
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Wishing everyone who looks at my blogs and very happy and healthy New Year. And thank you for stopping by.
It’s been a funny old year. Some lovely moments and some not so lovely, and on balance I’m glad to wave it bye, bye. So here’s to 2015 – onwards and upwards!
January
A very wet Priory Country Park in Bedford.

Flooded Priory Park
February
A family ‘in joke’ It comes from the 1990’s TV Show Fist of Fun.

The moon on a stick
March
Another visit to Bedford. There is a huge swan population in the Bedford area, but I had never seen a black swan among them before.

Swans
April
My husband was on tour in the Netherlands with the Bootleg Sixties. The band’s families caught up with them at Easter in Leiden.

Leiden, The Netherlands
May
We went to a family wedding in May in gorgeous Gosfield Hall in Essex. Thanks for inviting us, Leigh and Stefan!

Cosmopolitan
June
I went on a butterfly watching trip to La Brenne in France. I met some great people and saw loads of butterflies including the increasingly rare Large Blue. This one is an Ilex Hairstreak, and not found in the UK.

Ilex Hairstreak, La Brenne, France
July
A summer view from the edge of town.

View from the end of my road (nearly)
August
Four days in Cornwall thanks to our lovely friend, Eric.

Punches Cross Fowey Harbour, Cornwall
September
The second family wedding of the year at beautiful Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. Thanks for inviting us, Lauren and Jamie!

Chandelier in Brocket Hall ballroom
October
A mystery moth on the side of a UPS van.

Moth in October
November
The Bootleg Sixties did a mini tour in the UK this month.

Bootleg Sixties show in Rotherham
December
One of my Christmas presents.

Lego Research Institute