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Did I tell you we had 1 inch of snow in the Welsh valleys at the weekend.  It was a bit of a surprise, to look out of the bedroom window to find the greenhouse and dirt ground covered with the cold white stuff.  It took us a little while to scrape the ice of the car too. Anyway, to escape the cold and being stuck indoors, we took a drive and made a day trip of going into Bristol.  I love Bristol for many reasons, when I graduated from University all those years ago  - I applied for jobs in Bristol, Brighton and Birmingham, but ended up finding a job in the city when I went to Uni - Glasgow.  I do love exploring Bristol as well as trying out the many vegetarian and vegan eateries.  I also enjoy taking a lazy wander around  Stokes Croft for the graffiti art - but there was not much new there this time round, just a handful around the #RefugeesWelcome.    This is the only one that I managed to capture on camera.  Its Paddington Bear -...

So its been a long weekend and I am thankful for it. We went to Essex to see my mother in law.   Over the Easter weekend, we went to  Southend-On-Sea.  We have been there many times.  See here for pictures from the archives .   This time though, I had an ulterior motive for going into the town.  First  we walked along the seafront and spent some £ in the amusement arcades.  I kept putting in 2p into the slot to win a Mamushka/Babushka Russian Doll key ring, but failed. As I was walking away a little disappointed like a sulking child, a woman ran up behind me calling me.  I turned around I thought I had dropped something.  Her son was on the machine next to us, he wanted a eraser aka rubber, but got a Russian Doll keyring (she obviously had overheard me talking to D about me trying to get this keyring).  I was totally blown away by her and her son's sweet kindness.  We were actually able to swap as my sister in law had got ...

More photographs from our holiday in Dungeness in the Borough of Lydd We saw the famous  British Queer Pagan Radical Punk Director and Cinematographer Derek Jaman's (1942-1994) Garden, though I think it is now owned by a energy company like most of the shingle shore headland or 'desert' as it often described.   Derek Jaman's Garden is described as a garden that sits on the edge of the world.   Its not clear in the photographs, but there is a poem on the side of Derek Jarman's Cottage. The poem on the side of Derek Jarman's Cottage is from John Donne's poem 'The Sun' It reads:  Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus Through windows, and through curtains, call on us? Must to they motions lover's seasons run? Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Late schoolboys and sour prentices Go tell court huntsmen that the kind will ride Call country ants to harvest offices Love all alike, no season knows nor clime Nor h...

I still have loads of photographs to share from my holiday in England, but over the weekend on impulse we went to the city of Bristol. Although the were not many new additions to the Bristol Graffiti art scene, we did spot some. Here are some photographs of Bristol Graffiti Art: Love it or Hate it - its one of the things that makes Bristol the vibrant and colourful city it is.  If your interested in Bristol Graffiti Art, you will may be interested in the links below too.  Graffiti Art Down Bristol Alleys Stokes Croft: Relentless Optimism Stokes Croft: Part of Bristol Graffiti Art Welcome to Bristol Graffiti Art Part 1 Welcome to Bristol Graffiti Art Part 2 After wandering the Stokes Croft area of Bristol and its city centre, we decided to check out Vx  Bristol Cafe.  It was in an area of Bristol that we had not been to before, so it made for a change to see a different side of the city.  Vx Bristol is the little sister of Vx ...