27th January

Health Walk today in quite pleasant weather too it managed to stay fine until I had got back home when we had a small hail storm.        Bleak outlook for next month as it seems we are supposed to be getting a weather front from Siberia with snow and very cold temps.       Should kill off all the midges and things that have been about lately.     We shall wait and see.      One of my friends, a young nurse from Ledbury is climbing Mt. Kilmanjaro on 19th February and is looking for support http://www.justgiving.com/Jennifer-Chalk0


"She has already hiked on glaciers in Norway and New Zealand, and in September she climbed Wales's highest mountain, Snowdon, in a blizzard.
She said: "I have had quite an adventurous life. But what we are planning is quite risky. The main risk is altitude sickness, and there is only about a 40 per cent success rate for people trying to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro.""  (Extract of article from Ledbury Times)
She has been training very hard so I hope she makes it.

Paint Shop Pro

Using Kaleidoscope in PSP you can discover amazing inhabitants in flowers (you might even start believing in fairies again!       Here are some of the Lavender people

Pictures in the Sky

I love to see pictures in the Sky!
The sky tonight

Thursday 19th

Coming back on the Bus from visiting friends in Coventry there was A Spectacular sunset.  A myriad of all shades of pink from deep to a slight tinge in a warped elongated box framed by a light grey surround underneath which were swathes of grey and dark grey reminiscent of forested hillsides and beneath this a shimmering golden haze giving the impression of a golden sands with scattered odd tufts of tumbleweed and below this a light blue grey flecked with pink , like the edge of a lake. The whole mirage surrounded by a sky of subtle pinks to lilac, truly awe inspiring!   Unfortunately I was not able to  take a photo but was glad to find two students on the bus who were also suitably impressed, one of them trying to describe it to a friend over his mobile phone.
When I was in Brighton just before Christmas shopping late afternoon there was a glorious sunset  - not quite so spectacular, (there is a photo of it on an earlier blog), as I was taking a photo a girl from the Tourist Office came up and said "Isn't it beautiful, glad you are appreciating it, I've been trying to get people to stop and look but they are all so busy".    
"What is this life if, so full of care we have no time to stand and stare."    William Henry Davies

now in 2012

Just home after celebrating the coming in of 1012 with friends.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to one and all!