Sabrina-Belle ⋅ 77 ⋅
I live with my husband, John, younger son, Tony & 2 cats in a village in South Herefordshire UK. Our elder son, Chris, is in Hereford and our daughter, Cat, in Cardiff. I love writing short stories and poetry, am working on my autobiography. Also love music, play guitar and sing, enjoy gardening, family history and travel when I can. We bought our cottage for the view 36 years ago. It's in a terrace of five, part way up a hill overlooking the village, the Black Mountains & the Golden Valley.
Tout comprendre, c’est tout pardonner. - To understand all is to forgive all.
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Easter Sunday in The View from the Terrace
That was a very nice family Easter Sunday. We couldn’t go out for a drive because it rained so we spent the day watching a little TV, doing a few odd jobs and, of course eating some chocolate! I ...
This and that in The View from the Terrace
It looks as if I caught a bug of some kind over the weekend when we were away. I don't think it's a cold as I don't have a runny nose but I feel shivery and achy and have a bit of a cough. Perhap...
Music, laughter and flowers in The View from the Terrace
We had a lovely weekend. On Saturday we went to the spring meeting of our John Denver club. It is always lovely to meet old friends and make new ones, have a good singalong and raise some money f...
Mother's Day in The View from the Terrace
Today is Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday to give it it's original title. My daughter sent me some special sweets, orange creams mmmm! my eldest son has just given me an orchid, he gives me one ...
Memories of John Denver Concerts in The View from the Terrace
Seventeen years ago this evening, March 18 1997, I went to my last John Denver concert. I went with my husband and 9 year old son. Nowadays our son insists that we dragged him there kicking and s...
Sunset and flowers in The View from the Terrace
There was a beautiful sunset this evening, the best so far this year. It wrapped right around the sky. I took this photo facing almost north. On evenings like this I am so thankful that I live h...
Spring has arrived but still no passport. in The View from the Terrace
The weather has been really spring like lately and I'm loving it. The daffodils are out in the garden and I can sit on the patio with my coffee again and listen to the birds singing. Two weeks a...
What's in a name? in The View from the Terrace
Someone just rang up and asked for David. I told them they must have the wrong number. They said I want David A........ and I realised they actually did want my husband. His name is David John bu...
Money and primroses in The View from the Terrace
Isn't it awful the way we can sometimes focus on people's negative qualities and forget to see their good points. I was talking to a friend who had just had a row with her rather anal husband abo...
The Passport Chronicles in The View from the Terrace
We are planning a visit to The Netherlands in April and I am beginning to wonder if someone up there doesn’t want us to go. To visit Amsterdam has been a dream of mine for several years now. I wa...
Doing what you can in The View from the Terrace
I love this story, it reminds me of something I read that Mother Teresa said - 'If you can't feed 100 people then feed one.' Making a difference is all about doing what you can. Sometimes I g...
Time in my garden at last in The View from the Terrace
After all of the storms and the rain it has been lovely to enjoy 2 fine sunny days. At last I have been able to spend some hours in the garden. I planted the last of the pansies in tubs, did a ge...
The storms continue in The View from the Terrace
And so it goes on; the wind is raging, rain is falling; there is water coming under the kitchen door and the roof is leaking in the bedroom. But we are getting off lightly compared to others. Th...
Memories, floods and moving on in The View from the Terrace
I've just been watching a TV programme about Torville and Dean winning the gold medal for ice dancing at the Sarajevo Olympics. This Valentine's Day will be the 30th anniversary. I vividly rememb...
Weather! in The View from the Terrace
This weather is unbelievable. This morning I woke to sunshine, it was cold but settled and I was planning to plant my winter window boxes. I've been trying to get them done since November, the po...
The First Snowdrop in The View from the Terrace
There is a snowdrop outside my kitchen window. There's only one and it's still a bud, but the sight of it sitting there saying, Life goes on and Spring isn't too far away, warms my heart on this ...
My Little Box in The View from the Terrace
My first entry here. I heard 3 days ago that Pete Seeger had died. I am a fugitive from Open Diary and I went there to write about this, found O D was closing and here I am. I loved Pete Seeger...
