Five Things About Me . . .

 This is a photograph taken of me back in 1965.  I was ten years old and flying up to Girl Guides from Brownies.   I was going from a pond where I was a very big fish to a pond where I was a very small fish.   Quite intimidating.  Yep it's another five things about me post!

I loved Brownies and I loved the Girl Guides.   Almost everyone belonged to those groups when I was a girl.    I could hardly wait to be old enough to become a Brownie and I remember saving up my own money to buy my uniform.  I was one of the "Little People" six.

"We though known as Little People, aim as high as any steeple."

I can still remember dancing around the toadstool singing that song, and I can remember when first I became a seconder in my six and then a sixer and I was the one to lead the girls in my charge around the toadstool.  It was a wonderful organization and I learned a lot, both in the Brownies and then in the Girl Guides.  Things I am still able to apply to my life today.



When my girls were growing up they were in the Brownies as well.  I don't think either one of them wanted to go much beyond Brownies.   I was a Brownie Leader.  My name was Happy Owl.   I am holding our Eileen here.   She loved the Brownies.   I loved being able to particpate in something with my children like that.


(Our Amanda getting ready to fly up to Guides.)

In truth I always participated with my children with their activities when they were younger.  I was either a Sunday School Teacher, a Youth Leader, Brownie Leader, Scouting leader, Awana leader, etc.    I loved being involved in my children's lives.  I hope that at least some of them remember these things.



I have only ever danced with one of my sons.   This is at our Bruce's prom when he graduated from High School.  He was wearing a Zoot Suit.   Can you tell how thrilled I am to be there and how proud I am of him?



Look at those curls.  I was so proud of him.  My baby graduating from high school.  It hardly seemed possible and now he is 26 years old with a successful career in the Armed Forces.  I am still proud of him.

I am proud of all my children. No matter what.



I am happiest when I am creating something.   Be it a cake or a casserole or this, my latest needle felting creation completed.    To me it is very special to be able to create something new and unique from a pile of ingredients . . .  be they flour and eggs, or pencil and paper, or needles, cloth and threads.  Having just said that I begin to feel a measure of how our Heavenly Father must have felt when He looked down upon His creation.   The joy and the satisfaction He must have felt . . . and the sadness in His heart now when he looks down upon it and sees what we are doing to it and each other . . .

I wanted to show you my first piece of art for 2015 today, but I cannot get my scanner to work . . .



(Approaching the Fells of Cumbria and the Lake District from the M6)

I love to travel and see new places.   Every place I visit quickly becomes my favourite place to be.  I have never been any place that I truly hated. As a traveller I have been all across Canada and back again, visited all of the Northern States with the exception of Washington,  visited France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Austria and of course I have been to Scotland and Wales and live in England.  I have wanted to visit Greece since I was a girl and saw Haley Mills in The Moonspinners and I have always wanted to visit Italy as well.  We live in such a beautiful world.  I love seeing new places, experiencing new things and meeting new people.  I think I would be a great candidate for "The Coach Trip" except that I would not like voting people off the coach at the end of the day so it's just as well I will never be on the show!

Life is exciting to me and I enjoy every minute of it.  New places.  New people.  New experiences, tastes, etc.  I think I must have the heart of an adventurer.

A bonus thing about me . . .



I have a brilliant sense of direction.   I only ever have to go someplace once and I can find my way back to there and if we get lost I can usually find my way out of where we are.  I think it comes from a fear of being lost.  I always pay close attention to where we are going.  I am never a non-participant in any journey.  I drink it all in, and I never sleep in the car.

And there you have it.  Five things about me and a bonus.   I hope you enjoyed reading them.  I love exploring who I am and why I am who I am.  It's a great exercise for me to get to know me better.

A thought to carry with you through today . . .


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When we do the best that we can,
we never know what miracle is wrought
in our life,
or in the life of another.
~Helen Keller 
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It's Cheap and Cheerful Day in The English Kitchen with a delicious Corned Beef and Potato Pie!

Have a wonderful Thursday!   Don't forget . . .

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And I do too!