Moon shots.

I've got a new camera and I am currently taking shots of absolutely everything. 

Including the moon.

These would have been better if I'd used a tripod. 

Tulip Festival Pashley Manor. April 2015.

It was Charlotte's birthday on Monday and they were going to a Tulip Festival. It was a glorious day so we decided to go along too. Unfortunately, the weather changed while we were driving down and it was actually quite cold when we got there. However, the tulips were stunning.

I don't know much about Pashley Manor, whether it's a private house or one you can look round, anyway,there were lots of beautiful bronze sculptures dotted around the gardens.

This was my favourite .

This one was called Emma.

All so lovely.

There were also swans

And fish.

                

     Beautiful tulips.

Also hiding in the bushes was this little bird. Not very clear but I'd had to use a lot of zoom.

Sheds and birthdays April 2015

Emma and Nick needed a hand putting together two sheds. We were happy to oblige and shot down on Friday to get a good start as the forecast was grim for the rest of the weekend

Men at work.

A happy worker.

Another happy worker.

It's about to go wrong!

This was the final bit of hammering. Nick was going to put the finial on. Quite literally ,the last thing to 

do. One whack with the hammer and the piece of wood was rendered useless, split in two. We were breathless with laughter. Never mind ,there was another opportunity to nail on the finial on shed number two. Same thing happened again! So, so funny. Poor Nick, he'll never live it down

The next day this young lady had her family birthday celebration.

I can't believe she is 14. 

As tall as mummy.

    

Hmmm, hope this is a Ted Baker bag. It was! 

                    

She loves these dogs.

New clothes from Amiee.

     

 Lovely lunch for the family 

            No presents for Abs.

James being silly,girls unimpressed.

Lovely Abigail

And super dooper William. Always happy.

Happy birthday gorgeous

Shoreham Walk April 2015.

We haven't been on a walk for ages. I've got a dicky hip and Malcolm has a dodgy knee so we've tended to do shorter walks. However, Charlotte and Rog have joined a walking group and have asked me to join them so I needed to get some practice in.

I thought I'd picked a reasonably flat walk but it turned out to be a bit more strenuous than we thought. We started off in the valley so it was a bit of trek to get to this high point.

Lots of empty spaces though

Just opposite these fields of rape seed is a massive lavender farm. Unfortunately, it was too early for lavender but this stuff looked amazing.

The river at Shoreham is always lovely but it looked particularly good today as all the greenery around it was so vibrant and fresh.

So tranquil today.

the blue bells were just beginning to make an appearance. 

Part of the walk takes you through a field were there are some donkeys. This has got to be the most ugly donkey on the planet!

this one is probably the oldest!

Glorious Greenwich April 2015

We decided to take the kids to Greenwich. The weather continued to be fabulous and we thought they would enjoy doing the Meridian thing and seeing the views of London.

After they had got bored with the view we went to find the Meridian Line.

I think Wills was a bit puzzled by the whole thing.

We walked down through the park to the river.

 The Cutty Sark

Grandad and the Kids.












Hello everyone.

We showed them the tunnel exit on the Isle of Dogs from our side of the river. Once they realised that you could walk under the Thames they just had to do it.

The fact that there were a gazzilion steps for poor old Nanna and Grandad to walk up and down escaped them. They thought it was mega exciting.

One side

                  

and the other.         

I think this photo demonstrates the difference between boys and girls really well. One tree, the girls sitting chatting, William digging a hole with a big stick.

Fabulous view of London

Wills in action.

I love this shot of Abbs

and this one of William. I've got lots of blurred photos of this little dynamo as he never keeps still for longer than 2 seconds, so I'm pleased to have this one.

When we came home we were shattered, but the kids still had loads of energy and even though it was quite chilly they decided to have a water fight

Crazy children