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Tag Archives: Foreign travel
She’s Gone To Capri And She’s Not Coming Back
Be careful what you wish for, so goes the old adage. During my other life in California as a mum of three school-age children, meaning frequently run-off-my-feet, I sometimes joked that I would escape and be like the woman in … Continue reading
A Lingering Look at Windows: Beautiful Bordeilles, Rural France
This week’s A Lingering Look at Windows, Dawn’s wonderfully laid back weekly photo challenge, has me remembering a visit to the delightful town of Bordeilles in the Dordogne region of southwestern France in the summer of 2012. Transported as I was … Continue reading
A Lingering Look at Windows: Muted Light
This has been a different and unusual week for me in many ways. So many thoughts swirl about my head at the moment, full of the twists and turns of every day living and the way life can turn on … Continue reading
Posted in A Lingering Look at Windows, Photos, Travel
Tagged A Lingering Look at Windows, California, Foreign travel, France, Light, Memories, photo, photograph of a window, travel, Windows
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WPC: Windows of Pefki, Crete
What better way to start a new blogging year than with a few challenges to add to the mix? For a little while now I’ve been thinking about taking up the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge for the simple reason … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged Crete, Foreign travel, Pefki Village, Photographs of windows, Poem, Poetry, postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge, Windows
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What Has Your Blog Done For You?
Four months have gone by since I started this blog and after some (healthy, I hope!) introspection, I find that I am asking myself one question: “Why did I start this blog in the first place?”. Why indeed? Back in … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Childhood Memories, Guest Blogs, Nature & Wildlife, Sweet Robin, Writing
Tagged Alcoholism, Blogging, change, Childhood memories, Fairies, faith, Foreign travel, God, Homesick, hope, joy, late bloomer, Mid-life, mothers, nature, writing
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