Cloud Nine.........

I am still up here on Cloud Nine after our wonderful news, on my last post!

Thank you lovely peeps for your lovely best wishes for Deano...

They were of the kindest indeed.

I must admit that I keep getting twinges of excitement and anticipation about the Olympic's  starting very shortly!

Hasn't it just been our year in Old-blighty for celebrations....

With the Queens Diamond jubilee and all... 

Anyways on the day we heard the fab news for Dean, we were enjoying a lovely day in Kendal.

The post card above is one of my dear mums, post dated 1938, with greetings from her dear Aunty, inviting My Grandma and Mum to come and visit her in Kendal and stay over..

Mum would just be a small child then...

They always loved to visit as Mum's Aunty owned a small farm and this is where Brownie Bear was homed (previous post) during the war years...

such nostalgia!!

Kendal is situated on the gate way to the lake district.

And is very famous for its Kendal mint cake...

We had a lovely cream tea here....

Love the name (Truly Scrumptious)

And it was indeedy!

Then we walked and Kendal was lovely and pretty with the sun shining, although it had been flooded badly the week before...

You could still see sand bags out side some of the shops too...

I would have loved to have taken lots of photographs but, I'm afraid, I just got carried away with the wonderful news....

I did buy biscuits and Union Jacks and Tea towels and any memorabilia that I could lay my hands on that day though!! haha...

But I have calmed down a little and I'm enjoying a little puttering and reading (gift from a lovely friend) Alan Titchmarch's  a year in the garden....

For anyone who is interested, channel four will be running the first advertisement for our Paralympions on Tuesday evening..

Dean was invited to a terribly posh evening gala on Saturday in our capital where all the athletes attended and received there kits and opening ceremony suits..

Various big name sponsors were also attending.

The Paralympic  advertisement for the games was played for the first time and in Deans words,"sent shivers of excitement down his spine"....

If you are not a sporty type and don't care to watch our Olympics, do try and pop into the paralympics, if you can. I am sure like me you will be humbled, excited and so very proud indeed of these fine athletes!!

I will close with this cute picture of Bad Puss willow....

Awww...

Well it wouldn't be  a proper post without a moggie picture, would it!!

Wishing you all a week of cheeriness!!

And thank you for always stopping by...

Love Maria x