Halloween - blast from the past...

To my Mother on her Birthday.

To my Mother on her Birthday.

Words cannot begin to express the love you have shown me all my life, even when I was hard to love you did anyway. What more can a son ask for but to love his mom and to be loved back.

I love you very much and wish you a wonderful Birthday, wish I was there.

xxx

Leigh, Daniel and Jimmy wish you a very Happy Birthday. xxx

The Legend of Black Shuck - Bungay - Suffolk

We took a trip to Bungay this afternoon, to see what the town was like and also to drive past a house we had seen advertised for sale on Rightmove.

The town of Bungay is nice in an old quaint village kind of way (nice to take a stroll in if you are a tourist), but the neighborhood the house was in was a bit run down.

It did give me a chance to visit the site of a legend I had read about when we first moved to England and I was reading up on East Anglia and all it had to offer - The Church of St Mary's in the center of town.

Legend has it that an evil hell hound appeared in 1577 during a thunderstorm and ran around the church attacking the congregants, killing 2 of them before disappearing and reappearing in another church some 12 miles away.

His name - Black Shuck.

Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia: click here to read the complete Wikipedia article

"St Mary's Church was struck by lightning on Sunday, 4 August 1577. During the thunderstorm an apparition appeared, consisting of a black Hell Houndwhich dashed around the church, attacking members of the congregation. It then suddenly disappeared and re-appeared in Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh 12 miles (19 km) away, injuring members of the congregation there. The dog has been associated with Black Shuck, a dog haunting the coasts of Norfolk, Essex, and Suffolk."

The Darkness even did a song about him...   Click here for the song

I was a bit disappointed because Wikipedia did say you could still see the burn marks on the church door, but alas I could see nothing!

The Main Door (North Door)

A tapestry/embroidery thingie inside the church

The Outside

Air Ambulance Excitement

A bit of excitement for the month.

An Air Ambulance flew over the house and landed at the church where Faye goes to guides (right by our house).

Why? We don't know!

Here is the riveting footage of it taking off!

Big News .... Congratulations!

Last week Andrew called me in a bit of a state (I had around four missed calls in the space of ten minutes) to say that he had some news but it 'wasn't official yet' ... they are pregnant!   I was under strict orders not to divulge this to ANYONE until they'd had the blood test results (har har, like that's going to happen) ... anyway, Leigh is about 6 1/2 weeks - so the new baby is due round about May next year.  This is such exciting news and I'm very proud and pleased for both of them.

When Leigh asked Daniel whether he'd like a brother or a sister, he said he wanted a sister .... yes, it would be so nice to have a little girl - especially considering all the girlie things I've already made that could be put to good use, like this one for starters  ...

:)

 But you know what? we'll all be happy either way.

Congratulations from all of us here in Norfolk and I hope you have an easy pregnancy Leigh.

Big boy

Daniel waiting for his Daddy to come home from work.


Big boy started Creche today - 23/09/2015 ... first picture is when Andrew and Leigh were dropping him off. 

Aaaarrr Me Harties

Ewan went to a Pirates and Princesses Party this afternoon. He decided to go as a pirate.

Aaaaarrr, me Harties.