHpBgKhELL09S3cEQ_zOOqs0lUAxKRHa4CPmKwkYdgJCdYte4JVqdIhZISQ9LlOX6fLi-Xwu1jayo30w7vfYz6SUPE8J-9piMyX7EVyaWSAHGQMuOuSy7O20ts/s480/DSC00428.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="480" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3DcA3_oxhw3z60vYl6avmBAhn9LhFzzzFeUIysVFv_Ae6mn989jD9ilDUGDHpBgKhELL09S3cEQ_zOOqs0lUAxKRHa4CPmKwkYdgJCdYte4JVqdIhZISQ9LlOX6fLi-Xwu1jayo30w7vfYz6SUPE8J-9piMyX7EVyaWSAHGQMuOuSy7O20ts/w400-h324/DSC00428.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like the little tufts at the back of its neck. <br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XPd20pWR8n1JZaYZZoRB7CI193OsO8ZV-AGAjJ7CAKbmnKEqDvl4fjXIA2e09a7xAgmQTuRqD9h0OA8O7XhF2KZNYE-5NHA4uqTNTi_BfTf9I7yVTGhjoeXM-Ehqu5oUZiA1p2w_cOLRHgVg5AON5WTlrL4YvdngLnsWDVCQ6y4ykKxgFuop/s480/DSC00459.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XPd20pWR8n1JZaYZZoRB7CI193OsO8ZV-AGAjJ7CAKbmnKEqDvl4fjXIA2e09a7xAgmQTuRqD9h0OA8O7XhF2KZNYE-5NHA4uqTNTi_BfTf9I7yVTGhjoeXM-Ehqu5oUZiA1p2w_cOLRHgVg5AON5WTlrL4YvdngLnsWDVCQ6y4ykKxgFuop/w400-h400/DSC00459.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">This one is a bit different. A male perhaps but is it a Goosander or a Merganser? I think possibly Goosander.<br /></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwYMIIyECySXrypWkw1l9g2Y2VUuTDRBN97vsDW5_yMoqm7aEo-sfFxv0vJhu36Sa7PQMY96quZZ_hPjXeoey4YmahAARjqVvHOM2QxQsbdZjGjFhB3KxS81Av1ocGTzxvX9SBrPCLvHr4mHjCtG4DKOKY7GWP-e5J_UCbjSAR6ByTBcbIS34/s480/DSC00458.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="480" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwYMIIyECySXrypWkw1l9g2Y2VUuTDRBN97vsDW5_yMoqm7aEo-sfFxv0vJhu36Sa7PQMY96quZZ_hPjXeoey4YmahAARjqVvHOM2QxQsbdZjGjFhB3KxS81Av1ocGTzxvX9SBrPCLvHr4mHjCtG4DKOKY7GWP-e5J_UCbjSAR6ByTBcbIS34/w400-h321/DSC00458.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Black headed gulls in winter plumage.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2R1VAxM1-jQxxarKZMsrgw0-jaEjVTDOeWbMLstGqbnbGZj6VACIJEWwSc8iev3WaGoaui6fKJ8vCToZdNiCfFIg5FXaJV77uaWUyVIJNF8VA1yedFtlDL9-soj2BuaTI1YXaNA6sDmaLXWdqQXPAlNwMPyvsCU7AiWegudqdlO6iBxi5Xfnn/s480/DSC00431.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2R1VAxM1-jQxxarKZMsrgw0-jaEjVTDOeWbMLstGqbnbGZj6VACIJEWwSc8iev3WaGoaui6fKJ8vCToZdNiCfFIg5FXaJV77uaWUyVIJNF8VA1yedFtlDL9-soj2BuaTI1YXaNA6sDmaLXWdqQXPAlNwMPyvsCU7AiWegudqdlO6iBxi5Xfnn/w400-h240/DSC00431.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's still lots of fungi about, not sure what the one above is. The inquisitive swan came to see what we were taking a photograph of. Fingers were nibbled - sorry Swan there's no grain in our hands or pockets.<br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhDLMY1udCdHiVnDYGdVEAtJyLEZoWrPnMDhAkMJafjUUvYYKWMdGhTIlldk0Cguuo8ErkmFkbg7hvOt4V9X3IG0TAEdXvh7J9Lv-Oazm5sntW6wzmEBJDDAeZtY1GnnBXzutqRZjw8nmu-hbqQtLMrJhkSe7vg04VQRGajQMHxkQQDgndtgV/s480/DSC00439.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="480" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhDLMY1udCdHiVnDYGdVEAtJyLEZoWrPnMDhAkMJafjUUvYYKWMdGhTIlldk0Cguuo8ErkmFkbg7hvOt4V9X3IG0TAEdXvh7J9Lv-Oazm5sntW6wzmEBJDDAeZtY1GnnBXzutqRZjw8nmu-hbqQtLMrJhkSe7vg04VQRGajQMHxkQQDgndtgV/w400-h354/DSC00439.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shaggy Inkcap or Lawyer's Wig Mushroom</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmo1KWTRNpUL_t6hQT8rklm6OZVILvU_c_gMcg19UXCX7NFK6-w6eQBwlh-yW-yWzTv5_TPIlnVyouw796HqxFd9ytCcFHMXWbp_XKwtjFeHDckhxcUUria82DGfFPhhfq5GDaQ11BmF8frYCttFS0cyuSlENujgff1X-FY-Y7Ea4zfe79ZZ6I/s480/DSC00451.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="480" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmo1KWTRNpUL_t6hQT8rklm6OZVILvU_c_gMcg19UXCX7NFK6-w6eQBwlh-yW-yWzTv5_TPIlnVyouw796HqxFd9ytCcFHMXWbp_XKwtjFeHDckhxcUUria82DGfFPhhfq5GDaQ11BmF8frYCttFS0cyuSlENujgff1X-FY-Y7Ea4zfe79ZZ6I/w400-h223/DSC00451.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">A lovely walk in the lull before the storm</span></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARQ9LQqC1Lgq3H6GQrGLDphSo_A_hKfy8AjGD-jn_Sl_d3yAyuw3yVVlcb7YDbpVBI7SVZPFdF5KISBcQCLCOhAMiYHMomW067c65wFWzuRfFWbFTXJ6V7D1Ne46iG2a91nE3i3KKHzFqPSYzVSUznXtKEIp-N5qRb-f0EMdNOBVCVcLnaRvh/s480/DSC00442.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="480" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARQ9LQqC1Lgq3H6GQrGLDphSo_A_hKfy8AjGD-jn_Sl_d3yAyuw3yVVlcb7YDbpVBI7SVZPFdF5KISBcQCLCOhAMiYHMomW067c65wFWzuRfFWbFTXJ6V7D1Ne46iG2a91nE3i3KKHzFqPSYzVSUznXtKEIp-N5qRb-f0EMdNOBVCVcLnaRvh/w400-h244/DSC00442.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> We have wind and rain outside today but not as bad as we thought it might be. Today is a stay at home day. Some ironing has been done and bread has been made (not by me, Paul is the bread maker). A good book to read (the latest Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear) and blog writing are now the order of the rest of the day. Take care and stay safe everyone, especially if you are in the path of Storm Ciaran.</span><br /></div><div><br /><p></p></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-9418172839452773152023-10-25T19:48:00.002+01:002023-10-25T19:51:45.792+01:00Pumpkins and Toadstools<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Firstly welcome to some new followers it's good to see you here and apologies to all those of you whose blogs I can't comment on at the moment. I have been reading and enjoying all your latest posts. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> Saturday morning dawned bright and dry after non stop rain the day before. We popped out to the local garden centre to buy sunflower hearts for the bird feeders. I miss Wilco's for bird food (and many other things too) but we have bought Red Barn sunflowers from the garden centre before.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We decided to drive back through Barlaston and stopped near the Wedgwood factory to look for Fly Agaric toadstools. I remembered we'd seen them there last year. First we decided to park and walk down to the factory and museum as part of the access road to the car park was under water.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlno9HbijFKjyzmd0FjL9MFDtsEgcmtm1rD7xTxdnFL6vl0do4ZpcXVl6odytb8FpiSHVGBCqY76Dq1KlRhrPEJLf2RKPiq1CgBjUi5eXugpPxmrcld7SgSF0ULtOFI1yoMwjjDbRAc5nFT-zAeAsJVdURx8iMdisp61tB-Ecxfx5EOyH5Jjo/s480/DSC00272.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="480" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlno9HbijFKjyzmd0FjL9MFDtsEgcmtm1rD7xTxdnFL6vl0do4ZpcXVl6odytb8FpiSHVGBCqY76Dq1KlRhrPEJLf2RKPiq1CgBjUi5eXugpPxmrcld7SgSF0ULtOFI1yoMwjjDbRAc5nFT-zAeAsJVdURx8iMdisp61tB-Ecxfx5EOyH5Jjo/w400-h276/DSC00272.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Deliveries were getting through to the houses nearby.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNTv9Zbw7zsItsvpuueZxHEgcEPA3CTdSlq4FFocCWdqBIqn15ET0x8BDiA2QnpynyokBz9uFBzln9YBGnRnhnCj1etSkSRwyAmCeyUcL0dErxLILZBF_xPegvjEK48GP9Wj_w_H7VRFOfvm4dCELiqsfUa2dFJpG20FxStAKbMeX4CjaBXau/s480/DSC00261.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="339" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNTv9Zbw7zsItsvpuueZxHEgcEPA3CTdSlq4FFocCWdqBIqn15ET0x8BDiA2QnpynyokBz9uFBzln9YBGnRnhnCj1etSkSRwyAmCeyUcL0dErxLILZBF_xPegvjEK48GP9Wj_w_H7VRFOfvm4dCELiqsfUa2dFJpG20FxStAKbMeX4CjaBXau/w283-h400/DSC00261.JPG" width="283" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Around the Museum and factory shops there were seasonal displays.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT_T8wQTlj4IDBHisrWOYLH9YxypF1_KQhZQJuS8gPX_OrMLwzPM6yWJQ5Rn5FKh5gDJ9v3mVOmL2QGWQIVhlKIhDx7BnrpPwfAbm26MFUzpqA4_mDWqS1ab7fQCiqPidNZL7ER2a6fpLv65pmCr1Wdt2rTJ0Kp2y20svQWEURlVR3DF8fGFQ/s480/DSC00265.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="480" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT_T8wQTlj4IDBHisrWOYLH9YxypF1_KQhZQJuS8gPX_OrMLwzPM6yWJQ5Rn5FKh5gDJ9v3mVOmL2QGWQIVhlKIhDx7BnrpPwfAbm26MFUzpqA4_mDWqS1ab7fQCiqPidNZL7ER2a6fpLv65pmCr1Wdt2rTJ0Kp2y20svQWEURlVR3DF8fGFQ/w400-h301/DSC00265.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've never seen so many pumpkins. They are everywhere especially at all the tourist attractions ready for half term.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Tv0Z358sgUW7pY0qpUJtGrSCDKy6xI068K0PMR85lT4o3Vq_-nVF4Jfg9VwoGIJ91TP42GgpljZu4O5bsqVTuN3wJ5HZslO0qpjiE1THLBgdADC4uoAhvjnivwk5GMdfOxkRDqzSkMSPtSMXbaUYx2Kl8-MiizJDw4fSqyRl2SiN5Y6MASoT/s480/DSC00269.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="388" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Tv0Z358sgUW7pY0qpUJtGrSCDKy6xI068K0PMR85lT4o3Vq_-nVF4Jfg9VwoGIJ91TP42GgpljZu4O5bsqVTuN3wJ5HZslO0qpjiE1THLBgdADC4uoAhvjnivwk5GMdfOxkRDqzSkMSPtSMXbaUYx2Kl8-MiizJDw4fSqyRl2SiN5Y6MASoT/w324-h400/DSC00269.JPG" width="324" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Above, Hedgwood's pumpkin patch guarded by two scarecrows</span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnWRsV85rz0ovrOhVUuluOEbSimLWJbj771hfISrn_DTGt5TP5lIBhKtfeqzvayRb60W4kiBDB2NSiftrUjzjGMbu7WqnuetFl9YDh26qu-Bux2fGvuUFBMxtjtSMRLw1avyUNVXpYUl3FWFVhG2nq6FCMfKMURiJP-UNDAan-vX-AMvS3wNz/s480/DSC00250.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="480" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnWRsV85rz0ovrOhVUuluOEbSimLWJbj771hfISrn_DTGt5TP5lIBhKtfeqzvayRb60W4kiBDB2NSiftrUjzjGMbu7WqnuetFl9YDh26qu-Bux2fGvuUFBMxtjtSMRLw1avyUNVXpYUl3FWFVhG2nq6FCMfKMURiJP-UNDAan-vX-AMvS3wNz/w400-h291/DSC00250.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Back up at the village green there were loads of Fly Agaric toadstools. Almost a ring of them under one of the trees. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlBcdfxtfGOPP7ptSH4IHk7D_uLiC3Hy1I5dOZ7bRl7SBvyhV95yiWC-yKDZ7KSaLiFaAaVHqsFS5XccfNkrYd6UnzrUADit8oPc7c0eTaMscT3Pu_q895QJ4klraX8Qo57uc3KdCxqaMIsDIKk7znKmDfTvhveQeLqWIKZb7IIQq_vX3-plw/s480/DSC00248.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="480" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlBcdfxtfGOPP7ptSH4IHk7D_uLiC3Hy1I5dOZ7bRl7SBvyhV95yiWC-yKDZ7KSaLiFaAaVHqsFS5XccfNkrYd6UnzrUADit8oPc7c0eTaMscT3Pu_q895QJ4klraX8Qo57uc3KdCxqaMIsDIKk7znKmDfTvhveQeLqWIKZb7IIQq_vX3-plw/w400-h278/DSC00248.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've
just learned from watching '8 out of 10 Bats' that the toadstools have a
symbiotic relationship with the trees they grow under. They wrap around the roots of the tree and supply them with nutrients from the soil and receive sugars produced by the tree in return.<br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCOYWrZVVRBBMY8ZP4X5gLS2rRUSOZcjqU6Uu9Cf3XDdxQx6bGN_Q2NMR0QwvMAtxhmaYfrYZV8fw5WEV8ttonxgBwovsbHemnfEAA03naA8cVx_Maee7EUZiAPiLKTHnhH8FU6TkuDtrAGXtFl75Jz1cNIwz6AoBh7nvM_QHWN8_C2Ykd59m/s480/DSC00251.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="480" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCOYWrZVVRBBMY8ZP4X5gLS2rRUSOZcjqU6Uu9Cf3XDdxQx6bGN_Q2NMR0QwvMAtxhmaYfrYZV8fw5WEV8ttonxgBwovsbHemnfEAA03naA8cVx_Maee7EUZiAPiLKTHnhH8FU6TkuDtrAGXtFl75Jz1cNIwz6AoBh7nvM_QHWN8_C2Ykd59m/w400-h294/DSC00251.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some of them had opened up to make flat rather than curved tops. I expect most of them will quickly disintegrate.<br /></span></span></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiNSAgpo2FiIllBcbeu3GDx4azW5uyIRYfNGv9-qIoGwi2pTaidiNXMBjJ0zDx0w-wCEhkQIB05ArSZOs4nvxUkUSEkIkvzcmWV33CKgkAGnYTYYkhXPdtLr7t_EmAmMm6ZecAFu-f9B6GtIOAn407iLpYL5M1AmuD_WuxfDg0YdTQda9uZzU/s480/DSC00254.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="480" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiNSAgpo2FiIllBcbeu3GDx4azW5uyIRYfNGv9-qIoGwi2pTaidiNXMBjJ0zDx0w-wCEhkQIB05ArSZOs4nvxUkUSEkIkvzcmWV33CKgkAGnYTYYkhXPdtLr7t_EmAmMm6ZecAFu-f9B6GtIOAn407iLpYL5M1AmuD_WuxfDg0YdTQda9uZzU/w400-h348/DSC00254.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also under the trees were windfall walnuts.</span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SNvQ8UsTvDVC8SN7Kd6BNgLUHk5Ss_9WKxsvWT_iMbHfpv4AWs1toIuinDl3ojP2ajoixoParxOezY2kkd9hf42sFts2a4wEEhqhWz9RGXCmG1apsFl1HLjEBnj5A3d2z7Ju24CCu8lSHjjCNwsoLMRgjq9z6q43C6oJRfl2uKr8gGTu8HVN/s480/DSC00257.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="480" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SNvQ8UsTvDVC8SN7Kd6BNgLUHk5Ss_9WKxsvWT_iMbHfpv4AWs1toIuinDl3ojP2ajoixoParxOezY2kkd9hf42sFts2a4wEEhqhWz9RGXCmG1apsFl1HLjEBnj5A3d2z7Ju24CCu8lSHjjCNwsoLMRgjq9z6q43C6oJRfl2uKr8gGTu8HVN/w400-h361/DSC00257.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We picked up a couple and opened one up to see what they were like inside. They will join the other things on my nature table (see my previous post).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVCDGqXTs1lvzJaUMzvMjTRcYMHSBJP9_sV-cJiD23a_z8V7wB2dsbeKezYPf37_yWllz3PKsAgTABhHkpYaQ3RnAxMNIJB_q6Ou101wHWFJYN8lgev_tZRlUB9y8c5XSUpvXzWzf9tGnVPRv-bc-MoMYHfhK5zdqXvSzxYms1He-cACLqZh2/s480/DSC00281-001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="480" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVCDGqXTs1lvzJaUMzvMjTRcYMHSBJP9_sV-cJiD23a_z8V7wB2dsbeKezYPf37_yWllz3PKsAgTABhHkpYaQ3RnAxMNIJB_q6Ou101wHWFJYN8lgev_tZRlUB9y8c5XSUpvXzWzf9tGnVPRv-bc-MoMYHfhK5zdqXvSzxYms1He-cACLqZh2/w400-h280/DSC00281-001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile in the garden both Hardy Begonias and Hardy Fuchsias are doing well and the Hydrangeas have turned a lovely delicate colour.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXgtobrIDBC3ASmnaepSCaio-4uKRyojGTy-dIW3i5kAe0f1IY88T3AU_WLFBuUGBt9PznqQYBNR8X8w37jTPXqrdUBgAoc0Sz6qr9qQY_tGiSidrmIZdnoIf3f7AhkSpkVscYH_zhSnT1Y4ks0Z5ZV687Bk0iTOKszEUqn51xbaXmPdtIIxa/s480/DSC00235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="480" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXgtobrIDBC3ASmnaepSCaio-4uKRyojGTy-dIW3i5kAe0f1IY88T3AU_WLFBuUGBt9PznqQYBNR8X8w37jTPXqrdUBgAoc0Sz6qr9qQY_tGiSidrmIZdnoIf3f7AhkSpkVscYH_zhSnT1Y4ks0Z5ZV687Bk0iTOKszEUqn51xbaXmPdtIIxa/w400-h355/DSC00235.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2LWnaXORuB8sZZc9795_4s9TZVNfLVMAoKdfdN0ZyqmzPw9_6ZLMzfD6RFHxLmu2zoeNapYpKC9M7DMKH7aO1qlVVw_MJp_JJOK31Xic-Ti0PLiriAD4POsBmpl0hCM86-4fM6W9aj7UitQHA1z8EaP1YLB8ODw7278SgzsLlORzvSQpm8R_/s480/DSC00239.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="480" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2LWnaXORuB8sZZc9795_4s9TZVNfLVMAoKdfdN0ZyqmzPw9_6ZLMzfD6RFHxLmu2zoeNapYpKC9M7DMKH7aO1qlVVw_MJp_JJOK31Xic-Ti0PLiriAD4POsBmpl0hCM86-4fM6W9aj7UitQHA1z8EaP1YLB8ODw7278SgzsLlORzvSQpm8R_/w400-h308/DSC00239.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sF_yero_1CGAuSQHoIvVabqjVZDNC3GkBiMcXu1WEjYQ5FBGHdiPv6Sk49H7aCd7XHrYmF5n5kfPSQ7O0E4eATI2QYv5QlkIUNY_TLMprpKKSQ3vZgaOqZiyy9JPCBpWiMB7lB9pmF-xGJgtdpHehuKGiBcTo00MUbRqWTEonnDCSnHgIwzF/s480/DSC00236.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="480" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sF_yero_1CGAuSQHoIvVabqjVZDNC3GkBiMcXu1WEjYQ5FBGHdiPv6Sk49H7aCd7XHrYmF5n5kfPSQ7O0E4eATI2QYv5QlkIUNY_TLMprpKKSQ3vZgaOqZiyy9JPCBpWiMB7lB9pmF-xGJgtdpHehuKGiBcTo00MUbRqWTEonnDCSnHgIwzF/w400-h306/DSC00236.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately the old plum tree at the top of the garden has had to come down as it was diseased and hollow inside and one push or heavy gust of wind would have broken it. Insects will love the logs.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXbdE_j8mhf3plPtGa34mjV3ss-SH4EfQJgAworCYvCk-4CJY8nTGDyT_AHB9MAU3fL01CfkE1mAFRXRntJnPAI8KP32ekwXDCtVf-gMFjLqToj5feTRMQrL1ODdZJ-AB4FTKHOlRHC-r4V5-LTOM4zZ1NegZcTago_sDRcKB32n436RtZW94/s480/DSC00315.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="480" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXbdE_j8mhf3plPtGa34mjV3ss-SH4EfQJgAworCYvCk-4CJY8nTGDyT_AHB9MAU3fL01CfkE1mAFRXRntJnPAI8KP32ekwXDCtVf-gMFjLqToj5feTRMQrL1ODdZJ-AB4FTKHOlRHC-r4V5-LTOM4zZ1NegZcTago_sDRcKB32n436RtZW94/w400-h368/DSC00315.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Knowing that the tree would have to go this year we planted two new plum trees last year to compensate.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqdgwzUOsoXV6gJO5MpBnMx3pXdB7c9rec8Z00Ss4Do0tFgurgV3VLi1jeuscJR-mRj-uh_5_R2IDlZ1S97e5vn4zYNYay01PdkybqweEaKks-GgLBrtT4d5ZkF-jHvn5uu_cmJDTaCtvh0_16npoIL9tkG_sSQzLR4fQThlmgOjLpymhAWey/s480/DSC00321.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="396" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqdgwzUOsoXV6gJO5MpBnMx3pXdB7c9rec8Z00Ss4Do0tFgurgV3VLi1jeuscJR-mRj-uh_5_R2IDlZ1S97e5vn4zYNYay01PdkybqweEaKks-GgLBrtT4d5ZkF-jHvn5uu_cmJDTaCtvh0_16npoIL9tkG_sSQzLR4fQThlmgOjLpymhAWey/w330-h400/DSC00321.JPG" width="330" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for now.</span></span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-37213269196181852362023-10-17T15:44:00.004+01:002023-10-17T15:49:26.909+01:00Lately<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">It seems ages since I last wrote a post. Time seems to have rushed by with medical appointments. eye tests, dental check ups, flu jabs and etc taking up most of the days in one way ot another. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm still having problems leaving comments. The blogs I can't comment on recently are: A Rich Tapestry, Linden Grove, Our Small Corner and Sal's Snippets. Coastal Ripples and Crimson Kettle I seem to be able to leave an anonymous comment with although sometimes I get an ' error cannot publish' message on those. I've tried in many different ways including changing browser but no luck so far. <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We popped up to the Peak Wildlife Park a couple of weeks ago to see the Red Squirrels again. There were three males in the compound this time</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_Jwi-ewwJ3BgB5BWDYQkZOx8-ITbuJvzuw3uFn_4aLvMR0vQheJD2i5dhLxTI3zzGN028PgswcckL-qzl1VJnRDxa0Qo2mxP8Xh2P0R143MqzzfZLrdqiZuhy5m-4Ugx7uqV9cbOJPoULqntM24mMIqHQZct-t7PNvEBRdoMn9qjYcWXMhcp/s480/P1290353.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="480" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_Jwi-ewwJ3BgB5BWDYQkZOx8-ITbuJvzuw3uFn_4aLvMR0vQheJD2i5dhLxTI3zzGN028PgswcckL-qzl1VJnRDxa0Qo2mxP8Xh2P0R143MqzzfZLrdqiZuhy5m-4Ugx7uqV9cbOJPoULqntM24mMIqHQZct-t7PNvEBRdoMn9qjYcWXMhcp/w400-h331/P1290353.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5VnaEe5DW6X3v0MEhDKT64fcmKSVE9jd0UClCzr2jZg-J0KD9_1lwTDtJYxaT8LOiSbf_Li4xqQdOCOVX5zR-um1azDfecoUMDn9vMsElA0eDB6AuTHiJxoYyg0VyFDB359g4Y7z0Fnti-1S5ju0OHdKeGpc936Wq4xVcUOveMc3sT0rlsLZ/s480/PeakPark2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5VnaEe5DW6X3v0MEhDKT64fcmKSVE9jd0UClCzr2jZg-J0KD9_1lwTDtJYxaT8LOiSbf_Li4xqQdOCOVX5zR-um1azDfecoUMDn9vMsElA0eDB6AuTHiJxoYyg0VyFDB359g4Y7z0Fnti-1S5ju0OHdKeGpc936Wq4xVcUOveMc3sT0rlsLZ/w300-h400/PeakPark2.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We also had a morning in Leek where we mooched around the shops and market and stopped for very artistic coffees at the 'Live, Love Loaf' bakery and cafe.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEism8O0BPajYYfMkdTL8V_h-Y-Onb4EKjobRjxM9uRJxsxmSCIugHjtx6NWRiTE9eHGPK2Qt3CHXKZe6dD2_nVpw_hynuoIYLkEGUlSBWa5W1HCWB0nB-ql6NmY-QEEnMbFH8VE0PEfygGinIlKVmW2VlxrXeIfn5kDQ5_3gJaEbaCYAcs7Hb9v/s480/DSC00040.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="480" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEism8O0BPajYYfMkdTL8V_h-Y-Onb4EKjobRjxM9uRJxsxmSCIugHjtx6NWRiTE9eHGPK2Qt3CHXKZe6dD2_nVpw_hynuoIYLkEGUlSBWa5W1HCWB0nB-ql6NmY-QEEnMbFH8VE0PEfygGinIlKVmW2VlxrXeIfn5kDQ5_3gJaEbaCYAcs7Hb9v/w400-h360/DSC00040.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGh8DHyh4qJoodkRCtSLmu8YPwan5PySeIJDy3acUOqTLdsg1bWLYlD3YbWNMR7Ok3JH5clgLifVofsSXmESxk7jxfBR5ybTuD_wJ-zfcxOmzFBb8Swyv4m0LQ8dWpQY5VNnUVMTzGHFuEDoCEMY9a1cXfSFx4T0F-SVmoXNemOJr2FDzN-Dp_/s480/DSC00039.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="464" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGh8DHyh4qJoodkRCtSLmu8YPwan5PySeIJDy3acUOqTLdsg1bWLYlD3YbWNMR7Ok3JH5clgLifVofsSXmESxk7jxfBR5ybTuD_wJ-zfcxOmzFBb8Swyv4m0LQ8dWpQY5VNnUVMTzGHFuEDoCEMY9a1cXfSFx4T0F-SVmoXNemOJr2FDzN-Dp_/w386-h400/DSC00039.JPG" width="386" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love the small independent shops in Leek. Especially the one below.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzo8558iMUJRUChSE3Oc5hlmd5vH_nrauRxj6UFlt0_gEpC4Ur2U-JAoWyTJyP70pcLXuYkSX8ztgAVdVnV7QA93uC4whXTE0fanT0L7gAbab2obgCZ-c1BkKtXiuAI-JwedjAkLL-TdoZUfSlq6G3Mx3txpoj-eEF-lOhC2ZN1pZCPqQXE0_j/s480/DSC00029.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="480" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzo8558iMUJRUChSE3Oc5hlmd5vH_nrauRxj6UFlt0_gEpC4Ur2U-JAoWyTJyP70pcLXuYkSX8ztgAVdVnV7QA93uC4whXTE0fanT0L7gAbab2obgCZ-c1BkKtXiuAI-JwedjAkLL-TdoZUfSlq6G3Mx3txpoj-eEF-lOhC2ZN1pZCPqQXE0_j/w400-h278/DSC00029.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">It only opens a few days a week but sells stock that is British made or is Fairtrade and ethically produced.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlyUaxX4UjrMdcUdmZ3xaRsBlAepah7VBYxkCJUm1wNel2BW4m2o5xqTKSlroCDlMyGElc_GAahT0MeFHtZEOPpEb77Unmgj3zvyFwYFLCJzLdaulFP-SYiP7y0wtUG2kQU_redbbhv8zEGDWgkm7E2wPSrKzSnx_4pt6mhph7UPLwg42CjLv/s480/DSC00030.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="480" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlyUaxX4UjrMdcUdmZ3xaRsBlAepah7VBYxkCJUm1wNel2BW4m2o5xqTKSlroCDlMyGElc_GAahT0MeFHtZEOPpEb77Unmgj3zvyFwYFLCJzLdaulFP-SYiP7y0wtUG2kQU_redbbhv8zEGDWgkm7E2wPSrKzSnx_4pt6mhph7UPLwg42CjLv/w400-h353/DSC00030.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">They concentrate on home and garden but items reflect the owner's love of nature and wildlife.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile in Trentham Gardens the shopping village is looking Autumnal.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmmT7SrFYPflFfnxx59m8WWYnJa0ttdmHMhBSLSPs0XjvLmmCjolh-1CfQBgPMmrljYgozJKIlh5cSMm2PVWfBFFvOraiZVDXL7XwbeeMCVKOS-m9tvm1OXv-pux2jpfq_FRVNseRmmJxRmUF9yHhi0RdzM4PxvxeyOgeaocm0EZ6rNZ49C8N/s480/Trentham23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmmT7SrFYPflFfnxx59m8WWYnJa0ttdmHMhBSLSPs0XjvLmmCjolh-1CfQBgPMmrljYgozJKIlh5cSMm2PVWfBFFvOraiZVDXL7XwbeeMCVKOS-m9tvm1OXv-pux2jpfq_FRVNseRmmJxRmUF9yHhi0RdzM4PxvxeyOgeaocm0EZ6rNZ49C8N/w300-h400/Trentham23.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All the shops have little creatures and pumpkins painted on the windows ready for Halloween.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the gardens it's fungi time.<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjgrSzS5TqC1FVyofEIGrRNV8BB0i3Ct34Pg5ffwLsCCcCXIb5FXpnXbNo_opRUlZbNamUXMtu9ofGre8xaxiDadChwmtNI6hLAVwyw00HyBX3iD1n0GEPXduqjum0Q9OgiXzHxJ2ClfPSlVDiAHko6ScT2ySisZZtganpRBj3h7S_E9gux_t/s480/Trentham4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjgrSzS5TqC1FVyofEIGrRNV8BB0i3Ct34Pg5ffwLsCCcCXIb5FXpnXbNo_opRUlZbNamUXMtu9ofGre8xaxiDadChwmtNI6hLAVwyw00HyBX3iD1n0GEPXduqjum0Q9OgiXzHxJ2ClfPSlVDiAHko6ScT2ySisZZtganpRBj3h7S_E9gux_t/w300-h400/Trentham4.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's lots of it too.</span></span><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YzrswYuD1Zj9dKjqECfIrW84PjPaDlUjdUsEpWTZPhQr6fHvSh2X9Cg8xstKjTvtxkk7XUbmKF87NCNJrgzSfblZBh7azM5UgCk4ZppW_-x0whqgPLLKHow4GNAVwdxFySb_eIC1TSXyQMLdY4dx6Nvc8TqleJXnmRsA-tma3I2GAuycJo72/s480/DSC00093.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="480" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YzrswYuD1Zj9dKjqECfIrW84PjPaDlUjdUsEpWTZPhQr6fHvSh2X9Cg8xstKjTvtxkk7XUbmKF87NCNJrgzSfblZBh7azM5UgCk4ZppW_-x0whqgPLLKHow4GNAVwdxFySb_eIC1TSXyQMLdY4dx6Nvc8TqleJXnmRsA-tma3I2GAuycJo72/w400-h389/DSC00093.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">At home I've made a small nature table.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRp9-fJaOpYUGeIgMYD_6XmDk1SHXlivKQpg2A3U8j1J2ySmv26TwE5EpVmwOWGYsw5G9Gnk2wDGd290Y1NRS6zw09Z2U8LNZNtpKiHTd6i_tAvgiU7lzGRB5EuEzRT-RawFljYmKYlNvGuw5CU5fTx4fqDqvppey9EMHFPJzuplQDzueyreKG/s480/DSC00164.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="480" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRp9-fJaOpYUGeIgMYD_6XmDk1SHXlivKQpg2A3U8j1J2ySmv26TwE5EpVmwOWGYsw5G9Gnk2wDGd290Y1NRS6zw09Z2U8LNZNtpKiHTd6i_tAvgiU7lzGRB5EuEzRT-RawFljYmKYlNvGuw5CU5fTx4fqDqvppey9EMHFPJzuplQDzueyreKG/w400-h361/DSC00164.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Horse Chestnut tree at the top of nextdoor's garden has been covered and the grey squirrels have been collecting the conkers and burying them all over the garden. In the lawn and in the plant pots too. </span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile part of the holly hedge at the top of the garden is covered in red berries.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHvGGJ9rsRFAbEwCwC1reDVKj1l5M6E4al8JTKMdVGimnBL0Z5z9gtGu8iSiMtqqixqMBANA0QLAI7Pb22IjmH6mI5fpUUennBUBkLzL8BfZ5GYd8LwobrYIJWm76GR9uiWY_2kjibI_LzokDXd91wgP4mbULr_CBHNo52ORQcPfOPQh674JG/s480/DSC00165.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="438" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHvGGJ9rsRFAbEwCwC1reDVKj1l5M6E4al8JTKMdVGimnBL0Z5z9gtGu8iSiMtqqixqMBANA0QLAI7Pb22IjmH6mI5fpUUennBUBkLzL8BfZ5GYd8LwobrYIJWm76GR9uiWY_2kjibI_LzokDXd91wgP4mbULr_CBHNo52ORQcPfOPQh674JG/w365-h400/DSC00165.JPG" width="365" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Does this herald a cold winter perhaps? Today it is warm and sunny but tomorrow we are to be visited by Storm Babet. There is so much in the garden still to tidy but it will be too wet for a while.<br /></span></span></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for now.<br /> </span></span><br /></p></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-63856960885690149642023-10-05T12:29:00.001+01:002023-10-05T12:32:25.473+01:00Aldeburgh<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm taking you back to our short break in Suffolk for just one more post. An afternoon in Aldeburgh.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We followed the signs to the beach rather than the town centre and parked right opposite what we'd come to find.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_ZSmGCDgK6Om8HyRk9fyB_iN0F2Mbp6uAYfHD9dOzkrzWkAwkoTqLLnYJKnMZ7SG66PrYmq66Emu-xtUmuwwzWrARHD061ppKEn0QJFQ5tZk__-qvv2Q0sU3nFcLyViYhDPSogravabbAUQkuapnhOI-yxo1LPKkjjihTMJkCTfPz8BEM8re/s480/P1290177.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="480" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_ZSmGCDgK6Om8HyRk9fyB_iN0F2Mbp6uAYfHD9dOzkrzWkAwkoTqLLnYJKnMZ7SG66PrYmq66Emu-xtUmuwwzWrARHD061ppKEn0QJFQ5tZk__-qvv2Q0sU3nFcLyViYhDPSogravabbAUQkuapnhOI-yxo1LPKkjjihTMJkCTfPz8BEM8re/w400-h214/P1290177.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't think we could have been any closer. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOahMka1EuiBUKh6KmyQwrMZkT8mNnD091yXQumiDfb7GSJ6_-9W26rqTxpgQIagcgYatuVzGFa0Y53Q9TAExZ8zlcswxxkpjEST0g85iy8cr47saYsTqQQ520WKWDuCjvrmCugaeoEdEgGxsk7L-XOW8QyWExM-q-5YyJP0MyIl0-zC-0jd_n/s480/P1290191.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="480" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOahMka1EuiBUKh6KmyQwrMZkT8mNnD091yXQumiDfb7GSJ6_-9W26rqTxpgQIagcgYatuVzGFa0Y53Q9TAExZ8zlcswxxkpjEST0g85iy8cr47saYsTqQQ520WKWDuCjvrmCugaeoEdEgGxsk7L-XOW8QyWExM-q-5YyJP0MyIl0-zC-0jd_n/w400-h305/P1290191.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Scallop is a sculpture by Maggi Hambling. It is fascinating to walk around and study it from each angle.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9OpZN-kn1Rc4s8bhUz-pWoELZOSpEDzx_scfexSoaefXXe3ItGaVWALtRRgxakYkN3SFUcAWguSfWPm4LGfzNE-MZIx77dDoB2vCy_Q7y9eC18STS0LaFWh73oRTjcESS6UwqttFVaWDZ0f1LXZL1Z-yC22SzUP619flB0h2FVOi4mlRt7a1/s480/P1290183.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="480" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9OpZN-kn1Rc4s8bhUz-pWoELZOSpEDzx_scfexSoaefXXe3ItGaVWALtRRgxakYkN3SFUcAWguSfWPm4LGfzNE-MZIx77dDoB2vCy_Q7y9eC18STS0LaFWh73oRTjcESS6UwqttFVaWDZ0f1LXZL1Z-yC22SzUP619flB0h2FVOi4mlRt7a1/w400-h310/P1290183.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sculpture is her tribute to the composer Benjamin Britten who lived in the little town and walked often on this stretch of beach. She is a fan of Britten's music and the words cut into the sculpture <i>'I hear those voices that will not be drowned'</i> are from Britten's opera Peter Grimes.</span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNTbrBIWYB8qvxzMJAnssunPOpD-TVm6fOkIF0FR-n2U4VquIYrd78qtVzSNbHEccyjAvhJ-wvghV4DWugA1gNsuae80WebzmWOZQCbJebd38tO918jerqCKn1AqUGh1RZKUPu-a0DzjUFXHYghwtZqqlKPaMY0x5kz2oYJO9p_cWdBkDVDiF/s480/P1290182.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="480" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNTbrBIWYB8qvxzMJAnssunPOpD-TVm6fOkIF0FR-n2U4VquIYrd78qtVzSNbHEccyjAvhJ-wvghV4DWugA1gNsuae80WebzmWOZQCbJebd38tO918jerqCKn1AqUGh1RZKUPu-a0DzjUFXHYghwtZqqlKPaMY0x5kz2oYJO9p_cWdBkDVDiF/w400-h236/P1290182.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The view along the beach in the direction of Thorpeness.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqc8tpDoO38pFAtGyA9y2x0qBE50zcrGVvA2k6Z5qcVN5stWK66Yre3WNESJlaN_v34vf9CsEnfi5XcPMMKTJs4xxTnawpkYcqnwmEK6dkT_PbvPnQC31b5adzcCQLguM3ZtWhnr_ogcfTyFgYVCqIrd_EQHCK7p-DB_MiGWzVug2gXYzKBIO7/s480/P1290190.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="480" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqc8tpDoO38pFAtGyA9y2x0qBE50zcrGVvA2k6Z5qcVN5stWK66Yre3WNESJlaN_v34vf9CsEnfi5XcPMMKTJs4xxTnawpkYcqnwmEK6dkT_PbvPnQC31b5adzcCQLguM3ZtWhnr_ogcfTyFgYVCqIrd_EQHCK7p-DB_MiGWzVug2gXYzKBIO7/w400-h246/P1290190.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The view along the beach towards the town</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We walked along the path towards the town as the cobbles of the beach were quite hard going. I took a few photos along the way.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvFMPZ6T-6XM2nCoPfSYECZtSV1tMrLR3OilEBsDxM3VgIVMrAdogkZ6XruxPuac3KW5q6Ovr0X0ymLYsXyou_reoah_g7B07M0u3tkTCEJXvhxEOUYzRaKtBu5Dy7f3S6yYJMhyuxTzBm5iXTyg1SCnv_L3518V2u9bBEKgeC-yWhoFi5FFA/s480/P1290198.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="480" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvFMPZ6T-6XM2nCoPfSYECZtSV1tMrLR3OilEBsDxM3VgIVMrAdogkZ6XruxPuac3KW5q6Ovr0X0ymLYsXyou_reoah_g7B07M0u3tkTCEJXvhxEOUYzRaKtBu5Dy7f3S6yYJMhyuxTzBm5iXTyg1SCnv_L3518V2u9bBEKgeC-yWhoFi5FFA/w400-h324/P1290198.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The Moot Hall which houses the Museum.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmn7wDQe0_erbLzLHMDLiw3q6ofdUcujhjKSGQsdnGTrGnvvDdWXLVQbkGTJk2goi_mWZwkxdVUnUFJfIBGtvnNCfJPaNDssVrHJ8B1licwCkHBJ8BFGOrmsf-UURgUBpe4SeoYgS0JDS2Sq_e4ckGcO4ukwlwRD_oo77QUJWO8hvhDu6qnJX/s480/P1290210.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmn7wDQe0_erbLzLHMDLiw3q6ofdUcujhjKSGQsdnGTrGnvvDdWXLVQbkGTJk2goi_mWZwkxdVUnUFJfIBGtvnNCfJPaNDssVrHJ8B1licwCkHBJ8BFGOrmsf-UURgUBpe4SeoYgS0JDS2Sq_e4ckGcO4ukwlwRD_oo77QUJWO8hvhDu6qnJX/w300-h400/P1290210.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Entrance up the stairs. It was closed as we passed by but open later in the day. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsYjCJmXY44a3bRVBjf40w1L_NPAvwbz0klPp19eZ1EtYi8nta-YEG3O7-Yr08F-aLm0u15qIsBskD3zBqhkqsx55LJJhAdfe56LTuuy3FXd_SkUHxpHXRtLT9Wdb6275DM6UikohBWBeNszci3PzvFvh_qSkfjqKs9q7xZUYUFrxUVnQciBT/s480/P1290200.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="444" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsYjCJmXY44a3bRVBjf40w1L_NPAvwbz0klPp19eZ1EtYi8nta-YEG3O7-Yr08F-aLm0u15qIsBskD3zBqhkqsx55LJJhAdfe56LTuuy3FXd_SkUHxpHXRtLT9Wdb6275DM6UikohBWBeNszci3PzvFvh_qSkfjqKs9q7xZUYUFrxUVnQciBT/s320/P1290200.JPG" width="296" /></a></div> The statue of Snooks the dog was erected in 1961 in memory of his owners Drs Nora and Robin Acheson. Snooks would often accomapany them on their rounds. The statue stands just beyond the Moot Hall (above) and close to the pebbled beach. It was stolen in 2003 and returned in 2012. I think from what I've been reading this one is a replica of the original which, on its return to the town, was placed in the gardens at the local hospital. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUPAZ5KlTBu-TXza5nUMMNVN0FuIzjGwAaIs1wzVlgciRQ7t56xjuIYFbyE3K_UG8JXa-yoWJ62YGaMxmTrNEKcrZA3zhoYrHyg5bfcmpBIfelJui6RexB1Njx0hW6r_9p9oOx8oPWf4nf5S0p5YoAWrKieplZNTEv1LP1tkCYk7AsBJqmDEN/s480/P1290202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="480" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUPAZ5KlTBu-TXza5nUMMNVN0FuIzjGwAaIs1wzVlgciRQ7t56xjuIYFbyE3K_UG8JXa-yoWJ62YGaMxmTrNEKcrZA3zhoYrHyg5bfcmpBIfelJui6RexB1Njx0hW6r_9p9oOx8oPWf4nf5S0p5YoAWrKieplZNTEv1LP1tkCYk7AsBJqmDEN/w400-h303/P1290202.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Benjamin Britten's home from 1947 to 1957. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="480" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycL5ohKSvVPt2Dz3HPqmRC-Rbb26DkKvMsPpTGxJoQUqreSrgBtneUNeFeKImx0Jmnz6qmH84EXH2J6wPeiVKjHwHDo6LSpP4DnHMvGlOIoroKeDYgwVZ9N39snRA6CJby68P3wu952kDH3tZjsQy1RHm5bo6tvFK015gx0uQYEAzP_1FARDV/w400-h299/P1290205.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">The South Lookout</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiqDxkeuZ5QC1jsTmhqYSs-DiEFII3Ak9xEPERfSvl2BC9mzYewFY-91YrFxvgyFSpx29Yxc1gNBff7t0nxE0BEf6-OqhPXJpUdVnWfrGLfrjhWDaL-Vq03908Ky0e9ZtbKFqwAgpFcXci0Zf70l_1pbe5XnfaicZd6IdGX0rnUl_JMlWd4qu/s480/P1290196.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="480" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiqDxkeuZ5QC1jsTmhqYSs-DiEFII3Ak9xEPERfSvl2BC9mzYewFY-91YrFxvgyFSpx29Yxc1gNBff7t0nxE0BEf6-OqhPXJpUdVnWfrGLfrjhWDaL-Vq03908Ky0e9ZtbKFqwAgpFcXci0Zf70l_1pbe5XnfaicZd6IdGX0rnUl_JMlWd4qu/w400-h336/P1290196.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Boats that caught my eye</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrwKMO7AQO4nLGCSW2VSjOjxua_Dtn53XdJs6PsmOW0z0HXRp2GNnooHlnbbuYX2VbrkOQb8k2PnEW5tC0R-Kkl7um-jWQHVLvnWtNUZyiM4EAzCXoyIF1xLDkwBIklL19bda14AfO-xAYv1dYaIHXZ132E88aR5Seb_g1FoqMnFA_jXTrDwm/s480/P1290208.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="480" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrwKMO7AQO4nLGCSW2VSjOjxua_Dtn53XdJs6PsmOW0z0HXRp2GNnooHlnbbuYX2VbrkOQb8k2PnEW5tC0R-Kkl7um-jWQHVLvnWtNUZyiM4EAzCXoyIF1xLDkwBIklL19bda14AfO-xAYv1dYaIHXZ132E88aR5Seb_g1FoqMnFA_jXTrDwm/w400-h274/P1290208.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We walked up to the High Street and found a cafe called The Two Magpies for refreshment before wandering back towards the Scallop and car park.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqyTqGSr52Sc068oYezaHXHA5AUn73oCnwQrpmhCSTDjGWbabYvZuaodV6uXZV89Avj1nABFbzhrSf9PVrr6bbtQNHM1L6NrlTDbFDeTRzjKUduYw-4duGoBOUhqh8dobWdMFNRPBJw79cV1Q89qjuk7eQ0ow4iGmqCAw4UYrOn_NwLiU6CCq/s480/P1290193.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="480" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqyTqGSr52Sc068oYezaHXHA5AUn73oCnwQrpmhCSTDjGWbabYvZuaodV6uXZV89Avj1nABFbzhrSf9PVrr6bbtQNHM1L6NrlTDbFDeTRzjKUduYw-4duGoBOUhqh8dobWdMFNRPBJw79cV1Q89qjuk7eQ0ow4iGmqCAw4UYrOn_NwLiU6CCq/w400-h241/P1290193.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Fresh Fish Stall</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_YiGe9bGC24xiOdxwd-GTIOUHGfT_rHvqXUJWDkMhxbHyLrvv-xOv0EFSHdXeBOq0a0ZeGuXvcSirLDgQTVY8QW4lSgsa0N49zANC79cnq7PBHE_FK6W7PhX90eZnq1RSfyuDQGj_cWmFe3BnfUbcEKvUHwcBJJKLSfvOQtQIhRrTYrsdW_E/s480/P1290209.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="480" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_YiGe9bGC24xiOdxwd-GTIOUHGfT_rHvqXUJWDkMhxbHyLrvv-xOv0EFSHdXeBOq0a0ZeGuXvcSirLDgQTVY8QW4lSgsa0N49zANC79cnq7PBHE_FK6W7PhX90eZnq1RSfyuDQGj_cWmFe3BnfUbcEKvUHwcBJJKLSfvOQtQIhRrTYrsdW_E/w400-h291/P1290209.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The Moot Hall<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuLB3iNW-PagP2A3S02P666ODW_FW-o4F1uIEtYviT4kdVkZ4PFOLVN_6vh7ulHoPL0p6D4LpMmzuMAqyWIXz7PzvJcPgeISychH0N5B2mFGwilYowjAoGz8fkJVe1_n5Yr8QLjiggTGZhBx7f4jCIlW0wxMc4pQn3rMZQGqSiSYoCVyo1_ZO/s480/P1290191.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="480" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuLB3iNW-PagP2A3S02P666ODW_FW-o4F1uIEtYviT4kdVkZ4PFOLVN_6vh7ulHoPL0p6D4LpMmzuMAqyWIXz7PzvJcPgeISychH0N5B2mFGwilYowjAoGz8fkJVe1_n5Yr8QLjiggTGZhBx7f4jCIlW0wxMc4pQn3rMZQGqSiSYoCVyo1_ZO/w400-h305/P1290191.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Scallop</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for now.</span></span><br /></div></div><div><p></p></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-60402976179406180112023-10-01T10:17:00.002+01:002023-10-01T10:21:23.980+01:00Sutton Hoo - Part Two<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The walk down to the River Deben viewing point wasn't too hard going although we didn't walk the whole circular route but doubled back after getting as close to the river as the paths would allow. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnN_2Re_O9PFYnTHfhNyKfwAASJotoYsCSUJrmjgHmROCmf-yBvk3lfxBipPB9MEIYla3sWG2cZXJ-EbNVzDMddPgoV31qnT4VarJ13doa-Vjn88RDFViBPdoGPX_lojmNHm89AoZpZ9Okeab9CXYZyMDDne1mmhgQ_GRZw65CEV7qvZ1ijGE/s480/P1290165.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="480" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnN_2Re_O9PFYnTHfhNyKfwAASJotoYsCSUJrmjgHmROCmf-yBvk3lfxBipPB9MEIYla3sWG2cZXJ-EbNVzDMddPgoV31qnT4VarJ13doa-Vjn88RDFViBPdoGPX_lojmNHm89AoZpZ9Okeab9CXYZyMDDne1mmhgQ_GRZw65CEV7qvZ1ijGE/w400-h281/P1290165.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We saw butterflies and dragonflies along the walk and I've never seen so many sweet chestnuts on the trees and strewn across the ground.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="480" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKedQZH4HM1ANbkR_k4CxbIq7oY6pRJED0UXWjD5O1WVgJYuGqjFShWuuWHC5whc9DLPzinUNQ8tuY2D47GBBIbgaQao48H6mOhMKrQs8ETdJYWie_tgMt-xkzKoVjL7ifNy0rohfNu2VgMS8r0nYHOy3k2a1Oum12BsLZwPE8U9d1lcXXbgLF/w400-h346/P1290175.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDk9TIOSZmkwErHR4rbN4ghavDfNMHBkWd-QT11J4vLA3L7N0B6mSWUW4JWDSCnizutygHxiQt74ECIh82w1pBcN70OalA6GBbh5B9PZoTePcpjLtbcTLOuUUj-e_uDCFz4P-BHBoQv7-f6BcmmsxDzrQfPzJwgo-XW2WZRe9vq8Bk0-s9YreA/s480/2023-Sep21-Sutton_Hoo%20084.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="480" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDk9TIOSZmkwErHR4rbN4ghavDfNMHBkWd-QT11J4vLA3L7N0B6mSWUW4JWDSCnizutygHxiQt74ECIh82w1pBcN70OalA6GBbh5B9PZoTePcpjLtbcTLOuUUj-e_uDCFz4P-BHBoQv7-f6BcmmsxDzrQfPzJwgo-XW2WZRe9vq8Bk0-s9YreA/w400-h330/2023-Sep21-Sutton_Hoo%20084.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a bench close to this sign and visitors were asked not to use it because bees were nesting in the log.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUk5X7YcKnSFfae8QmIpaU1UdREXS6B5qY0sF0zrilI-712UqBiNxZ7D4okCsOtcS6pjdyaP-s03VoEkBglYHIH300281kznqnLlXLLgyBIlLKrTu6iZL0TS8697DraNgYENF48FjEp2K4kXQ4VLQXCJ0i2xLdAEtXyUJYPOM3UAdkkp3G9AJE/s480/P1290167.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="480" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUk5X7YcKnSFfae8QmIpaU1UdREXS6B5qY0sF0zrilI-712UqBiNxZ7D4okCsOtcS6pjdyaP-s03VoEkBglYHIH300281kznqnLlXLLgyBIlLKrTu6iZL0TS8697DraNgYENF48FjEp2K4kXQ4VLQXCJ0i2xLdAEtXyUJYPOM3UAdkkp3G9AJE/w400-h265/P1290167.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We stood a little way from the bench and could hear a curlew's plaintive cry, so recognisable and one other bird that we didn't know. </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9yVf6DQXf8ZkmipBpNWeT4fboPLTglAQu6ip2HUhsRBXwo_dJb6_Z9OrS1OjHdV2cs617IRU4xaWfy3cbOi1UfUXlh2ykAJy9Q9wU_4nCga7ZaBuTebbUuXuIiJAYryYHaCQ10AeSA_YMG5YdZmKNcISwJfG6NnKxQ_X_6EmeMCQZAo13Q3b/s480/P1290417.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="452" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9yVf6DQXf8ZkmipBpNWeT4fboPLTglAQu6ip2HUhsRBXwo_dJb6_Z9OrS1OjHdV2cs617IRU4xaWfy3cbOi1UfUXlh2ykAJy9Q9wU_4nCga7ZaBuTebbUuXuIiJAYryYHaCQ10AeSA_YMG5YdZmKNcISwJfG6NnKxQ_X_6EmeMCQZAo13Q3b/s320/P1290417.JPG" width="301" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bird Nerd told us that it was a Common Redshank.</span></span><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgza1QUjBrBQv_wJYNL0-wC5LJIfWgZh0UhcuLghHAVqHt1rqRuKGM92f-wpdlBCCZVzzs2D-j3p7lFpQ-0z5F70UC4y39L8V_7cNUsWpCp4xZdiGSLanajAmnY1hzwWH9yUboqKX4obp0SEk6NdRfLeBNNNyWHqEiMSVAEqZMgFDfQE-nM4vqe/s480/P1290100.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="480" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgza1QUjBrBQv_wJYNL0-wC5LJIfWgZh0UhcuLghHAVqHt1rqRuKGM92f-wpdlBCCZVzzs2D-j3p7lFpQ-0z5F70UC4y39L8V_7cNUsWpCp4xZdiGSLanajAmnY1hzwWH9yUboqKX4obp0SEk6NdRfLeBNNNyWHqEiMSVAEqZMgFDfQE-nM4vqe/w400-h272/P1290100.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's cross the river to Woodbridge for a while. We'd stopped there on our way to Sutton Hoo and parked near the Co-op and a fresh fish stall. It was a short walk to find the Tide Mill and nearby Museum and The Long Shed.</span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECmU-EY5FZg0NQPXZkB9FFC_Nhe6InGV2Q0LTBaz_X1q-ANWa18gNmRvWN7Ksd2xz43UiLWesXN624fJEn-s_UG6lyPCKWSsumN6Wzr0muVHxnHSNmiy8KDzeWbGNPlZmJDc9ElD-2y8CpnMHawMtSIjsi6V_LYgfJCLSrUSNluJe95523kH3/s480/P1290106-001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="480" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECmU-EY5FZg0NQPXZkB9FFC_Nhe6InGV2Q0LTBaz_X1q-ANWa18gNmRvWN7Ksd2xz43UiLWesXN624fJEn-s_UG6lyPCKWSsumN6Wzr0muVHxnHSNmiy8KDzeWbGNPlZmJDc9ElD-2y8CpnMHawMtSIjsi6V_LYgfJCLSrUSNluJe95523kH3/w400-h338/P1290106-001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Museum wasn't open until later that morning but The Long Shed was open. What a treat.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cnyuw8yWRxgERgTsMVO7VGXGdZnXsQfKEV7WH376od2nsqbWHPYw1PEX40zxa-rGkgH1qD8QRh0vaiiiwhfZYnVgkZulMCu_MochXPbvU8C_LKw-fvfuZ2psQHJmd4sc7SVC5s4GW_6aJ3RXn-s09_o8BOX82lO-J7MVEnVGb07Ne1qyCEmD/s480/P1290110.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="480" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cnyuw8yWRxgERgTsMVO7VGXGdZnXsQfKEV7WH376od2nsqbWHPYw1PEX40zxa-rGkgH1qD8QRh0vaiiiwhfZYnVgkZulMCu_MochXPbvU8C_LKw-fvfuZ2psQHJmd4sc7SVC5s4GW_6aJ3RXn-s09_o8BOX82lO-J7MVEnVGb07Ne1qyCEmD/w400-h229/P1290110.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside people were working on the building of a replica of the Sutton Hoo ship. Three joinery apprentices have spent time working on the project. More <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/sutton-hoo/joinery-apprentices-help-build-full-size-replica-of-sutton-hoo-ship?fbclid=IwAR1g6THICZOkkb7L_qwbCa1zS2V8pdyL8VueXZj2mzS01oBsAtahy-hZ_pM">here</a> about how this all came to pass and the organisations involved.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68xqvOoVNqLUUd0H7gI8fieFWvnkTnnhWrk75ETD55rgGuhZAIAcAMVJuwoGVijLQ7RmJ98FzjsTANKbGqd5THMZvPoK_eqQzNN1hFOeyFMapX78Bk1Q2G6YBkG0pyC0k8TDyvNwiwykdLnwyumu2ewLARP897vLYL6hsn6mpmkLvFTAeL7Ct/s480/SuffolkBreak.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68xqvOoVNqLUUd0H7gI8fieFWvnkTnnhWrk75ETD55rgGuhZAIAcAMVJuwoGVijLQ7RmJ98FzjsTANKbGqd5THMZvPoK_eqQzNN1hFOeyFMapX78Bk1Q2G6YBkG0pyC0k8TDyvNwiwykdLnwyumu2ewLARP897vLYL6hsn6mpmkLvFTAeL7Ct/w300-h400/SuffolkBreak.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I haven't yet mentioned the exhibition in the High Hall at Sutton Hoo. Rendlesham Revealed: The Heart of a Kingdon AD400-800 tells the story of the Anglo Saxon Settlement in the Deben Valley. It was one of the largest and wealthiest at that time. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SjMFJfKdkk_Lpoe3P1mSkIV6i35BdrN2axFa9Qx4SQEqdOtn4EZgX1nGB9MdzWLRcpGnFaiALHcrCBTn14SEXNAhMRzxgoV5mBMuxa2bV7YNebAbA5taNdCt_J_zGYQ5mSH5qRrbl5QkO4_eR2toPWX6ntLw83l4x4KsxtPkxblGiRNqYE1p/s480/P1290122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="346" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SjMFJfKdkk_Lpoe3P1mSkIV6i35BdrN2axFa9Qx4SQEqdOtn4EZgX1nGB9MdzWLRcpGnFaiALHcrCBTn14SEXNAhMRzxgoV5mBMuxa2bV7YNebAbA5taNdCt_J_zGYQ5mSH5qRrbl5QkO4_eR2toPWX6ntLw83l4x4KsxtPkxblGiRNqYE1p/w289-h400/P1290122.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">I'm afraid we didn't spend too much time in here, we watched a little film about the gathering together of the grave goods to accompany King Raedwald on his journey. It also spoke of difficult times ahead and changes in both culture and beliefs. It was warm and very noisy as there was a class or two of schoolchildren inside which made taking any photos almost impossible. They were having fun, dressing up, making drawings and finding answers for quiz sheets. It's good to see young ones learning about history.</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cG8_HlxP2A9BXE8M88_XP88vEjeNHjVcQTZb1H_K65l3RAFDNtr38FtQkaj1uokY-TF9uE-eTAaOdOKuN5zsaD-nOo9UoLMEKL-tfB9b5CgQYw9gr3X24zzHtV2mTi4xug3_CZ5mz9_ETijQUL8-wDEZSultvE5hLbs1SD3ov3rnBQfV-_Ag/s480/P1290127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="480" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cG8_HlxP2A9BXE8M88_XP88vEjeNHjVcQTZb1H_K65l3RAFDNtr38FtQkaj1uokY-TF9uE-eTAaOdOKuN5zsaD-nOo9UoLMEKL-tfB9b5CgQYw9gr3X24zzHtV2mTi4xug3_CZ5mz9_ETijQUL8-wDEZSultvE5hLbs1SD3ov3rnBQfV-_Ag/w400-h394/P1290127.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">I did take a couple of quick photos. The exhibition covers two or three burials from recent excavatons one of a young woman found quite recently and also that of a warrior. We also meet other characters along the way.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxO56dISmibcA-tVo38FzhR6bEyiNquaMjvGS0DwUt4UJVuYp9CDYxyxW8vyzia_n_dRbUbxNS4kXvWAHd9SRxRl-6l1pgapJJxbyBxUMzw-Xya_kxztM0oEh7ichFDPM0ffYm_XkiMLkoxcOAZlf9LS9xG623X3DOK0w1GH7AWdpQP36HQHY/s480/P1290128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="480" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxO56dISmibcA-tVo38FzhR6bEyiNquaMjvGS0DwUt4UJVuYp9CDYxyxW8vyzia_n_dRbUbxNS4kXvWAHd9SRxRl-6l1pgapJJxbyBxUMzw-Xya_kxztM0oEh7ichFDPM0ffYm_XkiMLkoxcOAZlf9LS9xG623X3DOK0w1GH7AWdpQP36HQHY/w400-h245/P1290128.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">We decided to come back later but that didn't happen as it was still very busy so I didn't get a full appreciation of the exhibits which were a mixture of both original and replica items. The exhibition runs until the 29th of this month.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">All for now. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p><br /></p></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-58259929164308966932023-09-29T15:19:00.001+01:002023-09-29T15:22:33.457+01:00Sutton Hoo - Part One<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We finally got to see <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/sutton-hoo" target="_blank"><b>Sutton Hoo</b></a>, Anglo Saxon Royal burial ground, after years of wanting to visit. It was a lovely day, sunny and dry which was good as there are lots of walks around the site. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHN2IIuIn3Ng_pqWayoJBwLr8h4HZY3bQdgPloh0zr1iB94VzZ-RmnupXPjZSDowPOohMsTDqY9a0c-v3HabAbM4rOW-SHIHYPc8HB0Y689nM-Z5A0b-66hU9Ue8N0JtbhTne1dpROKXHOb6Uz0Lm9Tj_6yDh-sGZXOeq8fiLDOl79FRpjh0hb/s480/P1290328.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="477" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHN2IIuIn3Ng_pqWayoJBwLr8h4HZY3bQdgPloh0zr1iB94VzZ-RmnupXPjZSDowPOohMsTDqY9a0c-v3HabAbM4rOW-SHIHYPc8HB0Y689nM-Z5A0b-66hU9Ue8N0JtbhTne1dpROKXHOb6Uz0Lm9Tj_6yDh-sGZXOeq8fiLDOl79FRpjh0hb/w398-h400/P1290328.JPG" width="398" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">After parking the car we decided to have coffee before looking around following the maps we had been given at the visitor welcome point. I also bought the guide book above.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">We decided to walk to the burial mounds first. It was here in 1939 on the eve of war that the remains of an ancient ship were found. The excavation happened because the owner of the site Edith Pretty recruited a local self taught archaeologist, Basil Brown, to investigate the various mounds on her property. The finds of both ship and grave goods came as a complete surprise to both of them. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6OoArzUqsHmKwNqgQZydTniZAJe4V1S37JdjKuzUFI2O1lll9F7gTIY0xx8pAutnyt62Abg0nR_r4WWhYcOiGEoplan-0af8Sco18RCZZ2cegGfaA9ERdJSZTtFzNKsEGgEMBw4muObLWU8u-uCsoPm7kOytH3Km-jSqhBX9kOA_bjsTtzkd/s480/P1290119.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="410" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6OoArzUqsHmKwNqgQZydTniZAJe4V1S37JdjKuzUFI2O1lll9F7gTIY0xx8pAutnyt62Abg0nR_r4WWhYcOiGEoplan-0af8Sco18RCZZ2cegGfaA9ERdJSZTtFzNKsEGgEMBw4muObLWU8u-uCsoPm7kOytH3Km-jSqhBX9kOA_bjsTtzkd/w341-h400/P1290119.JPG" width="341" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course there is far more to this fascinating story which you learn as you go round the site. Basil Brown was joined by William Spooner, gamekeeper, John Jacobs, gardener and Bert Fuller, labourer before staff from Ipswich Museum got involved and then archaeologists from further afield.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOZFHsvuaP1NtwYeh1WS7_Br_q-678YZGA242lTnOnatlUoDPw0JosW9vqkK66jRZmRKvwdCx8nRJAZLUURPjTYheqzWSSm0k5jGxQuGvkHFWvjcu3P5ewVHHwRO6Kfq362zwU_ryEJvfKR3ks98FGhuko9hrBexvB9kkChNaWocvwM7uCTtW/s480/P1290147.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="480" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOZFHsvuaP1NtwYeh1WS7_Br_q-678YZGA242lTnOnatlUoDPw0JosW9vqkK66jRZmRKvwdCx8nRJAZLUURPjTYheqzWSSm0k5jGxQuGvkHFWvjcu3P5ewVHHwRO6Kfq362zwU_ryEJvfKR3ks98FGhuko9hrBexvB9kkChNaWocvwM7uCTtW/w400-h226/P1290147.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">The burial mounds can be seen from the viewing tower and there are guided tours around the site so you can see more closely from ground level.</span></span><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCAEBPZn4s4h1DF7vbXedfiU2pQCazS3YA2YEDXBE-g1dZZVCFVaVvNmqGxzPO8tF5pqbBBjaZFbpy250ehhawvXR7PqS8QjsYRxjsXYoINKrRLSZJLmKs81lFN-LoC5P_ifW3k8P_y3onMPDomSFr2rewQz-J1gCmFo5bjibCKLaRNhXz8Jr/s480/P1290146.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="480" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCAEBPZn4s4h1DF7vbXedfiU2pQCazS3YA2YEDXBE-g1dZZVCFVaVvNmqGxzPO8tF5pqbBBjaZFbpy250ehhawvXR7PqS8QjsYRxjsXYoINKrRLSZJLmKs81lFN-LoC5P_ifW3k8P_y3onMPDomSFr2rewQz-J1gCmFo5bjibCKLaRNhXz8Jr/w400-h246/P1290146.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">From the burial ground we walked through the wooded area and across the rabbit fields towards Tranmer House which was the home of Edith Pretty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap2BmngEqYwHP7Y90z_1dOsGI8b-0kuwS9-LquWP4NG760Zo8JUkgWQjyLZDHTndlCF34m_c9cjWDMapTrpv6C4GlA1ymMBg1PfYUv0eOqYdd6tnCXuA2P0_rEthtEv-binVI1TkN4PA7RVZoF3HW5n9DqPghBb8r54ykVqI6a_U_YJB4zgo-/s480/P1290141.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="480" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap2BmngEqYwHP7Y90z_1dOsGI8b-0kuwS9-LquWP4NG760Zo8JUkgWQjyLZDHTndlCF34m_c9cjWDMapTrpv6C4GlA1ymMBg1PfYUv0eOqYdd6tnCXuA2P0_rEthtEv-binVI1TkN4PA7RVZoF3HW5n9DqPghBb8r54ykVqI6a_U_YJB4zgo-/w400-h289/P1290141.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Apparently you can rent a holiday appartment in the house through the National Trust. That would prove interesting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumTaSNRpNSsPOqTnOG-LgObs5v63s9owkEM31Ev-sjD2tRM8w5s4WANgGMrkOlc7J9oq1HXlvRk_NDuTK6NoIl9_-eelKyLJIFz5SbAmayCCvwoT2gKPa1Ndv-t34E9sTtHgAymn6YsPld6rS7WTvtG-MaSxtLlFqZHeAbOrnPTfr21wplgFb/s480/P1290152.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="480" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumTaSNRpNSsPOqTnOG-LgObs5v63s9owkEM31Ev-sjD2tRM8w5s4WANgGMrkOlc7J9oq1HXlvRk_NDuTK6NoIl9_-eelKyLJIFz5SbAmayCCvwoT2gKPa1Ndv-t34E9sTtHgAymn6YsPld6rS7WTvtG-MaSxtLlFqZHeAbOrnPTfr21wplgFb/w400-h308/P1290152.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The sitting room with window overlooking the burial mounds in the distance.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8E9DKIqYqTY2tGn9IS9tfdm4P63mMkJNCwxZoD7DgYYE0Trpq4ymd9J7hsNwigSTwQ-3G9r_CqE2MA-DHHeupF1MXRietXDQka6jAwKwbMQATbXS386HyRaAg4aHzTtIw7zI8bdJzYrq1KvKRPZ8t1y4MyKfWFeUXpMPbndycKH8X3_zk1RX/s480/P1290154.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="397" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8E9DKIqYqTY2tGn9IS9tfdm4P63mMkJNCwxZoD7DgYYE0Trpq4ymd9J7hsNwigSTwQ-3G9r_CqE2MA-DHHeupF1MXRietXDQka6jAwKwbMQATbXS386HyRaAg4aHzTtIw7zI8bdJzYrq1KvKRPZ8t1y4MyKfWFeUXpMPbndycKH8X3_zk1RX/w331-h400/P1290154.JPG" width="331" /></a></div>In one of the rooms there were films and photos from the excavations that have taken place over the years.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TIicAtfkMl1tvPIVYMV1BnzxkJaCJ8Gm9wdAFei04IFjb2ugQizyGVCtm6D_xdPcYu2oUM-FXlPASCWDPE6QEOc4j8Lt9thNRVOXoaqkqhZ85ybnWLZdmjbX9iPC5bU934SbUPceLXPQ0MONTVwj2ugCYImXDjHacyQ-gaCwk8wnYozFMlyv/s480/P1290155.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="480" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TIicAtfkMl1tvPIVYMV1BnzxkJaCJ8Gm9wdAFei04IFjb2ugQizyGVCtm6D_xdPcYu2oUM-FXlPASCWDPE6QEOc4j8Lt9thNRVOXoaqkqhZ85ybnWLZdmjbX9iPC5bU934SbUPceLXPQ0MONTVwj2ugCYImXDjHacyQ-gaCwk8wnYozFMlyv/w400-h289/P1290155.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The ship in situ when it was found.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">From the house we decided to try out the new King's River walk down to the River Deben. It was from this river that the boat, probably containing the body of a person of status locally, would have been dragged towards its burial place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Many people think that the body was that of Raedwald, King of East Anglia who died around 625AD/CE.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">I'll be back with more of that walk and the views across the River Deben towards Woodbridge where we will visit and find the building of a replica of the Sutton Hoo ship in The Long Shed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VPNTV1v1OzJ8ziaLKr0bwR_kyU8zBn6879-jBwGzEzw5TBHq7JYBVfuB-gR2YjzSynxpgJZAjRDCO52dgJlhSCoRQamNL7aJx5A04cQhmxWtkfKRg-E2rPacatlp4oHTkASKCtGoezXydagoVfgjDD1LQeVUPXE0q6ZLWOr_DuYd5Sd07LCQ/s480/P1290106.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="480" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VPNTV1v1OzJ8ziaLKr0bwR_kyU8zBn6879-jBwGzEzw5TBHq7JYBVfuB-gR2YjzSynxpgJZAjRDCO52dgJlhSCoRQamNL7aJx5A04cQhmxWtkfKRg-E2rPacatlp4oHTkASKCtGoezXydagoVfgjDD1LQeVUPXE0q6ZLWOr_DuYd5Sd07LCQ/w400-h338/P1290106.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">I'm having problems with blogger at the moment and I know one or two of you are too. I can't leave comments on some of your blogs however I try also there are one or two blogs I'd like to add to my sidebar which I can't seem to do. I hope things are put right soon. Meanwhile I will keep trying.</span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /></p></div>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-83918702711751121672023-09-23T21:00:00.004+01:002023-09-23T21:17:01.742+01:00Back Home<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are back home from our short break. Below are a few photos of some of the places we visited. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_CYAmou5lUjpSwiklhgwxR4jKd1zcGOOyX36YodMgMeO3cEgOHwFKnbrWwf96ed-Df26870WVp99FGK6FjnSNJw6v3K4x6uHlJiHtmnLDhdYeBVpMtDi6rgoQCkXA4SjbR5TRiQg_-s7-XdwDW4mS00yOANDYKJkjr5Q903P8n0Azu77ly_8/s480/P1290181.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_CYAmou5lUjpSwiklhgwxR4jKd1zcGOOyX36YodMgMeO3cEgOHwFKnbrWwf96ed-Df26870WVp99FGK6FjnSNJw6v3K4x6uHlJiHtmnLDhdYeBVpMtDi6rgoQCkXA4SjbR5TRiQg_-s7-XdwDW4mS00yOANDYKJkjr5Q903P8n0Azu77ly_8/w400-h300/P1290181.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Now I'm off to catch up with what you have all been doing in the last few days.<br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p>Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.com20