Week 19..Food, glorious food!

Well , for a change I am 'on it' this week.. writing on Thursday as I get my 'ducks in a row'.. you see we have decided to go visit a customer in Lyon, France on Monday.. yes, that's a Bank Holiday for us, but not for them (they have two this week and two next).. so it's a weekend in Lyon for us two first, a little lazing, a pinch of culture perhaps and plenty of wandering!  So I have had to get organised..

In keeping with the French domination of the culinary world I thought this week we could look at ...........'Food'

Show us the food / meals/ snacks you encounter this week.. your favourite or your big aversion! (mine is celery!)

here's a few suggestions:

• Monday... our evening meal
• Tuesday... Snack time!
• Wednesday... Breakfast
• Thursday.... my Food Hell!
• Friday... my Food Heaven!
• Saturday ... Weekend Treats.



I Love Jordan's Chelsea Buns!

• Sunday .. Is it traditional Sunday Roast or lazy day food?

Have fun .. hope you manage to show us something ..  

Kathi xx

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Week 18..Signs!

.. so sorry for my lateness! I was away at the weekend, well only for a night but it relaxed me so much I clean forgot about the challenge til late last evening!

So... this week.. show me the Signs you encounter in the week.. shop signwriting, sale signs, pub name signs and just fun price tags or food labels which make you smile.

Or maybe something which reminds you of long ago.. or just how modern life is today.

Here are a few ideas:  do them in any order you like.. or just choose one!

• Monday ... a road sign
• Tuesday ... a fantastic elaborate sign
• Wednesday ... a hastily written sign (probably wrongly spelt!)
• Thursday... a sign that makes you want to look inside
• Friday ... a 'sign of the times'
• Saturday ... a 'play on words' sign
• Sunday ... a sign you find comforting... maybe a food label!

Here's one I like:

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Week 17..oops!

Sorry guys.. lost a day .. hope you had a nice Easter weekend whatever you chose to do..

One of my favourite weeks in 2013 was Jen's View week. I wasn't always able to get to my special places but the kids were on board and even offered to take my Porthcurno view if they were out that way.

So.. as a slant on Jen's original idea I thought we would have a Views Week, but once each season, that will be late January / April / July and October. 

This Season's Views : Spring

You can have a lazy week and just post one view for the whole week if you wish, but try and take a view you used back in week 5, Winter.. 

... but if you want to join in every day, or some days then here's a few ideas..(you can mix these up if you like as maybe you need to think about some of them over a couple of days)

• Monday   Garden View or Through the Window
• Tuesday   This season's favourite meal 
• Wednesday   Sky View
• Thursday    Family or friends
• Friday    This season's favourite outfit
• Saturday   View of a frequently visited place
• Sunday  (...bear with me on this one..)   Feet first.. show us your feet / shoes in this season's setting! (apologies for that one, it came from one of my creative thinking design colleagues!) Hopefully we may get snow / sand and autumn leaves but who knows!

Just to get the Spring-like mood started..here's our first al fresco of the year...

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Week 16: Easter week

Hi..a little late this Monday, but what a beautiful (albeit chilly) morning here in the UK!

Thanks to Viv and Borqna for keeping the Lucky 7's flag flying, we will hang in there until the rest of you can catch us again.  I have even been slow this week with a grim cold and plenty of family toing and froing!

Hope Lynne is having a good holiday in Cyprus and maybe Joy is closer to getting herself a house out in Belize.

As we are a small band of bloggers of late and it is holiday time, with Easter at the weekend, I thought I would just ask you to show us some of the Easter inspiration you see this week.

No daily prompts, just take it easy and enjoy your week..

Show us your Easter holiday images for this week... have a lovely time if you are on holiday, if your children are at home.. or if you are just getting down to some chores for the long weekend..

.. Kathi x

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Week 15 : In praise of Houses and their parts!

Hello everyone!


It has been a hectic week for many of us and I am sure we all wish Lynne well with her news.. keep posting Lynne and let us see you and Peter enjoy some sunshine and lazy days together in Cyprus next week.

Viv kindly wrote to me today and inspired this week's prompt.

I am asking you to show us some Houses you see during the week..

I will give you a daily nudge but if you are in the throws of a busy time then just give me the most interesting place you spotted in your travels this week (that prize may be won by Joy in Belize I guess. there must be interesting places there... )

• Monday....Chimneys
• Tuesday... Roof without a Chimney!
• Wednesday ... Window
• Thursday ... Unusual house
• Friday ... Modern house
• Saturday ... A House that used to be a -----
• Sunday ... Where I would like to live.

Good luck with it!

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Week 14: Mothers & Mothering.

Hi everyone.

Writing this on Sunday and realising that everyone is a little preoccupied at the moment I thought I would give us an 'easy week' and not ask for too much from you.

In the UK today is Mother's Day. or more correctly 'Mothering Sunday. Lots has been written about the history of the day, how people used to go back to their 'Mother Church' and so on; later children working in service used it as an opportunity to return to see their families before the Easter holidays..and now it has become a day to honour our Mums and especially for children to make or give them gifts.

So, moving on a little from last week's 'Family' prompt, I thought I would ask you to tell us something about .. 

Mothers or Mothering.. 

..you can tell us about your own Mum, or if that is a little hard, share with us how your children have celebrated Mother's Day in your house...... or maybe just an anecdote about 'Mothering'

or even just one picture of a Mother-type event this week.

The picture is a great shot of my Mum with Ross about 25 years ago.. x

PS At the end of April we can revisit our 'Views' (from week 5) and see how Spring has arrived .. in case you are out and about and want to take your photos in readiness..x

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Week 13 : Family

Hi everyone.. a small crew of late but everyone has busy lives and it is nice to hear that everyone has things going on but still manages to peek now and then.

I myself have been away and last week had to offer a single blog entry for all my 'entrances'.  
I thought I would try and make this a week when we can draw on old pictures or maybe just one picture if it is easier for you..

Show us some  'Family' 

It doesn't have to be the family today, or your own family.. maybe it could be just a candid picture of other people who may or may not be a family, depending on if you know them or not! Or even a pet family?

Here's a few ideas:

• Monday.... Brothers and / or Sisters
• Tuesday.... Family Resemblance?
• Wednesday... Family Heirloom
• Thursday... Generation gap?
• Friday... Sibling Rivalry?
• Saturday... a Family of...(something!)
• Sunday ... Vintage family photo

here's one of mine.. my brother and Grandad, probably about 1955 !