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Today...A five mile walk in the nearby Peak District. The weather was as perfect as weather can be and the air was crystal clear. I slogged up Parkin Clough and then a flatter path that later descended to the tiny village of Aston. On to the slightly larger village of Thornhill before following the bed of an old railway that led back to Yorkshire Bridge where Butch was parked. I felt very calm in a Zen kind of way and took several rests along the route - sometimes just to pause and appreciate the beauty around me. A day like this one - it seemed like a reward for enduring the short grey days of January and February. There was light and greenery and new born lambs and it felt very good to be alive. Retirement blooms in Aston - specially for fellow blogger Mr Steve Reed. from Yorkshire Pudding https://ift.tt/gHYywG3

 Lord Guard my thoughts My heart  Soul And mind In perfect peace As walking  Through the  Waiting is Emotionally draining And utterly exhausting  from R's rue https://ift.tt/dmrXNHR

For no particular reason, I saved a piece of bark from Ian's horse chestnut tree. That tree had grown from a conker that he picked up when he was three years old. Over thirty six years, it grew to the height of about forty feet and was clearly bothering one of our next door neighbours. Following heart-wrenching considerations, we decided to have it chopped down. Back in 2024, I took two or three of the resulting logs I had saved to a skilled woodturner south of Chesterfield and he created two lovely bowls for me which I later presented to Ian on the occasion of his fortieth birthday. That had been my intention all along. I blogged about this here . Getting back to the piece of bark. It  had sat on one of the book shelves in my study for several months. It had vaguely crossed my mind that I could paint something on it. I had never shown Ian the bark before.  At lunchtime today he was preparing to return to London with Zachary when I showed him the bark which had entirely ...

 What’s on your heart? What is making you smile? What’s in your cart? What’s for breakfast? Last thing you read? Praying for peace and joy in my heart as I’m in a waiting season. Been here awhile.  My dogs Physical therapy equipment  A piece of wheat bread Old books and magazines Your turn? from R's rue https://ift.tt/5kQMZb1

Stewart prepared a special Easter Sunday dinner. The Lamb of God was on the menu with roasted potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, leeks, carrots, parsnips and peas. For dessert, Shirley had followed the vegan sticky toffee pudding recipe in the first "Bosh!" cook book  and all was good. Earlier there had been an Easter egg hunt for the little ones and then we all went off to a Sheffield museum that I had not visited in many years - The Emergency Services Museum at West Bar. Greatly improved and still run by volunteers, it was a perfect excursion for all of us and we finished up in the museum's little cafe enjoying a light lunch. We had seen police cars, ambulances, fire engines and even a redundant lifeboat called "City of Sheffield". We all enjoyed the visit. As you might imagine, I will be coming back to this museum in a future post. On the way there,  the roads had been blocked off near Sheffield Children's Hospital as 750 motorcyclists arrived at Weston P...

 Happy Easter You rose You’re alive And in  Resurrection Joy can Be found from R's rue https://ift.tt/XWHFl2z

 Finding beauty Amidst the pain The story Of life The secret Hold fast Hold on Until the Storm passes Or teaches You something from R's rue https://ift.tt/MNEH0d6