Today

For so many days recently

I have thought...

"this will be the day that I start writing my blog again!"

It is all so easy to stop doing things

but ....oh so difficult to pick it up again!

And even after I sat down, this afternoon, 

in the sun

with my 

laptop on my knee...

things did not go well for me. 

As I tried to use a different computer

and blogger wouldn't let me in!!

Anyway here I am!

How are you all??

I used to hear from so many of you

very regularly

but I expect that few...if any

will remember me!

To catch up....

well I completed 4 years of my Open University 

degree in Classics 

but have had to stop 

for a while

as there are so many health issues in my life,

my husband's and my mother's.

I have been awarded a Diploma in Higher Education

but will have to complete another

2 years if I want to succeed with the degree!!

It was my mother's birthday a couple of weeks ago

and so we had a big family party

After all she is 99!!

This is not the venue but my cousin and I took Mum

to the Ettington Park Hotel

for a cup of tea 

the day before her party.

It really is an incredible place.

I believe they made the film

"Hush, hush sweet Charlotte' here??

The church has only the facade still standing!

The interior seems to look almost Moroccan?

This fireplace is in the entrance hall

This is the library.  It too, is ornate.

There are secret doors in here.

This is where they conduct marriages.

Perhaps the doors are for the bride to escape?

The doorway out of the library

The Hallway

and the lounge

We truly had a lovely afternoon!

I really hope to continue writing here

and sharing things 

that matter 

to me.

I do hope to connect with some old friends and, hopefully, make some new!

Life is pretty difficult, health wise,

at the moment so 

I do hope to 

catch up with you all again soon!