Q is for Quintessentially English.

           I sat earlier today wondering what I could post about for ABC Wednesday the letter Q,nothing really sprung to mind,I made myself a cup of tea and if Id had any cakes in I would have had one but seen as I'm on my diet again no cakes are in the pantry,but I could just of eaten a cream scone,ahhhh cream tea how Quintessentially English I thought just the post for ABC.  So laptop on table cuppa in hand quick browse for pictures of English looking images and this is what I found, well a few !

Post box.

                                Croquet on the lawn.

                    Strawberries and cream.

                     Cricket tea on a summer afternoon.

                       Emmmm !Could jut drink one of these

                      Oh I would love to have a chauffeur to drive me about in a car like this.

                      And live in a country house like this.  I think I should of been a lady of the manor with the day dreams I have.

                  A little cottage like this is maybe more suited.

 An English church for Sunday morning worship.

                              Morris dancers on the village green.

                             Followed by cream teas in the sunshine.

China tea cup and saucer.

                              The mouth watering fruit scone with jam and cream. 
            All of these spell out Quintessentially English to me do they to you?
            Hope you are all well and warm.Love Jill xx

P is for Pink and Poppies.

     Hello Pals out there in bloggy land and for those who follow and take part in the ABC Wednesday I'm sorry I haven't taken part for a while but with one thing and another,well you know what I mean,hope you are all well and keeping warm.

    Two things that are very close to my heart and probably hundreds of you that may read this,is breast cancer awareness and the poppies for remembrance,and as we are still (just) in October which is breast cancer awareness month I thought a Pink ribbon would be good to put on my blog and remind everyone women and men about examining ourselves.My family have gone through the horrible disease three times and I myself have had two scares so I always support anything to do with raising money for research.

     Then in a few days on the 11th of the 11th we will all be wearing our Poppies with respect for all the people that have been killed in war.My Fathers brother was killed in the second world war and my cousins son was killed out in Afghanistan four years ago also one of my dear friends sons was badly injured in Afghanistan,so I again like to wear my Poppy and donate as much as I am able to to help families that are affected.
Two sad subjects to Post about but ones we should all be very aware of and ones that most of us will have been or know someone who has been affected by them.  SO FEEL THOSE BOOBS AND WEAR  THAT POPPY GUYS AND GIRLS.And I hope all you lovely people in America and surrounding countries are safe.
Take care love Jill xxxx

Suspicious Mind - Elvis Presley

                  I was devastated when on the 16th august 1977 I was watching telly with my Grandma aged 14yrs the news came on to say that Elvis had died.I remember going to bed and lying awake all night thinking that my world had come to an end.I had loved his music from an early age as mum played it and her best friend never played anything but.I have loads of his albums and will cherish them always,this song Suspicious minds is my favourite and have played it over and over.Hope you enjoy it.

C is for cuties.

           C is for Cuties.For those of you that follow me know I am very proud of my three grandsons and every time I am with them my camera is in my hand I absolutely adore them,I cannot tell you how much I love them and these are just a very very few of the cute pics I have of them,if I posted every pic I have of them you would be looking for well over a week,lol. The little girl pic is of hubby's nephews little girl Leila she is adorable.Dougie her daddy is like a son to us so little Leila is just another little addition to our grandchildren.

Lewis

                                            Lewis

                                          Billy

                                          Leila

                                           Three handsome chappies.

                                          Scott

                                          Scott

                                          Billy

                                          Lewis

    Hope you like my pics and can see why I adore them so. Hope you are well,Love Jill xx

Olympics first game.

         One of the first Olympic games was held today and ended in a win,Team GB womens football and they won 1.0 against New Zealand  Now Im not at all sexist but just wondering if the mens team will do the same.Come on you girls you did us proud well done.Good luck to all who are competing in the games.

B is for Billy in a ball .

       On Saturday we took Billy to Cleethorpes a seaside town in Lincolnshire,and as the day was a sunny no rain day it was quite busy,After walking up and down the promenade in and out of the amusement arcades we spotted the Balls! If you are small and young enough you climb into a deflated Ball the man in charge zips it up so far then with a machine blows it up, zips it right up and off you go,Billy loved it Bobbing about, diving about he was even running in it he had such fun that he didn't want to get out. We paid £4.00 for him and he was in there for a least 20 minutes the guy said he wasn't busy so he could have longer than you usually get.Billy was tired out when he got out and dry as a bone I thought there might have been a bit of water got in but no not at all.

       To get to Lincolnshire from our side of the country you have to go over the Humber Bridge which is a single span suspension bridge one of the sixth largest of its type in the world,quite impressive when looking at it as you travel over it. I love the sky and am always taking photos of it as it changes and these are just a very few of the ones I took on Saturday.
     Hope you have enjoyed seeing Billy inside his Ball and the Bridge,I will now go and see what you have entered for ABC Wednesday.Love and Blessing to you all,Jill and Billy xxxx

Just a quick catch up.

          Hi guys,I have just sat down to have a coffee on my own as I have the house to myself for a couple of hours which as I have said before I just lovvvveeeee time on my own.Just a quick post to catch up with a couple of things that has happened over the last few weeks which have brought a smile to my face.
    Eldest grandson Billy has had his sports day at school as I mentioned a few weeks ago in my post,sorry its taken so long to tell you about it.It was a beautiful day the ground was a little wet but it was sunny and warm and the ground didn't stop them.Billy came 1st and 2nd in some of his races and his team which are called The Lapwings came first so as you can imagine he was very excited about that. The photo below is him with his egg and spoon which he came second in,he came first in his running race and 2nd in the sack race.

     This is Lewis cheering his brother on,he ran in the toddlers race and came third they all love running.

        The races seem to have tired Scott out bless him,he wasn't asleep just laid down to watch.

      Here they both are looking very proud of their older brother.

    Billy with the cup his team received for winning.

      This one made me laugh because Billy had told us all we could not cheer for him cos it puts him off so we did as we were told,until grandad shouted to him before his running race and this was the look he got,grandad soon shut up lol.

      Cheeky monkey Scott getting up on to my work top in the kitchen to look at the trains as they go by,sometimes think they only come to see me because of the view from my windows a little boys dream.

    I have wanted to paint the shelves in my kitchen for a while now but just not known weather I would like them when done,well I took the paint brush to them and this is what they came out like.


                                                     Before.

                                         After.

     I do like them they have brought a bit of life to the kitchen having had every thing wood for so long its made a big difference,I'm happy with them.
        
    Last week was another sports day with a difference,7 schools from the villages down our valley joined together for Olympic sports.Billy's school secretary was one of the runners for the Olympic torch in our nearest town and the school bought the torch after so they had it to be able to use.All the children were jumbled up and put into countries and had the flags and tshirts with their team colour.They had an open ceremony for the Juniors and then the infants it was fantastic to see them all getting involved.2 of the older children ran in with the torch,unlit but the schools had been and lit the beacon for the village before it all started.Danny Nightingale who was a Olympic gold medallist in 1976 has been going  around the schools for a few weeks talking to the children to encourage them all about sports,was there to open the ceremony and spend the day with them.

The cooks from each school got together and did lunch for the children and spectators which was lovely and must of taken forever to organise.The whole day was lovely and the weather was fantastic the days before we had rain showers and thought it may have to be cancelled but it was a scorcher I think the angels have been working a little magic for the school having 2 sports days and both lovely weather.The day after was torrential rain you would have thought we had been in a different country.


    This pic is the boys with the torch and Danny Nightingale.And the one below is the infants doing their dance in the ceremony,Billy is the one at the back in yellow with his head turned from us,he did very well they all kept in sequence with each other most of the time.

                                Lewis was wanting to run with them bless him.

   The venue was Danby moors centre and is in beautiful surroundings it is well worth looking up if you are ever up in North Yorkshire lots of things for children to do and learn about and a lovely place for walks and a picnic.

              I think this is a lovely photo of Scott do you ?

              This is Billy getting ready to do his long jump (he was in the French team yellow).He did well but didn't win that one,he did win the running race for his year and the throwing for his year so he did really well out of 50 pupils his age,I'm very proud of him.

           Scott taking a rest,this isn't our chair he just saw no one was in it and decided to take a rest,only little ones can get away with such things.

         Billy's team came third at the end of the day and they all got a bronze medal each.As they all got up on the stage at the end of the closing ceremony there was a lot of tired looking children and a few teachers and spectators too but a brilliant day was had by all.It had taken the schools 2 yrs to organise and a lot of hard work I'm sure but very worth while.

                                               Billy with his medal which is proudly displayed on his bedroom wall.
   Well I have ranted on enough now and need to get outside and tend to my little garden while it is dry,I do hope that we are going to get some sunshine this weekend it would be nice to start the summer holidays for the children with nice days then we can get out for nice walks picnics and building sand castles on the beach not forgetting the sand in me sandwiches after all that's the best bit about a day on the beach. I hope you are having a good day what ever you are doing and are all well and happy.Love for now from Jill xx