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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Day Five: What are your favorite comfort foods? in NojoMo
Chocolate. I have to be really disciplined about how much I eat. I only buy it for special occasions like Christmas and Easter and people tend to buy it for me on my birthday and Mother’s Day. I ...
Day 4: What was the last vacation you took in NojoMo
Well the last one was our week in Cornwall in September, but I’ve already posted quite a lot about that, so I thought I might write some more about our trip to Amsterdam in May. We originally pla...
Day 3 Describe the last time you danced in NojoMo
Well if you are talking dancing in public at a party or a club it’s years. I’m not really that kind of person. I do go to the odd party but they are more the meet people, have some food and have ...
Day 2: What was the last thought you had before falling asleep last night? in NojoMo
I’m doing an online Future Learn course on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales. Last night I was reading one called The Travelling Companion which we are comparing to an original folk tale, so ...
Day 1: What are the top five things to do/places to visit on your bucket list? in NojoMo
I came across this and it looks interesting so I decided to give it a try. I’m a day late starting so I have to write 2 entries today. I’ve been doing quite well with my bucket list lately the la...
The Black Mountains in The View from the Terrace
When I looked through my window this morning I noticed that the larger trees in the distance have shed all of their leaves now and we can see the Black Mountains again. When we bought this place ...
Our holiday in Cornwall in The View from the Terrace
I haven’t written anything yet about our holiday in Cornwall so I thought I would do that today. It is just over a month now since we drove down on September 26 and arrived late afternoon in brig...
The view from my window in The View from the Terrace
It’s a beautiful sunny autumn day today and quite warm too. I woke with one of my migraines so I am still resting in bed. From the bedroom window the autumn colours are looking glorious. From my ...
Catching up in The View from the Terrace
I seem to have spent most of this week catching up with things after our holiday. We arrived back late afternoon Sunday. Tony was out and the dishwasher was half full of dirty plates and dishes a...
Goodbye to a good friend in The View from the Terrace
On Sunday we arrived home after a week’s holiday in Cornwall. We had a great time with glorious weather, the best week of the summer, sunshine every day. While I was there I received some sad new...
Cat and David's Tenerife Holiday in The View from the Terrace
Yesterday we drove down to Cardiff to take Billie Jean home. Cat and David have been in Tenerife for 2 weeks and we have really enjoyed having the dog here, even though the cats were wary at firs...
A rewarding and productive day in The View from the Terrace
After several days of bad weather and also 3 days running waking with a migraine, I was really happy to wake yesterday morning feeling well and pain free and to see that the sun was shining. I sp...
Steam train in The View from the Terrace
I was just outside getting the washing in when a steam train went by. I love living next to a railway and seeing the trains pass and wondering where they are going to and what the people on them ...
The long and winding road in The View from the Terrace
Tony and Hubby brought home Tony’s new car OK on Saturday. I’m not sure if they used the sat nav. It led us a merry dance in Cardiff last week. I thought it was odd when it told us to take the th...
More car problems in The View from the Terrace
I can’t believe it, we have had more car problems! Hubby brought home our new car on Wednesday. On Thursday we drove to Cardiff to collect Cat’s dog who we are having while they go to Tenerife. Y...
Summer is coming to an end in The View from the Terrace
The leaves on the forsythia are starting to turn gold. I noticed it a few days ago. It is still August, just, and I can’t believe that summer is coming to an end. We have had so little hot weathe...
Car problems in The View from the Terrace
Our new car has packed up. Well, it wasn’t a new car, just a new to us car, quite old really but seemed a good buy at the time. Two days before our visit to Amsterdam our last car developed probl...
Feeling fed up in The View from the Terrace
I’m feeling a bit fed up and stressed today. I’ve been getting a lot of migraines and also the bad weather gets me down. I started getting more migraines after our trip to Amsterdam in early May....
It seems to have been raining on and off ever since we came home from Shrewsbury last week. Yesterday there was one hell of a storm, the rain was tipping down. Thank goodness last Saturday was ...
Shrewsbury Flower Show in The View from the Terrace
On Friday we drove up to my hometown of Shrewsbury for our annual visit to the flower show there. I always get quite emotional when I visit. Although we left over 50 years ago when I was in my ea...
Survey in The View from the Terrace
I liked this survey so I decided to do it - A. What are your favorite smells? You may think I am mad but I love the smell of steam engines; I guess it takes me back to my childhood. Apart from th...
Moving on in The View from the Terrace
Chris, our eldest son, came to visit this evening. I haven’t seen him for 5 weeks so it was good to catch up. He told us that his house purchase is finally complete so he and Jethro are property ...
Home again in The View from the Terrace
Well, I’m home. I finally got back late Wednesday evening. I’ve been catching up on the cleaning as I don’t think Hubby and Tony have done very much! I’ve also been spending time in my garden wh...
Shopping and time travel in The View from the Terrace
We went into the city yesterday. Neither of us are very good at getting out early so we go on Thurdays which is late night opening. We had a late lunch at a lovely little vegetarian restaurent in...
Collecting the post in The View from the Terrace
Yesterday morning I went round to the pharmacy to collect the post. Cat and David can’t have their post delivered to the door as they haven’t worked out a way that is secure The back gate to the ...
