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August 31 KIRSTY, LOUISE & BABY LIAM - BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND-2009  What a great time with my VIPs staying for the weekend. With shopping in Norwich on Saturday and the Sunday in Cromer giving baby Liam, who's almost 5 months old, opportunities of experiencing many firsts., including the sandy beach ,and did he love the texture of sand on his feet!, a bus journey and a visit to The Little Gem Shop where many beautiful crystals can be seen and bought, greeted by my very special Crystal Healer friend Kathy who works in the shop. We also paid a visit to The Sticky Earth Cafe where we got little Liam's feet printed onto a pottery tile as a keep sake. I'm going to collect it in the week once it's been fired. In the evenings we had fun on the computer with a video link to my son, and to his girlfriend but Steven had some additional functions on his web cam that did amazing effects and we were doubled up laughing!!! The house has gone quiet again and I'm thinking 'did I dream it?' but no, the time went quick as we did loads of things, so now it's all in the 'nice memories store' in my head.  and digital picsAugust 26 WEST HAM v MILLWALL- LONDON DERBY It's one of those times when I'm glad I hadn't heard the news last night, otherwise I'd have had a longer period of worry. As it was, this morning I just vaguely heard a reference on TV about there being big trouble at the West Ham ground last night where I knew my daughter had gone. So, I was a bit horrified to see snippets both visual and written, about the clashes between the opposing fans and police. I couldn't get my daughter or any of her friends by phone today, and nobody had updated news on facebook, so imagine my relief when I'd finally found out she and her friends were all fine late afternoon. Phew!! It's sad to think that many others may not have had the same satisfaction of having their offspring return home without injury. My daughter told me that although she was where the most trouble appeared to be, all the men made sure that she was kept out of harm's way to her surprise..... but for me remembering the battlefields of the past, I was glad to hear that at least any women caught up in the disturbances were protected and ushered out of harm's way. WHERE DOES ALL THIS ANGER COME FROM???? August 24 CROMER CARNIVAL WEEK 2009 The carnival started off with it's usual giant boot sale on the cliff top. This year the weather was great, but it was extra windy so in the end this made some of the sellers pack up early as it was difficult to manage anything fragile. It was good for a browse around and I picked up a few things although I can only remember what one of them was.... oh dear, my poor memory  The craft marquee also had some pretty gifts of jewellery and cards and I did buy some earrings that caught my eye and were reasonably priced. It's a pity more people don't support 'hand crafted' goods as it's difficult for the makers to cover costs, and as for pricing their time, no way possible, it has to be a 'labour of love'.I didn't really spend much time at the carnival this week, preferring to remain in the quietness of my home on the edge of town. However when the Red Arrows came to perform, I realised that despite a lot of low flying over the sea, I was able to see a fair bit from my garden so here's a couple of pictures. I must admit it was hard to get these as the Arrows fly sooooooooo fast and I didn't know where they were going to appear next in the sky.   In the evening I waited for a non-existent bus, I'd completely forgot that the roads were closed off ready for the huge Carnival Parade. Fortunately I met a couple of neighbours that I didn't know and got chatting then, they showed me a new way to walk into town, and rather beautiful it was too. Went downhill through a long tunnel of greenery and came out in the centre of Cromer where the streets were already heavily lined with excited people. It took me a while to get through the crowds, but I made it in the end and found my London friends who were staying in the town.  I didn't have a very good view of all the floats as I didn't want to get in the way of the little children, but I thought this Ladybird float was very apt for Cromer, since days earlier we had been plagued by them in their thousands and still have a 'higher than average' amount of the little red bugs around the area. August 17 SEALS AT BLAKENEY POINT AGAIN! A beautiful hot sunny day with a gentle sea and clear blue skies, so perfect for another trip to see the seals at Blakeney Point. This time we chose ' Temple' for an afternoon trip with a half hour stop on the island. The trip was lovely despite having loads of boats active in the area and it was good to see that there were still some white fluffy pups around even though it was past their main breeding time.  August 05 "It's a heatwave!" The UK weather this year has been great for a lot of insects and butterflies. I've taken lots of photographs in the garden, but oh was I sad to see the amount of aphids on my Victoria Plum tree..... I was thinking that there were just too many of them to deal with.... then next day I looked and there were loads of ladybirds, a far better option than anything else to keep the aphids at bay.  So, with that dealt with, I walked into town Monday and by the time I'd got there my clothing was decorated with red ladybirds all over, they were swarming everywhere and heaps of them against the kerbstones......... they're quite slow flying but I had to keep ducking to avoid them still. Then I was thinking of going down to the pier but I heard people saying that there was a swarm of wasps there, so I thought I'd give it a miss after all. I'm going to put a link here if you want to see some of my butterfly photos but don't take too much notice of anything else as I've only just started that portfolio. http://arisingmoon.daportfolio.com/gallery/103076  My studio has been full of hoverflies this week. I don't mind them too much as they don't seem to do anything horrible apart from making a lot of noise from hitting the carbonated roof but it is unsual to have so many of them flying around. I'm beginning to wonder what will turn up next!!!! Oh summertime, don't you just love it? |
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