20.02.13

Today in contrast is overcast and bitterly cold... it doesn't look it, but it is colder than yesterday!

On Monday Keith went up to see Meriel and since he got back yesterday evening we have continued with the clearing and tidying. 

Monday I spent sorting all our board-games... so many of them.. up in the loft in boxes... 13 Dead End Drive, Simpsons Cluedo, Go For Broke, Monopoly (in various guises) and many more. I have gone through them all making sure they are all as complete as is possible... next step will be finding homes for them. The real family favourites we are keeping... but I'm sure you can picture the pile to give away!

We have a sign board up outside the house and the advert goes in the paper this week so we will see how things progress...

19.02.13

Another glorious sunrise.. the planes were leaving vapour trails which caught the light but phone camera and cameraman not quite  good enough!

Tuesdays are the Ladies golf days... and it was simply beautiful to be out... 

Two more for Jac...

 ..there were even ducks...

 ...and Penny went fishing ! The ground so wet and soggy where the frost had thawed that it was difficult to retrieve the ball :-) 

18.02.13

About 6.50 am

But this is about 7.30!

The last three days have been lovely - cool mornings.. then warm sunshine. The Robin sings from the branches outside the back door each morning and follows us around the garden chatting happily away! We have aconites and snowdrops out; the first primroses are showing their little faces and the daffodils are on their way. 
I have just cut the grass again to keep it looking nice... I say grass... but in reality large patches are moss - but then - I like moss :-) 
The dining room has been so warm we have had the doors open while we work on laptops or read the paper..... 

and today's sunset :-)

17.02.13

Sunday frost

A tree for Jac

Sunrise over the paddock at the bottom of the garden :-)

Through the kitchen window...

:-)

The early morning is so beautiful... and now it is staying light later - light till about 5.30 today - could almost play out after tea :-)

16.02.13

Saturday morning sunrise..

15.02.13

Another beautiful morning...

14.02.13

Rainy sunrise!

Woodpecker  and Jay... can you see them?

13.02.13

Beautiful sunrise :-)

12.02.13

Golf cancelled again!

11.02.13

...and in the morning there was snow...

View from my bed!

10.02.13/10.02.53

Overcast, cold and very damp today...but a special birthday all the same and it began with Bucks Fizz and croissant! :-)

This was followed by the official card-opening ceremony! I had so many cards... a real surprise and a delight :-) 
Keith was back from Ethiopia, Bridgie had come home specially for the weekend and Phil came on Skype and joined in the fun. 

Tim came over later and we shared a roast dinner. I was given beautiful flowers and chocolates... 

... we lit a fire and had rugby on the TV... it was a lovely day.   Thank you to everyone for their lovely messages and for making the day so special. :-)

09.02.13

Where am I?

 Sunrise... trains... ?

Bridgie came home today to help me celebrate tomorrow's birthday :-) This is Milton Keynes Railway station at  7.30am.

08.02.12

A glorious frosty morning sunrise this morning...                                           

07.02.13

Happy Birthday Morning John!

06.02.13

I have loved watching the moon ease closer and closer to the sunrise  over the last few days:-)

05.01.12

A lovely day for golf and mi final committee meeting as Captain - just the AGM to go and my handover will be complete :-) 

 04.02.13

Today, Tim flew to Munich (just for the day!) ... this meant an early flight from Gatwick... no direct trains running...  a bus needed to link between stations... so I gave him a lift.  British Telecom were coming at 8am to sort out our lack of phone/internet... and he needed to be at the airport for about 5am. 

To cut a long drive short - we set off at just after 2am, arrived at Gatwick just before 4 and I was back home by 5.30! The roads had been empty, but as I drove back up the M1 it was already getting busy.

I fell onto the bed and slept for an hour - waking to such an ill feeling - simply tiredness! However it is amazing what a brew will do and after a couple of mugs of tea I was more human; BT came and by 10.30am everything was fixed. It took a couple of days to catch up on that sleep!

Tim had a good trip to Munich -  though I am still waiting to hear the details :-) Hoping to see him on Sunday when he's coming for my birthday - I'm cooking roast lamb... Bridgie will be home specially too  - and Keith will be back from Ethiopia. Hoping to have Phil on Skype and that will make it a lovely 60th Birthday celebration :-)

03.02.13

Another overcast morning - colder than it looks!

Just in case you haven't heard through other means, Keith has published his ebook which is available on line.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Viewing-History-producers-changing-ebook/dp/B00B76P7EA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359531906&sr=8-1

He also has a website  www.viewinghistory.com  with some background to his book and a forum for discussion.

He would appreciate reviews and feedback on both the book and the website :-)

02.02.13

A frosty morning with clear blue skies.. a good day to clear out the garage and visit the tip! 

I love the long shadows cast by the winter sun... this was just before sunset :-)

01.01.13

February Sunrise

Played golf today with a lady who was considering joining the club. There was a shoot on so we played the back nine... but the shoot were concentrating on the woods alongside the river so we weren't too troubled... and... it didn't put my lady off - she joined :-)

31.01.13

Last sunrise in January...