My recent run of special celebrations is now complete.
On Saturday night I attended a small wedding reception next to the banks of the river Severn. The seating plan was rather unique. Photos of all the guests were pegged up around the outside courtyard where everyone was gathered for pre dinner champagne. On the reverse of [...]
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Four Birthdays and a Wedding
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 19th 2011
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Happy Birthday :-)
Once again I still don’t know where all those years went…
Yesterday family and friends gathered for a birthday tea to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of nephew number two. Unlike his brother who went to Uni when he turned 18 nephew number two still has another year of schooling to do before he makes his career [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 12th 2011
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A Weekend of Gatherings
My weekend has been rather hectic but a lot of fun.
On Saturday night I attended a small birthday gathering to celebrate the 14th birthday party of the daughter of one of my friends. On arriving at the small village where they live I noticed several men in fluorescent jackets standing around on street corners. They [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Sep 5th 2011
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Chocolate Box Memories
I invite you to join me over at Vision and Verb where I recall ‘Chocolate Box’ memories.
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2011
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Kent August 2011, Malham 2011
A Trio of Birthdays
The first of the birthdays was celebrated with a party. It was a good excuse for many friends to meet up and share the occasion. A good time was had by all.
The second birthday was celebrated by a couple of days away from home in the Yorkshire Dales. It was a nice relaxing time, but [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Aug 22nd 2011
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It Seems Like Only Yesterday…
…that I wrote about my nephew’s eighteen birthday invitation. It is that time of year again and my second nephew is about to turn eighteen. He has invited family and friends to join him in celebration.
Although their birthdays are only a year apart they are two school years apart so he still has another year [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 18th 2011
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Rice and Dice
Last Friday I was invited to an evening of board games and curry. I was asked to bring along Pirates Cove which is one of the games in my collection. On arrival we enjoyed pre-dinner drinks outside on the deck of the Titanic. We then moved inside for some rather delicious curry dishes served in [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2011
