End Of The Year blog 2014 Part One

 

My favourite photo of this year, Alice and I at the Ming Tombs, China in July

It is that time of year again when I look through all my photos, and choose just 2 from each month which means something to me. It is very hard choosing just two a month, but here goes…

JANUARY

Beautiful Northbourne Church.

The always amazing view from the pier, looking back at Deal.

FEBRUARY

Myself, Jamie and Alice at Jamie’s leaving dinner, he was heading out to Australia for 6 months.

Young swans, Kearsney Abbey, Dover.

MARCH

In the woods at Walmer Castle.

Lovely horse, Little Farthingloe Farm, Dover.

APRIL

Not sure what type of tree this is, but it looked so beautiful against the blue sky.

High Wycombe.

MAY

The fantastic sand sculptures in Brighton. Lovely day out with my friend Sheila

Three yards of bobbin lace made by me, it is a lovely pattern, and a very relaxing hobby.

JUNE

My birthday lunch in The Mermaid Inn, Rye. Lovely day

The Signs of the Zodiac plaque, found in a pub garden..

End of The Year Blog 2014 Part Two

 

A beautiful poppy growing in my garden.

JULY

Rules are made to be broken! Below are four photos of my wonderful holiday in Beijing with my lovely daughter 

I want these!! Photo taken at the Ding Ling Tomb, Beijing, China.

The Hutong Restaurant, it was such a lovely place to have lunch.

Alice at the Lama Temple, Beijing, China.

I love this Dragon, he is one of the dragons on the the Nine Dragon Screen, The Forbidden City, Beijing, China.

AUGUST

Taken at Walmer Castle.

Again, taken at Walmer Castle. I am not sure what the flower is but it was beautiful.

SEPTEMBER

The Salutation Garden, Sandwich.

The centre of a sunflower, blooming in the Library garden, Sandwich.

OCTOBER

Walmer Lifeboat Station, with St Saviour’s Church in the background. Taken on a lovely sunny Sunday morning.

A late rose blooming in the secret garden, St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich.

NOVEMBER

The beautiful Mermaid Inn, Rye.

Canterbury, as the sun was going down.

DECEMBER

The view under Deal Pier from the lower deck, looking back at the town.

Winter berries, Sandwich

I hope you have enjoyed the End of The Year blogs, lets see what I can get up to in 2015!

Merry Christmas 2014

 

Wishing you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas xx

Christmas Tree Festival 2014

Once again the Christmas Tree Festival has been held in St. Peters Church, Sandwich. Earlier in the year I had heard that there was not going to be a festival this year, but a group of lovely people decided they would take the task on, with the result being a beautiful display of amazing trees in the fantastic setting of the Medieval Church.

Entries from the local schools and nurseries are always so lovely to see

The standard of the trees on display was very high, a number of the trees took on a ‘poppy’

theme to commemorate the anniversary of the start of World War I.

An entry from the ‘Sunshine Group’

This one was made by the children of the local Junior School and is entitled

‘The Good, The Bad and The Donkey’

Fantastic

A lovely sight when you enter the church.

Santa on his bike is a regular visitor to the display, he always has lollies in his basket for the children who come to see the display

Beautiful display from one of the Twinning Societies.

The beautiful Nativity scene.

Elephants on this tree

The decorations on this tree are all made from plastic bottles, and it looked great

A fantastic display as always, well done to all the participants and the organisers