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We were delighted to work alongside Permo Productions and RiotBox Productions to bring 'Limmy – That's Your Lot' to the Mandela Hall in May/June for three sold out shows. Here are some pictures from the shows below.
Friday 19th of May 2017
photographs by McGilloway Photography
Tuesday 6th of June 2017
photographs by Simple Tapestry

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|G.SKILL Ripjaws-Z 16GB DDR3-1600 Memory
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Memory
|Written by David Ramsey
|Wednesday, 11 January 2012
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G.SKILL Ripjaws-Z DDR3 Memory Kit Review
Manufacturer: G.Skill International Enterprise
Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article was provided by G.SKILL.
Although the company was established in 1989, G.SKILL is still not as familiar a name in the memory market as are Corsair, Mushkin, Kingston, and others. But in the past few years they've built their portfolio of memory (and memory is almost all they do) to encompass a broad selection of price/performance points ensuring that system builders and enthusiasts can find virtually anything they need. Today Benchmark Reviews tests G.SKILL's "mainstream" DDR3-1600 16GB quad-channel memory kit for Intel's X79 platform.
As our previous reviewshave shown, high frequency memory doesn't bring real world performance improvements high enough to justify its added expense. Enthusiasts who focus on synthetic benchmarks results may be willing to pay the premium, but most of us would be loathe to spend hundreds of dollars extra for something that won't add more than one or two frames per second to our favorite game. That said, we also don't necessarily want to go with the lowest common denominator, either. DDR3-1600Mhz memory seems to be the price-performance sweet spot these days, so let's see how this G.SKILL kit performs.
F3-12800CL9Q-16GBZL Specifications
Increasing CPU speed and on-chip cache memory has reduced the performance impact of high-speed system memory relative to older systems. DDR3-1600 memory represents a compromise between lower-end DDR3-1333 memory and more expensive DDR3-1866 and higher speed memory.
I have it in 2133 and 1600 speeds and do not see any real world difference between them.
So the compatibility and low price that GSKill brings to the table have me sold.
"The label shows the XMP profile settings of 9-9-9-234"
Typo I think.
Great review. I used G-Skil 1600 for the first time in my most recent personal build, and they just worked. They drew no attention to themselves which is really all I ask of RAM. I got the black ones and they look pretty sweet, but they're even taller than the quad kit units.
I'm thinking maybe of going Gigabyte for my mobo. If I use G.SKILL DDR3-1600MHz on it, will it automatically give me the same 1.32 vcore value, as well? Must run pretty hot on 1.32v core voltage at idle. (I'm assuming that's the 24/7 voltage.)


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Posts tagged 'rant'
My First Guru Had Four Feet
October 15, 2013
(the following is reposted from a submission of mine that was featured on Tiny Buddha last month, and again on Life As a Widower. It's a true story from my childhood, though my folks would probably say I was leaning into 'literary license' territory. 😉 That said, this is the unedited version of the tale, which includes a pictorial peek at my old stomping grounds. More importantly, I want to commemorate the completion of the outline for a long-in-development series of four children's books, directly inspired by the events recounted below. For all of you taking part in this year's NaNoWriMo…know that I'm there in the literary trenches with you – BB)
I've always been a 'cat guy'. This was long before my Buddhist friends told me stories of how cats are true earthly masters, here on earth to show us the Way. Or, to demonstrate the meditative perfection of the feline purr. Or, how the life of a cat is seen in some traditions as reward for 'good Karma'.
When I lived in rural Nova Scotia, the house was blessed with two cats named Midge and Mooch: tabby mixes, who would come and go as they pleased, and were kind enough…if not overly affectionate. I kept asking for a cat of my own, and my folks eventually buckled. For my seventh birthday, I received a black and white kitten with golden eyes and a salmon-pink nose. He took to me instantly. Love at first meow.
PLATFORM: Graphic Novel (96 pages)
GENRE: Psychological Thriller / Horror
CLIENT: In-House IP / Arcana Comics
Featuring the pencil and inking talents of hot newcomer Dane Cypel, the rich colour palette of Sara Machajewski, and based on an original concept by rising genre star Curry Hitchborn, BECOMING is my return to graphic novel storytelling after completing the original version of Broken Saints in 2003!
- Digital Edition on COMIXOLOGY (in 3 parts with custom covers!)
- Print Edition on AMAZON.com (also visit my Amazon Author page!)
- PRESS RELEASE (and 5-page Preview!)
When a troubled student at a remote university challenges his professor to share his 'secret knowledge', he is drawn into a horrifying game of life and death. To play, he will learn that the only rule is PAIN, and that the only key to salvation is the desire to KNOW…and the WILL to overcome.
(*trailer features original music by yours truly and Tobias Tinker – cut and conceived by BB)
September 1, 2010
(The following editorial was submitted anonymously to IGN.com in 1999, during the wild and woolly days of internet gaming 'journalism'. This was LONG before FOX had bought them. Hell…when IGN rose out of the primordial cybersoup, it was essentially a hardcore fan site where the Nintendo faithful went for the latest N64 scoops. Yes – I am dating myself. For reasons that will become abundantly clear as you read this, I could not let my cubicle masters at EA catch even the slightest whiff of its origins. This was an era before 'social media' was even a tingle in anyone's nether-regions. Before 'insider blogs' glutted the WWW. Before we were all merrily jeopardizing our career paths with mobile cam-uploads and slanderous late-night tweets. And now? My concerns seem almost quaint. Enjoy!)
Art in a Corporate World
Interactive entertainment. Electronic play. Videogames. These are antiquated terms for what has become a multi-billion dollar medium – a method of transferring ideas and experiences through complex mathematics and manifested pathways of light and sound. We hunger for it. Our applause is registered at outposts of the global retail network, a system that is all-too-aware of our narcotic-like need for the next "masterpiece"; the impending "classic"; the "killer app".
At the beginning of the century, the motion picture medium was demonized as the bastardization of "art." About halfway through the 1900's television was introduced, and a cacophony of criticism rose to pan this harbinger of personal intrusion and cultural sideshow… surely this glowing box leaves the masses no more than a "passive, neutered collective," unable to distinguish art from a torrent of low-brow distraction.
We now face the close of this century, and of this millennium, with a medium that could transcend all those before it – a tool that could give millions the opportunity to express their uniqueness through action, reaction, and consequence – a strange and wondrous synthetic plane, where scientific approach, artistry, and the magic of storytelling combine to cast a spell born of electricity on those with courage, skill, and imagination – where the Creators learn from those who partake, and use their craftsmanship to improve and refine the worlds they have woven, until finally we (you, I, and the gaming collective) can choose to explore the mystery and splendour of a Virtual Eden…all whims satisfied…no wish too great.
That is the dream. A romantic thought, indeed.
GLIMMER In The VOID…
August 13, 2010
Turn out the lights…
Slide on some headphones…
Click the 720p HD version…
And breathe…
Sweet dreams.


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RCA to Solder Tail Modular Jack with Black Insert and Gold Plated Connector in HD Style
Discontinued – Inventory is limited
|Style: RCA - Solder Tail Black Insert
Country of Origin: Taiwan
These high-performance modular jacks provide a clean connection point for wired electronics to wall outlets allowing cables to be hidden within the walls or cabinetry. Accepts up to 16 AWG speaker wire providing for superior signal quality with minimal noise for audio systems. Available with black insert and two body colors ivory and white. They are fully compatible with all modular wallplates and multi-media panels.
- Gold plating for improved performance with superior signal quality with minimal noise
- Used for audio and video applications
- Accepts up to 16 AWG wire
- Available with black insulator
- Provides a clean and neat appearance installation
- Compatible with all ICC faceplates, inserts, bezels, and surface mount boxes
Housing: ABS, UL 94V-0
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Contact Resistance: 30m ohm max
Insulation Resistance: 100m ohm min at 500v DC
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The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences has a lively and energetic research seminar and lecture series.
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Information on events taking place within Norwich Medical School.
School of Health Sciences
Information on events taking place within the School of Health Sciences.
Additional Events
Additional lectures are held by individual groups.
Cell, Development & Biomedicine (CDB) Lectures
(Thursdays at 13.00 in EFRY 01.08, unless otherwise advertised)
Further Information: Visit the Biomedicine Seminars webpage.
Health Economics Group (HEG) and Population Health & Primary Care Department Seminars
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Federal-Mogul Holdings entered into an amendment to Federal-Mogul Corp's existing term loan and revolving credit agreement that, among other things, provides for a new term loan facility of $700 million due April 2018 and a new term loan facility of $1.9 billion due April 2021.
According to an 8-K filed April 14, 2014, Citicorp USA acted as administrative agent, JPMorgan Chase acted as syndication agent, and Wachovia Capital Finance and Wells Fargo Foothill acted as co-documentation agents with respect to a new tranche B term loan facility and a new tranche C term loan facility.
Proceeds of the new term loans will be used to repay term loans outstanding under the existing credit agreement. In addition, under the amendment to the existing credit agreement, Federal-Mogul Holdings will assume all of the rights and obligations of Federal-Mogul Corp. under its existing $550 million revolving credit facility.
"We are pleased with this transaction as it positions the company favorably for the future by extending loan maturity dates at competitive interest rates and strengthens the liquidity and financial profile of the company," said Rajesh Shah, SVP and CFO for Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation.
The company earlier announced that Federal-Mogul Corp. became a direct, wholly owned operating subsidiary of a new public holding company, Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp.
Federal-Mogul Holdings is a global supplier of products and services to the world's manufacturers and servicers of vehicles and equipment in the automotive, light, medium and heavy-duty commercial, marine, rail, aerospace, power generation and industrial markets.


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I've tried saving text files created in MS Word 5.1 in various formats but Nisus Express won't read quotation marks correctly. It displays a funny character instead.
Am I missing something?
MS Word punctuation
Have a problem? A question? This is the place for answers from other Express users.
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You might want to make sure Nisus Writer is opening your text file using the correct encoding. It tries to guess when you open a text file, but sometimes it gets things wrong. You can select the text encoding by opening the file using "Open" from the "File" menu in Nisus Writer Express. Select from the Encoding pop-up menu.
If you are saving in MS Word 5.1, the text encoding is probably Mac Roman or Windows encoding.
If you are saving in MS Word 5.1, the text encoding is probably Mac Roman or Windows encoding.
Right now there is no way to pick a default encoding, but that is a good idea. I will add it to our (long) list of features. I'm glad picking from the menu helped, though!trichards wrote:Thanks. I selected Mac Roman and it worked, but can I get it to default to that setting or will it always open using "automatic"?
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SAS selection test march
Hell on High Hills
Two days after Ricochet drinking a coffee before I go back to work, it's Tuesday morning and caffeine is going to be my best friend today. Sitting still for any amount of time is my enemy, my muscles, tendons, ligaments and any other part of my body that feels like complaining does so with relish. I feel as though I've been beaten up with total numbness between my shoulders and neck. I get up for a second cup of coffee, everything feels as though it's creaking, I'm sure I can hear the strain, taught muscles creak and groan like steel cables about to snap.
Saturday 19th September I wake at 5am totally wide awake. I wish I could have slept longer knowing that tonight I probably wouldn't sleep well and Sunday morning would be an early start. I get up and go to my bergen checking again making sure I know where everything is. I weigh it again, bang on 55lbs, water and food are to be added which will take the weight up considerably.
I didn't eat enough on the last test march, Iron Man so I'm determined to eat constantly this time. My food and water is ready, to add to my bergen when I get to the Brecon Beacons in the heart of SAS selection area.
Over the last month I've looked at my map trying to picture the hills and valleys, done my homework trying to look at every area where we could be doing the test march.
I pack up my car with my well dubbined boots in last, they look oily and shiny, how long will they keep my feet dry I've no idea. The forecast looks good but the terrain will be wet and boggy.
On the drive to Wales I wonder what's to come, we've been promised things are going to be tougher and there's a few surprises in store for us. No one knows what these are and I'm sure no one wants to know before we get to base camp. Point to Point and Iron Man were both tough, very tough, I should have learnt lessons from them both.
Through the Brecon mountains and hills I drive looking for base camp. The country side still amazes me, I look up at the hills and their steepness. I think back to the last two test marches and wonder how the hell I've made it up some of them soaking wet, fatigued in the wind and rain never knowing how far I've yet to go to the top, never knowing where the next RV will be, always hoping it will be the FRV. Wanting, hoping it will come just to get this bergen off, to rest, to finally finish with those hills.
Slowly down a narrow track I go along side a reservoir the sunlight reflecting of it blinding me at times. Over a bridge my car rumbles loudly as two fishermen look over at me. I spot DS Ken and Matt, I slow to a stop, they're running an exercise on the training day. Matt walks over and I shake his hand, we have a quick talk and off I go, I don't want to disturb the training.
Pulling up in carpark area I arrive the same time as brill cream Rob and headband Scott my two oppos. Quickly our talk turns to the weight of our bergens, both Rob and Scotts are 65lbs with food and water. I sort my food and water now loading my bergen, great mine is weighing in at 65lbs too, only 10lbs off half my body weight.
We walk down to base camp to find out what's in store for us. We're greeted by some familiar faces who are all busy writing notes from pin boards. Instructions and parts of an AK47, unloading a glocke pistol, a good shooting position, some grid references, radio channels frequencies. I start taking notes too trying to learn some of the information. Questions are being asked why we need this information but no one knows. Are they going ask us questions tomorrow on the test march? Will there be an AK47 to strip and put back together?
The training day finishes and people start arriving with their bergens and they're all carrying a scaffold pole. We quickly learn we will be carrying these on the test march, we'll be getting ours soon. Staff Bigg appears and calls everyone out front for a kit inspection. Everyone on the training day lines up with their begens in front of them as staff Bigg calls out equipment to find packed inside them. Time to keep out of the way so back to my car to check over my bergen for the morning.
Dinner is at six and I'm starving so back down to base camp with a pencil case with colouring pencils, ruler and A4 paper. These items were emailed to us to bring a couple of days before along with the location of base camp. I opt for pasta and meatballs and garlic bread, I stuff myself knowing I will need as many calories as possible before tomorrow. After dinner we find out what our coloured pencils are for, we have to copy a section of our map to use on the test march. Forty five minutes are given to us to achieve this, still not knowing where we're going it's hard to choose an area to concentrate on.
My effort is not up to scratch, very few are and they're just keepsakes now as a proper sketch map is handed out that we are to fablon to use tomorrow. Doing a test march off of a sketch map will be interesting. Straight after it's time to collect my scaffold pole which will go everywhere with me from now on.
Time now to try and get some sleep, I'm in a small room with two bunk beds. The two old fellas Rob and Scott on the lower bunks and Karl Rushen and myself on the upper as we are able to climb up. We talk for an hour about The 100 Peaks Challenge http://www.100peaks.co.uk . I'm falling asleep while Karl sorts kit out. The light goes out and I try to sleep, it's 2300hrs We're getting up at 0400hrs so I'm looking forward to five hours sleep. I'm sure atleast an hour passes before I finally drift off. I'm awake again after what only seems like ten minutes this happens all night. I hear lots of movement our in the corridor now with doors opening and closing. I dare a look at my telephone to see the time, 0300hrs!! I have to go to the toilet. Rob, Scott and Karl are all awake when I come back, no more sleep then. Getting dressed slowly it's all quiet as we're all thinking of what's to come. I go and get my bergen before breakfast, it feels heavy. Time for breakfast and I cue up for porridge out of a big military tea caddy, I end up having two bowls both covered in sugar.
0515 Sunday 20th September
The earlier group have already left and that leaves around thirty of us left all putting on our bergens and picking up our scaffold poles, they feel like they're going to be a pain in the arse. Bergens are being adjusted all around me, trying to find that comfortable spot on the shoulders and back. I'm loaded up carrying a total of 75lbs, I only weigh 150lbs. How will my body cope carrying this sort of weight over the Brecons for an unknown time and a route I have no idea of.
One of the DS puts us into two ranks and tells us we're tabbing to the start. All too soon we're off at speed, I'm half way down the line as gaps keep opening and closing this keeps us running to keep up and close those gaps. It's still pitch black as we follow a vehicle with its hazard lights. The DS keeps breaking into running and walking as we go up hill and along flat. Sweat is already running down my face and down my back. I look foward upto the front as gaps appear, I go for it and over take getting up to the front behind the DS. Any change of pace now is easy to cope with and I settle in wondering where the hell we're going, how far we're going, how long can everyone keep this up, Has anyone fallen of the back. We haven't even started the march yet!! I try and picture the map in my mind to where we're going, where we could be tabbing to for the start!
We slow to a walk and over into the woods up a track and into a clearing. Orders are given to put a smock on to keep warm, to eat and drink while names are called to start. I take the chance to look over my sketch map, I think we were roughly going about half an hour and think I know where we are. We've tabbed about three kilometres a nice warm up but not a gentle one.
Our group grows smaller then my names is called, Rob and Scott come with me. Our Bergens are weighed, then another short wait until called forward by the DS to start. I'm called I tab forward to the DS it's Ken Jones, he looks then says " right back you go and tell Mike Smith to come forward" Back we go to the small line of 11. The line gets shorter and shorter, I'm called forward again with only 2 or 3 left to go. The gap between each of us going seems an age, they're keeping us well apart. I tab to Ken who asks if I'm happy where we are? I confident and show him on my sketch map. Ken then gives me my next grid reference and waits while I mess about trying to show him. I get it wrong!! "sort it out Steve" Ken says, f@#k it I curse myself in my head. I recheck and get it right, how did I get it wrong in the first place!! We're given the off and we disappear down a track onto a road over a fence, a slight rise and we stop. I take a bearing look up and everything is a blanket of fog. I've nothing to aim for so I work with my compass in hand checking every now and again.
It soon gets boggy and we find a sheep path which leads us straight towards a huge bog, going through the middle is a corrugated metal bridge. This bridge looks to be floating on the bog and in places disappears underneath. I take a hesitant step on the metal it seems sound enough. The metal moves as I steadily make my way across then through the boggy water where the metal disappears. I can still feel the metal under my boots even though I can't see it. I keep edging forward until I come out of the murky blackish water over the final part of he crossing. I hear a yell behind to see that Scott has gone off the edge of the corrugated metal. His thigh has disappeared into the stinky bog, Scott is swearing he's ok, I can't but help laugh and laugh uncontrollably.
We crack on as the ground rises gently over tough terrain, trying to get a good pace going over this ground is tough. The huge round toughs of grass are up to my thighs, between is bog. Placing your feet is tiring, I keep shifting my bergen I can already feel the weight digging in my shoulders. I'm eating from the off and I plan to eat constantly. It's not long before I'm soaked up to my thighs from all the bog water and long wet grass, for the moment my feet are dry. We go over small hills and down again with the fog coming and going giving us glimpses of a forest in the distance. Still going on my compass the forest line seems to be our target. We trudge on and finally see the RV just off to our right so head directory across to the DS. It's Staff Bigg "where were you going? We're asked.
With our RV protocol nailed we're off to our next RV. For now there's been no big hills, where is DS Matt? He's always at a RV before a big hill a brutal mountain of a climb. Again the ground is very tough going up and down through bogs and wading through stream crossings. The fog is lifting and navigation is becoming easier with a few hills to work off. A tree line in the distance is our target and a gate somewhere along it. We're just off again but not by much. Down a step tree lined path to find the RV and a que waiting to pass through. We take the chance to get these bergens off. It feels a huge relief, Ken Jones appears from a tent and calls us over. Bugger!! Picking up my bergen I double over, my bergen is barely of the ground and banging against my legs. "Drop those" orders come from somewhere. We balance our three bergens standing up against each other and double over to Ken. He inspects us, asked us how we're doing. RV protocol is passed again and we go outside of the tent pick up our bergens and take five minutes to sort out any admin before we head off. I'm eat again as we move off up the same path we came down. As we clear the tree line at the top bearings are taken, up up up as I look at my sketch map, a long way up.
This is going to be tough, we have a long drag in front of us, it's slow going as we trudge on. For the first time the ground underfoot is good except that it's uphill so getting a fast tab on is impossible. The ground levels off slightly but we can still see the ground rising into the mist in front of us. Level ground seems a god send but all to soon it's boggy as hell. I've given up trying to find ways around and plough through. My feet are already wet now from the unrelenting wet ground. I try to look behind but my neck spasms, the weight of the bergen seems to be getting heavier. I've lost the feeling between my shoulder blades. I don't whether to be happy or worried. I concentrate on this hill for now as we start to climb again, this hill is taking ages. Again I hear a scream behind me, I didn't think there were any children up here!! I turn around to find Scott almost doing the splits with cramp gripping his legs, he can't move. I don't know why but I laugh and Rob laughs as poor Scott seems stuck unable to move. I can't stop laughing and apologise to Scott. I don't know what else to do, we're totally knackered half way up a mountain soaked through from sweat not knowing how far we have left or how long we're going to out here.
We're heading for a trig point we've been to before but from a different side of the mountain. We're up in the mist now and the wind picks up. Every now and again we spot a radio mast and a tent, It's our radio officer. Eventually we see the top and tab over, it's DS Matt. RV protocol doesn't take long and we tab away to sort out our route. More food is stuffed down and I'm feeling the benefits from eating constantly. I maybe shattered but I feel there's plenty left in me. Weeks of studying the maps and feet on ground now pays off as we opt for a slightly different route to everyone else. The going is good for the first time as we find a decent sheep's path and make good going. For about forty five minutes we tab rarely walking knowing we've made good time. It's not long before we spot the RV and head straight for it. We don't spend long here as the next grid reference we're given is back to where we started, hopefully the FRV.
Heads down we get going on our bearing noting a hill in the distance to work towards. For a while it never seems to get any closer as we again return to the grass mounds and boggy ground with its rise and falls. Cresting the hill and looking at our bearing the tree line we started from is just about visible. Cracking on we find a few sheep paths and around a few hills we tab. More stream crossings in small valleys and after what seems an eternity we find the original sheep path we found at the beginning. The going is good now and our pace is good also. The forest we started from is so close with one stream crossings left. Rob crosses then I step down about eighteen inches to cross, my foot slides and I find myself sat in the water, it's freezing!! I try to stand but fatigue and the weight of my bergen make it impossible. This time Rob and Scott laugh uncontrollably at me as I'm stranded with the water running over me. I'm left until they get control of themselves and haul me out. From here its only fifty metres to where we first climbed over the fence at the start. His time climbing over is tougher as our fatigued body's try and balance with the weight of the bergen pulling you one way while your brain wants to go the other. Twenty metres on the road and we've reached the next RV. Ken is here!! He seems to be everywhere! We're told we've reached the FRV and told to change our wet tops and get a brew and some food down us. We walk away up a track to a clearing we waited in this morning. The bergens are off and the relief is unbelievable. I open mine up and change to a dry top and have a brew. A few others come in and do the same. I'm half way through my brew when there's loads of shouting!! DS Bigg has appeared from nowhere and is bellowing at us with other DS to drop everything and double over to them. We all run over to be confronted by the two biggest logs I've seen with ropes on each end. We're ordered to pick these up go around a gate where we're to start a log race uphill!!
We've just completed SAS selection test march Ricochet and now we've got to race these brutally heavy logs uphill!! We have no time to worry about it because we're off at what seems breakneck speed. To start I feel ok and think this is great but very quickly we feel the weight of the log and we slow but still what seems to be a run but can't be any faster than a gentle jog. All I hear is the DS shouting and swearing at us, motivating and driving us on and on up this track uphill. We pass family's out walking I barely notice as I try to get air to my lungs. We are told to shout encouragement to each other, getting any noise out of my throat seems impossible as my lungs search and plead for oxygen. Everything is screaming, my hand keeps slipping on the rope, I try to grip harder. I chance a look up the track to pick out some sort of destination we could to going to!! Some hope of a point I think I could hang on until, there's no sign just track with forest either side. The DS shouts of motivation are ringing in my ears. Is everyone else feeling the same as me? I can't look at anyone so consumed with my own agony in my head. My body is coping somehow but my brain seems to have gone in to auto mode of not giving in. I start feel sick, I've never been sick doing exercise before but consider the thought of throwing up whilst carrying this log because I'm not stopping or putting it down. Eventually we're told to stop.
" one minute" DS Bigg shouts out. We have one minutes rest. Every single one of us is gasping for air bent over double trying to get oxygen into our lungs and muscles. One minute!! It hardly seems long enough to rest before we're told to pick the logs up for the return journey. Oh my god!! The log feels even heavier but it's downhill and for a few brief moments I feel ok, it is only a few brief moments as the torture starts all over again. Downhill proves no easier to our shattered fatigued bodies as we work as hard as we can. I look up this time looking for the gate we started at, there's no sign of it. How bloody far did we travel up this track. One bend then another still no sign, I give up looking it's wasting energy, I need everything I have just to hold on. Sometimes I can't work out whether I'm pulling the log or being pulled by it. I dig deep to try to keep in front of my rope. How in the hell am I still going I don't know. I see the gate but no surge of energy to get there any quicker. We're at the gate and told to go round, place the log down and not drop it. The log is down, at long last it's down. Straight away we're ordered to double away to the clearing where are bergens are and told to stand in a line.
The DS come round and shake our hands congratulate us, I hear End Ex. Thank F@#k!! But I feel great, we go round each other shaking hands knowing what we've shared will only be ours forever and only ours. The struggle and pain we went through together. It was amazing and as Mick Caren said "the log run was the best part as you can always give more even when you think your done" I look around at the company I shared on that log run, I'm in awe, total awe of the everyone I've just been with.
Rage- in -sanity
Next up a marathon 10th October with three days of recovery testing under the watchful eyes of Middlesex University.
Oh I almost forgot, we still had the three kilometres to tab back to base camp before we could finally take off those bergens and put down that bloody scaffold pole for good, well until next time anyway.


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1 Kings 10 Expanded Bible (EXB)
The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon
10 When the queen of Sheba heard ·about [the reports about; or the fame of] Solomon ·because of [L for; to] the ·reputation [name] of the Lord, she came to test him with ·hard questions [riddles]. 2 She traveled to Jerusalem with a ·large group of servants [caravan; retinue] and camels carrying spices, ·jewels [precious stones], and ·much [immense quantities of] gold. When she came to Solomon, she talked with him about all she had in ·mind [L her heart], 3 and Solomon answered all her questions. Nothing was ·too hard for [hidden from; too obscure for] him to explain to her. 4 The queen of Sheba ·learned [perceived; observed; realized] that Solomon was very wise. She saw the ·palace [L house] he had built, 5 the food on his table, the ·accommodations [seating; organization] of his many ·officers [officials; servants], the ·palace [attending of his] servants, and their ·good clothes [robes]. She saw ·the servants who served him at feasts [his cupbearers] and the whole burnt offerings [Lev. 1:1–17] he made in the ·Temple [L house] of the Lord. All these things ·amazed [overwhelmed; L took the spirit from] her.
6 So she said to King Solomon, "What I heard in my own country about your ·achievements [or words] and wisdom is true. 7 I could not believe it then, but now I have come and seen it with my own eyes. I was not told even half of it! Your wisdom and wealth are much greater than I had heard. 8 Your ·men and officers [or wives and servants] are very ·lucky [blessed; happy], because in always ·serving [standing before] you, they ·are able to hear [listen to] your wisdom. 9 ·Praise [Blessed be] the Lord your God, who ·was pleased to make you king [delighted in you and set you on the throne] of Israel. The Lord has ·constant [eternal; everlasting] love for Israel, so he made you king to ·keep [maintain; execute; administer] justice and ·to rule fairly [righteousness]."
10 Then she gave the king ·about nine thousand pounds [L one hundred and twenty talents] of gold and many spices and ·jewels [precious stones]. No one since that time has brought more spices than the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
11 (Moreover, Hiram's ships brought gold from Ophir, as well as much ·juniper wood [almug; red sandalwood] and ·jewels [precious stones]. 12 Solomon used the ·juniper wood [almug; red sandalwood] to build supports for the ·Temple [L house] of the Lord and the ·palace [L king's house], and to make harps and lyres for the ·musicians [singers]. Such fine ·juniper wood [almug; red sandalwood] has not been brought in or been seen since that time.)
13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she wanted and asked for, in addition to what he had already given her ·of his wealth [according to his royal bounty; or out of his royal treasury]. Then she and her ·servants [attendants; retinue] returned to her own country.
Solomon's Wealth
14 ·Every [or In one] year King Solomon received ·about fifty thousand pounds [L 666 talents] of gold. 15 Besides that, he also received gold from the traders and merchants, as well as from the kings of Arabia and governors of the ·land [territories; provinces].
16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of ·hammered [beaten] gold, each of which contained ·about seven and one-half pounds [L six hundred shekels] of gold. 17 He also made three hundred smaller shields of ·hammered [beaten] gold, each of which contained ·about four pounds [L three minas] of gold. The king put them in the ·Palace [L House] of the Forest of Lebanon.
18 The king built a large throne ·of [decorated with] ivory and covered it with fine gold. 19 The throne had six steps on it, and its back was round at the top. There were armrests on both sides of the chair, and each armrest had a lion beside it. 20 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any other kingdom. 21 All of Solomon's drinking ·cups [goblets; vessels], as well as the ·dishes [utensils; vessels] in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon, were made of pure gold. Nothing was made from silver, because silver was ·not valuable [considered worthless/nothing] in Solomon's time.
22 King Solomon also had ·many trading ships [L a fleet of ships of Tarshish] at sea, along with Hiram's ships. Every three years the ·ships [L fleet of Tarshish] returned, bringing back gold, silver, ivory, apes, and ·baboons [or peacocks].
23 So Solomon had more riches and wisdom than all the other kings on earth. 24 ·People everywhere wanted [The whole earth sought] to see King Solomon and listen to the wisdom God had ·given him [L put into his heart/mind]. 25 Every ·year [or one of] those who came brought gifts of silver and gold, ·clothes [robes; garments], weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
26 Solomon had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand ·horses [or horsemen; charioteers]. He ·kept [stationed] some in special cities for the chariots, and others he kept with him in Jerusalem. 27 In Jerusalem Solomon made silver as common as stones and cedar trees as ·common [plentiful] as the ·fig [sycamore] trees on the ·western hills [or lowlands]. 28 He imported horses from Egypt and ·Kue [Cilicia]. His traders bought them in Kue. 29 A chariot from Egypt cost ·about fifteen pounds [L six hundred shekels] of silver, and a horse cost ·nearly four pounds [L 150 pieces] of silver. Solomon's traders also ·sold [exported] horses and chariots to all the kings of the Hittites and the Arameans.
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On 11 Feb., 2016, Stephen Henry Gill (aka Tito) gave a talk in Japanese at the Kakimori Library (in Itami, Hyogo) entitled はいくとはいぶん (Haiku & Haibun, deliberately left in hiragana). There was an audience of 80 people, including many Hailstone poets. In order to set the context, he first briefly related the story of haiku's transmission to the West – from Hendrik Doeff around 1800, through Noguchi, Couchard, Flint and Pound in the early 1900s, right up to the haiku society-based, website-based scene of today. The audience had a sheet of haiku examples in two languages to savour. Along the way, Gill talked about certain haibun (haiku-style prose) introducers and pioneers, including Yuasa, Ueda, Cain and Spiess. The work of poets like Ross, Kacian, Higginson, Cobb and Jones was also alluded to, and two English haibun excerpts (in both languages) were also read.
There was a talk session afterwards lead by Gill's fellow Genjuan Haibun Contest judge, Nenten Tsubo'uchi, which attempted to ascertain how truly 'haiku-style' the examples of Western haibun provided on the handout really were. The audience seemed to have been genuinely moved by the way the narrative line and haiku poems were used as mutual counterpoint in the late Ken Jones' piece, The Spirit Level.
The Kakimori Library holds one of Japan's foremost collections of haiku documents and paintings, including many works by Basho, Onitsura, Buson, Issa, etc. The current exhibition included the famous sketchbook-diary from Shiki's last days, Gyouga Manroku.
After viewing the beautiful works in the galleries, some Hailstones called in at the nearest sakagura (sake warehouse) for a drink and meal.


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RMS Viceroy of India
RMS Viceroy of India was an ocean liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). She was a British Royal Mail Ship on the Tilbury–Bombay route[2] and was named after the Viceroy of India. In World War II she was converted to and used as a troopship. She was sunk in the Mediterranean in November 1942 by German submarine U-407.
As HMT Viceroy of India (troopship) on the Clyde in World War II
|RMS Viceroy of India
|Viceroy & Governor-General of India
|Port of registry:
|Tilbury — Bombay[2]
|Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow[1]
|Yard number:
|Laid down:
|April 1927
|15 September 1928[3]
|By Dorothy, Countess of Halifax, wife of the 1st Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India
|March 1929[1]
|Maiden voyage:
|7 March 1929
|In service:
|7 March 1929
|Out of service:
|11 November 1942
|sunk 11 November 1942 by U-407[5]
|General characteristics
|Class and type:
|ocean liner
|76.2 ft (23.2 m)[1]
|28 ft 2.75 in (8.60 m)[1]
|41.5 ft (12.6 m)[1]
|Installed power:
|19 knots (35 km/h)[6] or 20 knots (37 km/h)[2]
|Sensors and
processing systems:
|direction finding equipment[1]
P&O ordered the ship from Alexander Stephen and Sons of Glasgow in 1927. She was originally to be called Taj Mahal,[3] after the 17th-century mausoleum of Mumtaz Mahal in Agra. She was laid down in April 1927, launched in September 1928 and completed in March 1929. She cost £1,090,987[7]
She had six water-tube boilers with a combined heating surface of 32,500 square feet (3,019 m2) that supplied steam at 400 lbf/in2 to two turbo generators.[1] These supplied current to electric motors with a combined rating of 3,565 NHP that drove twin screw propellers.[1] British Thomson-Houston (BT-H) of Rugby, Warwickshire built the turbo-generators and motors.[1]
Each turbo-generator ran at 2,690–3,110 RPM, producing three-phase current at 2,720 volts and rated at 900 kW. Each propeller shaft was driven by two three-phase 3,150 volt electric motors running at 109 RPM and giving 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) per shaft. At reduced power of up to 11,600 shp (8,700 kW) only one turbo-generator was needed to supply current to both motors, thus maximising fuel economy. Variation of propeller speed in either direction was achieved by changing the turbine speed.
The accommodation aboard was considered luxurious by the standards of the era. The first class staterooms were especially so, but standards were high in all classes on this ship. All cabins were single berth with interconnecting doors, with extra rooms for servants who often travelled with colonial families. Her onboard amenities also included the then unusual luxury of an indoor swimming pool. Much of the interior decoration was designed by the Honourable Elsie Mackay, youngest daughter of James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape,[7] who was the chairman of P&O from 1914 until his death in 1932.
Viceroy of India carried cargo as well as passengers, and her holds were refrigerated for carrying perishables.[1]
Launch and commissioning
The ship was launched as Viceroy of India on 15 September 1928 by Dorothy, Countess of Halifax, the wife of the Viceroy of India, E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. The name had been changed to avoid offending Indians, particularly Muslims, for whom the Taj Mahal mausoleum is sacred.
Fitting out at Shieldhall Wharf, Glasgow, began on 8 January 1929. Viceroy of India was finished in P&O's traditional colours: her hull black with a white band, her boot topping red, her upper works and lifeboats buff, her large vents black, her small vents buff and her two funnels black.[8][9]
During fitting out she was damaged amidships by Donaldson South American Line's 7,131 GRT cargo ship Corinaldo, which was trying to dock in poor visibility. However, by 17 February Viceroy of India was ready for sea trials, on which she averaged 19.6 knots (36.3 km/h).[7] She was completed in March 1929.[1]
P&O turbo-electric ships
Viceroy of India was Britain's first large turbo-electric passenger ship.[10] At about the same time as she was built, P&O also had RMS Mooltan's performance increased by the addition of BT-H turbo generators and propulsion motors to supplement her quadruple-expansion engines.
P&Os first experiences of turbo-electric propulsion led the company to specify the same form of transmission for a pair of liners[11] that it ordered in 1930: RMS Strathnaver (completed in 1931) and RMS Strathaird (completed in 1932). Each "Strath" was only about 2,600 GRT bigger than Viceroy of India but they produced about 77% more power, which made them about 3 knots (5.6 km/h) faster than Viceroy of India.
Civilian service
Viceroy of India was handed over to P&O on 7 March 1929 and made her maiden voyage on the Indian mail route. Viceroy of India was also suited for leisure cruises, which she made every year until the outbreak of World War II in September 1939.[7]
On 9 August 1929, she collided with the tug Olanda at Venice, Italy; Olanda was beached after the collision.[12]
On 23 November 1929 Viceroy of India rescued 25 crew members from the Italian cargo steamer Maria Luisa which sank in the eastern Mediterranean[7] off the coast of Egypt.
In February 1930 Viceroy of India was berthed in Bombay when the 6,070 GRT British India Line ship Warfield collided with her. The collision pushed the liner against a dockside crane, which she demolished. Viceroy of India herself escaped serious damage.[7]
Later in 1930 Viceroy of India twice assisted the Greek cargo steamer Theodoros Bulgaris in the Bay of Biscay. In September she stood by when Theodoros Bulgaris' cargo of grain shifted in storms and the Greek merchantman's crew were transferred to another vessel. On 31 December 1930 Theodoros Bulgararis sank and Viceroy of India rescued all of the crew.[7]
In September 1932, Viceroy of India set a new record time between London and Bombay of 17 days, 1 hour, 42 minutes.[7]
On 5 September 1935 the Cunard White Star liner Doric and the Chargeurs Réunis cargo ship Formigny collided off Cape Finisterre. Doric stayed afloat but her 736 passengers were transferred to other ships as a precaution; 241 of them were transferred to Viceroy of India.[7]
In February 1939, Viceroy of India cruised to the South Atlantic, where she became the first P&O liner to visit the island of Tristan da Cunha.[7]
On 11 August 1940 the Shaw, Savill & Albion liner Ceramic and Bank Line cargo liner Testbank collided in the South Atlantic off Walvis Bay. Both ships stayed afloat but Ceramic′s 279 passengers were transferred to Viceroy of India as a precaution.[7]
War service and sinking
On 12 November 1940 the Ministry of War Transport requisitioned Viceroy of India to be a troopship.[5] She returned to the River Clyde for the conversion.[7]
In 1942 Viceroy of India sailed in Convoy KMF-1A carrying Allied troops from Britain to invade French North Africa in Operation Torch.[5] Early on 11 November 1942 she was returning empty from Algiers bound for Gibraltar.[5] At 0524 hrs she was about 34 miles (55 km) northwest of Oran when German submarine U-407 fired a spread of four torpedoes at her.[5] Two hit the ship, killing four crew members.[5] At 0531 hrs U-407 fired a stern-tube torpedo at her but missed.[5] The B-class destroyer HMS Boadicea took Viceroy of India in tow but she sank stern first and Boadicea rescued all 432 surviving crew and 22 passengers.[5]
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1930. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- Talbot-Booth 1942, p. 368
- "SS Viceroy of India". Clydebuilt database. Clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1934. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- Helgason, Guðmundur (1995–2013). "Viceroy of India". uboat.net: Ships hit by U-boats. Guðmundur Helgason. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- Harnack 1938, p. 560.
- "Viceroy of India (1929)" (PDF). Fact Sheet. P&O Heritage. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- Talbot-Booth 1942, pp. 534–535.
- Harnack 1938, p. 559.
- Harnack 1938, pp. 83–84.
- Harnack 1938, p. 303.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (45279). London. 12 August 1929. col G, p. 20.
- Harnack, Edwin P (1938) [1903]. All About Ships & Shipping (7th ed.). London: Faber and Faber.
- Talbot-Booth, E.C. (1942) [1936]. Ships and the Sea (Seventh ed.). London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.


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Our BOM for the month of May is none other than, gamer at heart, Wesley Ruscher. Wesley has been a long time, die hard and dedicated Boot Camper. He burns an insane amount of calories at the 6:45 am class every week & currently holds the record for completing 31 ring pushups.
In addition to attending Boot Camp, Wesley has competed in both Spartan and Epic races and attends our Saturday morning run clubs with other Boot Campers, training for future races.
In the time that he has attended Fit Body Boot Camp, Wesley's strength and endurance has undergone a remarkable transformation. Wesley is the only person to admit that his "aha" moment was finding a belly form in an old shirt he used to wear prior to starting at Fit Body Boot Camp and realizing his belly no longer filled it in. He is committed to health and fitness and dedicated to Fit Body Boot Camp's philosophy of working hard to stay hard. Very inspiring on many fronts.
Congratulations Wesley on being selected for BOM. It's been a long time coming and you've managed to keep your GAME ON no matter what. GAME NOT OVER!


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Why Data is the DNA of Modern Healthcare
Whether we like it or not, we are living in a data driven world. It impacts every citizen and is reshaping modern healthcare for patients, clinicians, researchers and insurers. It seems like new companies emerge every day that are either making devices that collect data, actively collecting data, selling data or selling services based on data. While humans create a lot of data, machines are starting to generate even more. The world of the Internet of Things (IoT) is now generating data faster than humans. That is because there are 26 times more internet connected devices than there are people. At first this may be unbelievable, but think about it, your TV, computer, cell phone, work badge, credit cards are all connected. And now with 'wearables' too, each of us alone has five to ten devices, at a minimum, connected to the internet.
The IoT is doing two things. It's creating better healthcare solutions for individuals wearing these devices and they are creating a TON of data. First, let's look at personalized or precision medicine. Let's assume you're 35 or 40 years old. You grew up going to the doctor every two to three years. You were supposed to go once a year but given how busy you were, you missed a few. The doctor would take your height, weight, temperature and blood pressure. Then the doctor would ask you a series of questions to see how you were doing over the last couple years. You would answer honestly, but through no fault of your own, you may have forgotten that week you weren't feeling well or had a bunch of headaches and didn't work for a week. Today, you feel okay but decide you have some aches and pains or can't sleep so well, and the doctor gives you a prescription.
Fast forward to 2017 and you have had a wearable on for the last two years. Now you and the doctor have access to the information they ask you every two years for every day and even every hour for the last two years. The doctor can see anomalies that may happen during the day, the week or the month, and provide a more precise diagnosis of what may ail you. This cuts out a lot of trial and error, saves time, money and could even save a life. Let's take it a step further.
Let's now look at it from the clinician's perspective. All this data gets connected (anonymously of course) through a series of connected databases that provides age, location, body type, blood type, and a host of other medically important data. Let's analyze this data and apply it to your patients to provide better healthcare. This is precision medicine. Now that data is stored in electronic healthcare records and it makes the diagnosis of ailments much faster and more accurate. Precision medicine is about moving from generic to more precise, population-focused diagnostics and treatments by factoring in data from patients' genes, environment, lifestyle factors and family history. This data then informs clinical decision-making for earlier, more accurate diagnoses, and more effective treatments and approaches to prevention. In this way, data has truly become the DNA of modern healthcare.
And it doesn't start or stop in the doctor's office, it applies more broadly to research and life sciences in general. In 2003, we sequenced the first human genome. To do that cost a little over $2.5B dollars1. Fast forward to today. The cost to sequence a human genome today is approximately $5000 dollars, removing much of the cost barrier. As a result, genome sequencing is happening at a greater frequency and we are creating petabytes of data. There are conversations going on right now with genomics companies and nation states to sequence the genome of every citizen on the planet, and this will become the first entry in a person's health care record enabling more effective care.
Data also impacts and influences health insurance providers. Ready access to data and data analysis drive more cost effective healthcare. Armed with these tools, insurers are better able to determine what rates to pay out for services, whether unnecessary tests are being performed, or to detect fraud.
Pharmacies such as CVS and Walgreens are also similarly impacted by data. As we develop more integrated systems for this data and becomes part of your health record, two more things can happen. First, algorithms can crunch the data and see if your prescription, when compared with other people who have been given this same prescription and medical history have been treated successfully or if they have had some bad side effects. Secondly, more connected systems can get you your prescriptions faster, and even notify you when they are ready. Electronic health records are saving people's lives.
It's no doubt that these connected data inputs and outputs, human and machine, are creating a lot of data. Providing access to this information securely and ensuring it is available to the right parties in a meaningful way when they need it, is called healthcare content management (HCM) and is becoming more and more of a challenge.
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One bluebird, on it's way!
Dearest Bug,
You are truly an inspiration. The world needs a fairy tale alright. It seems that so much conspires to cause us to forget that what we are about is to bring beauty and love and magic story. Otherwise most of the things humans do in history is without lasting significance, certainly without grace.
Congratulations Deb!!! I was fortunate to be a recipient of one of the beautiful and magical wands our sweet friend Anita has designed and I can tell you there is some wonderful inspiring magic in my wand ... so I'm certain yours will have some magic too!!
Mon ami Anita, you bring so much brightness to the world!! xo HHL
And again, a gorgeous post. I adore the color palette you used, ma chère amie. Congratulations to Deb, I am sure your wand is magically beautiful.
Much love for a wonderful weekend, Anita. Let's fill it up with joy and big smiles. Thank you for the reminder to keep, really, listening to my little ones.
Oh Anita,
Wasn't the Wedding day the perfect Fairytale Day today? Your post was the perfect way to finish my fairytale day after enjoying Kate and William all through the day! ;-)
(and I was thinking just of you when I was admiring her beautiful crown)
Have a wonderful week,
Hugs and Blessings, Linnie
Oh, lucky Deb! I know she is jumping for joy.
Anita, your posts are always magical. I've had a wonderful day "attending" all the royal events via internet. Thanks for sharing this perspective of the day. It was a "Faerie Tale" kind of day.
~ Sarah
Dear Anita,
What a sweet post you have shared here and I love the pretty colour pallet and photographs you have used. Congratulations to Deb.
Yes, the wedding was like a fairytale and they make such a gorgeous couple.
Happy weekend
Ahhhh...YES, and what a fairy tale indeed. I caught small snippets throughout the day...so lovely.
And dear one what a beautiful tribute to a little girls whimsical imagination and childhood dreams. We all have "princess" dreams
I set out an email "cuppa" on the sunny back porch. Just give me a yell when you get comfy and I'll come and join you for a spell...xoxo R
You are so right...that wedding gave people something to be happy about, because when all is said and done, a wedding is a celebration of love! As always, Anita, your blog is a joy to experience!
This is just awesome, Anita. My daughters and I talk about this theme a lot and we strive to achieve it. This is the same things we have been discussing this week and now you have put it all in such beautiful form. Bless you for your talents.
love, Rosalie
Hi dear Anita
How beautiful and cute!!! Such a sweet post you have compiled for us today.. You know I didn't think I would get sentimental watching the wedding.. but as soon as I saw those two boys.. I got a little teary.. their mum would have been proud
Now as you know my telly had no colour.. so this gorgeous wedding image is my first glimpse of all
Will's looking glorious in his red!! hehe
Have a great weekend.. and dream a little fairy tale!! ciao xxx Julie
Beautifully done! Anita.
Such pretty blues, and such beautiful pictures...and such thoughtful verse.
Yes, we can all do with a gilded carriage with fancy horses now and then. Wow! Do those Brits know how to do a wedding, or what?
Such a perfect day for them too. Here's hoping for a happily ever after.
Congratulations to the winner of your sweet birdie. Deb is SUCH a lucky duck!
Oh. I forgot to say...
I LOVE that little bunny in your sidebar!!
Tell me he is inside your beautiful home on Rabbi Hill. :)
What a day! Watching those two get married was magical. I loved my front row seat, it had the best views (upon the couch, watching the full recording of it with girlfriends...)
Did you see the hats the women wore? Well you know of course that Lynette and I wore ours all day long! And the Queen in her yellow... what a fascinating woman!
I only wish we could have shared the moments dear friend!!!
Beautiful post, lovely photos.
~ Violet
I was not excited about the royal wedding at all. But I was up so I watched it and found myself very touched. I cried through most of it. Memories of Charles and Diana's wedding and how sad they looked. Or he looked sad..she looked hesitant. Very strange to watch this wedding and remember that one 30 years ago. I found it very unsettling. This is a beautiful post.
Thank you for sharing these glorious pictures. Lovely to see Di included. I spent the whole evening in front of the TV.What a lovely wedding.
I love as always how you paint pictures with words. I think you do examine the world and show us a very original and inspiring place.
Faerie Tales are the essence of childhood hopes. May we always hold onto them - even as adults.
I think our new Princess is really beautiful. She wore that beautiful dress - it didn't wear her. I hope for them a lifetime of together and understanding and time.
I visited your friends shoppe in Abbotsford a couple of weeks ago and blogged about it. Really a lovely place. Roses and Rutabagas. It's about a 30 minute drive from where I am living. I shall visit again, I promise.
I hope this day finds you well, and inspired rather than exhausted from so many little peoples questions. It is the weekend and it belongs to you.
De bien jolies photos que tu as posté là, ma préférée, celle du bébé dans la bassine, elle est vraiment craquante !
Bon week-end.
I myself didn't see it!! mom took me for a long walk and I was bushed when I got back!! I think
that was the idea, The Cheek of it!!!
She said,"It sure felt like a fairy tale yesterday and I hope it turns out that way for them, lovely post.
We do have the ability to make, and have happen, fairy tales ourselves, but sometimes don't always see them"
Heck mom that's a bit deep, go and get yourself a cup of tea ;)
Have a good week Anita and Balzac
Love and Hugs George and Jan xxxx
What a beautiful post darling.......wowwww.....thanks for doing this for us !! i enjoy it .......life is amazing !! like a fairytale.........lovely weekend......mu dearest friend far away over the world.......did my post arrived yet???...love love Ria....xxx...
How adorablw is that little cherub in the first image sitting in that little bath so cute... Beautiful images. How breath takng did Kate look yesterday a true princess. I was glued to the telly was so emotional
Anita ... so eloquently put and so true! The world does need a fairy tale and people need to hold onto what is important ... love, family, friends, kindness, respect, belief ...... I watched the royal wedding and I felt overwhelmed with love .... they are a very special couple and it is so wonderful to see magic but the magic really is all around us! I did feel sad though that Princess Diana was not there to see her beloved son wed his true love. I remember watching in 1981 as she nervously said her vows and thought how beautiful but also how scary it must be! Good luck to Wills and Kate and thank-you for such a beautiful post!
hugs and best wishes
That was really a inspiration to read, thank you very much, you are SO right in every words...and what adorable little fairytales..
happy weekend/marie
A fairytale post made by a true Faery....where could one find more magic and enchantment!!!
Thank you my dear...
Thank you Anita for this wonderful post full of beautiful and harmonious images that you have selected to illustrate it.
It is true, every one of us can construct his own fairy tale and live it with very very much love.
I wish you a great weekend
Such a pleasure to wake up with this tale!!! Your thoughts make me up and happy! Children are smiling angels, light and simple.
May your weekend be cozy and friendly and filed with the most beautiful feelings!!!
Love, Bela
Buongiorno Anita This is wonderful and always so pretty too
the first baby is adorable yes it WAS a day fabulous for everyone
I did about 12 posts !!! so no wonder you are still going !!188 was the latest have a great and realxing weekend and OF course you had a waist like that LOve fay xx
Dearest Nita, Yes, I agree , every person has its own story and we all can make a difference- no matter how big or small , still a difference . The only thing in this life that is complete is what we receive from Jesus, all the rest is in vain and shall pass.
Kate looked amazing.. such a perfect looking bride!!!
I love your "perfect day "video too!!!
Gorgeous post, Anita, as always! Love the baby in the first photo. I have found that elders really do give the best advice. They have so much life experience and have truly figured out what is important in this life. Have a wonderful weekend. xo
Okay my beautiful friend!! Every week you have the most inspiring, positive posts that always touch my heart or give me a powerful message that I need to be reminded of. You combine your natural gift of writing with pretty imagery that is like no other. Who would have known that this week's post would affect me the most? I am so thrilled Anita! I can't even begin to tell you! When I first saw the precious bird wand, I fell in love with it! I seriously never, ever imagined it would be coming to my home! What an incredible housewarming gift! This gorgeous bird wand is going to be treasured, I promise you that! It has already worked it's magic in fact! I feel so very grateful to have a piece of you in my home! I'll display her in my studio where I know she will always inspire me! Merci beaucoup mon amie. I will cherish it and you always. I can't stop smiling......thanks for making my day my friend! lots of love...xOxO
Bonjour Anita! Whow did we enjoy the fairytale yesterday or what?! I was glued to the telly (to keep it a tad British). And you know what? Knowing that all my blogfriends, my relatives abroad we're watching the very same program at the very same moment does bond I think. Sometimes we just need a little bit of romance to share. Thanks for another beautiful post, have a great weekend for starters and a lovely week, bisous, ma chère amie, LiLi
Beautiful Anita.
How I would love to walk into Rosie's shop with you. I think that would be my fairy tale. To walk with you and Julie and see Rosie's eyes pop out and scream with delight. Can you imagine the hugs, laughter, tears, smiles from ear to ear? Oh my indeed.
LOVE your new colours and Believe header. I picture you like that.
Now I did go to that little girl site and look at all the pretty tutu's. A little on the pricey side, but oh so so cute.
I'm off to visit my mama for the day. The sun is shining and Randy is baking bread. He's having a professor friend over from Utah. I'm out of here, lol.
I have to shop for more Glitz & Glam stuff.
Have a splendid weekend my dear friend.
Love you
Love me
How wonderful! I am so happy for dear, Deb! This was a beautiful experience dearest friend! Blessings.
Congratulations to Deb! I was glued to the television yesterday, unusual for me but I just couldn't get enough of the fairytale! I hope that Prince William and Harry can find lasting happiness. You are spot on saying we need a Fairy Tale in our lives. Too much to bog us down these days so searching for that escape is so important. Love, love your thoughts on reaching out to someone older and wiser, esp. since so much of my time is spent in a nursing home. There is a wealth of worldly knowledge waiting for us in their memories and experiences. My grandchildren have so much to tell me each week, bursting at the seams! I remember being the Mom and there just wasn't enough time to sit and LISTEN...that is what grandparents do best you kow...listen! Another great post with memorable pictures that makes my heart sing, thank you!
Dear Anita
I need belive in faerie tales...I think I could´nt live without them
Thank you for your delighful post
So glad Deb linked over! I love the post today and your blog is absolutely gorgeous.
Happy Spring!
We are never too old for faerie tales!!!!
Oh Anitat, how I LOVE your Beautiful, Charming, Dreamy Mind! You are so gifted! Love your new header ( is that you?)
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!
And thank you SO much for your kind words you always give me, they are so appreciated! So glad we are Bloggie Friends!!!
Lots of love
gi gi
I was totally mesmerized by this beautiful post. Love the CoCo quote.
It truly was a fairy tale wedding.
I think she will survive the mob.
Great photo's Anita.
Have a blessed weekend.
Oh I adore your sweet post once again...that first image made me smile from ear to ear!!!! Such pretty blues.
Just enought time to pop over to visit you my dear friend...we are off to Vancouver today..taking my sweet Ali in to do some shopping for her Graduation and we are wanting to visit all our favourite shops.
Have a great day....can you believe it is the weekend already??
My dear Anita...
Wasn't that the best fun?? I LOVED it. I guess I'm still the sappy chick I was at 16. :-) She looked so beautiful and I loved her dress.... wasn't it just yummmy? She truly did look like a princess. And, I loved the fun aspect too. They were going to have a disco party for their reception.... complete with a roach coach. Well, just assuming it wouldn't be the yukky food that generally comes on one of those things. :-) Young, fun celebrating. That's what they need at the castle!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Huggies and lovies,
Tchin tchin à la Vie, au Bonheur, à l'Amour ...
Ce mariage fut un enchantement ... une merveille d'émotion et d'amour ...
Merci pour tes images et les mots qui les accompagnent.
Bisous du coeur très chère Anita
Oh Anita I love this music! One of the things I miss about my children being young is that every morning, and I do mean every morning, I would wake and put on the Peter Rabbit video (which has this song as its theme music) for my children to wake to. It is such a special memory. Now I have those movies on DVD and play them every now and then. Recently my youngest Jeremy(whom I would always call Jeremy Fisher) was remembering that, and I told him that I am going to do the same thing with his children...when my future Grandbabies come to visit I will put Peter Rabbit on for them while I bake scones for their breakfast!
About the Fairie tale Royal wedding yesterday...YES!!!! It did bring the world together in such a beautiful wonderful magical way! We do believe...the greatest fairytale of all is that of our Beloved Bridegroom and his love for us, his bride. ox
I had meant to skip the wedding.. but I caved and got up at 430. I was so glad I did.
The world is such a mess... we all need a good dose of romance and fairytales to keep our balance. A world without imagination and romance is such a dry sad world.
I made my own wedding brunch with homemade croissants with violet jelly, scrambled eggs and smoked salmon... I felt like royalty. I think those of us who read your blog regularly probably do little things like that all the time... such a treat.
The Chanel quote was perfect. It's not about the parts you play... it's the soul that inhabits all those parts of you that illuminates and defines you... that's what you need to feed and care for.
Have a lovely romantic weekend, dear Anita.
Your words speak volumes to me! Thank you the reminder that we all spin our fairy tales!
Yesterday we sat early with tiaras and champagne and toasted to happy endings and wonderful beginnings, to this couple and all of us!
Wonderful pictures! Such eye candy!
Merci beaucoup!
Hi Anita! So much wisdom hidden in your post today! So true, let's make our life a fairytale...! And I love your blue and turquoise images! And your new header picture! Have a wonderful weekend, my friend :)
xx Kristin
The World efinately needed this beautiful wedding on Friday! It was so beautiful. I woke up at 4:00 AM to watch glued to the tv. I knew they would show it 100 more times but I just had to. lol It was so nice to wake up to a fairytale instead of the usual fires murders and all the other things. I know there was alot of sadness with the Tornadeo's and my heart breaks for them all but this was a little nice break for Me. Thanks for sharing such wonderful photos and lucky girl to win that gorgeous wand!! Whoo Hoo! Happy Pink Saturday Sweetie. Grace xoox
Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you
If you're young at heart
For it's hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind
If you're young at heart
Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on earth
To be young at heart
For as rich as you are it's much better by far
To be young at heart
I love the words to these lyrics of "Young at Heart"
and you've captured this so well Anita!!
As always, a gorgeous, uplifting post!
Much love,
Deborah xoxoxo
Sweet,Sweet Anita,
you have again blessed me with your oh so thoughtful posts!
It's simply wonderful coming to visit you.
sweetpie as you know my pesky blogger seems to eat half of my pictures or distort them ,so i never really know what you are seeing its IRRITATING xxx
My dearest Anita,
How I love fairy tales and the wedding of William and Kate is realy a fairy tale. Hopefully a never ending story!
The pictures that you chose are touching and cute.
How was your birthday dearest?
I feel very good, it feels like I'm reborn!! Thank you for asking.
And thank you for your lovely comment.
Have an nice and magical sunday,
Whisked away again... just the music would be enough, but the pictures and your words... you always find my heart so quickly!
Thank you for the beautiful sharing Anita... it blesses me.
I could eat that baby in the dishpan with a spoon!! :)
Beautiful post, darling. I do love a fairy tale!
I did not watch William and Kate's wedding, but I remember Princess Diana's. I don't remember my age but I loved watching every moment. She, to me, was the epitome of a princess. It saddens me to think that she missed this special day for her son.
How are you? I can't believe how quickly our school year is coming to an end. I agree, the classrooms are becoming larger and the system is a mess..everywhere. I could go on. Our district is supposed to keep the number of students under 20-21 and, thankfully, they have managed to do so. Smaller groups are what children NEED also. I love helping in the classrooms, reading to the children and talking with them. My kids tell me how much they wish I was their teacher.. but I am at home. Do you have any special upcoming summer plans? I'm certain you have a fabulous summer planned.
Wishing you a most lovely weekend! xoxo, B
Hi Anita,
That wedding was beautiful, yet left me with a sad feeling of wishing Williams Mum was their to be by her sons side.
We all live through these eventful times. Anita the song PERFECT DAY!
you posted I have listend to it since Hannah was a little girl of about age 1... I had goten her the music series of Beatrix Potter and that very song is on it! we loved hearing it on your site.
Beautiful post :)
What a pretty, inspiring post! The royal wedding was fabulous and Kate looked gorgeous and so regal!
*Sigh* That was so lovely...so refreshing...thank-you, dearest Anita, for another marvelous post. It's always such a joy to visit you...
Wishing you the loveliest weekend, dear friend...thanks for all the joy you share...
My dear Anita
So sorry I am late.. I was attending a wedding shower and just returned home.. ahhhhh...Love is in the air.
You are a living fairy tale my sweet friend.. What a beautiful post..
Sending love and blessings your way.
Thank you Anita for showing us the way to a more beautiful and fulfilling life. Love the photos, the words and of course the fairy tale. I do believe...
In our dreams we can dance in the palace and kiss on the balcony men named Prince Len and Prince Ruben...oh yes we can!
If I were to show up at the Royal Wedding I shall pick out a hat with pretty teal blue and pearls...how about you?
I loved watching the wedding...a fairy tale has begun for sure.
Off to the land of nod. I am so tired. Today was the last day at the store and there was much to clean up and sort and give back to vendors and even some customers too.
I need my beauty rest...tee hee and I'll be good as new in the morning.
So thrilled you loved the journal. A wonderful women called Myrna made it. She sold many in my store. She is from the deep south and such a nice women. She also made those chocolate rabbit buttons you saw on my blog awhile back.
I read your email and will send you one back after church tomorrow.
Hey there G.F....
What tha dilly yo?
I be chillaxin hind the hizzle,
and I'm fittin' to splash the "T",
so jet on over to yo email sista
Hello Anita.
I was visiting your blog and I find it lovely.
I go to follow your blog.
(my english isn't very good, sorry)
Have a nice day.
Greetings Marga
Le gamin en bleu dans la bassine est trop chou c'est un superbe cliché ( la couleur bleu est ma couleur préférée )
Je te souhaite une très belle journée du 1 er mai !
You are so right, I never thought about it, but it is so true. The world needed a fairytale. To have the wings of hope painted on these two young people' new future together.
To watch them capture the romance and adventure of youth, even during a time when the world suffers with so much uncertainty. It was fitting that her bridal party was made up of so many children.
When I watched them make the circle around the Queen Elizabeth statue in that cartoon of a car with the balloons, it made me smile. Like the way a rainbow makes you smile.
Thank you for once again taking us away on a beautiful hot air balloon of magic. You have no idea how much I enjoy coming here to be provoked to thought, to escape into Neverland for a while, to be inspired to dream.
Hi Anita...
Good Sunday Morning to you! I'm guessing the sun is shining where you live as well ♥ ahhh it's heavenly ~ thank YOU LORD!
We really needed some sunshine and always your SONshine!
Blessings to you today and always,
ps. Congrats to Deb!
Beautiful photos of lovely ladies in aqua and in white!
excuse me while i catch my breath and dry my eyes, this post as with so many of your lovely chapters/creations has caught me with emotion.
dearest Anita, you always bring the Fairytale alive for us! and no less than today with this beauty you are sharing with us.
i though the wedding was wonderful! magical! and absolutely perfect and my dear brother was there too with the guards, which made me proud.
when i comes to Fairytale my dear You are a true genius!
i do treasure you so as a friend, i mean how lovely to have a friend that is so magical :o) so talented and also so kind. Anita You are one very special person.
sending Enormous Hugs xxx
p.s. that Miriam Stockley song is one of my favourites
here gentle voice is just like sweet blossoms blowing in a spring breeze
Hello again my sweet
we must have been writing our comments in unison there :o)
thank you for your lovely words xxx
wishing the Happiest, most Magical month of May xxx
warmest Hugs and Love xxx
Anita, It is always a pleasure to visit THIS fairytale world.
Yes, big dreams start out small, and what an adventure to watch them grow into fantastic realities! That is what anyone with an imagination and perseverance can achieve, fairy tales come to life.
PS You WOULD look great with long hair! But you look great with short hair too.
And a fairy tale we got! The wedding was such a blessing to watch. It was such fun to watch a real live fairy tale come true. Your post is just as lovely:).
Hi Anita, you take which ever one you want. I know Mille it was her that put in in contact though her blog with postcards from the P.P.:)
I must visit her later.
That was a very kind comment she left, as you always do.
Love and Hugs George xxxx
Hello dear Anita, beautiful music, another perfect day !
It's all so enchanting !
Love is magic.
Magical Anita! Love all these sweet fairies here, and the fairytale-wedding pix! Yes, so important to not forget to dream and let your inner fairy fly freely sometimes! Hope you're having a lovely weekend, dreaming and playing! xox
It was a wedding filled with hope, Anita. Magical fairy tale, certainly. We all needed it, I think.
beautiful post as always!
come visit me soon - have a surprise new addition!
fee ♥
ps - I don't need to ask an elderly person for advice - my Mum gives me advice on an hourly basis...whether I ask for it or not!!!
Hello Dear Heart!
Here it is MAY DAY and are we ever having a beauty, with blue skies and sunshine and tulips blooming!
Oh yes, how we need a fairytale!!!
~ Violet
happy May day Anita
In days of old ( like my child hood !!) we would have been dancing around the Maypole Love fayxx glad your having a super weekend
When one stops believing in fairy tales one stops dreaming...
Sometimes the fairy tale is true....
Hello, I came here through the Bela's Blog. I liked what I saw and I've been getting follower! Certainly your posts will be inspiring for my creations. I leave the invitation to visit my blog Criações em família e cia. ! (Family creations & co.).
gorgeous post once more!!!!!!!!!!!
love the photos and the music!
it is all so gorgeous!
happy week,
YES. It was just
amazing to feel
the world pulling
towards goodness
for that brief
shining hour....
Loved this.
Have a wonderful
week, my friend!
xx Suzanne
Hi my sweet friend!
How was your weekend? I was thinking of you but did not make it over as my days were full.
Our sun is shining so bright...it was such a lovely day.
Another week before us...we can do it! If you can I can! xoxox
Sending you an email HUG to start this week, my dear friend.
Hoping that spring reaches you soon Yes its good news about the lace , and of course England ad France have always been closely connected one way and another have a great day love fay xx
Hi Anita, i hope your weekend was lovely! I feel so tired today, although i went to bed early. Maybe spring-tiredness? I bet a dress and cute shoes bring back that energy. So lpretty like your little fairies here. How did your week start? xox
Hello dear Anita! This post is absolutely amazing. I watched the Royal Wedding, and my first thought was, "I take everything back that I ever said about fairy tales don't come true in real life!" That was most definitely a faerie tale! I could have watched it over and over again all day long. It was beautiful and amazing and just PERFECT!
And I love your message in this post. So positive and uplifting!
From what you described in your comment, your house sounds beautiful! I love anything Marie Antoinette inspired :) And turquoise!
And how fun you were born in Los Angeles! I go there often and I hope to move closer to there someday. It would be easier because there are always things drawing me to drive down there anyway!
I hope you have a splendid Monday with lots of joy and smiles!
XO, Shawna
I felt like Alice steppin' into your beautiful fairy tale here. Yes, the world need a fairytale. With the death of the big bad Ben Laden and the dream weddin' of a prince and his lovely bride it's kinda been a Disneylike weekend!
I do so wish this couple the happily ever Di's boys deserve.
God bless ya sweetie and have a dream of a day! :o)
Hello my beauty! What a gorgeous post!! It was an amazing event. We stayed up and watched it. We had scones, lemon tart, strawberries and cream. It was a blast.
Hello beautiful friend! Your post is dreamy! The world does need a faerie tale, a chance for everyone to believe in their dreams and make them happen. These beautiful children and their blue tutus are so precious! I remember watching Diana and Charles get married and thought that that was so special and such a perfect faerie tale wedding, I still do even though there was no happy ending. But it showed that dreams can come true and I pray that William and Kate can see their dreams to the end...a happy ending.
Blessings and love to you!
Ohhhhh..this was so nice.
There was so much of it I loved.
I liked "meet the veil of doubt with a smile"
That would be awesome if I were able to do that. I meet doubt with fear and trepidation...I should just smile and "let it be"
Also I loved "gently land on someones heart to meet a need"...I so believe in that , I do believe the Lord works through us. I think if we listen to His promptings, and soften our hearts, we end up, without even knowing it TOUCHING and HELPING someone at the very time they were praying for it.
do you think that??
I watched almost all of the Royal wedding, cause I do like me a live fairy tale sometimes. I get all wrapped up in the pomp and ceremony of it all.
and I do wish them a happy ever after
Down the walk...Up the stairs...roooot, rummage,....still hunting...jiggle, joggle...OK, just a minute...I'm just going to empty out this BIG, old mail bag on your porch...YUP, HERE IT IS!...Crrrreeeeak...through the mail slot...a little "email love"...just for you. So take it inside, and I'll come and join you on your GORGEOUS settee, when I am finished delivering all these notes and letters :) xoxox Rosie
Hi my friend....just came over for the evening news. Thinking about your hip all day. Maybe it is your SI joint in your pelvis. Keep stretching my friend.
I just came back from physio...my first appointment {why didn't I go there first????} I think I feel confident that he can fix me. The root of all this leg...hip and back pain in a degenerative disc. Which is not that great of news for my problems will be back but I have found some relief and he has given me hope with exercise and other strategies to manage. Yahoo.
We are lucky to have such a good health care system up here in Canada...what a blessing!
Hope your day was far less busy then you thought it would be this morning. Tuesday is track and field day so I will be staying behind and working on other school related tasks as my back will just not hold out measuring long jump jumps!
Sending you oodles of love and will continue to pray for that hip of yours...maybe a nice long vacation in the sun would help! I will pick you up soon...any special place you would like me to take you too?
oops "to" not "too"!
Hello Dearest Anita...we are back from celebrating Mum's High Tea!!! Thank you so very much for popping in with your beautiful comment...
I feel like I'm in a Faerie Tale reading this...if only time could stand still for a moment and I could pop in and frolic with these little girls and play!!! Beautiful post as always...Love Dzintra
Dearest ....I'm still here .....
the lucky winner of your adorable blue bird must be so happy !
Your post is absolutely wonderful .
I watched the wedding I love the fairy tale .....it looks like for all the viewers ...... Oh my ...all those typical english traditions ....splendour all over .
But for them its reality !
The month of may has arrived .
The month in which I will become a grandmother .
The birds are singing their songs ... the name ...is the well kept secret .
Lots of groetjes dear friend
The wedding was a fairytale indeed...love the wonderful blues and as always - a great post!!
Whooohooo Anita, thanks for coming! So great to hear your spirits are up! We have some chilly days here too now, they are called the "Eisheiligen" which means, the Saints of the ice. There are always a few days in march, where almost everything freezes again, and delicate plants have to be brought in. But soon it will be tutus and ballerinas - promised! Cheers to the sun! xx
Simply beautiful and true.
Blissful Tidings,
Oh say it is not so! SNOW? I hope it melts soon. This spring has been so cold and icky. We have not had sun either. :( I did see maybe next week it is supposed to warm up but we shall see. I guess it was just meant to be and we are to snuggle some more in our homes. I had a fire going last night I was so chilled. It was very wonderful though. :)
Have a beautiful day dear Anita.
Hi sweet friend...do you have snow??? NO way!
Hope your day was filled with sunshine anyways...you my friend are good at bringing your own wherever you go.
I am soooo tired again...off to make dinner and early to bed...what is it? I just can't keep my eyes open today.I can't even say I had a crazy day as the students where all at track and field.
Hugs. xoxoxo
anita!!!! yes!
we sooooo need a faerie tale. i just love, love, LOVE how you put such beautiful words together. your voice is gorgeous.
so, my very favorite and unexpected part of the royal wedding was the live trees in the church!!! what a fabulous and unpretentious, gardeny touch! i didn't think i would enjoy the wedding as much as i did, but i totally got lost in the moment (the faerie tale) and being lost felt great.
a wonderful post, my dear,
Hello, I was very happy to have you as a follower on my blog! Welcome! Always comes back! I'll be happy with your visit, comments, suggestions! Glad you liked the pillow!
Have the sweetest dreams, chère Anita and a wonderful midweek! Bisous en knuffels xxxxx
Greetings my sweet,
Today was a cloudy, under the weather kinda' day. But tomorrow is new, fresh and FULL of promise. May it be filled with sunshine that warms your face and places a smile upon it...hugs Rosie
Oh wow Anita! I think you've said it best here :) Love your recap and what you have captured! Yes, I hope the inspiration of a fairly tale come true doesn't stop at the T.V. for people. We all need to live our own beautiful moments, created just for us...if we only dare to check in and arrive for our own celebrations right before our very eyes. Love you, Kelly
Dear, it is in the air. Stress, everywhere. Please know that I am here and that we can weather anything. Blessings always, Amy
Hi my sweet friend....hope your day was amazing in everyway and your students were sweet little angels...and that hip...it must behave! You must get in and see about it!
My 8pm bedtime last night did me wonders of good....so much more energy today! Or maybe it was that chocolate I ate...either way one of them worked. I am off to a Physio appointment once again...each day I feel a little improvement...went to see my Dr. today and he was very encouraging. I have an MRI on May 7th. Hope to get to the bottom of this.
Sending you lots of love for sweet dreams and a wonderful pain free Thursday. xoxoxo hugs
Blowin' you an "email" kiss dear one...
Hello, my sweetest friend, i have missed you soooo much (i have been ill for the last weeks and not here in blogland)!! Now i´m sooooooo happy, to see your wonderful Faerie Tale post...... i looooooooove it, thank you so much, my dearest Anita!!!!! And i was thinking of you, on your birthday at 23.4.......all my best wishes and big hugs to you.........hope, you had a wonderful day!!!!!!!! Enjoy every moment and have a lovely springtime,
warm blessings, Jade
Good morning dear,
Have a lovely and inspiring day...in Madrid we have a sunny and spring day,
Muchos besos,
Hi! Anita
I still can't answer your comments through email and I could not find your email in my vast inbox. Please send again and I'll save it where I can find it. I would answer many of your comments if you had it linked to your email. I loved this post. The wedding was beautiful but made me very sad.
You asked a couple of days ago about my cousin who was going through cancer and had a cabinet fall on her. Which punctured her lung causing it to deflate and her to go to the hospital for days. She was off work for three weeks to recuperate during which time I painted her bedroom. They got their furniture in and were waiting the curtains to arrive. When they do I will take photos.
She is back at work and doing fine. She says she has flash backs every time she walks past the cabinet. It is now anchored to the wall as is every other big piece of furniture in her very large office building.
I'm happy she is doing well. She has been through so much. I pray that her health continues. Her hair has almost grown back enough after all her treatments that she can go without a wig. She is very excited about that. She looks beautiful with very very short hair and I've told her so many times. She hates it though because it reminds her of the cancer.
She is in remission now...and we hope she stays that way for a long long time. Although she is stage four...so she has to go to the doctor once a month now to be checked.
Thanks for your kind comments always about everything I do at my little cottage. I love seeing glimpses of your's too as they are similar. You asked how I found the time. Well, the tissue paper flowers are a very easy project. Although to make them all and hang them took a couple of hours.
Although the reason I was able to complete the big project of painting all my dining room furniture is that I am unemployed at the moment. I am doing freelance graphic design but lost my full time position so I have extra time at the moment. I will have to go back to work full time soon though. Wish I didn't...but I will have to....
It was much harder to keep the blog updated and work full time when I did. I was working like 18 hour days and then coming home and posting. I vow that my next job is not going to be like that....at least I pray it won't be.
I always love visiting your lovely blog...send me your email again or hook your email up to comments. You just have to click a box I believe and type it in.
My goodness, sweet Anita. You did it again. You made me smile and shed a tear, but a tear of true happiness. Your words reminded me how each of us is unique and really a miracle. It's so wonderful not only to be alive, but to feel alive no matter our age.
Have a wonderful weekend, dearest.
Yes, dear Anita...we all need to believe in miracles and fairy tales. When I met Joe, it was a miracle, so from that day on, I believe in all that is magical!
Dear Anita, yeees, I'm ready after the 10th of June!!! And thaaaank you for your amazing sweet comment today! They always make my heart smile :)
x Kristin
Each of us needs a fairytale!
m ^..^
Good evening, Anita! I hope you have been having a wonderful week! I found your Creamsicle Dreamsicle post! Oh what a perfect dream of beautiful creaminess! Such a lovely post. Now I am craving a creamsicle...or any dessert with orange and cream!
Speaking of L.A. again, I just found out today my very best friend here is moving away close to L.A. It makes me very sad, but it makes me hope more that I can move there someday.
Your comments always make my day when I see them! Blog land is such a joyful and much sweeter place because of wonderful people like you!
Have a lovely Friday, dear friend!
xo, Shawna
A little back door cuppa, before the weekend, dearest.
....HAPPY FRIDAY, my picket fence sista...xoxo...R
Beautiful Post. Those little darlings are so cute! Love that quote by Coco Chanel as well.
Have a lovely day!
Dear Anita!
Oh...this was so lovely!! What an adventure! I love the blue you used (it seems like pink is the norm for such tales...). And "play!" That is my belief too - if only adults would "play" more just as we did when children! I just love going to the park and playing bad-mitten or just hitting a volley ball around! Play brings adventure to our hearts and after playing (in the real innocent and sweet meaning of the word) we can do almost anything!
And yes, the royal wedding was just lovely - may the future king and queen be very happy together always!
Happy Friday my friend...we made it once again. Isn't it crazy how fast time goes?
So happy to hear you are off to the Dr. on Monday...I will pray for you.
Enjoy your weekend...hope the sun will shine...wet and rainy here once again.
Oooh, thank you, dearest Anita! Have a LOVELY weekend!!!
Thank you for coming today Anita, so lovely to see your smiling face! Weekend, here we come! Whew - i can't wait for some free time. I think, the sun will be out and we will take a long walk tomorrow. Hope the snow is melting where you are - we all need the sun now, and an aqua fairy dress to dance in! Have a relaxing and wonderful time sweet friend! xx
May we all be in tune to those around us who need a fairy tale of their own, and do what we can to make them come true.
One of my fairy tales came true last week when I was blessed to be able to witness all the wedding celebrations in London. Wishing the royal couple all the best....
Thank you for your comment on my blog. So, it sounds like you have your hands full with lots of students! What age group do you teach? And you teach French, correct?
Maximus is doing good...thanks for asking. :) Tomorrow he'll be 3 months old. Wow...time goes so fast!
I hope you have a nice weekend.
Dearest Anita, so good to hear you had a nice day of - even with a doc's appointment! I hate going to doctors, but then, it's a relief to know that all is well! And a little time to breazhe in between is lovely. Hope you carry some relaxation into this day! Wouldn't it be fun if you had such a ribbon medaillon on your sleeve? Magic teacher's should have one! Hugs for the day! xx
I always come back to your blog when I need a minute of calm in my life. Even for a guy your posts take me to another place and time.