The Sun Came Out To-day …..

The sun came out to-day so I went for a good walk with a friend. Sunshine Exercise and Good Company – just what I needed.

There was a lot of water in the river, after the rains we have had.

I was so glad to see the sun.

Friendship

“The Gang” – in our teens

I am feeling so much better – went back to the doctor yesterday and got different pills for the vertigo.

I am mightily relieved about this, as tomorrow I am off to a school reunion! Our class tries to have a get together about once a decade!

It is at this point that I:-

1) Wished I looked in the mirror more often – perhaps I could of done something about those wrinkles in my face a while ago.

2) Was more disciplined about things like moisturizer – then maybe my skin would not be like rhino-hide

3) Remembered to say “no thank you” to chocolate, coffee cake, new potatoes with butter and so on

But I didn’t do any of these things – so there we go!

In our nearly 40’s

Friendship is an amazing thing and throughout my life I have been blessed with wonderful friendships.
Some are fleeting and transient – a soul connection of two people who for that brief moment in a life time know that they are friends, this kind of friendship sometimes leaves the bittersweet memory of “if only …”

Some friendships have a natural time span – they are wonderful for many years but then things move on and so does the friendship. No regrets – no blame – just the warm comfortable memories of shared laughter and shared lives.

Some are blossoming friendships – new and interesting in their newness – like the ones that are growing here in Wales since I moved back.

Also;- “cyber-buddies” the friendships developing because of shared interests, and ease of communication over the web. Friends who I may never meet in person – but who become friends nonetheless

Some friendships – are more enduring and my friendship with the three woman in these photographs has lasted for 4 decades! I think it is amazing.

We met at school when we were about 10 years old – and as we were at a boarding school our lives were perhaps more interlinked with each other, than those children who go to a day school. We have seen each others worst and best. My life is richer for knowing them.

We probably only meet up every few years as a foursome – but the joy of this friendship is we carry on just where we left off, it can be 2 years, 2 months or two weeks since we last saw each other it really doesn’t matter.

This Spring the 4 of us went to Paris – to celebrate 40 years of friendship – although there was perhaps a little apprehension as to whether we would get on together for 5 days of constant company …. it was great and we had a ball. (it took me a week to get my voice back – and two weeks to recover fully – but hey!)

In our well over 40’s!
Oh – Ok our 50’s

Now all you have to do is guess which one is me!

My Dog – Merlin

I have not been in the studio for a couple of days now as I have been as bit anxious about my dog, Merlin.

He had a swelling on his jaw last week, the vet thought it might be a problem with his saliva glands – which if so they would have to be removed.

However on Sunday night the swelling ballooned massively – so I took him back to the vet on Monday – and they operated to remove the swelling.

He is still at the vets – hopefully I will be able to bring him home tomorrow. They have not at this stage removed the saliva gland – that is still to come.

Birthday Gift

No time in the studio recently – but I did celebrate my Birthday – and look what I got from my stitching friend Denise! – How lovely is this!

It is a wrapped basket for keeping my threads in. Cords have been wrapped and stitched together on the sewing machine.

Denise then made a butterfly for the outside and stitched it on

What a lovely gift – I shall enjoy using it – although at the moment it is being the star of the show in the house – not the studio!