Walmer

Walmer used to be a village, but now Deal and Walmer have merged.

This photo is looking North towards Deal, showing some of the boats on the beach, the building in the background is The Queens Flats, which replaced The Queens Hotel that used to be on the site. The Queens Hotel was  formerly a Railway Hotel, which sadly caught fire before being demolished.

Walmer Green, the Lifeboat Station can be seen on the left, the Bandstand memorial to the Musicians who lost their lives by an IRA bomb which exploded in their barracks on 22nd September 1989, can be seen on the green.

Marke Wood, this lovely park was left to the children of Walmer by Mrs. Marke Wood who lived in  Walmer Place (now demolished and replaced with flats)

On to the promenade, which stretches from Sandown Castle in the North, to Kingsdown in the South. Although the promenade finishes in both directions at these locations, there is further path to the North alongside the Royal St George's Golf course leading to Sandwich Bay, and a path over the cliffs to the South leading to St Margaret's Bay.

A wonderful promenade with not one road to cross!

The following photos were taken from the promenade, the skies are always amazing.

Finally a photo of some of the lovely houses in Archery Square, very near the seafront.

Deal, The Garden of Rest

In the middle of Deal High Street, behind St George's Church is The Garden of Rest, formally the Churchyard of the Church.

At some time in the past all the gravestones were lifted and placed round the edges of the garden, leaving a beautiful tree filled space.

At any time of the year it is beautiful, very peaceful, and a great place for dog walkers.

Lovely and shady on a hot day.

Lots of people use this space to walk through, sit for a while, have their lunch, it  really is beautiful :)

And of course the wild life is amazing :)

Some locals put out food for the squirrels and birds, I love squirrels so am always pleased to see them.

Gorgeous little animals :)

One of the tomb stones leaning against the wall, and of course a squirrel climbing a tree

The  grave marker seen on the right hand side of the photo marks the last resting place of Captain Edward Parker, friend and protege of Lord Nelson. He died of wounds sustained in action off Boulogne in September 1801, aged 23. Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton attended his funeral, and Lord Nelson paid for the funeral and donated the memorial. 

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The squirrels really love this garden :) Can you see all four of them in the same tree?

Shall I climb up there too?

Deal through the year

I can't believe how few blogs I have done this year, no excuses as I have been taking photos all year! I have decided to do a few blogs with photos taken over the last year. Starting then with a blog about Deal, where I live :) I have to start with The Pier, photo taken on a winter day, but the sea was so calm and lovely.

Winters day again, the view from the pier at sunset.

Two men feeding the seagulls one cold afternoon.

Lots of seagulls :)

The view from the pier looking South, a lovely sunny day 

A lovely tucked away house, Deal High Street. I believe this

used to be a Chapel.

Part of Middle Street, the old part of the town.

Sunset taken from our sitting room.

Two birds posing for their photo :) Taken at Sandown Castle.

Boats on the beach.

The fisherman statue at the entrance to Deal Pier

A statue on a house roof, maybe a Wyvern?

The two shops in the photos above and below are now closed, it is such a shame as they have been part of the High Street for many years. They are due to be demolished to make way for flats!

Loved this shop, so sad to see it going :(

St George's Passage, some lovely little shops down here :)

St Georges Passage looking towards St Georges Church.

The next blog will be about the Garden of Rest, which lies behind the Church in the photo.

Patchwork quilt 2016

Many years ago I decided to hand sew a patchwork quilt. As with other things it got put aside as life got in the way. My husband used to joke that we would be lucky if it got finished by the time we retired.....He wasn't far wrong! It was finally finished in 2016, after approximately 25 years! 

Modern material, penguins.

A button as a flower :) I soon realized that I was going to be unable to quilt something this size, so chose to sew pretty small buttons in the centre of each 'flower' to hold all the layers together. It worked really well I am pleased to say :)

Cats because I love cats :)

Lovely heart material, given to me by a friend.

Cats again :)

Poppies, my favourite flowers :)

Material from my daughters favourite dress when she was small :)

Needlework material from another friend.

I made this one very early on, the material was given to me by a lovely customer in the Library where I worked. She was so helpful, and gave me lots of advice. 

Modern colourful material - frogs :)

Cats :)

Autumn colours :)

Floral patches.

The reverse patch to the Autumn colours a bit further up :)

Flower pots

Solitary penguin surrounded by yellow

Yellow centre, surrounded by penguins, the opposite to the previous patch :)

Finally, what the quilt looks like on our bed. Every flower is different. I thoroughly enjoyed making this even though it did take a very long time to make.