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18th October – Staines, The River Thames and Anticipation

1. With 9 hours to fill today, we opted for a late Full English breakfast and very good it was too! We then went on the bus to Staines. There was a lovely mosaic in the bookshop, an interesting sculpture near the shops and a lovely old lych gate to St Peter’s Church.

2. We had a delightful walk along the Thames which was full of water birds – swans, coots, ducks and geese. Watching the swans landing and taking off is always fun.

3. Now we are just full of excitement and ready to be off, flight at 8.45pm. Dehli here we come!

I can’t upload photos for some reason so there’ll be lots to look forward to when we get home!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 24, 2012 in art, India, mosaic, postaday2012, sculpture, travel

Tags: Dehli, holiday, India, Postaday, postaday2012, River Thames, trip of a lifetime

Sleep, Knitting and An Indian Elephant

05 Oct

1 I slept all night! Beautiful!

2 Tonight I have finished the first of two Hoodies I am knitting for the Grandbabies. This is the smaller of the two and I am delighted with the finished article.

Tabitha’s hoodie

3 I love this small picture we have of a decorated Indian elephant. When we go to India at the end of the month we will be doing a safari on the back of an elephant. For one who admires elephants as I do (such devoted and tender creatures) it will be almost a dream come true to be so close to one.

Indian Elephant

PS For those who liked the idea of ‘Suffragette Socks’ in a recent post, this is what they look like! The shades of purple, white and green are just perfect and I shall love wearing them!

Suffragette socks!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 5, 2012 in art, craft, India, knitting, painting, postaday2012, travel, Uncategorized

Tags: grandchildren, India, Indian elephant, Indian painting, knitting, painting, Postaday, postaday2012, purple white green, Suffragette colours

Raindrops, Soap Bubble and Glorious Paintings

26 Jun

1 The rain made lovely lines of drops along the ladders that go to the back wall for painting when the rain has stopped and shiny lines of drops on the Crocosmia leaves. I didn’t see the very delicate spider until I saw my photograph.

2 Mr S spotted this beautiful little soap bubble floating around the kitchen. We followed it for almost a minute!

3 Choc Chip Uru of http://gobakeyourself.wordpress.com/ commented that yesterday’s fabric (which I had to return to the shop to buy today – it was calling to me!) reminded her of India. That reminded me of some beautiful paintings we saw in an exhibition some years ago. The exhibition was called Twin Perspectives and the artists are twin sisters. There’s a glorious mix of cultures in the pictures. You’ll have to click on the photos to see the detail.