Great Crested Grebe

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Barbara

A beautiful Great Crested Grebe at Coxes Lock on Monday

Crested Grebe

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape this rain!

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Barbara

Today doesn’t feel like summer at all!

My daughter is having a sleepover in the garden tonight, but it has hardly stopped raining today so far.  I’m not sure should I put the tent up now in the rain or hope that it dries up later? Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape (2)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Barbara

This has been a busy week!  I was working on Saturday, having a go at the garden on Sunday, preparing for Charlotte’s birthday on Monday & Tuesday, working Wednesday, gardening yesterday… I hardly feel like i have opened my computer! Continue reading →

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Wormhole in Brighton

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Barbara
As reported in The Argus, a wormhole has been spotted in Brighton. Twice!

As reported in The Argus, a wormhole has been spotted in Brighton. Twice!

Click here to read he full article:

Wormhole in Brighton

I love this.  Some news items deserve national coverage

Maybe Torchwood is moving from Cardiff to Brighton?

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Happy Birthday Sweet 16

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Barbara

At about 11pm on this day 16 years ago, I turned to my husband and said, I think this baby might be on time.

Our first daughter was 10 days late and took 33 hours to arrive, not so with this baby!

Just on time :)

Just on time 🙂

17 minutes after we arrived at the hospital, there she was, our beautiful daughter, on her due date with 10 minutes to spare!

Hard to believe she is 16 already and finishing secondary school in just a few days time!

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Peter got me a bright red convertible!

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Barbara

Just in time for summer 🙂

I’m not sure what’s happened with the rain hood though, better make sure I bring my brolly!

This weeks Weekly Photo Challenge is Escape. At a top speed of 1mph I won’t be escaping much in this, apart from maybe a speeding ticket!

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Barbara

This weeks Weekly Photo Challenge is Escape

When I think of escape, I think of the long white beaches of India, the sea that is warm and refreshing, the sun that warms my skin all day long, every day, without fail. Continue reading →

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The Big Egg Hunt (UK) Egg 11; Anticipation of a Thousand Moments

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Barbara

Egg 11 was quite difficult to photograph as it was displayed in a shop window, and not easy to ‘get at’ to get a good view, and it needed some good pictures as the detail was lovely.  I took quite a lot of photos but they all don’t do the egg justice as I wasn’t able to avoid window reflections and busy backgrounds.

Anticipation of a Thousand Moments

Looks delicious!

Continue reading →

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The Big Egg Hunt (UK) Egg 10; All Aboard

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Barbara

Egg 10, All Aboard was  created by Network Rail who were The Big Egg Hunt’s location sponsors. Network Rail asked their creative agencies to submit ideas for their egg and then put all the entries to a staff vote.

This was the winning Egg

All Aboard All Aboard Continue reading →

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The Big Egg Hunt (UK) Egg 9; Alann

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Barbara

Egg 9 in the Big Egg Hunt is called Alann

He was quite hard to find, I suspect he is a bit shy

Alann Continue reading →

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