Tag Archives: Summer

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

September Rose

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

September it is then. Time for picking ripe blackberries from the burgeoning hedgerows to be stewed, sweetened and then baked into golden-crusted pies. Topped off of course with lashings of steaming hot custard. But before that, and autumn arrives in … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden Snippets, Nature & Wildlife, Photos | Tagged Bees, Butterflies, English Garden, Flowers, Humor, Nature & Wildlife, Photos of English Gardens, Roses, September, Summer, thank you | 80 Comments

Are We Nearly There Yet?

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

“Are we nearly there yet?” How many times as kids did we ask this question of our parents during inexcusably long car journeys? When it came time for my own children to ask me the very same, my answer was … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Life, Memoir, My California, Writing | Tagged A Horse With No Name, America, Book Writing, Family Life, Las Vegas, Memoir, Mojave Desert, Road Trips, Summer, writing | 89 Comments

Holiday Reading, Ghosts And The Norfolk Broads

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Holiday reading. What beats a book crammed full of twists and turn, thrills and spills to keep us occupied while lazing on the beach or reclining on a deck chair by the side of a pool somewhere hot and Mediterranean? … Continue reading →

Posted in Bite Size Memoir, Childhood Memories, Norfolk Broads | Tagged Bite Size Memoir, Books, Childhood memories, Ghost Story, Holiday, Horning, Norfolk Broads, Reading, Sailing, St. Benet's Abbey, Summer, Vacation | 71 Comments

Happiness is A Full Water-Butt and A Garden Full of Butterflies and Bees!

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

Today, I have been getting on really well with all my various writing projects faffing and not getting much of anything done, although I did go into town today and, after living here for 5 years, I have, at long … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Current Affairs, Garden Snippets, Musings, Nature & Wildlife, Photos | Tagged Bees, Books, Buddleia, Butterflies, Butterfly Bush, Children, garden, Library, Photos of Butterflies, Rainwater, Reading, Summer, Water Butt, wildlife | 14 Comments

Summer, Spamgate & What Not To Do For A Tick Bite

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

What on earth does summer, ‘Spamgate’ and a very nasty tick bite have to do with each other? It’s just the way my mind works, either that or the sun is getting to me, but with all this talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Current Affairs, Family Life, Musings, Nature & Wildlife | Tagged Akismet, Blogging, Boats, Comment Spam, Fellow Bloggers, garden, Humour, Lyme disease, Nature Reserves, Summer, thank you, The Norfolk Broads, Tick Bite | 13 Comments

Of Mad Dogs & Englishmen & A Very British Heatwave

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

So the heat continues to rise here in the UK, and it is hot! On Saturday the thermometer in our garden read just over 38 degrees centigrade (100 degrees farenheit) in the sun! Now that is hot! Of course, being … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Current Affairs, Family Life, Musings, My California, Photos | Tagged beach, British Weather, California, Crete, dry heat, Heat wave, humidity, Musings, Noel Coward, Photos of beach, Summer, Sunbathing, Sunshine, Thermometer readings, video games | 30 Comments

It’s Too Hot Even For My Cats…& That’s Hot!

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

You know it’s too hot here when even my two cats can’t take the heat! Normally Maisy, my 11-year-old grey & white tabby (she of the barometer ears which go blue when it is cold and red when it is … Continue reading →