I have had a hectic few days (again…). In the past couple of weeks the kitchen and the dining room have been decorated. This involved emptying the dining room and returning everything to it’s place before visitors arrived to stay over the weekend. It was almost back in one piece before they arrived on Saturday, but not quite!
There was a busy itinerary whilst my visitors were with me; Attingham Park, evening dinner at Mum’s, Daniels mill (I remembered my camera this time), Dudmaston Hall, Much Wenlock and a Sunday evening meal out. On the morning of their departure (Monday) my visitors got up unexpectedly early leaving me feeling rather spaced out. Their early departure did however leave me with plenty of time to get ready for my afternoon ‘bloggy meet up’.
Ginnie (from Vision & Verb) and Astrid were visiting the UK and had arranged a meet up with friends who blog at Shutterchance. You might recall I met them both at the Black Country Museum last year. This year they had arranged the meet up at Blists Hill museum, which is not far from Ironbridge. It was so lovely to see them both (and the other shutterchancers) again. We all had a fun afternoon together exploring Blists Hill, chatting and getting to know each other better. Oh! I nearly forgot, we all took lots of photos too 
I booked today off to relax, but…
The day was taken up washing glasses and ornaments before returning them to the dining room. I moved some furniture around too, to make better use of the room. I am pleased with the result 
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So astounding are the facts in this connection that it would seem as though the Creator himself had electronically designed the planet.
Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943)
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The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And because this month’s full moon coincides with the moon’s perigee — its closest approach to Earth — it will also be the year’s biggest.
The moon will swing in 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) from our planet, offering skywatchers a spectacular view of an extra-big, extra-bright moon, nicknamed a supermoon.
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The image of a mushroom cloud and the fear of a four minute warning were ingrained in the minds of all those who lived through the Cold War in the United Kingdom.
The mushroom image created by nuclear tests was seen widely throughout the media and illustrated the threat of the Third World War.
In the event of war, Soviet missiles launched against the United Kingdom would be detected by the Ballistic Early Warning station at RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire. This would give only a four minute warning before the missiles began to fall on their intended targets.
These four minutes would have allowed the RAF V-bombers to get into the air but were insufficient to allow the public to have received a warning.
The whole concept of survival during a nuclear war was parodied in popular, music, literature, film and television.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out Whistlestop PhotoHunt.
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