So Long

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't believe that it has been so long since I last posted.

 

I don't know why I haven't written.

 

 

Life just seemed to get too full and it's too easy

 

to let time without posting....

 

drift by.

 

 

I have had several more operations.......

 

one because the fixing in my back loosened.....

 

so they had to reopen and start again!!

 

 

Then.....

 

I was also studying with the Open University.

 

It was supposed to take

 

16/18 hours per week......

 

I'm afraid I took much longer!!

 

My assessments gained good marks though!

 

 

So, here I am

 

I'm looking forwards to catching up again.

 

I wonder if there are many out there

 

who remember me???

 

These photos are from a holiday

I took in Dorset

 

with a friend

 

 

The top 2 are a beach at Charmouth.

 

Although it was out of season

 

there were still a lot of people scouring the beaches at low

 

tide trying to find fossils.

 

This is an area well known for fossils.

 

I did have a look but

 

ended up buying some to bring home.

 

 

It's so hard to believe that

 

the stone you have in the palm of your hand

 

is an animal

 

that lived 195 million years ago!!

 

 



 

 



 

 

These next few photos are from West Bay.

 

A popular UK detective series was filmed here

 

Broadchurch.

 

My friend was an avid follower

 

 so we had to have a lot of photos taken here.

 

I have to say that the rock face was stunning!!

 

 

 

 

We drove further along the coast to

Hive Bay

and saw the other side of the hill

 

 

 

There was an artist on the beach

 

and he looked so small against the cliffs

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was good to come home again

 

and see our hedgerows

 

full of flowers



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

we are just so fortunate where we live!!

 

 



 



 

We even have wild garlic

 

in our hedgerows

 

lovely!!

 

 

 

 

 

One thing I have started to enjoy

 

since I last wrote is

 

scrapbooking

 

 

There's something very calming

 

and satisfying

 

about choosing stickers and placing them.

 

I hadn't realised what

 

a huge community there is

 

of those who enjoy, and take great pleasure in sharing,

 

their finished spreads!

 

 

I love starting with a blank page....

 

perhaps colouring it a little..

 

before fixing..

 

different shapes...

 

and journaling around them

 

This one is particularly pretty.....

 

poppywillowco

 

sells some beautiful foiled stickers in...

 

her etsy shop

 

 



 

 

So....there we are.

 

I think that I've caught up?!

 

I look forwards to visiting you.....

 

and seeing what is happening in your lives!