Some of you may be aware that last week I went to Llandudno for a couple of days having broken my journey down to call in on the Queen of Smiles, Annie herself.
Whilst in Wales I also called to see Margaret whose husband had passed only a few weeks ago and whose "Celebration of His Life" I missed because of being in hospital. Dear dear Margaret had put a little package together for me to remember John by and I now have a lovely pyrography keyring that he made and a copy of the Service for his Celebration. Each time I look at the keyring I smile, remembering gentle John, and so I am sharing my smile with you all.
As you can see, i got lots of other goodies too, ribbons, card, handmade paper and some beautiful decorated cards. A very thoughtful pack of goodies which I will enjoy and think of Margaret and John each time they are used.
You may have seen the photograph of the "meets" when Annie was joined by sister Jo and Margaret was joined by Mrs D. If not you just have to scroll down a little and you will see us all smiling away at you.
Well, there was lots to smile about over those three days as we visited Conwy and Bodnant Gardens on our first full day there. Those gardens are magnificent and well worth visiting (especially at the end of May when the Laburnum Arch is in full swing). I will share a few pictures with you
White Rabbit Statue on West Shore
Unfortunately we were not able to take photographs of all the Alice statues around Llandudno because of time restraints but it does rather leave it open for another trip down there (and delicious food at Margaret's Church).
looking across the estuary (see the gull)
Looking across the estuary towards Deganwy
The following photographs are all from Bodnant Gardens (October)
Waterfall
Colours of trees
This tree trunk fascinated me
Fountain
This eucalyptus really stood out
We spent ages at the Bath as the flowers were so pretty and there was just so much colour plus there were lots of goldfish in the water.
Cannot leave it there without a look at the magnificent house and the view that the people who lived there must have had. Imagine waking up each morning to this view.
and the hall itself
Hope you enjoyed this glimpse of Wales and I did not bore you with all the photographs. There were lots more but I just chose a small selection. Now I am off to Annie's to see what she and the others have had to smile about this week. See you there!
