Dordogne Holiday

We have just had the most amazing holiday in a rented house in the Dodogne.  The four bedroom house was a new build and it was beautiful and comfortable.  The grandchildren absolutely loved the swimming pool as well as the indoor and outdoor games.  The kitchen was a dream and we ate in most evenings.  There were lots of interesting places to visit such as Rocamadour, Sarlat, Roque Ste Christophe and Les Eyzies (for canoeing and the pre-historic museum).  We absolutely loved it.

......it was perfect and just so lovely

Transforming Lives

Today we attended a Thanksgiving function at Nordoff Robbins in London. It was for the life of Clive Robbins who died last December. It was an amazing 2 hours of music, reflections, poems, champagne and laughter.  Check out the website and get a feel for how they change peoples' lives.

Howzat!!

Last Thursday my husband used up the last of his birthday surprises.  He had a special birthday last year and I had surprises for him for almost every month!  The first one I took him to was to a show in London, Dreamboats and Petticoats. During the year he went to the Loire, the Albert Hall to see Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, a special treat in Switzerland to see Status Quo; and lots of other little treats.


Here we are at Lords Cricket Ground during a 2 hour tour last Thursday.  It was brilliant!

....til the next time

In Memory

Stephen John Baldock 12 October 1970  -  8 November 1990

Remembering today our son and brother Stephen

May your light always shine

A Job that had to be Done

We have to sell Mum's house which means that we have to sort out all her things.  I went to her house this morning to sort her wardrobe - incredibly hard thing to do as it felt so wrong deciding what to do with her belongings.  Anyway, I was there a couple of hours and managed to fill 4 black sacks!  I also found some bits of embroidery and weaving that I had done as a child.  I didn't know she had kept it!

My mum in 1946 with Aunt Jess and me as a baby

Africa 1946

 

Spent the afternoon cutting out Emily's black and white fabric.  Very calming...........  til the next time xx