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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Am I cursed? in The View from the Terrace
Hubby and I are sitting at home drinking coffee, eating a hastily made snack and feeling thoroughly disappointed - why? - because we should be enjoying ourselves at the wedding celebration this e...
Sunshine on snow in The View from the Terrace
It was a beautiful winter’s day here today with the sun glittering on the snow. Every now and again large clumps of it were falling off the trees. The Black Mountains are not black right now, but...
Narnia! in The View from the Terrace
If Cat were here she would say, ‘It’s Narnia outside!’ and it is. When I woke this morning everywhere had a thick carpet of snow. The trees with their frosty white coverings are like something ou...
Bonfire night and memories of gardens in The View from the Terrace
It was bonfire night yesterday and we spent an enjoyable half an hour watching the fireworks in the village display from our house. We can only see the rockets because of the hill but they looked...
I think I've been overdoing it in The View from the Terrace
I think I have been overdoing the high life. Since our weekend away I have woken with migraines every day, so I have been taking it easy this week. I did manage to get into the garden on Wednesda...
Weekend trip to Coventry and Warwick in The View from the Terrace
We went away again this last weekend. Our son told us that we are always away and obviously have too much money! This time it was to our regular John Denver event in Coventry. The one at the Wirr...
In a contemplative mood about evil and humanity in The View from the Terrace
I am in a bit of a contemplative mood today, thinking about the world we live in and the human race in general. The events in Las Vegas on Sunday were horrific. I have a friend who lives there, ...
Getting older in The View from the Terrace
We had a great time at our friend Donald’s 80th birthday party last night. It was held in an activity centre in Craswall up in the Black Mountains. I haven’t driven up there for years, it’s a bea...
Strong winds in The View from the Terrace
There was a heck of a storm last night. My little pot plants were all over the garden and, when listening to the gusts in the night, I was feeling rather relieved that the boys finally cut down t...
The end of the Christmas tree in The View from the Terrace
This year I finally decided to allow the boys to chop down the Christmas tree in our front garden. In the early 90s, when the children were small I decided to buy a Christmas tree with a root and...
20 years since Princess Diana died in The View from the Terrace
Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana. Over the past month there have been numerous documentaries on TV and at first I felt they were overdoing it but I found myself watchi...
I’m reading a lovely book, it’s called Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher. It starts in the mid 1930s and basically follows the life of a young girl called Judith who, at the beginning is 14 and liv...
Consequences in The View from the Terrace
Chris bought me a new patio table and chairs set for my birthday. It was almost his birthday by the time I got it but that was fine, it arrived in time for the good weather and I loved it. The ol...
Our visit to Cornwall part 2 in The View from the Terrace
The British climate is unbelievable. After the period of scorching hot weather it got so cold last week that I dug out my thermal vest again and was needing to put the heating on at times. It als...
Our visit to Cornwall in The View from the Terrace
After my last entry the weather cooled down a lot and I am feeling so much better that I am now sure it was mainly the heat that was making me feel ill. As that heat wave seems to have passed I d...
Feeling unwell in the heat in The View from the Terrace
We got back from Cornwall on Saturday evening. We had a lovely few days. Unfortunately I started to feel unwell while we were there and have been feeling worse over these last few days. I couldn’...
A Nostalgic Journey in The View from the Terrace
These last two and a half weeks have been pretty busy and I haven’t had time to post anything until now. On April 23 we went up to Shrewsbury for 3 days. Hubby said the last time we were there t...
Easter and Mother's Day in The View from the Terrace
I haven’t posted for a while, mainly because I was still not feeling well from the flu, it left me feeling really washed out and finding it hard to concentrate. I’m feeling much better now. Easte...
Hoshiko in The View from the Terrace
Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts. I am still not too well myself but wanted to post a photo of Hoshiko. My daughter named him as a kitten. It means Star child in Japanese, the boys always c...
Goodbye Hoshiko (Scruffy) in The View from the Terrace
The computer is working at the moment but I don’t know how long for. I’m hoping Tony will find time to sort it out this evening. Hoshiko, our beautiful long haired white cat died in the night at ...
Sad and ill in The View from the Terrace
My computer is playing up so i’ve borrowed hubby’s tablet And I’m not finding it easy. I’m feeling really sad as one of our cats became very I’ll this morning And is now at the vets on a drip. Th...
An old school friend died in The View from the Terrace
I just discovered yesterday that an old school friend died. I found out quite by accident. I was amusing myself on the internet looking up the ancestors of people I know or used to know and she h...
A trip to a concert and an ancestor hunt in The View from the Terrace
On Friday we went to a concert in Stroud. It was Chris Bannister, one of our John Denver friends who does tributes, well not exactly tributes as he performs the music in his own style and also do...
Two wedding anniversaries and a birthday in The View from the Terrace
Tuesday was our 41st wedding anniversary. I bought Hubby a silver glasses case engraved with Happy Anniversary and a little teddy emblem. I have called him Ted from the first year of our marriage...
Margaret in The View from the Terrace
I hadn’t planned another entry today but I just turned on Facebook and learned that today would have been the 80th birthday of an old friend. I wrote about the passing of her husband, Jim, in my ...
