Divine intervention!!?

Signposts are very meaningful and can be the beginnings of pathways to wonderful adventures, great friendships and all sorts of philosophical wonderment !!!

I really believe that some things were just meant to happen, and the paths we take are already decided long before we arrive at the crossroads.
Sometimes you make decisions to 'go' or 'do', and have no idea why, but afterwards, when you think about it there seemed to be a reason that you did and it makes you glad!

My recent adventure has been all of the above!
I found peace for my soul for a few hours,  breathed in fresh air, enjoyed open spaces and had time to reflect.
I have met a wonderful person and had the most fascinating conversations and hope to have found a life long friend who has provoked thought and inspiration in me in the most surprising of ways!
I met this little guy too and learned of his adventures........




I have rediscovered some of my lost confidence and have literally gotten back in the saddle..........





It's amazing what a few days away can do for you! It was very last minute but I really feel that I was meant to go and do all that I did and meet the people I did!?
And best of all?????
The welcome home kiss that Harry gave me!
Xxx

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Soul food!

Having survived the last set of shifts this week and realising that ive just worked for five weeks with only three days off, I have disappeared on an adventure to escape the madness!!

Sorry Harry it means I have left you on your own, but enjoy it because on Sunday your world will be turned upside down when your new chums move in!!!!




How about this for open space and fresh air?
Certainly blew the cobwebs away!
And tomorow I will spend the day on one of these



Yeee haaaa!!!


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I neeeeeed to scrap!

I don't know where the time has gone recently, actually, no, that's a lie, I know exactly where it has gone and it has all been at work!!
Even for me I have worked some ridiculous hours just recently and any scrapping opportunities have been NIL!!!
I am really feeling the need to create something and having just spent over an hour catching up on everyone's blogs feel really inspired - just still don't have the time yet! Oh well, just gotta get thru the weekend and then I will have loads of time as I have a couple of weeks off - yay!!

Not long til the Gogogetaway either - now that is a weekend I am really looking forward to, can't wait for all that creative excitement and catching up with chums old and new. We even have a lady coming who I just can't wait to meet as I think she is totally fab - Kirsty W! Woohoo! Christmas come early!

Still no news on the baby rat front and I have to say I am getting quite concerned. Am still waiting for an update from the breeder, and Harry is getting by, but what with the hours I have been working I am very conscious of how much time he is alone poor thing! I was hoping to get them on Monday but will have to wait and see..............!
Right off for a small furry snuggle and to share my choocy bar!
xx

In the morning

There are a few good things about working a night duty!

Cycling home to bed on a weekday when everyone else is getting up and rushing to work!

Cycling home on the weekend, when the streets are empty and they belong to me!

Cycling past a fabulous sun rise that I wouldn't normally stop to notice!

Cycling past the three playful young foxes playing in the road.

September anticipation with a hint of woodsmoke in the air, the promise of the autumn to follow!

The quiet!

Wonderful!!

Night night x



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Nostalgia

They're funny things, those rose tinted specs we sometimes wear. They make you look back at childhood memories with such a dreamy glow that when you revisit those memories as an adult they are often somewhat disappointing!
Take yesterday for example.
Determined to DO something I set my alarm for an hour that I wouldn't normally see unless I was getting up for work! I lay in bed wrestling with myself (mentally not literally!!) trying to talk myself out of my snuggly bed and into an adventure and failing miserably! I convinced myself that I really didn't want to sit for hours in Bank holiday traffic when I could utilise my precious free time by sleeping a bit longer then getting up for a late breakfast followed by some scrapping?
I had thought that I would visit Arundel, a previously unvisited opportunity for photos galore, especially as it was their festival day? but evil thoughts about traffic and parking problems and being disappointed with what I found when I got there began to win the battle and the duvet slowly pulled me back under!

Enough! I leapt out of bed and into the shower as a plan emerged in my head - go somewhere by train - its free for me - no traffic problems! Where to go? Easy! An old favourite popped into my head - Cowes on the IOW! Perfect!

I remember Cowes from my days as a tiddler, we spent a lot of time there as ma and pa were BIG into sailing then. I remember boats and sailing clubs and great holidays in our bungalow, HUGE swimming pools and golf socks as stockings at Christmas! Too much to pour out to you today, but just know that it was all yummy and good!

I was full of excitement as I sat on the train, looking forward to the Red Funnell high speed crossing and a day of boats and sea and photography, a nice meal maybe and some knicky knacky noo shopping in the twee shops?
Oh dear!
To say I was disappointed was an understatement!
 Cowes was small and the sun went in and the food was delayed and rubbish when it was finally served! The beer and the ice cream were delicious but sadly not enough to boost my melancholy air. What happened to the playground of adventure that I thought I had vividly remembered? I really had to force myself to take some pics just to prove I was there, but they are not particularly interesting and neither was Cowes!

I did find some trinkets in a shop, and did get some lovely fresh air, but by the time I eventually got home I wished I had gone out in the car so that I could have had some control over where I went and when. Perhaps then I could have enjoyed the gorgeous sunset more from a viewpoint, rather than being packed like cattle with returning festival goers on the train!?

Hang on Harry!

Well I managed to survive my 18 day run at work - just! There are some very strange happenings there at the moment, not good things either, and I am tempted to hide under my duvet but instead I think I will have to go in guns blazing if I have any chance of survival!!!?

Tuesday sees another 13 day run, with yet again more night shifts thrown in next weekend, so not much time left for scrapping or any other excitement at the moment!

You would have thought that I would have made the most of this weekend, being my only one off for a while, but I wasn't sure if Harry's new chums were arriving or not...........and they are not!!!

 I am a bit cheesed off because I probably wont get them until the end of my next run now as there are not many opportunities to take a trip to Banbury and back in one evening!! Not the breeders fault, but I am not very impressed as it is Harry who is losing out! Hence this LO, not a very flattering pic of me in my jim-jams, but it was taken the weekend that Willy left us and H was actually being quite cuddly for a change!

So what have I done this weekend? 

Had a good old spring clean and completely re-organised my bedroom for starters. You should have seen the tumbleweeds under the bed??? (Should have saved them to scrap or at least taken a photo??) Got my hair cut.  Mooched at the farmers market and become addicted to Humous!! Tidied away all the camping stuff that was languishing in the hall  - unused! And generally nested getting ready for the Winter! 

I can hear the music festival up on the common, but haven't ventured up to nosy, I do think that tomorrow however, I might venture a little further afield on a day trip out...........?

xxx

Decidedly Autumnal methinks!!

That's what I thought during my two wheeled commute last night and again this morning. The air had that very autumnal chill to it, which made me think of bonfire night and sparklers!!!  AND it had nothing to do with my still soggy trainers from the same trip 12 hours before!!

 That and the leaves that fill Hyde Park as I whizz through - what's going on???
 It's still August isn't it?

Anyhow, it seems that if that is the case it will have put pay to any further camping trips for either me or Harry this year, not that I managed to go on one yet - life kinda got in the way!! And with the imminent arrival of tiny feet life is going to be far too hectic in the next few weeks.

On that note, the patter of 8 tiny feet was due to be this weekend, but it may be postponed thanks to the miracles of modern science and laser eye treatments (not on me I hasten to add!!!) Hopefully I can sort something out with Foster mummy as this is my only weekend off, and will be back on nights again the following one. Harry is bearing up  -  I think he is actually beginning to enjoy our one-on-one's now.
He is going to get such a shock when they do eventually arrive!!!
xxx