HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope everyone has a wonderful early summer week! And winter for AQ!
I was standing in my front yard today, and a big shadow fell on me and grew larger. R.T. Hawk and his mate flew over me in circles until they were quite low and close to me. R.T. looked me in the eyes. I hadn't seen them in quite a while, and they were probably confirming that it was me. They both looked healthy. I was glad to see them.
Love to all.
Our son had to cope without WiFi during their recent visit, when they could probably have been helped by being able to pinpoint car parks etc But Management don't live on Site and often don't appear until mid morning.... Grrr...
One of our neighbours - the place is heaving with baby bunnies!!
I have withdrawn from the garden due to my hay fever! I really began to cough and sneeze violently. I was only feeding the birds and tying up my sweet peas!!! This morning I went to my local pharmacy and was given a different anti histamine! So far, it is not making much difference. I sympathise OG. Also, what a shock re your chair! Hopefully, the cable can be fixed but it seems a long time to wait until Monday.
So here is a quick report on the last day and a half of my holiday. I sent a photo of St David’s which is where we went last Thursday morning. Pat, as you approach the cathedral from the city (more like a village really but called a city as it has a cathedral) you are above it. Most unusually the church is built in a natural valley unlike most grand cathedrals which are built on high ground. It is constructed from purple sandstone quarried locally. The quarry closed down but recently, when repairs were needed, they reopened the quarry and obtained more stone plus enough for much future restoration if required.
It really is a magnificent sight.
This is a closer view when we got nearer to it. it has wonderful wooden ceilings inside. This one is over the nave
and this one over the altar.
As the photos came out big for some reason, I have started a new post.
St David’s shrine has been recently restored.
The bishops palace is in ruins now but it is huge. It must have been very magnificent.
On the way home the next day we stopped for lunch at the Elan Valley visitors centre. The Elan Valley is made up of several dams constructed to take water to Birmingham - something the citizens of Wales were not happy with at the time. It is now a place for leisure activities and a nature reserve. A small Druidic circle to commemorate an Eisteddfod I think and the dam wall in the distance.
OG: So good to see you posting on here regularly (although we all post as often as circumstances/moods take us). Nice that J is enjoying his current position; any chance it might continue or that he could find something similar? And didn't you have trouble with that chair a while back? Hope they can fix it soon. Lindybird: How frustrating re the wifi. No possibility of a notice to all residents advising of the change and telling who to call for new Password? Duh. Brie and cranberries? Yum. Hope the weather is kind for your stay. Say Hi to the bunnies. Rusty: Gesundheit! Some plants set me off sneezing right away; can never seem to ID which particular one it might be (I think they switch on/off just to confuse us). The ceilings in that cathedral are spectacular. I"m assuming the church was built at a time when the village must've been much larger and maybe a commercial center for the surrounding area. Not sure about being in such proximity to a damn.... they make me nervous. Off to organize the world! (Don't hold your breath it'll work.)