What a week. While the rest of the country has been basking in glorious sunshine with soaring temperatures we have had the usual ragged clumps of broken cloud blowing over – sun occasionally...
Good evening all. Another busy weekend almost done and Monday tomorrow already but - l won't think of all that just now. I'm just glad it's almost time for bed – I'm looking forward to sn...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/09/another-weekend-gone.html
introductory text...A WINDOW TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO WINDOW HAS GONE BEFORE...(said in the style of Star Trek) We've had a busy day here getting a new bathroom window put in. Up until now we've o...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/09/let-there-be-light.html
It's early Autumn and time for House Spiders to start roaming around for mates. I was sitting earlier typing away when from the corner of my vision l saw this huge spider climbing up my desk la...
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Yesterday we had such a quiet Sunday – no one visiting, no one headed out – the phone silent. The rain poured and the wind blew but inside it just felt so warm and peaceful. I remember lying ...
Today in our home we will recall the moment ten years ago when our son shouted for us to come and see what was happening on the television. It was of course the minutes following the first of ...
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I'm not long in and l've just sat down with a hot cup of tea. The window beside me is partially open letting in a slight breeze- a cooler Autumn freshness. I can hear the cars passing by below - ...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/09/post-from-yesterday-around-same-time.html
Sitting here and looking out of my window towards the hillside l notice how it is starting to take on a richer hue- the trees have started to turn and with todays rain it just feels like Autum...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/08/still-august-still-summer.html
I've had no time at all to blog lately or visit - sorry. Our wee granddaughter is staying with us again while her mum is away to summer school for OU - wonderful times but busy. Sam starts sch...
This is my first upload using You Tube - a slideshow about our day out to see the Tall Ships event at the James Watt Dock and quaysides. Over 57 ships, fantastic stage performances, stalls and f...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/07/our-day-out-saturday-9th-july-2011.html
Today l've been busy washing jeans, towels and bed linens because the weather conditions have been just perfect for hanging it all out to dry. Seeing my washing hung out on the line and captur...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/06/rapturous-simplicity.html
Today l woke up to another world- a world with very little sound. Unfortunately l've been stuffed up with a head cold these past few days and had hoped that by this morning it would have abate...
Such messages are not intended for a specific person, but to end up wherever the currents carry them.
With good intentions l started the spring cleaning last week see post below and got a lot accomplished but l've had to stop for the moment to concentrate on the many activities going on with S...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/06/last-month-of-school.html
I've been ill and l've been worried but now l am neither! This morning while getting wee Sam away to school l stood waiting on the kettle to boil thinking and starting to plan. I must have w...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/06/spring-cleaning-bug.html
"This way, that way - swinging with the rhythm of Time's tune - moving with the same unswerving motion, night and noon...Like the heart-beats of the house. With grim monotony - they tick away the...
Seeing the beauty in the everyday things around us is easier said than done, especially when we've had weeks of relentless rain and gale-force winds. But beauty is not always as we imagine- like...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/06/beauty-in-ordinary.html
Well today's weather really is awful- rainy, windy and dull, humph... I'm still a little shaky on my pins so have decided to stay in for a few days anyway. The weather is supposed to improve ...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/06/dismal-day-dreaming-of-sunshine.html
So, after the last post l thought l'd be blogging again sooner than now! Turns out l went downhill quickly with the stomach flu (gastroenteritis)- oh joy. Yesterday evening l was discharged fro...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/06/just-another-excuse.html
Not much to report this week. The weather has been atrocious so the gardening has come to a bit of a standstill although l did manage to get a few more seed trays done and bought some Lavender...
Back home once again from our well trodden pilgrimage down to Cornwall to visit with dad. We had fantastic weather and got loads caught up with in the garden – had a bonfire, strimmed, mowed...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/04/all-good-things-come-to-end.html
I think sometimes we take for granted what beautiful and unusual places we live in- the people, the sounds and scenes. We rush from one thing to another but sometimes it's good just to 'stand a...
Last week was a busy one again- so many school things on the go just before the holidays- Sam is on his school break now – thank goodness! We're planning another visit down to Cornwall this m...
http://bobsalong.blogspot.com/2011/04/bouncing-through-spring.html