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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Making Cat's Garden in The View from the Terrace
It was my mother’s birthday yesterday. She would have been 108 which is a scary thought! We had a lovely day helping Cat to make a little garden in the space behind her flat. Cat lives above a ph...
Charity shops and spending too much in The View from the Terrace
Although I’m missing my garden and my country views while staying with Cat in the city, I really am loving being close to so many charity shops. There are more within walking distance of this fla...
Goodbye Val Doonican and Dr Zhivago in The View from the Terrace
It is getting more often that I look at the news and find someone I have loved has died. Just over 2 weeks ago it was Val Doonican whose show I watched for years in the 60s, 70s and early 80s. I ...
Wimbledon over the years and Chris's birthday in The View from the Terrace
Isn’t it strange how we women turn into our mothers over time. I have this vivid memory of coming home from school when I was 12. My dad had retired early the previous year for health reasons. It...
Still very hot and seagull attack in The View from the Terrace
Last night was very hot. I needed the window wide open in the bedroom and some students nearby were having a very loud party. I thought I would have trouble getting to sleep but I didn’t. I must ...
Hot weather, charity shops and gardening. in The View from the Terrace
Gosh it’s hot. I’m glad I found that long cotton skirt in the charity shop! Cat took me to another little shopping centre yesterday where there were lots more charity shops. I was hoping I might ...
Visiting my daughter in Cardiff in The View from the Terrace
I am staying with my daughter in Cardiff. Her partner is away visiting his family in Spain. It couldn’t be more different here from my cottage in the country. She lives in a flat over a pharmacy ...
We had a lovely afternoon last Sunday visiting an open garden in the grounds of a small manor house near here. The gardens are in two parts, those beside the house and a big lakeside garden acros...
A disappointing day in The View from the Terrace
We had a really frustrating day on Sunday. We had planned to visit our daughter and her partner in Cardiff. I haven’t seen her since January so was really looking forward to it. We set off in goo...
A visit to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam in The View from the Terrace
I can’t believe it’s almost 3 months since my last entry. There has been quite a lot going on. We had a weekend away visiting friends and relatives in late April and then a trip to Amsterdam in e...
Eclipse in The View from the Terrace
This morning there was a near total eclipse over the UK. Here it was about 86%. I wish I had known about it earlier as I didn’t have time to buy some special glasses but it was still quite an exp...
Our 39th wedding anniversary in The View from the Terrace
Today is our 39th wedding anniversary. We had originally planned to go out for lunch but Hubby has been ill with a bad cold that has gone to his chest and he didn’t feel up to a meal out so we we...
The Kite Runner in The View from the Terrace
I’ve just started reading The Kite Runner. I’ve seen the movie a couple of times but not read the book before although I did read Khaled Hosseini’s book A Thousand Splendid Suns a year or two ago...
Fed up with being unwell in The View from the Terrace
I’m feeling rather fed up at the moment. This week was a relatively free week and I made a lot of plans. Nothing special, just jobs around the house that I wanted to get on with, like sorting out...
Slipping Through my Fingers in The View from the Terrace
I watched Mamma Mia on TV yet again last week. I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve seen it. It’s on TV a lot and each time I say no, I won’t watch again as I only saw it a few months back...
A tree down in the storm but not ours thank goodness! in The View from the Terrace
What a storm that was last night! We had planned to go to an open mic in Abergavenny but decided against because of the wind. I woke about 6am to go to the bathroom and lay awake feeling quite wo...
Christmas and New Year in The View from the Terrace
The New Year is here and for us it started well with a visit to see Cat and David in Cardiff in their new flat. It’s a very smart place, much better than their last one. No broken washbasins or h...
Eldest son finally leaving home today. in The View from the Terrace
My son is moving out today. It’s not the first time. He left a few years back but had to come home when his landlord sold the house and he couldn’t find anywhere else. He stayed here and saved e...
I’m not writing entries here nearly as much as I would like to. It’s partly that my concentration is often really bad from withdrawing from the tranquilizers I’m finding writing more difficult. O...
My personal battle and world wars in The View from the Terrace
It's over a month since I wrote an entry! Coming off the tranquilizers is going reasonably well. The doctor has given me a liquid equivalent so that it is easier to reduce by a small amount. I s...
Sarah my great great grandmother in The View from the Terrace
One of my hobbies is genealogy. I really enjoy finding out about my ancestors, the way they lived and the places they lived in. I've always had this interest, but progress was slow until the Inte...
Feeling angry with the medical profession in The View from the Terrace
Just as life was going well and I was starting to really enjoy the summer my doctor has made a decision which is really hard. I've been on tranquilizers since a few months after I got married. At...
Folk clubs, open mics and my birthday in The View from the Terrace
On Tuesday Hubby and I enjoyed a fantastic evening at a local folk club. It’s held at a pub in Longtown, a village a few miles from here. I used to love going to folk clubs in the 60s and 70s but...
A week last Monday Hubby and I went to Cardiff, first to visit our daughter and in the evening to a concert by The Seekers. The Seekers were my favourite group in the 60s and I have loved and per...
Ada's gift in The View from the Terrace
I have just been watching an interview on This Morning with a woman who took in her best friend's 2 boys after the friend was killed in an accident and her husband died of cancer. It was a very t...
