May Day

At last my most favorite month is here......

May...



may your days be full of cascading blossoms....



..your cups full to the brim of your hearts desires....



..and may you always have birdsong outside your window....

May is here...

Architecture in Amsterdam

I am totally in love with the buildings in Amsterdam after our recent short visit...





..i love the glossy painted doors with beautiful copperplate writing....



..amazing embellishments having survived the centuries....



...tall thin houses full of light....




of course canals at every turn....



...fabulous shops...once a sweet shop it is now a men's clothing store but all the original fitting were intact and the man who owned it was so proud to tell me all about it...
No.93 was a special place.....

Blue Sky

....With the volcanic ash cloud over the UK and all planes grounded our skies usually criss crossed with vapour trails are clear and blue and silent....




...my trip to Holland next week however hangs in the balance....
have a great weekend ..xx

Who are you?

This is my 200th blog....
Do you know me??
....unashamedly pinched from Corey at tongue in cheek..!!

Kay
Cox's orange pippin apple....
52 sometimes...mostly I forget...
..auburn with highlights over mousy with grey..
..never pretty in pink..
..colours of the earth..
youngest child only daughter...
..riding a dappled grey horse over the Scottish highlands possibly sidesaddle..

if you'd like to join in please feel free!!

Thanks for popping in and i hope you'll come back sometime when you have a moment..xx

anything goes but these are the prompts..

name
what fruit are you..
age
hair colour
colour you never wear
favourite colour
place in your family
if you could be anywhere now where would it be.

beach

...beach walk...
.stones and pebbles,
..salt and sand....
sun and breeze....
laughter and wise words..
mingle..
...as we crunch our way to the waters edge...

..silvered horizon ahead..
and the gulls screech above us..

walking on Hove beach april 2010.

Notting Hill Wedding Show

Sunday morning....oh so early..Miss Magpie and I were up with the larks....or maybe it was the seagulls!!!......and with a loaded car headed off to The Vintage Wedding Fair in the 20th century Theatre in Notting Hill....

I am the driver...ahhh in London..madness!!!I fetch and carry...go and find the coffee and sandwiches....and generally help out for the day..(these things are no fun when you are on your own!)....if the stand got busy I helped out with giving out cards and fielding enquires as best I can....

We had a good but exhausting day and the Vintage Magpies order books are filling up with commissions...I loved looking at all the fabulous dresses and accessories....vowed to copy a elegant lady's sense of style for Miss Magpies wedding.(!).....well maybe I can pull it off.....

..after six hectic hours we headed off back to Brighton....with sore feet and the delicious promise of fish and chips for supper.

Hope your weekend was good too..

sunset wallk

How wonderful it is to see the sunset over the common.....a late evening walk after a beautiful day......spring has truly arrived....





...the skylarks are singing their spectacular 'good nights'....and on the ponds the swans are gliding in pairs....

....the sky darkens quickly as we make our way home.....

...my feet are warm and cosy on the rain sodden moss....
....i have new boots....so excited about that!!!!

....little things you know are the best...xx

Ripples

..as I stand on the brink.....
...i am disappearing fast....
..the individual spirit...
...ripples...
and waverers at the waters edge...
..lapping gently into the muddy bank...
the lark ascends above me..
and i wait to be me again...

Burning Sky

Walking our old haunts....this place is a quagmire of mud.....



..we trudged through rain....then sleet...then hail....sheltering under the canopy of a huge Scots pine...we waited...........



..eventually the sun came back out....we were wet....cold...and smelling faintly of wood smoke.................



...the forest is being harvested and the woodsmen are burning big time....it is all so soaked I don't know how they set it alight but it is...........



..the scene as we returned to the car was almost war like..as if the smoke was from cannon fire......

...and maybe the soldiers would appear from the trenches....

flights of fancy took me........