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im Laufe der Zeit
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Time Outbayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-75492105415903238062018-09-20T14:16:00.005+02:002018-09-24T11:54:31.292+02:00A New Beginning or Back to Square One<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Slowly, slowly we come back to surface. If anybody says we had a hard time, then this is the utter understatement but - and I say it almost daily to dear EG - WE DID IT!!!<br />
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Moving house is a big event, moving a farm with all its contents and animals is a huge task but moving country on top of that is a real challenge. It took us more than two weeks since the very house removal end of August, to rest our bodies and to start to settle and every day is like a new adventure.<br />
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Luckily, the house, our forever-home, is in a good state and nothing vital is missing. Of course, there is room for improvement and we will bit by bit fix all what we want for our comfort. Change, embellish, design, invent, modernise, make more practical and so on.<br />
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We have left a lot behind. And now we start again. Every box seems like a discovery, every room seems unknown but becomes known when the content of a box transforms it into 'ours'. I think the transformation is somewhat difficult because we bought the house with its furniture. Some items have been donated to the Red Cross, some items went to my new Welsh teacher, Keith, the man from the tip. Homebaked cake against Welsh language in its real pronouncing :-). Suddenly the travel to the tip is something I appreciate. My kind of barter business!<br />
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Here are some impressions of the last exciting days:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 days of stress later... trucks could never reach the final destination. But all 5 cars made it at the end.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We bought raffle tickets and WON! First prize! Pub meal for two 💕</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having to say good-bye to my feathered friends because of transport ban due to sudden outbreak of bird flu was heartbraking. But they found a good new home.</td></tr>
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I am now busy with the last move: horse is still on the paddock and will be loaded hopefully soon. Wish me luck.bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-14053856466329574142018-04-19T23:17:00.000+02:002018-04-20T03:35:32.608+02:00Bitter Sweet FarewellOur beloved farm, for nearly 18 years our home and shelter, is sold. Within the day it was on the market and the first visitors to view it, they fell in love with it and closed the deal at the asking price the same day. There are now a lot of loosers out there...<br />
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I cannot believe how things accelerate and in a speed that is scary. However, a young, very enthousiastic, very happy family is keen to move in as quick as possible and this holds now some challenges to EG--- moving all the cars and all the things we don't want to be without in our new home.<br />
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The most wonderful moments were spent in our little paradise and we will miss it dearly. But, thankfully we know where we will end up and are looking forward to start afresh in our Old Vicarage in Wild West Wales,<br />
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The hard work of the last weeks is accomplished and instead of having plenty of strangers and noisy visitors wandering around our place, it is done and dusted and everybody is happy. Ok, the young family is perhaps a bit more happy than EG and myself right now, but it all feels right. They will grow into the place, they love the pond, they love the old stones and they appreciate all the hard work which was done to realize the stunning result.<br />
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On one hand, I feel like burying an old friend and on the other hand I feel like handing over the flame to a next generation. A lovely young family with a dream, the appreciation of generations of hard work to keep the place alive and the desire to give their children the best possible start in the most natural environment. As they said in their own words, 'we are a very happy family and to complete our happiness, we needed a happy house with space'. They were searching for this place for the last two years. Heyho.<br />
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<br />bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-56016344904354301812017-12-06T21:51:00.000+01:002017-12-06T21:51:05.867+01:00Let the Adventure Begin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last Thursday, off for a second viewing. First across the channel, then on Friday across the bridge over the Severn, again :-).<br />
Today our offer has been accepted. Chuffed. to. bits.<br />
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Going full circle: when I was 11 years old, I discovered Wales because of my penpal then. When I fell in love with EG, he took me to Wales with the words: "you are in my hands now". And whilst I will be turning 60, I got the privilege to move with the love of my life to the place I belong to. Lucky us.bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-56856649088160961722017-11-05T14:35:00.004+01:002017-11-05T14:45:18.971+01:00NGS May Hanham Court BristolThe last visit to my preferred island, just a week ago in fact, was not planned and rather in a rush. Wee granddaughter was ill with foot, hand and mouth disease - obviously widely spread over Europe right now - and needed a blitz-babysitting session. Managed to get the vet on Sunday for to be able to leave Monday, managed to get the neighbour on duty, luckily the horse was still outside day and night as we have not had any frost so far.<br />
Since we had decided to discard the last (wonderful) house in the Snowdonia after a rather disappointing survey revealing a number of issues we did not want to go through again, our mind is free for what comes up next.<br />
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Whilst in Bristol, one of our estate agents sent a message about a house we had been interested in but which had been thought sold and which was now back on the market. We could get a viewing for last Sunday and, here we are, deep in thoughts, the both of us. Many things have to be considered, all in all, we are in love with it, however the location is unknown to both of us so far... Prembrokeshire. To be precise: in the middle of nowhere. As we could not find it and had to ask several people, it turns out that everybody we met was so friendly and helpful and we started to tick boxes :-). The box ticking continued all day and even further.<br />
The house is a gem, in pristine condition, the gardens are big enough, the outbuilding can be used for a number of vintage cars, all in all very positive. The location....? 15 min. to town, so the same than here. My top wishlist issue, a private wind turbine, could be realised there.<br />
Loads to consider, a lot to think of.<br />
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Meanwhile I want to post the pictures I took when we were in Bristol in May and happend to be spot-on for the NGS open garden scheme. So we visited Hanham Court, a manor house with restored gardens and just a stonethrow away from where the children live.<br />
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Hanham Court is now family owned and the people who live there are very friendly and enjoy to show their gardens to a wider public.<br />
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There are two long borders to be enjoyed and many of the perennials are also my preferred. Iris, geraniums, fennel, roses, alliums, poppies.<br />
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I hope this stroll was enjoyable - it was a pleasant and happy day and I hope I will have the chance to enjoy more NGS days in future.bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-33618328060876671332017-09-09T16:58:00.002+02:002017-09-09T17:01:26.416+02:00Catch up - April and Early MayAfter Wales is before Wales...<br />
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Back from an exciting trip to Wales!<br />
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But before all that, there was April. A wonderful, promising month with plenty of quality time with the wee granddaughter.<br />
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The camellias were flowering as good as they could as the early season was so mild.<br />
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And a wish came true: EG built me a herb spiral !<br />
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Later in May we travelled to Bristol, again, for a 'granddaughter fix' and visited a garden which took part of the NGS. But those pictures are for next time :-)bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-46166014375261800292017-08-28T23:59:00.001+02:002017-08-28T23:59:30.188+02:00Catch UpIt has never been my intention to keep silent for so long. But so many other things kept me busy and so many moments were spent just enjoying. Enjoying spring with EG's national collection of daffodils, numerous travels across the channel, visiting Cornwall and meeting Barbara, celebrating a first birthday in Bristol, enjoying the most glorious month of flowers in the garden - June- with an array of roses on display, making nice encounters in Malmedy, celebrating another birthday in Cheshire, meeting old friends in Liverpool and then came the flow of visitors who wanted to make the most of having still a drop point in Belgium....<br />
After Wales is before Wales... or is it not?<br />
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Eventually I took the time to look through the numerous pictures downloaded from my trusty Nikon and eventually I will take the time to post some of them because it seems that September will just repeat the same tune as the one of the passed months: leaving for Wales to visit another house, coming back and preparing the house for more visitors and enjoying life to the utmost.<br />
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After having been outbid on 'Gwynfryn', this fine house close to the Irish sea, I fell into a kind of grief. I felt so sorry to have lost this fabulous house and place I had started to associate with and it took a while to overcome this feeling of loss. However, at the end of the day, we do already live in a place close to paradise and I felt bad about my feelings - it was unfair against the home we have here to feel so unhappy. It was so good to see how spring developped and painted the world in so uplifting colours:<br />
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The chocolate dog (our last visitor called him 'sticky toffee pudding dog') is living with us now since 10 years already - it was daffodil time when he was rescued and we would never have believed then that he could turn out such a fine family member.<br />
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The magnolias had a great period of frost-free flowering and we truly believed that the worst of the cold season was over. But there was a very hard late frost in May and we end up now without any quinces, walnuts, crab apples or pears.<br />
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So, at least this was a start. I shall try and post more pictures before we leave again.<br />
Until then ./.bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-53028137275409199922017-03-08T17:04:00.002+01:002017-03-11T11:06:19.227+01:00The Wild West ---- Wonne im Bauch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'Wonne im Bauch' ---- Only my own word creation from childhood ---- it means more than butterflies in my belly....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here we are, here we go. I am fully geared up to face that house in Wales. I have been to the hairdressers and donated 30 cm of my hair for cancer charity. It is obviously a bit of a shock for my environment but the dog still welcomed me as usual, so it can't be too bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I was a naughty child, and I was certainly a naughty one, my mother always took me to the hairdressers when she could not manage me anymore, pretending that the cutting of the hair had a good influence and a lot of mischief was eliminated then. At least for a wee while. It grew all back, the mischief - as did the hair. Today, I feel not less mischieveous but I feel a lot lighter, haha, around my head that is. Hopefully, this light-headedness is going to disappear because I need all of my abilities to be sure in my intuition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But here we are back from a very exciting, almost enchanting weekend in Bristol and Wales. Wee granddaughter has grown a lot and is now thrown into bubbly city life as her mum got a new job, well deserved and we are all proud of her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After another nearly sleepless night, we were off to beautiful Ceredigion. I never have been on the road to Cardiff or further West and even Port Talbot had some kind of beauty to reveal to me as it was a dry and sunny journey. Every mile we got closer, I got more excited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eventually, there we were. Past Cardigan, up North on the coast. Every bend of the coast is stunning and we made mental bookmarks where we wanted to look before heading back to Bristol. New Quay for sure. Newcastle Emlyn. Aberaeron. Aberystwyth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The house feels good. Sound and grand. Much 'younger' than our farmhouse, as it is Edwardian, built in 1907. Many of the same period feelings than EG's family home in Cheshire. I am still trying to figure out how it can be improved to our (spoiled) standard. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But we both continue reminding us that the farmhouse was not looking 'good' when we first came. In fact, it was almost inhabitable. This one is not! One can move in straight away and won't lack of anything, everything is functioning, in place and operational. No structural mend will have to be done. When we moved in here, we had a leaking roof, no central heating, no kitchen or hot water, no bathroom, just one toilet in the 'laiterie' (=dairy). One oil oven warmed one room and that was it. Did it matter? Certainly a bit in the beginning and we were both happy when we could go back to the jobs, into our warm offices or cars.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some compromises will have to be done as not all of our belongings will fit or find space but so what? All in all, we seem to be able to imagine ourselves there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having had well Barbara's advice in my head, we went to explore around and stayed over night in beautiful Aberaeron. And went back next day, to remember how the house really feels and to check if we could confirm our first impressions. That was a great advice, Barbara, thank you so much!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next step will be to make an offer. We shall see. At the end of the day, it is all as it must be. If the offer is not accepted, we will continue searching. We are in no rush, which is very comfortable and we still love so much our old farm...And the whole nightmare of removal to another country will be early enough to be faced. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whatever will be the outcome, that area of Great Britain, the Wild West, is definetely worth for visiting :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Until next time....</span>bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-23881048545998370362017-02-17T22:32:00.000+01:002017-02-17T22:32:46.358+01:00Cottage or Castle... Wales or West Country?Here we are in 2017, the year of change.<br />
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Whilst winter was so long and rather cold, not a lot of things got done. The reliable antidote to the cold: Glühwein (mulled wine) - not sure if the Iphone picture shows the cups steaming content.<br />
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The househunting ground seems to be small then and the area on the virtual map gets extended in desperate search of THE forever home. All is in limbo since January. Everyday's news start either with the capital T or the capital B or regional political corruption or threat of the nuclear power stations or ... bird flu.<br />
Suddenly, a phone call. Then a friend's visit. And it all seems as if the sky breaks up and the sun shines brightly down on us, just on our little spot. The phone call triggers an avalanche of exciting events and marks the starting shot. Everything is happening at once. A totally unexpected e-mail on top of that gives us the sure indication: this is another sign! Now this will be our year of leaving! Nothing ties us anymore, The road is clear ahead.<br />
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So far, last autumn, we had visited 2 houses on the Welsh border. The first one, in pouring rain (very useful to see a house when it pours down, you see clearly the defaults 😀).<br />
The second house however, left us in awe. The house so cosy, the flow perfect, the kitchen and utility just like what we are used to, the many rooms bright, every box could be ticked.<br />
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Outside, the walled garden. To dream of, enough acreage for to start an orchard, a barn for all the vintage cars, a stream with fishing rights.... However, after careful analysis, it turned out that there is only Air Ambulance coverage, no hospital very near and the stream too close for our taste - having seen the devastating forces of water in last June here.<br />
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When we visited Wales in November, it became very obvious that we both are totally in love with. However, there are many very secluded and lonely places in Wales and that would certainly not be our cup of tea now. Suddenly, the possibility of being close to the sea became an option. So there was another add-on to the wishlist.<br />
Hence, one goes with the finger on the map along the coastline, after all, the UK is an island and has plenty of coastline. The prospective of ending up in a milder climate is enticing.<br />
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We have been so often in the West Country, traveled the coast of Dorset, went through Devon and spent several times in Cornwall. Beautiful area, a great place for holidays. When we went to Dunster and Minehead, I could not imagine us living there. There are steam railways. National parks. A lot of coastline to look at. Some places are just too dear and out of our scope. As it is an attractive place for holiday makers, the idea of a holiday let could be envisaged. Oh dear, here we are, another item on the list.<br />
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That remembers me our mutual list we wrote many moons ago, when we were still a part but had the deep desire and eventually the outlook of sharing a home together. Most conversations were held via e-mail (still called 'cc mail' at that moment). My wishlist had three items:<br />
A kitchen big enough to dine in<br />
A bathroom with a window<br />
Roses round the entrance door.<br />
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EG's list was long of one and a half pages. I don't remember all of it but it certainly started with<br />
A cellar<br />
A stream<br />
A large garden<br />
Many garages/outbuildings for the vintage cars (I did not know then how many or what they looked like)<br />
A fireplace or a provision to build one<br />
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By buying this place here, we could tick all the boxes or were able to do so after a while.<br />
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But back to today. In general, Wales offers more acreage for the money. When we re-visited last November we were somewhat surprised how mild it was close to the Irish Sea. The possibility to find our forever home over there seems more likely. The possibility to realise all wishes and even more seems affordable over there.<br />
Especially since EG had a viewing on a house this last Wednesday. He happened to have several good reasons to travel up North and I suggested that he made the wee detour in order to inspect the place...<br />
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My wind turbine *tick*<br />
His dream for self sufficiency *tick*<br />
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As spaceous as here *tick*<br />
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Close to amenities and hospital *tick*<br />
Space for some odd cars *tick* (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">tough negotiations will be ahead of who might come)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Many times, we have been in the UK in November, be it, because at home the garden is going to prepare itself for hibernation and less demanding or just because the flow of tourists has come to a halt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then we drove off to the North. The Country House to which EG brought me many years ago, when we found out that we would not want to be separated off each other anymore, is in Criccieth, North Wales. Sadly it was closed in just that week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From there we went down to Oswestry, Shrewsbury and joined the A49 to the Welsh borders, crossed the Shropshire Hills over to Knighton where we found a lovely pub with welcoming log fire, went through Presteigne (again ;-) ) and then Monmouthshire passing Tintern Abbey - another landmark in our own map of Love. It was dark by then and Tintern's skeleton was illuminated in flaming red, just magic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This time, no houses were inspected, just a general 'tour de reconnaissance'. So much to chose from, so many lovely places could be ours! A house near the seaside is so tempting, especially as we are spoiled with our own 'little Baltic sea' just in the middle of the garden. The wishlist is so big, the possibilities seem endless. Cymru am byth!</span>bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-30380865750256490942016-10-01T12:09:00.001+02:002016-10-01T12:09:16.240+02:00In Autumn<h3 style="text-align: -webkit-center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The lovely summer has been leaving,<br />and with its wealth arrived the fall.<br />The spiders are all kindly weaving<br />the garments for the festival.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They're weaving for the celebration,<br />with hindlegs practiced in the trade,<br />the veils of elves as decoration<br />for hill and dale and mead and glade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes, thousand silver threads donated<br />into the wind to turn and bend<br />are softly drifting where they're fated<br />toward the unconscious, settled end:</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They're drifting toward a fairy landing </span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">where love extends its shy caress </span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and softly ties, with silk</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: -webkit-center;">en banding, </span><br />
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DAS LEBEN IST HERRLICH!!!<br />
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Utter joy.bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-56847767984993893522016-06-01T20:00:00.000+02:002016-06-01T20:00:24.322+02:00Mon Piano de Cuisine......that's what the French call it, whereas the British call it RANGE COOKER and in German there is just this so appropriate saying:<br />
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EIGNER HERD<br />
GOLDES WERT<br />
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which means something like a cooker of your own is worth gold.<br />
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Many many years I have been dreaming of a range cooker. My dear SIL in Cheshire got one after many years of longing for an AGA and eventually got hers and never stopped praising it in the highest tones.<br />
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On a musical note, mon piano de cuisine really deserves to be related to music. Kitchen music at its best! I never knew that I could cook so virtuosic. I never knew that playing the piano in the kitchen can make you dance. I never knew how much fun it was to get huge applaus after a great piano performance and people afterwards having fullfilled, happy faces (and tommies).<br />
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Those who know me, if I want, I want it all! It had to be the biggest, nicest and most multiperforming cooker. My kitchen is now a concert hall and my piano fills it with music with equally as many note keys than on a baby upright.<br />
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Of course, as always, when one wishes for something so badly, there are many obstacles to pass before one can get it. My first obstacle was: I wanted gas for the cooking but we don't have city gas. Then I saw that there was a brand who provided modifications to the gas burners so that Butane gas could be used. Once I saw the possibility of realising my dream, I went out searching. Last year, I finally found a shop here in Belgium - which was in fact in France - but it was advertised as Belgium. Because here, we have always the worst deck of cards for choice, price and customer service. To cut a long and disappointing story short, I never ended up with my heart's desire but had big troubles to get my money back for a non-delivered furniture.<br />
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Then happened the slight incident with a bottle of Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial to be opened by EG to celebrate the fact that our next grandchild is going to be a girl ---- by opening the bottle, it slipped out of his hand on the ceramic top cooking field ---- luckily the bottle stayed intact! Only the glass on top of the hob broke. So it had to be replaced. I was no more into making music in my kitchen, as I had postponed my dream to the next house. I just looked for a replacement of the old ceramic top in our online-shop. Then I saw it;<br />
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There was a whole collection of range cookers to chose from! And they had the <b>very</b> model I had already gone for a year before! And it was <b>SALES</b> period! And it was <b>in stock</b>!!!<br />
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I called EG in his office (still working then) and told him: NOW YOU ARE COOKED!!!<br />
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The rest is weeks of work of modifying the kitchen and the dairy, as there is not enough space to lodge the gas bottle for the cooker in the kitchen.<br />
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And as one thing leads to another, after some weeks of work, EG meanwhile being retired and able to concentrate on that job, the transformation took place, the piano took place and the whole kitchen is tiptop now.<br />
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Hymne à la joie - Beethoven!!!<br />
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Sheer cooking pleasure!<br />
<br />bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-46924500914461964442016-05-29T16:35:00.000+02:002016-05-29T16:48:37.589+02:00Stationary Swap<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Hello in beautiful May!<br />
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Some weeks ago, I spontaneously participated in a stationary swap organised by a dear blogger friend who I know in flesh, as we were able to meet the last time we went to beautiful Cornwall. Barbara,here is her blog : <a href="http://tycoet.blogspot.be/">Small Moments</a>, had a great idea to launch it.<br />
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How lucky was I to be paired with my dear friend <a href="http://pondside1741.blogspot.be/">Pondside</a>! We also know each other in flesh, as she made a trip across Europe and Great-Britain and we spent several days together. That is already 3 1/2 years ago.... I blogged about <a href="http://bayou-bayoublog.blogspot.be/2012/11/precious-memories-bruges.html">here</a>.<br />
And I still have so many precious memories to think of.<br />
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Here is what I received:<br />
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<b><i>Thank you so much, dear Honora and also for the Canadian Living magazine! I utterly enjoyed every item and treasure what you sent!</i></b><br />
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As I am not blogging as often as I would like to, here are some pictures from a stroll around the garden in May. We are now in year 16 after having bought the farm and later starting the garden from a cow field. Right now, I cannot get enough of walking through it and discovering each day something new. Would you like to join?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right at the beginning welcomes this Azalea which we once bought in Cornwall, in Trevarno, my all-time preferred garden, sadly now closed to the public</td></tr>
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Only this week we found out that 'Ludlowii' did not get its name after our preferred town in Shropshire but it was the planthunter Ludlow who brought it back from Tibet.<br />
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Until next time :-)bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-55622741244807551692016-04-05T12:47:00.001+02:002016-04-05T12:47:18.492+02:00Colours!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Come on in for a stroll around EG's daffodil land:<br />
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<br />bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-5868996767774491462016-04-01T13:58:00.005+02:002016-04-01T13:58:53.434+02:00Wonderful Workshop<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are, as promised, 'some' pictures of that fabulous workshop at <a href="http://www.hopeandelvis.com/">Hope & Elvis</a> I was so privileged to participate in, again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Christine Kelly, our awesome artist and teacher has already posted some impressions on her blog:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As last year (I blogged about <a href="http://bayou-bayoublog.blogspot.be/2015/04/a-wonderful-weekend-at-hope-elvis.html">here</a>), such a weekend needs for me a lot of preparation in beforehand. In total it represents some 800 km (500 miles) one way up to Nottinghamshire and in order to have only 2 nights to spend in a B&B, I did the journey up North on Friday and back on Sunday. The road was good this time, no disruptions, jams or bad weather and no waiting time for the ferries. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, I hope that, if one day Christine decides to do a workshop again, or if there is something really tempting to go to Louise's Hope & Elvis, I want to be re-located to the UK by then ;-).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Saturday was an entire day of relaxation and enjoyment. I was again impressed that a lot of participants come also from far, the lovely lady I sat next to on Sunday morning came up from East Sussex. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">In Hope & Elvis' workshop is also a lot of choice for free use</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">and plenty of creative examples of former workshops decorate the walls</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Christine explaining where she gets her inspirations from</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I am sure that every lady who attended the course was absolutely equally captured by Christines gentle spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b> Thank you so much, dear ladies for your warm welcome and for a fantastic weekend spent in your company! Also thanks to all the other nice ladies who attended. You all add to my huge desire to make the UK my forever home. </b></span><br />
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Since early January, together with my friend from Hamburg, we started planning another snowdrop trip through English gardens.<br />
A part from a lady running into the back of my car straight on the first roundabout after having left the motorway, all went smoothly and well and rather exciting. Luckily, my car has only damage in the bumper and that did not hinder us to continue our journey in a relaxed way.<br />
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First impressions came from Lacock, a village I always wanted to see. We had booked an utterly charming B&B (link: <a href="http://www.lacockpottery.com/lacockpotterybednadbreakfast.html">http://www.lacockpottery.com/lacockpotterybednadbreakfast.html</a>)<br />
highly recommended to go to meet Simone and David but more of that later.<br />
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It was so pleasant to wander around in this peaceful garden after all the driving across the Channel.<br />
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Never in my life I would have believed that there are so many different snowdrops to be seen. It is believed that here is the biggest collection of galanthus to be seen. The park opens 5 weekends/year under the NGS for charity.</div>
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An absolutely stunning visit in a very fine place! If interested in Colesbourne Park's history, here is the link for the homepage: <a href="http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/">http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/</a></div>
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January started with many happy hours on the sewing machine, one quilt was started, a bed throw out of old shirts and another bed throw was finished but as it had to be sent to Bristol in a rush, the photos without daylight did not work out well. But it was well received and will be loved.<br />
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A special Sunday brunch was celebrated and the pink bubbly was very well chosen: my next grandchild is going to be a girl!<br />
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Since last week, a lot of things start to happen in the garden. Hopefully there is no more snow coming.<br />
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Sadly, we lost our oldest cat, Ginger, on December 30th. She adopted us in the very beginning when we moved in here, some 15 years ago. She must have had very bad encounters with humans as it took her years to have confidence in us. She died peacefully in her sleep.<br />
There are still two more cats who followed her example, Minnie only six months later and my wedding gift, RobRoy came in 2009. <br />
In early January, we had the visit of the fox who got our oldest hen - luckily only that one (so far).<br />
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Last Thursday, EG had his farewell dinner from his company and we now enter the stage of total freedom.<br />
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There might be some territorial fights ahead, as a dear friend warned me: 'be aware when you hear him suddenly entering the house shouting: Honey, I am home! Forever!!!! '<br />
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But he has many friends waiting for him in the garages in order to get in good shape again. I must not forget to take pictures of how they look right now and make a post with updates once the serious work on them has started.<br />
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What is 'normal'?<br />
A rollercoaster year sees its end and I just hope that 2016 will continue in the way as 2015 ends, on a high.<br />
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The blog silence would have been shorter but the poor laptop had a suddendeath provoked by a splash of water. At least, the new PC is 'normal'.<br />
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The picture in the header is taken out of a window in Dunster Castle - in the very West of Somerset and it is symbolic for me: England forever.<br />
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This year's rocking events have shown us the very direction: it is time to move.<br />
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I have lived in Belgium for 36 years now. It was my free choice to come here and it was my free choice to stay. When homesickness tried to knock me down, I always told myself that I am at home as wherever I go to, I take myself with me. (I adopted this quote from Karl Lagerfeld)<br />
There were many times when I was ready to move on and every time a special circumstance made me stay. I created the saying: Belgian soil sticks (like sh...).<br />
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If I took the time to go through my thousands of photographs, I would be able to tell how many times I have been to the UK over this last year. Every time a special highlight, every time made me nearly cry when I had to go back again.<br />
My very first call for Great-Britain started when I visited my penpal, 12 years old, and we spent some precious summer days in rainy and cold Wales. I felt so good then and there! My next very strong call was when the plane took off from Manchester airport in 1996 -it took me back to Belgium but my heart stayed in the UK. And soon after this strong feeling of 'déjà vu' I fell in love with EG and found out that Great-Britain is my vocation.<br />
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The next year will show what is possible. I might blog about it.<br />
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To end the year, here are some more pictures from our visit at Dunster Castle. I loved every bit of it. It was a dull day in end of October and the gardens were not so inviting.But the castle was.<br />
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This last picture is my personal outlook for 2016. Forever England!<br />
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To all dear readers, have a nice and peaceful Christmas and may 2016 be kind to you!<br />
With my best wishes,<br />
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<br />bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-51558997991721915332015-07-16T14:30:00.001+02:002015-07-16T14:30:49.934+02:00OH HAPPY DAY<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In fact, many happy days in the Vosges!</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A perfect couple, a perfect wedding.</span>bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-10640033141458555642015-04-07T11:16:00.000+02:002015-04-07T11:19:43.065+02:00A Wonderful Weekend at Hope & Elvis<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are finally some impressions from the Gentlework workshop at Hope & Elvis in Nottingham-shire.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The travel on a Friday afternoon around the M25 and then up the M1 was as foreseen, very dense. I stopped quickly in Cambridge for to get EG's birthday gifts before shops closed and to have a look around the town. Very lively and lots of young people around, plenty of bicycles also, like in Bristol. There were even many of those parked bicycles which were not secured :-O! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Arriving at my B&B (recommended by Louise from Hope & Elvis) I had a very warm welcome and was delighted to discover a four poster bed in my room. Everything was perfect and next morning's breakfast fulfilled every desire of a cooked full English breakfast.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everything quintessential English at <a href="http://www.brownsholbeck.co.uk/">Browns Holbeck</a> - well deserved 5 stars B&B.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Saturday was a fine day in the Welbeck Estate where the workshop was held. To my delight, there was not only the studio but also a fine garden center and a farm shop. All I needed in the closest distance!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are some impressions from the workshop but there are other pictures from ladies who attended, as well:</span><br />
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<a href="http://lyn-everydaylife.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gentlework workshop</span></a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Christine had brought plenty of her items to show, explain and inspire</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A vintage apron, probably a nurse's, she added the straps and gave it her personal, so unique hand stitched stamps:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Inside on the first page was hand written: Me too, I want to be your friend. Tante Lotte Ludwigsburg 1964<br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The travel back was a real challenge, heavy rain all way down South. The ferry had more than an hour of delay due to bad weather conditions. Eventually, we boarded but the journey was nearly 2 1/2 hours, 1 hour longer than usual. Easter holiday had started and the ferry was full. The sea was very rough and plenty of people (a part the Brits and those who are married to them) went seasick. It took me 12 hours of travel before I got home but it was worthwhile every effort!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next day, EG complained that his British milk I got from the farm shop had gone sour -----too much of rough sea for it, as well. I so hope there was no dog on board that ferry.</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The next Gentlework workshop will be in July in Tenterden, Kent, where I would have loved to go and it is just a hop over the channel but - hélas - cette une date très importante dans les Vosges que je ne peux manquer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But on 19th September, there is a workshop held in-----</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I shall be trying to make it and who knows? Perhaps there will be another encounter with lovely ladies I have met <a href="http://bayou-bayoublog.blogspot.be/2010/03/blind-date.html">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We then entered the big greenhouse where the butterfly exhibition was advertised but the waiting time was indicated with 45 minutes - we would have skipped it</span>.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So much looking forward to visit an area in the UK I have never been to and to discover the place where <a href="http://www.hopeandelvis.com/">Hope & Elvis</a> is situated.</span></div>
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bayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-80816623071105140782015-02-24T12:10:00.001+01:002015-02-25T12:36:22.217+01:00Beautiful Yorkshire: Ripon and Stillingfleet Nurseries<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nearly as many years as I longed for visiting Ireland, I dreamed of visiting York.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had our cottage near Harrogate and from there went across the different destinations we both had on our wishlist. York was the very MUST SEE on it. But before doing so, there was the very last opportunity on 24th September to visit STILLINGFLEET LODGE Nurseries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On our way to Stillingfleet, we passed the market town of Ripon and visited its beautiful cathedral.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There was so much to see and to discover. At one point I lost EG who went down some dark steps behind these doors and got locked.... Luckily, somebody from the cathedral heard him banging and he got out. One must always have an eye on this man!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The weather was great and it was easy to take good pictures. Every detail in this garden was charming, the respect for nature so evident. The way how naturally everything lives in harmony side-by-side, just our cup of tea!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Then came the section with all the little helpers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Vanessa, thank you very very much for a great day in your universe! We utterly enjoyed it and simply regret to live so far away to not to be able to enjoy your paradise throughout the different seasons. Dear readers, if ever you come to Yorkshire, here is the link to visit this wonderful garden and nursery: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is today's view from my window (taken with the laptop camera)---- ideal for to dig out some great memories from our visit to Yorkshire on end of September 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After having been (the first time, we went again some days later) to RHS garden Harlow Carr in Harrogate, we went to Fountains Abbey. Having been in Tintern Abbey, Wales, before <a href="http://bayou-bayoublog.blogspot.be/2014/05/tintern-abbey-and-ross-on-wye.html">link</a>, it was natural to visit this great place as well.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To arrive at this oasis of peace, btw. another NATIONAL TRUST place, the first impressions were: pheasants. All over there were loads of pheasants. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"> But when approaching it became clear, that Henri VIII had done the entire job, here as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fountains Abbey has a remarkable history and we spent hours, also reading all the details in a specially dedicated area. It was rather sad to see another Cistercians monastery's raise and fall. I have blogged a few pictures about our Abbaye du Val Dieu in Aubel, very close to here, some time ago: <a href="http://bayou-bayoublog.blogspot.be/2010/05/il-etait-une-fois-once-upon-time-es-war.html">link</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We very often go to Val Dieu as it is such a unique place with a unique atmosphere, however no Henri VIII did ever rule here and all the buildings are totally intact. A very nice park is now open to the public but all is free of charge to any visitor. Contrary to the fantastic British National Trust, Belgium has not got such thing and the Abbey is now entirely left on its own to raise enough money to preserve it. EG is a good support for them, the only Belgian beer which is really brewed in an Abbey is Val Dieu :-). The brewery however, has changed ownership as there is no monk left but they still brew further to the monk's recipes and it represents a huge attraction and organises guided tours.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fountains Abbey started its existence due to 13 expelled monks, they were eventually taken into protection by the archbishop of York. They decided to join the Cistercian order from <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Clairvaux</span> in Burgundy, France and were taught how to build cistercians buildings. The story over the centuries is very tormented and it is clear that those were really tough times. You can read the entire story on Wikipedia. </span><br />
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Next stop: YORKbayouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025462798501939569.post-29039113922272770032014-12-29T20:38:00.001+01:002014-12-29T20:38:27.084+01:00In Between the Years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ce blogpost-ci est une éloge à l'amour et à la passion et plein d'autres choses qui m'ont fait heureux.<br />
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Lets start with passion:<br />
In October already *shame on me* there was this absolute fantastic haberdashery flea market in Sprimont. As every year FAB.FAB (this is my abbreviation for a great lady, Fabienne, she IS fabulous) organised the 'Brocante du fil' in Sprimont, just a stone-throw away from here. The entrance fees and other money collected during the day were a fundraising for a family in need and they must have been very happy about the great success!<br />
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Commençons par la passion: déjà en octobre (j'ai honte d'avoir pris si longtemps pour publier des photos) la "brocante du fil" avait eu lieu à Sprimont, juste à quelques kms d'ici. Encore une fois FAB.FAB (c'est comme ça j'appele l'organisatrice Fabienne en secret, car elle EST fabuleuse) a fait un succès fous de cet evénement. L'argent recolté par les entrées et locations de stand était pour une charité, pour soutenir une famille dans le besoin et ils doivent avoir été très content de ce soutient.<br />
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Here are pictures from the event, taken early. Voici des photos pris assez tôt quand les stands commençaient à se garnir, après je devais commencer mes achats ;-)<br />
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Some things came home with me, it could have been more if I had not run out of money quite quickly. The reason is an ancient tool I was able to buy, a button press with all its dies, accessories and ... buttons! Hundreds of them. If I find time between all that button making and other things which totally occupy me right now, there might be some pictures sooner or later. Perhaps I'll show also the beautiful haberdashery furniture which sits now in the loft. <br />
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<b>But now about about LOVE. </b><br />
We celebrated a wonderful milestone these days: 15 years ago, EG came to meet me in London where I was for a training course and took me out for some days to Wales. The rest is history as they say. <br />
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By coincidence, he came across more passionate food for my soul: another wee vintage sewing machine- if I find the time between all this servicing, oiling and sewing, I might get some pictures made and posted - sooner or later.<br />
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On Saturday, we went to the Ardennes to visit a wonderful horse rescue place, called 'crins de vie', here is the link <a href="http://www.crinsdevie.be/">http://www.crinsdevie.be/</a> <a href="http://www.crinsdevie.be/"></a>. In the Netherlands, an organisation called the 'Bloedtrappers' makes a lot of money, all legal, by making mares pregnant and pumping out their blood during their first 4 months of pregnancy, all for to filter the hormones out for pharmaceutical use. After that, the mares are no more of interest to them and they 'dispose' of them. The organisation crins de vie has some 32 rescue horses in their premises, all were saved from the slaughterhouse and I am thinking about how I can best support them. There is an empty space in our stables...<br />
We shall see.<br />
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<b>Revenons à l'amour:</b><br />
Voilà 15 ans que EG m'a 'kidnappé' de Londres au Pays de Galles, le reste c'est de l'histoire.<br />
Par coincidence, il m'a trouvé encore une petite machine à coudre. Si jamais je trouve le temps entre la révision de mes machines et la couture, je ferais des photos.<br />
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Et samedi passé, nous allions dans les Ardennes. A Gouvy pour être précis. Là-bas se trouve un centre de sauvetage pour chevaux. 32 créatures ont été sauvées de la boucherie, voici le lien <a href="http://www.crinsdevie.be/">http://www.crinsdevie.be/</a> <a href="http://www.crinsdevie.be/"></a>Une organisation néerlandaise, les Bloedtrappers, fait du profit avec des juments inséminées et dont on pompe du sang pendant les 4 premiers mois de gestation afin de profiter des hormones. Après les 4 mois,les juments ne servent plus à rien et on y dispose. J'y pense comment je peux les supporter au mieux. Il y en a encore une place libre dans nos écuries...<br />
On verra.<br />
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