Tag Archives: California

Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge Day One: Hot Stuff

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Delighted to accept the Five Photos, Five Stories challenge when invited first by Irene and then by Norah, I’m looking forward to at long last joining in. The challenge as follows: ‘Post a photo each day for five consecutive days … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Memoirs, Flash Fiction, My California, Photo/Story Challenges | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, California, England, Family Memoirs, Five Photo Five Stories Challenge, Heat, Heatwave, Las Vegas, Summer, Sunshine | 67 Comments

Happy July 4th: Back To Blogging On Monday

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Wishing my dear American family and friends a wonderful July 4th. I hold dear so many happy family memories of picnics, barbeques, and fireworks, joining in with the celebrations on the Central Coast of California. I never expected to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Family Traditions, My California | Tagged America, Blogging, California, Family Traditions, July Fourth, Morro Bay | 32 Comments

Not Goodbye But Au Revoir

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Today, I wish the view from the Summerhouse looked like this: My plan was to post my ‘Bench At The Beach’ (May’s theme) photo on Friday for Jude’s Bench Series that she runs every month. Too late for the cut-off, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bench Photos, Blogging, Childhood Memories, My California | Tagged beach, Bench Series, Blogging, California, Cambria, Childhood memories, Family Memoirs, Laptop Problems, Pacific Coast Highway, Silence | 119 Comments

Love’s Lullaby

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

This week ends with a poem. This wasn’t my plan originally, but lovely, talented poet Christy of Poetic Parfait tagged me for the writing challenge, ‘Love Ten Sentences‘ for which I have to write a poem about love within ten … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Hops, My California, Poems | Tagged Blog Hop, California, Children, Friendship, hope, joy, love, Poetry, Writing Challenge | 81 Comments

A Mother’s Love: Day 4 Black And White Photo Challenge

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

This Sunday in the UK, families everywhere will be honouring Mum on what we call Mothering Sunday. When I lived in America, I lost track of when this special day occurred, since Mother’s Day, as it is called there, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Hops, Mothers & Daughters, My California, Photos | Tagged Black & White Photo Challenge, Blog Hops, Boating, California, Family Memoirs, love, Mothering Sunday, Mothers & Daughters, Norfolk Broads, Tell 5 Secrets Blog Hop | 99 Comments

Compassion: 99 Word Flash Fiction

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Gather your eggs and flour, load up on lemons and sprinkle the sugar, for today is Pancake Day! I missed celebrating Pancake Day when living in California. Even though I made my English pancakes (thinner and larger than American pancakes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Traditions, Flash Fiction, My California | Tagged #1000Speak, California, Childhood memories, Christianity, Compassion, England, Family Traditions, Flash fiction, Lent, Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday | 87 Comments

Bad Hair Day: Bite Size Memoir

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

After sharing all those photos of pumpkins and happy memories from a life once lived in California, our Halloween this year turned out to be a very quiet one, with only a handful of trick or treaters. Still, daughter got … Continue reading →

Posted in Bite Size Memoir, Family Traditions, Memoir, Writing | Tagged 1970s, Bite Size Memoir, Bonfire Night, California, Childhood memories, Family Traditions, Hair, Hairstyles, Halloween, Memoir, writing | 95 Comments

Pumpkin Patch Americana and a Happy Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

The first time I set eyes on a pumpkin patch in California, I was utterly mesmerised. This was my idea of true ‘Americana’. For me, growing up in England, pumpkins belonged to fairy tales and I had certainly never carved … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Traditions, My California | Tagged Americana, Black Cat Photo, California, Childhood memories, England, Family Traditions, Halloween, Jack-O-Lantern, Pumpkin Farm, Pumpkins, Seasonal Traditions, Suffolk | 113 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreamy

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

There is a certain curve of a well-traveled road that even now occasionally fills my dreams. Years go by and I forget all about it, but then it appears again, and always strangely comforting. Four years ago while driving through … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged California, Creative writing, daily post, Dreams, Photos of English Countryside, postaday, Suffolk, travel, Weekly Photo Challenge, writing | 84 Comments

A Sign Of Things To Come

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge prompt is ‘Signs’. WordPress kindly let me know that Girl In A Pale Blue Dress was my 200th post, a good sign that I’m still managing to blog away. Then I thought of the plight … Continue reading →