Current Events: The Great Petrol Shortage

Post by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I've never seen anything like this before</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIDBK253d5vS8yV96AKYqNE-wa1rgfLucqIH8std6kS-U65wnwON5HZ2-M8Gm3Zhyd9jZz7SMObSnfiAfh0wLElmP10pgnqUUNDLqGzWIxTB7L_2zFN5KgsMcYFzCIOSEkhCVnFWO3Mc/s1600/DSCN7097-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIDBK253d5vS8yV96AKYqNE-wa1rgfLucqIH8std6kS-U65wnwON5HZ2-M8Gm3Zhyd9jZz7SMObSnfiAfh0wLElmP10pgnqUUNDLqGzWIxTB7L_2zFN5KgsMcYFzCIOSEkhCVnFWO3Mc/s640/DSCN7097-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With talks of a possible fuel tanker strike,</div><div style="text-align: center;">people are queuing at gas stations to fill up their cars</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This petrol station has completely run out of gas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahNDlB50ZuEItgV8Sc5ZznVjuGl-oYHW0US1cyxng5K8uuZO10wrbuYHzmSI1sqL6AOI2kAU_tuTzY__fZMaPQqGPywcggoepefx43sv68aEGenGNApx0V8Ljyk27LZZptAJZ8YdqDTs/s1600/DSCN7098-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahNDlB50ZuEItgV8Sc5ZznVjuGl-oYHW0US1cyxng5K8uuZO10wrbuYHzmSI1sqL6AOI2kAU_tuTzY__fZMaPQqGPywcggoepefx43sv68aEGenGNApx0V8Ljyk27LZZptAJZ8YdqDTs/s400/DSCN7098-001.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yikes! Life continues to be an adventure here :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can read more in the Telegraph newspaper <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fuel/9174755/David-Cameron-accused-of-presiding-over-shambles-on-fuel-as-panic-buying-gets-worse.html">here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-image: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a>

Current Events: The Great Petrol Shortage

Post by Happy Homemaker UK I've never seen anything like this before With talks of a possible fuel tanker strike, people are queuing at ...

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The 'New' Post Of The Month Club

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmd-BISxEGjhqPmfvMs7DVniGu1ZkzIJVoldJR6g15SxxD9RKGRnwcQGD2r1xcZ2nZTvP9qw2XVqBwMOoQd86CBsMPEtMgSKVK-Efh77B45dnviYC9ffi_I4qLgpcsI5uP9BM-9Sicww/s1600/Post+Of+The+Month+Club+Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmd-BISxEGjhqPmfvMs7DVniGu1ZkzIJVoldJR6g15SxxD9RKGRnwcQGD2r1xcZ2nZTvP9qw2XVqBwMOoQd86CBsMPEtMgSKVK-Efh77B45dnviYC9ffi_I4qLgpcsI5uP9BM-9Sicww/s320/Post+Of+The+Month+Club+Button.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Surprise!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not only did I<b> </b>move (locally),</div><div style="text-align: center;">but Post Of The Month Club has moved to Australia!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Needing to spend less time on the computer,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided my beloved POTMC needed a new home<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKGJZkc4Nhxuq7TTUfJ9i25Q12sv6OM_1IGnX5DZxVQ4De6Hamb2ICvGkVjFMoIjKgi24pbnnAEm-Z1935iFvBBxXqGbRbRxuogSk3M6BmmUBNwykHoie2K1HKuvXdYOgWL4apNb4X1U/s1600/Capture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKGJZkc4Nhxuq7TTUfJ9i25Q12sv6OM_1IGnX5DZxVQ4De6Hamb2ICvGkVjFMoIjKgi24pbnnAEm-Z1935iFvBBxXqGbRbRxuogSk3M6BmmUBNwykHoie2K1HKuvXdYOgWL4apNb4X1U/s640/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Should I say 'serendipitously', </div><div style="text-align: center;">when I asked Felicity of <a href="http://www.giftsofserendipity.com/">Gifts of Serendipity</a> if she'd like to be the new hostess,<br />she had just been thinking what a wonderful concept the monthly linky party was</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So meant to be!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Her lovely, gracious outlook on life will provide the perfect nest for<br />Post Of The Month Club to grow<br /><br />I just know you will love it there<br /><br />Plus, I think the club should live on the beach :)<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UJ_HIHkwBX4vCfvlRChsVxhbTOJZRPBmLmUtfiptubOTEe3RrhTRKK6rPc9f89mhgxuWgoaKaE11ExlG5xykSGmz_-oxe6Hfr-z4R882te_QeHQSqVMKHCswszCh0vxgl2IPRpKxlUQ/s1600/Noosa+Main+Beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UJ_HIHkwBX4vCfvlRChsVxhbTOJZRPBmLmUtfiptubOTEe3RrhTRKK6rPc9f89mhgxuWgoaKaE11ExlG5xykSGmz_-oxe6Hfr-z4R882te_QeHQSqVMKHCswszCh0vxgl2IPRpKxlUQ/s640/Noosa+Main+Beach.jpg" width="478" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach in Felicity's town of Noosa, Australia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Felicity hosts an <span style="background-color: white;">online book club,</span><br />Word Of The Week to enhance your 'smartability' (my word),<br />and shares other wonderful delights throughout the week<br /><br />She is one of those positive people you just want to rub up against<br />You must run over to say hello if you don't know her already :)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstElRfZOhgljSrqVWfBpeV1uVtdBh2C2Y6zJWc7Ytjohc2SjR8KshQBxi76b4Xf1zjoBYC87Xz8Ok628WIxGf1bMLMGwJ3mknzgDWHj6WCodMPmwWiATmjvN8XRuy-aq5UWrwCm7aGcQ/s1600/Felicity+B+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstElRfZOhgljSrqVWfBpeV1uVtdBh2C2Y6zJWc7Ytjohc2SjR8KshQBxi76b4Xf1zjoBYC87Xz8Ok628WIxGf1bMLMGwJ3mknzgDWHj6WCodMPmwWiATmjvN8XRuy-aq5UWrwCm7aGcQ/s320/Felicity+B+photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Isn't she adorable? <br /><br />Please pop over to link up your best post of the month,<br />starting March 31st<br /><br />It is such a great way to introduce your blog<br />and connect with amazing bloggers in a matter of minutes<br /><br />Thank you so much for linking up over the last 9 months to Post Of The Month Club<br />It has been a real treat to get to know so many of you through it<br /><br />I'll see you at <a href="http://www.giftsofserendipity.com/">Gifts Of Serendipity</a> for POTM Club :)<br /><br /><i><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">And a big thank you to Felicity :)</span></i><br /><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

The 'New' Post Of The Month Club

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK Surprise! Not only did I move (locally), but Post Of The Month Club has moved to Australia! Needing to spend l...

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Spring Lambs

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In England, the 'lambing season' is synonymous with Spring</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLISFF3XmcjzAoM4FBJ6wvUv7Pv-RorgsUNiNHTwtwYPJEt-QpWngLsduVa7K9lXiA_WtjKzghVxMnMEebouB0Wi-CJMzVF2GanLeXJQUJqMW2W10W91IZKrC6ebLtA60YnTMNvuppJ8/s1600/DSC_0068-003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLISFF3XmcjzAoM4FBJ6wvUv7Pv-RorgsUNiNHTwtwYPJEt-QpWngLsduVa7K9lXiA_WtjKzghVxMnMEebouB0Wi-CJMzVF2GanLeXJQUJqMW2W10W91IZKrC6ebLtA60YnTMNvuppJ8/s640/DSC_0068-003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The countryside is dotted with sheep and their newborn lambs right now</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I never met Mary, but their fleece IS as white as snow</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26YFMkl3ILROjo4P6nWKn6zyLZPlfWmjikZ9SinbQx8FL2KAQthLZuq3P-Bc5EQexiNqmhkJrMWUA87xW7-t1GwSSv7Xdj7-5M-3keU0VGeUc5oGe0U6DYVu5ZWDUhIghpDN1OEg6Eds/s1600/DSC_0091-002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26YFMkl3ILROjo4P6nWKn6zyLZPlfWmjikZ9SinbQx8FL2KAQthLZuq3P-Bc5EQexiNqmhkJrMWUA87xW7-t1GwSSv7Xdj7-5M-3keU0VGeUc5oGe0U6DYVu5ZWDUhIghpDN1OEg6Eds/s640/DSC_0091-002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since last spring, I added 'see lamb being born' </div><div style="text-align: center;">to my long list of 'Must Do's' in England</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and I was able to check it off my list </div><div style="text-align: center;">when I saw this little cherub being born a few weeks ago</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocTLKZGqeRteIcDRKev8ZjsMGBVXZybZ6GpL5f5PAAipjn74anKZ530qim0iKQrjzmZRJYkkYFpcrYiDZvQ85Rjfz1RcCoWTzOZQA691qS1yYWHNUgzCzahqwG4SEjwhYZf6vE1D6R0Q/s1600/DSC_0149-003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocTLKZGqeRteIcDRKev8ZjsMGBVXZybZ6GpL5f5PAAipjn74anKZ530qim0iKQrjzmZRJYkkYFpcrYiDZvQ85Rjfz1RcCoWTzOZQA691qS1yYWHNUgzCzahqwG4SEjwhYZf6vE1D6R0Q/s640/DSC_0149-003.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cutie is only minutes old</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">* Sigh *  </span></i>I love Spring in England :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thank you to <a href="http://prestwickfarm.co.uk/">Prestwick Farm</a></span><br /><br /><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">- photos by me -</span></i> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here's a sneak peek of my next post...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf68kVHnTkVkRnwMjVp36V3OxS7iDpyATsCyQ0quLgbnz0I-A_S-OE2vFIp12SLqYGli9xLNWUr7GQNgbuhLrw4qJH-dKtBzevxiD3nAileea9ed1ctsSVj_z7ZXUyLXiF2VBpS3iHoCk/s1600/Post+Of+The+Month+Club+Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf68kVHnTkVkRnwMjVp36V3OxS7iDpyATsCyQ0quLgbnz0I-A_S-OE2vFIp12SLqYGli9xLNWUr7GQNgbuhLrw4qJH-dKtBzevxiD3nAileea9ed1ctsSVj_z7ZXUyLXiF2VBpS3iHoCk/s320/Post+Of+The+Month+Club+Button.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; 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Spring Lambs

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK In England, the 'lambing season' is synonymous with Spring The countryside is dotted with sheep and the...

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Spellbound By Spring

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Spring is here!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been waiting a year to make a trip to the royal <a href="http://www.theroyallandscape.co.uk/landscape/savillgarden/">Savill Garden</a> in Windsor</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy its deliciousness...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2c_h9csSwjO4ik1LTzjAYTl_k43FUrj6g7d1kQmIcz-_c5hyphenhyphenwoF_l8IJKK48weY0YQgZoBA5oHimDVJmgZsWdASvymsvprkyNPSpLWnDCqQj7gc0tqGMSOoe9U8csSmEM8FGIs3qw-8/s1600/DSC_0026-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2c_h9csSwjO4ik1LTzjAYTl_k43FUrj6g7d1kQmIcz-_c5hyphenhyphenwoF_l8IJKK48weY0YQgZoBA5oHimDVJmgZsWdASvymsvprkyNPSpLWnDCqQj7gc0tqGMSOoe9U8csSmEM8FGIs3qw-8/s640/DSC_0026-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv03M6WEz9mkOFAZzxH7vxHaxPdhdVyZEl6yNC_EQNY_mm68CpGHG55nKNPxj1buQ-_euChrSpkrjMUT4uW8EZs74yQ5Ut-yqujLZixm9D3Jln6v2CIspNOSUl1couJPmbVVRmdNUZORE/s1600/DSC_0254-015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv03M6WEz9mkOFAZzxH7vxHaxPdhdVyZEl6yNC_EQNY_mm68CpGHG55nKNPxj1buQ-_euChrSpkrjMUT4uW8EZs74yQ5Ut-yqujLZixm9D3Jln6v2CIspNOSUl1couJPmbVVRmdNUZORE/s640/DSC_0254-015.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring Magnolia (many Champion varieties) </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The daffodil is the Welsh national flower</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and may have been brought to Britain by the Romans</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYLug1-a9ptblXJOTDYlyCbVY5AbDoNsLg-oC2u0cX2GPQTgAH5FvbfNZWdIAawgTDIDYpgIky45LS1-f-qlIGRHAY1fNqH0M9bMCyOlbWvUtYC4Bu7XxH-_jsBJC1Eb3CVJlk7M8tfw/s1600/DSC_0197-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYLug1-a9ptblXJOTDYlyCbVY5AbDoNsLg-oC2u0cX2GPQTgAH5FvbfNZWdIAawgTDIDYpgIky45LS1-f-qlIGRHAY1fNqH0M9bMCyOlbWvUtYC4Bu7XxH-_jsBJC1Eb3CVJlk7M8tfw/s640/DSC_0197-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In The Valley Gardens</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tiZoxAExwxAPPQVPA7W3HqZAQp_ctrnv6uh-xYM_ZSBPg6AH8bs_WwPDLAPFFPO8HB4yiiLd48olCWpq5ItPZkI66DxE7p-JdkdhiIYYW7sCQm-fVdIgiqqmAPctskJ8fK9LGDtHt7M/s1600/DSC_0155-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tiZoxAExwxAPPQVPA7W3HqZAQp_ctrnv6uh-xYM_ZSBPg6AH8bs_WwPDLAPFFPO8HB4yiiLd48olCWpq5ItPZkI66DxE7p-JdkdhiIYYW7sCQm-fVdIgiqqmAPctskJ8fK9LGDtHt7M/s640/DSC_0155-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daffodils as far as the eye can see</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUG1J3nOo-84pu5AX7iUfl7PNQaZV04UzRG6_RH9n5EuHvo3Gty4y9AeNFjySzlKpnK-ve8TMlOK9xMn09BOhtH61hfDlMoqJSPaXvcT3m2z4RsbUXviiNIw3UFuXtlszU2lh5eTVHmA/s1600/DSC_0102-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUG1J3nOo-84pu5AX7iUfl7PNQaZV04UzRG6_RH9n5EuHvo3Gty4y9AeNFjySzlKpnK-ve8TMlOK9xMn09BOhtH61hfDlMoqJSPaXvcT3m2z4RsbUXviiNIw3UFuXtlszU2lh5eTVHmA/s640/DSC_0102-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the crocuses planted with daffodils</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">...I wandered lonely as a Cloud</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">That floats on high o'er Vales and Hills,</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">When all at once I saw a crowd</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">A host of dancing Daffodils;</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Along the Lake, beneath the trees,</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Ten thousand dancing in the breeze...<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">-William Wordsworth</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXp77bkeE_coUi9GEICWDg3xbaRGS8LC3jgMmE-0b1IYSncaYua8ohDx93SZnR_x9l-rsEF84oLwQc7WnBD5f2h84RdcxsMB08saFVkvAVVYedX8Bm7YZL71ByTNmG3IZbEHvVw6MhF0/s1600/DSC_0164-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXp77bkeE_coUi9GEICWDg3xbaRGS8LC3jgMmE-0b1IYSncaYua8ohDx93SZnR_x9l-rsEF84oLwQc7WnBD5f2h84RdcxsMB08saFVkvAVVYedX8Bm7YZL71ByTNmG3IZbEHvVw6MhF0/s640/DSC_0164-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delightful winding paths</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is nothing like a warm clear day in England</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Spring to you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">- all photos by me -</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Poem: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wandered_Lonely_as_a_Cloud">here</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">History: '100 Flowers and How They Got Their Name' by Diana Wells</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Garden: <a href="http://www.theroyallandscape.co.uk/">Savill Garden and The Valley Gardens</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Another daffodil post <a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/daffodils-yellow-drops-of-sunshine.html">here</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background-attachment: initial; 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Spellbound By Spring

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We're The Flintstones

<div style="text-align: left;">Posted by Happy Homemaker UK</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Heeelllloooo! I'm back :)</div>How I've missed our conversations this month!<br />I feel we have so much to catch up on...<br /><br />We've moved </div><div style="text-align: center;">and not without at few stories to pack up along the way...<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMMf6z6SbUyEMpZo_dxCcpd_JgKEilTgRFgpe7z8-LF0yjcCpKRCSPWdmmBwCa-T_I_jMTOD6EL_SuLZDv6EtSwAT2GEEkkdx3ZOTGQKc2WacRBgsyoZaOaKq21dzTtNVMfp7Ldrt6XE/s1600/DSC_0054-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMMf6z6SbUyEMpZo_dxCcpd_JgKEilTgRFgpe7z8-LF0yjcCpKRCSPWdmmBwCa-T_I_jMTOD6EL_SuLZDv6EtSwAT2GEEkkdx3ZOTGQKc2WacRBgsyoZaOaKq21dzTtNVMfp7Ldrt6XE/s400/DSC_0054-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />I must admit to being a little nervous about our second English move<br /><br />Our initial move to this country was <i>bizarre</i><br />with movers living in the back of their truck,<br />asking to use our loo and shower<br />and needing us to buy them cigarettes as their moving truck was too big<br />to maneuver through the streets to the local store (and too far to walk)<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqXDoG9XumPIsTJbfiKorWlg4HrobpI9lPL73Xx6upne8MHK-ZZQxTBL8OadQdg-eRfB1Df8iMuGpR8CbokVrJSxhzTVt1SwhMlVLH_PqfiNsSbX8KQzFbQC1A1uaCV2gcdUU5QYMMD0/s1600/DSC_0003-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqXDoG9XumPIsTJbfiKorWlg4HrobpI9lPL73Xx6upne8MHK-ZZQxTBL8OadQdg-eRfB1Df8iMuGpR8CbokVrJSxhzTVt1SwhMlVLH_PqfiNsSbX8KQzFbQC1A1uaCV2gcdUU5QYMMD0/s400/DSC_0003-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank goodness I knew to have tea warm and ready when the movers arrived this time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for where else but England would movers want to start their day with tea</div><div style="text-align: center;">just 30 minutes into their work day?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But let me tell you, it was complicated :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some wanted milk, some wanted sugar</div><div style="text-align: center;">- lumped sugar, not granulated sugar -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and biscuits</div><div style="text-align: center;">(thanks to a good friend who delivered lumps and cookies to solve my predicament)<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRfuQZPaKmJq-4K94U0uYQ8g906GutcBpB0ABttTHNM_dgNQPjy1Vc_In1bIuv-qVj6Cp16cLiNURcps9_-tNMBHzMLQ5cTTgbTtXrDZKjVj_gETeR1dh8I-L93VAtn_mMzMZwKenL8s/s1600/DSC_0048-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRfuQZPaKmJq-4K94U0uYQ8g906GutcBpB0ABttTHNM_dgNQPjy1Vc_In1bIuv-qVj6Cp16cLiNURcps9_-tNMBHzMLQ5cTTgbTtXrDZKjVj_gETeR1dh8I-L93VAtn_mMzMZwKenL8s/s400/DSC_0048-2.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Kitty Boy' loved playing in the paper</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aside from not having the proper ingredients for tea, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I woke up that morning to the dilemma of no power steering in my car,</div><div style="text-align: center;">thus making corners and roundabouts impossible to complete</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So while I was in the middle of the move,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to negotiate the garage to see me</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They don't have the part in, but guess what, I'm coming in anyway</div><div style="text-align: center;">because I don't know what else to do.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm about to move to Wits End Lane!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So Mr Nice Car Guy got out his <i>duct tape</i> to repair the hole in my </div><div style="text-align: center;">power steering hose</div><div style="text-align: center;">Definitely not MOT approved, but it worked like a charm;</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was grateful and on my way - yea!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After teary eyed goodbyes with neighbors,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was off to my new village in a duct taped car</div><div style="text-align: center;">and opened the front door to see...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> { <i>as harps played }</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">American goodies (Oreos, M&Ms, Tootsie Rolls), champagne,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a lawn bowling game, and a giant bouquet of flowers from my new landlord</div><div style="text-align: center;">to welcome us to our new home</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like an episode from The Price Is Right,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I then knew I had picked the right door (house).</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I was going to faint with delight!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW30LYMtUpv0AbtWapj4WWOazQ91MHnP72F-pC_BE9U8DpLPjDjzi6UExLCplNVzSKDRSiecoRFdJxs_ETwlHu_izg9Z7Brr0N84F_G2w-LT_yz-FdfSiQdxqzAmPeMBDISXqcNtJdg0/s1600/DSC_0263-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW30LYMtUpv0AbtWapj4WWOazQ91MHnP72F-pC_BE9U8DpLPjDjzi6UExLCplNVzSKDRSiecoRFdJxs_ETwlHu_izg9Z7Brr0N84F_G2w-LT_yz-FdfSiQdxqzAmPeMBDISXqcNtJdg0/s400/DSC_0263-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As we unpacked over the last 2 weeks,</div><div style="text-align: center;">our friendly new neighbors have dropped by (one has chickens & Shetland ponies)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and someone mysteriously left her famous Lemon Drizzle Cake at our front door</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you believe our luck?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are completely settled in</div><div style="text-align: center;">and we LOVE our new house, neighbors, and setting</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just the other day</div><div style="text-align: center;">my son was followed by a friendly pheasant while riding his bike,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and my husband had to use a torch (flashlight) to find is way to the train station </div><div style="text-align: center;">because there are no street lights in this semi-rural area<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQENmzBsxvIIvu7IXxkc56Pb9Acg8Pdx1lurqLAn3mcSa2RjxY-oLInUEJfY65B_h7kQ3q2nLudNpwRPnjXVDgD3kt4f13Bz5bc31fSRYcf2I6fFy0S0tyKSO4EBG00qETJSryHWV-SnE/s1600/DSC_0265-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQENmzBsxvIIvu7IXxkc56Pb9Acg8Pdx1lurqLAn3mcSa2RjxY-oLInUEJfY65B_h7kQ3q2nLudNpwRPnjXVDgD3kt4f13Bz5bc31fSRYcf2I6fFy0S0tyKSO4EBG00qETJSryHWV-SnE/s400/DSC_0265-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Houses in this area are covered in<b> 'flint stones'</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep, we're going to love it here</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We're bringing the 'Yee-Haw' to Surrey :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><i>- all photos by moi -</i></span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

We're The Flintstones

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK Heeelllloooo! I'm back :) How I've missed our conversations this month! I feel we have so much to catch...

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