Seventy-something mother of 3, grandmother of 5, great-grandmother of 1 (so far.) I like gardening, photography, writing, reading and life in general. I’m also into genealogy, stamp collecting and scrapbooking.
I was born in London, England and moved to the USA in 1973. I still miss home but will probably never go back. Past interests included dancing, theater, fencing, painting and floral arranging.
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Great blog and very nice pictures
Details, woman! Details! Tell us about yourself.
OK, Melissa. As you requested, I’ve updated my About page. Thanks for following the blog. I’m definitely looking forward to reading more on yours.
Thanks for ‘liking’ my ‘Lambing season’. As a result I’ve enjoyed my trip round your site and have enjoyed very much what I’ve seen. I’ll be back!
Thanks for liking my post. As a fellow Mom,Grandma and nature lover, I will enjoy returning to your blog frequently!
~Susan
Are these pictures of your garden? They’re lovely no matter what, but very much what I think of as an English garden.
Thanks for choosing to follow my blog. I appreciate your interest and support and hope you enjoy my offerings.
Hi, I’m enjoying my browse around your blog. I’m also mom of 3 (boys), Gran to 2 (boys). We share other interests too, so I’m going to be back regularly!
Thank you for visiting my blog. I look forward to seeing more of yours. I loved the ‘2 subjects’ picture!
Thank you for browsing around my blog too. I look forward to meeting again
Great writing and photography!
Thank you, Marcia!
Thanks for the award nomination! I put a link on my page to your site today. Your photos are beautiful and your site is just, spring! I love spring! Thanks again.
You’re most welcome!
Hello! Thank you for liking my post “Flowers do a garden good”. Your flowers are beautiful and you have quite the green thumb! 🙂
Thank you for visiting and for your kind comment! I don’t know about having a green thumb. I put it mostly down to luck!
Thanks for liking my Monet’s Garden post. Nice to meet another grandma blogger!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting! Nice to meet you too!
Sue, Congratulation I nominated you for the Versatile blogger award just go to my site today to see how to
accept it http://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/ ,Carol
Thank you, Carol!
I bet crumpets to teacakes you were (like me) glued to the TV to watch the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. We all thought the Queen was absolutely magnificent. Oh yes – Kate wasn’t so bad either. Viriginia
You’re absolutely right! I watched some of the celebrations on the BBC website and the concert on tv, although they did cut out quite a bit of the concert (I was looking forward to seeing Shirley Bassey and some of the classical music pieces!)
I love the flower pictures:)
Thank you, and thanks for stopping by!
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You have an AWESOME BLOG! Your posts and photos are fabulous. I don’t see any awards though and I have just the one for you if you are interested.
Thank you, Belmont Rooster, for your generous comment. Although I was nominated for one or two awards earlier in my blogging career I find that I’m happier just writing for the fun of it now, but many thanks anyway for the very kind thought. I’ve enjoyed reading about your preparations for winter.
This is a beautiful blog. I love the photographs of all the nature! People don’t pay enough attention to nature, I think. Thanks for visiting my blog 🙂
Thanks, Connie! Nature certainly is a never-ending source of wonder.
Hi there,
Thank you for taking the time to stop by and check out my little corner of the blogosphere and the follow, your support is greatly appreciated. Looking forward to seeing more from you 🙂
Have a great day,
Eddie
Thanks for stopping by my blog, Eddie. I so enjoy seeing your beautiful pictures of Irish castles. I believe my great-grandmother was born in Kilkenny Castle and it has always been a dream of mine that I might get to visit there one day.
Wow, now thats cool. Its a stunning castle 🙂
Lots of thanks for dropping by… And it’s great to see your blogs. Cheers! 🙂
My pleasure! And thanks for returning the visit. I hope you’ll stop by again.
Pleased to meet you. You are most welcome at my blog when you get the chance. 🙂
Hello Nomzi! Thanks for visiting my blog and for your comments.
🙂
So glad I have found your blog. I am really enjoying your photography, your posts and your loves in general. Thank you, from a like minded blogger in Australia.
Thank you, Miriam! It was good to hear from you.
Lovely words and photos! Glad to have found you and your blog 🙂
Thank you!
Do you enjoy being in the USA? Where are you located? I’d miss Europe if I moved here from England! 🙂
I have become used to living in the Chicago area now. We’ve been here for more than 40 years but I still think of England as home, even though I’ve never been back there. I was always afraid to go back in case I found it even harder to leave a second time, especially while my parents were still living there.
A lovely blog! 🙂
Thank you! Your kind comment was much appreciated.
It is always such a thrill visiting you! I learn (or remember) something about you every time.
Like your fascination for the Morton Arboretum for instance, a place I meant to visit
but never had a chance to while living nearby.
Thanks for visiting, Eddie. I always enjoy seeing your pictures and quotes. I hope that one day you may have the opportunity to go to the Arboretum.
Hi Sue, Do you mind to send me your email address?
Thank you!
Amy
Hi Sue, I just sent you an email regarding your upcoming post. 🙂
Hi there… just thought I’d give you a heads-up in case you weren’t aware: the two photos on this page seem to have gone missing 😦
Thank you for the heads-up! I had to clear out some of the old pictures as I’d reached my limit and hadn’t realized that these were among them. I’ll have to replace them. Thanks again.
PS Are you aware how to optimise images? (I’ve been blogging for years but I’m only up to 0.4% — ! — of my limit on WordPress storage). Check out my post ‘Turbo-boost your site by optimising images‘.
Thank you so much for sharing the link. I’ll definitely check it out. I’ve been on here since 2011 So I’ve added quite a few pictures in my time and I’d welcome any advice on how to make the space stretch a bit further.
Lovely photos – like your comment on the natural cycle of things. No rain here for weeks but at lasat today it is wet. Have been so pleased to have a garden in the lock down but not so pleased with hundreds of people pouring on to the beach
Thank you, Diana! It’s a pity that people are not being more cautious during this critical time of returning to semi-normal.
Not sure where you live but in England on 15th June people can travel on public transport but must wear a mask. Does this mean that it is really too early?
I live just outside Chicago, Diana. For the most part, people are very good about wearing masks and keeping distance here, but there are always the few who don’t, and it only takes one person to start the whole thing up again. That being said, I think there must come a time when we just have to hope for the best and get back to ‘business as usual.’ I do know that I’ll never feel safe in a crowd again so that’s something I will definitely be avoiding in the future. I hope all goes well back home in England. Stay safe.
This looks very engaging! Seems like everyone had fun…
I traveled to London, England in 2012 for my first time to visit my friends. I had a wonderful time. Saw the Big Ben which was a beautiful scenery at night.