On Boxing Day we were in North Wales and we went for a walk in the park at Erddig.
Here you can find an oversize and unusual ‘cup and saucer’
It’s a functional water feature designed by William Eames in 1775. The water in the brook drops down a central circular weir down a tunnel to power a way of pumping the water back to the house.
Neat huh.
One of the things about all these mobile devices we cart around these days is that we can take pictures whenever we want.
Wherever we want.
Of whatever we want.
And mostly people are oblivious of what we are taking pictures of (unless we asked them to smile and say CHEESE).
They either aren’t interested or we could be texting or tweeting or playing on an app.
Or we could be taking pictures.
Of anything.
And no one knew.
Its all slightly disconcerting.
This is Daisy cat.
She was so lovely.
It’s 3 months since we had to say goodbye to her.
It’s amazing how much losing a pet affects you.
I’ve just had a mince pie.
It’s my third one for this Christmas season.
They were all REALLY good.
I didn’t make them though (I’ve not got that far yet in my Christmas planning).
The people at Costa Coffee sent them to me.
How kind.
And they’ve won awards.
So if you are feeling like a mince pie then I’d say these are definitely worth a try.
Here’s something created at Les Deux Salons
As I recall it’s bavette with chips…..
The garden is a curious mix of wintery-ness and one tree thats still has almost all its leaves and all are still green, its not an evergreen its a cherry plum tree and i’m not sure why its taking so long to shed its leaves this year I don’t recall it being so slow other years.
Anyway here’s some pictures of leaves, snow and icicles….all taken within the space of 10 minutes this morning
Huge icicle on neighbours guttering, its melting fast though.
Logs, snow and leaves.
Cherry plum tree still in leaf.
Melting snow.
Last week I was on my way back from a seminar and I popped in the Liberty while waiting to meet someone.
I looked at the notebooks, the handbags, the scarves, the jewellery.
Then I remembered the tea room.
So I nipped in there for some lovely Lahloo tea.
And a slice of Victoria Sponge
Here’s the tea, the cake had gone by the time I took a picture!