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Tag Archives: nature
Back On The Slow Track
Keeping safe, keeping strong, basking in the warmth and light of a new spring morning ~ Finding sanctuary; breathing once more in the calm. Renewal of joy, a message of peace found in the beauty of nature’s gifts to us, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Family Life, Garden Snippets, Nature & Wildlife
Tagged Blogging, Current Affairs, English Gardens, Family Life, nature, Peace, Photos of Tulips, Sanctuary, Spring
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WPC: Inside My Hope-Filled English Garden
This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge theme is ‘Inside’. This is my interpretation. Here’s hoping. Walking around my garden today, I can’t help thinking how different things are compared to last year when we were in the grip of a long, … Continue reading
A Storm, Stourhead and a Faraday Cage
“Let’s escape!” I said to Hubby on Sunday afternoon. “I’ve got to get out of the house and breathe in some release from this October air.” “I know just the place!” he replied and off we went. One hour later, … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Life, Musings, Nature & Wildlife, Photos
Tagged Autumn, Childhood memories, Church, conkers, England, English Countryside, Family Life, Faraday cage, Greek Mythology, husbands, lightening, Musings, National Trust, nature, October, Picnic, Stourhead, Thunderstorms, Walking, wildlife
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Ladybird, Ladybird, Fly Away Home…
Well, it had to come to an end sometime. After more than two weeks of uninterrupted sunshine and soaring temperatures here in the UK, with yesterday being the hottest, and stickiest day yet, the heat wave has broken. We are … Continue reading
This Green & Pleasant Land
So then, a reprieve. A walk in this beautiful country of mine, this land of soft, spring rain and green, patchwork fields. I take a deep breath and I walk on… And did those feet in ancient time. Walk upon … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Nature & Wildlife, Photos
Tagged Beauty, English Countryside, Green Pastures, Musings, nature, Photos of English Countryside, Poem, Psalms, rain, Walking
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My Alcoholic Dad Gave Me Something
As a young girl I loved going for walks in the woods with my dad and my younger brother. It was ritual which started like this: On Saturday mornings, my dad would make a ‘fry up’ which consisted of everything … Continue reading
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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Amazing Grace – Not Just Any Robin
“Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me; I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.” How beautiful and powerful those words ring out, you’ve got to love that old-time religion. Back in … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Life, My California, Sweet Robin, The Black Dog
Tagged Amazing Grace, California, Children, English Robins, hope, Hummingbirds, loss, nature, Somerset, Sweet Robin
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Sweet Robin in the Snow
It’s a good job that I got back from London when I did as the next day it snowed, and heavily. Snow can be so disruptive, and the left-behind ice on the pavements so difficult, not to mention dangerous, to … Continue reading
Posted in Birds of a Feather, Photos, Sweet Robin
Tagged California, England, garden, nature, robin, snow, wildlife
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