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The Baby Name Game

The other night i was at my in laws and we started talking about baby names.. Here is a list of our future children names.


Joshua Raymond
Robin Francis
Aden (little fire)



Alba ( sunrise)
Sophronia Rose (Sophie)
Robin Lea
Magnolia Skye (Skye)
Lydia Suzanna-Marie (Suzanna)
Charlotte Eliza -Jane (Lizzy)
Sarah Victoria (Vics)
Elizabeth Claudia (Beth)
Margret Amy (Meg)


The names in brackets are what they will be called.

miss you

New painting/Drawing coming up!! Need your help.

Ok people i need your help please. I am about to do a new painting/drawing, i will give credit for inspiration to Amanda McCoy. We were out on the ministry and popped into a shop that has the cutest pottery garden in the back complete with water feature and cool bits and pieces for your garden,, ill take pics so you will know what im talking about.. anyway Amanda found these cute little round pottery birds. A Robin and a Owl, so i thought id like to be able do a picture based on those and Amanda. When i say Amanda it will be colour scheme that will reflect her..When i finish i intend to get a print done and gift it to her.


The picture is going to be 2 birds sitting on a branch, the birds will be decorative and one will be an Owl and the other a robin.. i need you to choose the robin bird i will number the sketches and can you choose the one you think will look better.. by leaving the sketch number as a comment.. thanks guys
below are some sketches and hopefully ill be able to upload the colour schemes for you too.


sketch..1


Sketch..2


Sketch..3


Sketch..4


Sketch...5


The owl close up..


The colour scheme.. it might change a bit !!



Look forward to your suggestions XXX

Snow and Hail ... woohooo

we had our first snow on Saturday... then on sunday it snowed more and yesterday there was snow and hail storms, its soo cool. It comes down in sheets and stops..

Apparently we dont get huge snow here, but a few minutes up the road and the change in elevation and you have thick snow that stays on the ground.. So unless you have 4Wheel drive or chains on your tires you dont go up the mountain this time of year..

It finally getting cold and im going to go buy a warmer coat and some boots in the winter sale next week. It still gets me that into December we have mild weather with occasional rain.. this is what i love about being here. I found out the other day that we have a Mediterranean climate... lots of sun and blue skys.. which is why everyone here is so happy.. here are some pics of the hail our front garden.

A shout out to FENELLA a student nurse with my sister charlotte, and a avid reader of my blog i hear... she is a fellow traveler to the usa, CHICAGO RULES!! One of my fav cities here. LEAVE A COMMENT NXT TIME YOUR HERE FENELLA SAY HI.!!

strange store names!!

funny store names that just are not right!!