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Arundel Castle 1955 -Sepia Saturday 171
1955... Looking at the photos in my mother's old album I think it was the year she met my father as he appears for the first time. However, there were also pictures of family outings and holidays....
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Any Ideas?
There are some really pretty flowers in the meadow. I know they are pretty but I really haven't got a clue as to what they are. Does anyone know? This little patch was on the bank of the stream. I...
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A jolly hiking holiday-Sepia Saturday 172
These photographs were knocking around in my mother's wardrobe for years. They bear the scars as both are rather damaged. When I was a child I used to sneak into my parent's room and go through all the...
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A smoking break: Sepia Saturday 175
We were brought up in a non-smoking household and warned against the dangers of smoking. My father smoked as a young man, as did everyone when he was younger. In fact it used to be part of the...
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Old school: Sepia Saturday 176
This is my grandmother's old school photograph. She was born at the turn of the century and I would guess this photo was taken between 1902-1904.The board that the boy in the front row is holding say...
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Orchid
This year we've had a cold and slow start to spring together with a lot of rain. The orchids are later this year and for some reason are a darker purple colour, rather than the usual lighter...
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Holidays
Phew..just catching up after a week away. We spent a lovely week in Limoux, in the heart of the Cathar country. Here are a few pictures.The citie- CarcasonneVineyards of the...
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Birdlife
Summer marches on; although not as warmly or consistently as in previous years. Rather than the usual long days of hot sun, we have had one or two humid and sultry days to intersperse the rain and...
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Where have I been?
I've been away too long! Summer seems to have taken over and I haven't got round to posting recently. I have in fact just got back from a lovely few days visiting with a friend in Holland. She does not...
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Sepia Saturday 187: The family bible
This is a photograph of some members of my grandmother's family. At first I thought I didn't know who they were and then I found this handwritten note from my mother in the photograph album.(It's a...
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My Poem (aged 8 1/2)
At the weekend I was in the mood to sort through some of my mother's papers. She must have liked this poem that I wrote when I was at primary school as she kept it all these years. I find it rather...
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Too hot to make cheese
Summer seems to have been around for a while now. It's funny how you long for it all year and then when it arrives with a vengeance you soon get fed up with it. It has been the hottest and driest July...
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Snapshots: Sepia Saturday 193
This little book was amongst the collection from my grandmother. It only measures about 4 inches by 2 inches and the pictures inside are half that size. Some are missing and some have handwritten notes...
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Service will resume as soon as possible
I realise I have been very poor with my blog this year but I really want to do better in 2014. Here's hoping!
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New Year
I won't bore you with a list of reasons as to why I have not written anything since September as none of them are very interesting and it would just read like a list of excuses! The only comment I will...
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Sepia Saturday: Tom's war
So, it's 100 years since the outbreak of the first world war. This is a picture of my grandfather Tom. I would guess from this he was around 13 years old. He was born in 1899, so this would perhaps...
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Making Progress
This week I had one of those moments where I suddenly felt all those weeks of French lessons, all the headaches, all the hours spent feeling like my head was going to explode, are beginning to pay off....
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China and other stories: Sepia Saturday 213
I'm afraid there is a bit of tenuous link to the theme this week of holidays and suitcases, but I feel that now the time is right to share my secret 'treasure trove' of sepia with my fellow Sepians,...
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Master Tom Welch, Comedian: Sepia Saturday 214
The prompt for Sepia Saturday this week is of a couple around a piano. It is an upright piano and similar to the one owned by my grandfather. One of my fondest memories of summer holidays as a child...
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Floods and Eggs
I have been watching the news reports of the extreme weather in Britain, with storms, gales, tidal surges and flooding and actually feeling rather glad that I am not trying to get to work or travel...
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Pingy
Pingy is the name we give to the extending lead that we used when walking the dog when we don't want to let him run free but we want him to be able to sniff and explore things nearby. We use it when we...
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Sky's on Fire
Last night's sky really looked like it was on fire.View from the office windowSky and clouds
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Sepia Saturday 216: Three men - a mystery
This weeks prompt for Sepia Saturday is of three men in hats.I couldn't find three men in suits but I did find a picture of three men in hats.The picture was amongst the collection recovered from the...
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From China: Sepia Saturday 218
I was struggling to find a picture and a link to this weeks theme. The picture shows " the areas in Sydney affected by the outbreak of Bubonic Plague in 1900" and the suggestions for a topic are "...
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