Blog move

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Magic Moments – The Golden Girls

This is my grandma, Marguerite (Madge for short). She is 92 this year and the eldest of five daughters.

Unfortunately one of the daughters, Doris, died before I was born and I never got to meet her.

Her other sisters are Teresa, Irene and Frances. Teresa lives in Canada, Irene lives in America, my grandma and Frances live in the UK.

I call them The Golden Girls. I’ve always thought they were really glamorous. Not your stereotypical “grandma” type. They always dress smart and carry themselves well. They remind me of old movie stars – your Katharine Hepburns and Lauren Bacalls.

I don’t remember the last time the four of them were together, which is sad. Age and distance are not a good combination, my grandma is too old to go to the States or Canada now. She hasn’t been over there for a very long time.

Irene did come over here though, and is still here, last week and on Sunday we all went out for dinner and three of the sisters got together – maybe for the last time.

I find it happy and sad to see them together. The change in them over the years is noticeable but they’ll always be the Golden Girls to me.

Silent Sunday

The Gallery – The Weekend

This is a snapshot of our weekend. We had brunch out, pottered around a nice village, spent some time in the garden and spent time with the new addition to the family – our niece, Rose. It was a nice, happy, sunny weekend. My favourite.

Magic Moments – Gracie meets her new cousin

This is the evening that Gracie met my sister’s little girl, Rose. Rose was born 9 days ago and she is beautiful. Two beautiful girls together.

Silent Sunday

Nature In The Home

Linking up to Little Green Shed’s Nature In The Home.

I can’t remember what these flowers are called but I really like them. I like flowers that look like they’ve been picked from a field. I’m not a fan of neat, designer ones.

Magic Moments

The birth of my beautiful niece xx

Silent Sunday

The Gallery – Expressions

I like this week’s theme.

Facial expressions fascinate me. They have the power to make me cry with laughter or just frighten me. You can say 1,000 words with one expression, it saves having to talk sometimes.

I find it hard to control my facial expressions, especially when someone does something ridiculous (be it in a funny way or a just plain stupid way). You can’t help but tell what I’m thinking just by looking at me. I even have a “don’t even think about sitting next to me” face that I pull if I’m ever on the train. It’s not that I’m anti-social (well, maybe a little), it’s just some people you don’t want to sit next to you. I have to say though, it does work. I’ve perfected it over the years. I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

This photo was taken by @JA_PhotoUK last year on a picnic. He doesn’t blog, so I’ve decided to submit it for him (with his permission). Grace was pulling faces to make me laugh, and he caught the picture at exactly the right time. I think it is a happy photo and I like to look at it. It isn’t staged or false.