Monthly Archives: March 2013

Greylag Goose

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Barbara

Today I was taking photos of Wilson playing stick at one of his favourite beaches on the Thames near our house, and I saw some lovely geese. Our common geese are the larger Canada Geese so it is nice to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Birds, Spring, Weybridge | Tagged Anser anser, Brown Goose, Greylag Goose, River Thames | 10 Comments

Happy Easter!

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Barbara

My sister-in-law posted this photo on her Facebook today & I just had to share it on!

Posted in Art, Snow, Spring | Tagged Bunny, Derby, Easter, Easter Bunny, Snow, Snow Bunny, You'd better watch out! | 10 Comments

British Summer Time begins tonight! Lets hope it brings the summer too :)

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Barbara

Posted in Special Dates, Spring, Summer | Tagged British Summer Time, BST, Clock Change, DST, Fall back, GMT, Spring forward | 10 Comments

Counterintuitive

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Barbara

I have another one!! There are enough diamonds in existence to give everyone on the planet a cupful (from the book 1227 Qi facts to blow your socks off)

Posted in Animals, Money | Tagged common sense, Counterintuition, ForThePromptless, intuition, Postaday, Prompt for the Promptless | 5 Comments

Prompts for the Promptless – Ep. 6 – Counterintuition

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Barbara

What more can I say?

Posted in Animals, Giraffes, Physics | Tagged Counterintuition, Fish of Gold, ForThePromptless, intuition, parallel universes, Postaday, Prompt for the Promptless | 10 Comments

River Thames at Weybridge

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Barbara

The River Thames at Weybridge I’m just testing. My WordPress media library is getting full. Can I save photos to Flickr and then load them from here? I’m in the middle of a post about Egypt which is getting complicated … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Water, Weybridge | Tagged Flickr, The River Thames | 4 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Future? Tense!

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Barbara

My friend has cancer I met David on my ‘Secondary Maths Teacher Training Postgraduate degree course. There were a lot of us, I was in the ‘mature’ student group with teenage children and housework to get home to, and David … Continue reading →

Posted in leukaemia, Maths, Teaching | Tagged Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, ALL, cancer, Future Tense, Nelarabine, Postaday, T-Cell, Weekly Photo Challenge | 10 Comments

The Big Egg Hunt

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Barbara

When I decided that I would be able to go to Dublin for my Dad’s 70th Birthday I only wanted to do one other thing while I was there. My friend Gillian from primary school is a Creative Designer and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Birthdays, Daddies, Dublin, Photography | Tagged Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Circles & Curves, Easter, Lily O'Briens, Penhouse Designs, The Big Egg Hunt, The Jack & Jill Foundation | 22 Comments

David Bowie Is

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Barbara

I have tickets for us to go see the David Bowie Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London which opens today!

Posted in Art, London, Music | Tagged David Bowie, David Bowie Is, David Robert Jones, V&A, Victoria and Albert Museum, Ziggy Stardust | 14 Comments

Travel Theme; Time

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Barbara

When in London, one of the top places to visit is Big Ben. The name Big Ben is often used to describe the tower, the clock and the bell but the name was first given to the Great Bell. The … Continue reading →