R's rue

In this post I travel fourteen years back in time  to 2007 courtesy of my photo library. Like 2006, it was a year in which I did more than my fair share of foreign travel. Above - can you guess where that is? It is an unusual view of  The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. I was in Tuscany for three days in February - also visiting Florence and Leonardo's birthplace in Anchiano near Vinci. At Eastertime, Shirley and I went to Morocco for ten days. It was a self-made holiday with half the time spent in Marrakesh and the other half at Essaouira  on the Atlantic coast which is where I took this picture of fishing boats:- In early June we went to Galicia in northern Spain with our friends Moira and Steve. Like many pilgrims before us, we visited the great cathedral at Santiago di Compostela. Here it is claimed that the bones of St James are concealed in his gaudy shrine though the story is of course all pure fantasy. This is a view of the cathedral against a slightly th...

 As I sit In the silence I remember A goodness That life has When I stop And recall The beauty That God Blesses me With every day The green grass That tickle my toes The water hose That sprays My face  So coolly As my red cheeks Rejoice Seek the good Searching for  The miracle That isn’t hard To find at all from R's rue https://ift.tt/2WhyuFB

  I was never that fussed with house plants. I have had an aspidistra and a Christmas rose for over 20 years and neither can be killed off by lack of watering and care despite my best efforts. During lockdown, I got into the habit of treating myself to a small houseplant every time I braved the supermarket. And now Pockets of green fill every corner of the cottage, with leaves fighting for light in front of little windows and shady corners. The Chinese Money plants are my favourites, with their delicate parasol leaves, jaunty and flag like  I’ve even got a tiny money plant in my bathroom.  But that’s plastic  Don’t tell anyone  from Going Gently https://ift.tt/2XWYRkv