Unexpected gifts and bugs

A belated birthday gift....

chocolates and flowers.....

They were delivered complete with the glass vase! The chocolates (from M&S) were delicious!

  Who from? My brother, David, and his family. What a lovely surprise!

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I have just got back from the doctor's... I have a bad throat and I feel exhausted and icky. It's been coming on for a while now. The verdict is that I've picked up a bug that's gone nasty because of me being tired anyway. No antibiotics needed, just water, painkillers and rest. Rest???!!!!

Well mum went home earlier than usual last night and so I was able to get to bed around 7. I've slept heavily and still feel woozy and ick. My throat is all itchy and sore all down my neck. WAAH... maybe I'm allergic to chocolates?

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I've made another little book and this time I took photo's as I went along. I'll post them in my next post.... :)



My Carftering blog has finally been updated too ;)



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Flowers in the middle of the shopping centre...

There's a old church, now disused, in the middle of Colchester, completely surrounded by shops. It still bears the name Holy Trinity.

That unusual tower is actually Saxon!
You can see where old Roman tiles have been reused in the building of it...
....the original doorway, at the base of the tower, is tiny. My mum would have been a giant in those days :)
The old graveyard stretches all the way round the building.... and this is why I took these pictures yesterday- look at the crocuses! They go all round the building as well....
Spot the woodpigeon!
Beautiful!! I was so scared that the hailstones forecast for this week would smash them up, but the hail never came. I was so pleased :)