LAST DAY OF THE YEAR!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who viewed my photo blog during this past year.....especially those who left comments.....!!

I have started another photo blog for 2011......if you would like to follow it the address is :-

http://sarahvinall2.blogspot.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!!

Happy 18th Milly

Have a very happy 18th Birthday today Milly!!

Enjoy your evening too.

14 Mince pies......

...hand made by Indigo...spelling out "Merry Christmas"

....of course, I had to have the one with the "S" on it..for Sarah

and very tasty it was too!

Journey......

...to work this morning - halfway down a very slippery hill!

The lights on the wall

...I love these...every year I insist they go up!

Door Wreath

...now up!

The snowflakes got much larger today.  We had about 5 inches (13 cm) of snow l in 25 minutes, and then another two hour snowfall...tonight will be -4 (estimate) and very icy!

Frost

.......hope you like this?

It is taken from the drivers seat of my car towards the sunrise today...frost on the windscreen really does sparkle!

The Music Department

and the Lord Mayor. 

The School Carol Concert tonight was brilliant....the church was packed upstairs and down, the kids sang and played really well and the audience loved it.

No more stress for you all - now chill and enjoy the run up to Christmas!!

The Walk

Awards Evening

.....a great evening at the Tilbury Band Hall for the Annual Awards Evening 

and short concert with the Tilbury Acadamy Band.....

Well done to all who received an award!

Sequins

 

....just had to buy this sequined butterfly 

for the Christmas tree.....so so pretty!

Organic Lunch

 

...we stopped for a bite to eat whilst Christmas shopping with mum and sister today.

Delicious granary bagette filled with rocket, brie and grape
 home made chunky chips and chutney on the side....mmmm tasty

New bag ..........new job!!

...the girls at work bought me this amazing handbag
as a goodbye present!

I start my new job next week.

Thanks everyone!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!

...nice to see you today!

Happy Birthday!

Icicles

Enormous icicles from the gutter to the ground......

We subsequently found that the gutter was blocked with fallen leaves.

....hence the amount and size of these.

Iced Leaves

We have some enormous icicles today, the water has dripped from the roof to the ground via this pretty bush and the whole thing looks like an "ice tree"....see next photo. 

I loved the colours in this one.

How much snow?!

8 1/2 inches of snow today - so far....it's still snowing and only lunch time!

Icicles on the berries

Snow balls

..on the dog's leg...and another three the same but what fun he had in the snow!

Exhausted now and time for a nap!

Snow

..the first snowfall of the day - taken from the edge of the woods in the next village.

The paint mixer

....it's a rather clever machine....you take a colour swab.....

the machine analyses it and produces a paint in similar.  

This was ours in the pre-shaken stage!.  

Guess the final colour?

On a cold and frosty morning....

.....in the local woods....really cold but very pretty!

....He's bored!

Had his walk, had his dinner, had LOADS of attention......and still bored!!

JAZZ

Taking a well deserved break after playing for hours at Fenwick's Christmas discount shopping evening Canterbury

Frost

.....another chilly morning, crunchy grass underfoot.

Wrap up warm...it's great for dog walking!

A cold day

....so cold, Milly needed her coat with the fur hood!

The Birdwatchers Hideout

Rye Harbour  Kent UK

The Oast

This photo does'nt show how high the ceilings were in this bedroom which was in one of the old roundels of the Oast house we stayed in at the weekend.  Hugely spacious and designed with such finess, quality furniture and fittings made our stay a luxurious one!

Great fun was had by all!

Fishermans hut

We all came across this fishermans hut on one of our weekend walks with the dogs by the beach.

Gone for a walk.......

...or just stopped to admire the view?

The Boutique

 

...a chic and shabby shop in Whitstable...selling the most amazing clothes and accessories!

Frosty Morning

Really chilly this morning but the garden looked pretty! 

The Fern

Great Autumn colours in the woods at the mo!

Remembrance Sunday

.

The Last Post

Dew

.....on the rose hip in the woods

Reflection

Reflection of the Acer in the bird bath water... leaves are dropping rapidly.

Wire in the wood

...barbed wire holding the rotting wood together on a fence in the woods.

Tide's out !

......on a cold November day in Whitstable!

The Castle

at Chilham Kent UK

CHILHAM

Tiny pretty village just outside Canterbury Kent UK

Very expensive to live here  but it does have it's own castle!

(see photo for tomorrow)

The weather changed!

One minute it was sunny, the next...interesting clouds and heavy rain!

The Wharf

One wall left of an old church and new appartments opposite!

Through the window

...of the Garrick Club.....very grand!

The Garrick Club, founded in 1831, is a private members’ Club situated in the heart of London’s West End and Theatreland.

The Club provides excellent dining facilities, accommodation, exclusive member events, an important theatrical library that includes many manuscripts and documents and the most comprehensive collection of theatrical paintings and drawings in existence. The Garrick Club also has reciprocal arrangements with several other private members’ clubs around the world, which members can visit.

Autumn colours

Amazing colours at the field today... strong winds caused the leaves to carpet the floor!

Westfield

The new road in the village where the farm once stood

Millenium Bridge - London

Modern and old architecture...and expensive Thames facing appartments!

St Paul's Cathedral London

We were so lucky, the sky darkened just as we were walking towards the building!