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Saturday Snapshot: Memories
Looking back again into old family photos I came across this one of me when I was a Brownie: This was taken in our back garden when I was about 7 or 8 and you can just see my little sister coming into...
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Saturday Snapshot: more cat pictures!
This time it’s the Cheshire Cat! Last Sunday was my granddaughter’s birthday. Her party had an Alice in Wonderland theme and so instead of pin the tail on the donkey it was stick the smile on the...
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Saturday Snapshot: Christmas is nearly here
There’s a ‘welcome’ on the front door: ‘The weather outside is frightful!’ ‘Let It Snow’ on the front window. It’s raining today, but maybe just a sprinkling of snow would be OK – not enough to keep us...
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Saturday Snapshots
This is the 18th century Old Marriage House in Coldstream. It was also the Toll House for the bridge, which crosses the River Tweed from Coldstream in Scotland to Cornhill-on-Tweed in England. The Old...
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Saturday Snapshot
Another photo of Heidi. She likes drinking the bath water. In this photo she’s waiting for the water to get to a level she can reach without getting wet: For more Saturday Snapshots see Alyce’s blog At...
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Saturday Snapshots – on Sunday
A few years ago we had a holiday in Gloucestershire – in Painswick. I’ve posted some photos in the past but not these of a walk in Frith Wood, which is on a ridge between Slad and Painswick. It’s a...
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Saturday Snapshots: Alnwick Treehouse
I’ve posted photos of our visit to Alnwick Castle in Northumberland before. Adjacent to the Castle is Alnwick Garden, a formal garden with a cascading fountain. Also in the Garden there is a fantastic...
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Saturday Snapshot
It’s a dull, grey day here today and snow is forecast for later on: High up in a tree, a birds’s nest left from last year: It’s a day to sit, curled up with a book in front of the fire: For more...
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Saturday Snapshot
Another jigsaw makes Heidi yawn: It’s so boring – nothing to chase, so she’s off: For more Saturday Snapshots see Alyce’s blog At Home With Books.
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Saturday Snapshot
Happy Easter! I’ve been looking back at family photos and came across this one today – an Easter photo from the past. I’m not saying how old this is, but our son, opening his Easter Eggs, now has his...
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Saturday Snapshot: Spring Flowers
It’s spring at last! Yesterday was beautiful – sunny, with blue skies – but still quite cold and breezy. Today promises to be the same. The daffodils are out (actually they have been for a few days...
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Saturday Snapshot
This is the Flodden Visitor Centre. It’s in a former telephone box in the village of Branxton in Northumberland. It claims to be the smallest visitor centre in the world: It’s part of the commemoration...
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Saturday Snapshot: Berwick Castle
There is little left of Berwick Castle. Ruins are almost as enticing as libraries and bookshops to me. If there are any of these in an area I love to go and explore, so it’s amazing that after living...
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Berwick’s Elizabethan Ramparts
Following on from last Saturday’s Saturday Snapshots here are a few more photos of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is the northernmost town in England. It’s a Border town that changed hands between England...
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Saturday Snapshot
We’ve been away last week – we went here: the Cairngorms – and there was snow in May. Lower down the snow fell too but didn’t stick. The photo below is of a beautiful little loch in the Glenmore Forest...
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Saturday Snapshots
Last Saturday I posted photos of An Lochan Uaine near the path on our walk through Glenmore Forest Park. Today here are some more photos of our walk after we left the lochan. The route continued along...
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Saturday Snapshots
This Saturday I’m continuing to post photos from our recent holiday in Scotland. This is Loch Morlich is in the Glenmore Forest Park, 300 metres above sea level, between Aviemore and Cairngorm...
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Saturday Snapshots: Loch Ness
My Saturday Snapshots are some more photos from our last holiday in Scotland. We had been to Inverness and decided to drive back to Coylumbridge along the road following the western shore of Loch Ness....
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Saturday Snapshots: Wych Elm
We have a wych elm in the back garden. This year it’s been absolutely full of seeds, many more than usual: The seeds have been blowing all over the garden, covering the lawn and borders. They grow in...
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Saturday Snapshots
Today’s Saturday Snapshots are from our visit last week to Polkommet Country Park, West Lothian in Scotland. The Park has some lovely woodland walks alongside the River Almond: Our granddaughter...
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