Monday 26 December 2011

Christmas Cards

Wednesday 21st December 2011


Christmas cards are major contributors to our decorations.  Thanks to all those who sent us one.

After Eights

Tuesday 20th December 2011


After Eights have become a traditional part of our Christmas treats.

A dressed Goose

Monday 19th December 2011


Some people will be dressing their goose for Christmas - so have we, but not quite in the same way.

Christmas Tree

Sunday 18th December 2011

I put the tree up today.

Christmas tree 'needles'

Saturday 17th December 2011

Modern artificial trees are so realistic they even drop 'needles' while you are erecting them!

Sunday 25 December 2011

David's toy

Friday 16th December 2011


One of the toys off David's baby bouncer seat. 

Some new saucepans

Thursday 15th December 2011


Jo and I have invested in some much needed new saucepans with a contribution from GB for my birthday.  They are almost too nice to use!

Chuckler

Wednesday 14th December 2011


This is Chuckler - a pencil holder that Jo has had for many years.  It was funny to see him sitting in the background of some of the videos of when Richard was a baby.

Transferring videos

Wednesday 13th December 2011


This morning I transferred some old videos of family occasions onto DVD.  Unfortunately the video player has packed up and they cost an absolute fortune to replace so the rest of the transferring will have to wait unless we can get one from a charity shop.

Nana's vase

Monday 12th December 2011


A little glass vase that belonged to my grandmother and may even have been her mother's.  Unfortunately, if the metal was ever plated it has lost its plating.

Jo's cat

Sunday 11th December 2011


This was Jo's first birthday present from Bryony and Helen after she and I started going out together in 1987.

A Double Florin

Saturday 10th December 2012


This Double Florin (Four shillings - 20p in new money) was given to me by Uncle Wardie (James William Warden Spencer) when I was tiny. 

Saturday 24 December 2011

Cherry leaves after a gale

Tuesday 22nd November 2011



My last photo for a few weeks as my migraines got worse and worse.  The wind last night brought down a fence panel and all the leaves from the Cherry.

Migraine

Monday 21st November 2011


A visit to the acupuncturist and the start of a 13 day long migrainer - a record, even for me.

Friday 23 December 2011

The Loft

Sunday 20th November 2011


At long last the loft is nearly tidy (and the contents catalogued so I can locate them).

Nasturtiums

Saturday 19th November 2011


Therere still some Nasturtiums in flower.

Blue Moon

Friday 18th November 2011


The Blue Moon rose is still flowering - it has been a very mild November so far.

Log Store

Thursday 17th November 2011


Getting the log store ready for cosy evenings in front of the fire.

Incense Burners

Wednesday 16th November 2011


Having finished photographing our ornaments I have started on the incense burners.

Richard's Books

Tuesday 15th November 2011


One or two of Richard's favourite books when he was young.  I couldn't bring myself to throw them away so they are back up in the loft.

Coral

Monday 14th November 2011


This is part of a piece of coral that my grandmother used to have under a glass dome with other natural history items.  I can't recall what else was with it - perhaps GB can?

Bamboo

Sunday 13th November 2011


Jo bought another lucky bamboo in Hoylake recently.

A new bird feeder

Saturday 12th November 2011


 Jo bought a new bird feeder designed to keep thr Wood Pigeons and squirrels from pinching all the small birds' food.  If the large birds have as much difficulty getting into it as \i had putting it together it should work fine.

P.S. The squirrels not only got in it but found it useful as it helped to shelter them from the rain and hail!

Thursday 22 December 2011

Shelah's flowers

Friday 11th November 2011


The flowers Shelah sent me for my birthday are still blooming beautifully.

Nana's tea set

Thursday 10th November 2011


Some of the family silver plate is in our loft including this tea set of my grandparents.  I polished it up for the photo and although it has lost some of its plate it looks quite smart.

Helen's Daffs

Wednesday 9th November 2011


As part of the loft sorting I've been looking through all the pictures that are stored up there.  These are part of a picture Helen once did of daffodfils and other flowers.

Crayons

Tuesday 8th November 2011


Who can resist photographing crayons?

Toadstools

Sunday 7th  November 2011


Little unidentified toadstools under the Lilac in the back garden.

Bookend

Saturday 6th November 2011


Still photographing ornaments.  One of a pair of family bookends - rescued from Dad's shed when they moved in with us.  I don't know what happened to the other one.

Wednesday 21 December 2011

Rose

Frtiday 5th November 2011


There is still a rose flowering in the back garden.

Hoylake

Thursday 4th  November 2011


Jo and I went to Hoylake - shopping and for Jo to visit acupuncturist.

Ornaments

Thursday 3rd November 2011


Began photographing ornaments with a view to listing their origins.  This is  close up of a paperweight I gave to Jo.

Ugh

Wednesday 2nd November 2011

Getting fed up of trying to sort computers...

Colourful Jo

Tuesday 1st November 2011

Tuesday 1 November 2011

It pays to advertise

Sunday 30th October 2011


It pays to advertise

More Flowers

Saturday 29th October 2011


One of the flowers from Shea - it's beautiful.

Monday 31 October 2011

Flowers

Thursday 27th October 2011


Flowers from Shea

More Man Tin

Wednesday 26th October 2011


The underneath of the Man Tin - it's so true.

Man Tin

Tuesday 25th October 2011


One of my presents from Jo - I'm sure it will be well used...

Sunday 30 October 2011

Painted stones

Monday 24th October 2011


These ars some stones I painted for Mum and Dad - I found them in the loft while sorting 'stuff'.

Birthday Boy - almost

Sunday 23rd October 2011


Because Jo was away yesterday on a residential with her stuidents we celebrated my birthday when she got back tonight. Surprise, surprise my presents included books.

Freesat

Thursday 20th October 2011


We had Freesat installed today.

Cornflake Crunch

Wednesday 19th October 2011


I made some Cornflake Crunch for Jo's students at their residential week-end.  I thought it only fair to warn them....

Sunday 23 October 2011

Fuchsia

Sunday 16th October 2011



Fuchsia has such a lovely long flowering season.

A sunny face

Saturday 15th October 2011



Black-eyed Susan - still flowering. And five minutes of sunshine between the wet and the eind.

Saturday 22 October 2011

Ornaments

Thursday 13th October 2011


Part of the objective of sorting the loft was to de-clutter.  Instead I've put up a frame to hold even more of my old ornaments that were in the loft!  C'est la vie.

Thank You

Tuesday 11th October 2011


Jo has a large collection of cards from grateful clients and students. In this respect, if no other, counselling and training are very rewarding.

Tuesday 11 October 2011

Fish

Monday 10th October 2011


I love my fishy wall hanging that Rich gave me.

My Audrey

Sunday 9th October 2011


It takes a special girl to give her husband an Audrey Hepburn piggy bank for their wedding anniversary!  It's been added to my Audrey mug and coaster.

Dedications

Saturday 8th October 2011


Going through books from the loft I keep coming across books with dedications in them.