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HSMSHS

2008-11-09T23:43:00.002Z

I've been playing along with HSMSHS but decided to incorporate the photos into my daily blog 'Vandas Ramblings'

Self Portrait Saturday

2007-09-22T16:20:00.000+01:00

Not a great photo at all, it's out of focus but that's how I'm feeling today, sorry chaps :O)Just in case you're wandering where I am, I'm stood in Lisa's bedroom. She made me promise before she left, it would still be her bedroom for as long as she needed it. Of course I said yes and one day, we might even get around to redecorating it for her :O)

Stare

2007-09-21T11:03:00.001+01:00

Back in a bit :O)

Break

2007-09-20T14:28:00.001+01:00

Took my bus to the garage this morning to have the drivers side back door sorted out where I bumped it last month. Seems a good photo for todays word ~ break :O)They've given me a courtesy car until it's fixed. A Skoda!! I had to walk round the car with this man to make sure there were no bumps or scratches on it & then sign a piece of paper. He told me that it had a 1/4 of a tank of fuel and could I bring it back with the same amount. I nearly asked him if it took petrol, diesel or syrup ~ ROFL. But he didn't seem to have a sense of humour so I didn't bother. All I could think of on the way home was, if I had another crash, would there be jam & cream everywhere?? PMSL :O)

Quirky

2007-09-19T10:55:00.001+01:00

I'm back :O) Have you missed me? Well I'm slowly trying to get used to Lisa not being here, it's not the best feeling in the world but thank goodness for MSN, e-mail, phones etc. :O) Here is my attempt at Quirky, not sure it is classed as quirky, could come under the heading of kitch or just bad taste ~ lol! It was a gift from a sweet lady who we dog sat for, bless her :O) I think it's a fruit dish, which has very cleverly been cut from a single piece of wood :O) Hope everyone is OK, I missed you all :O)

Cake

2007-09-10T18:23:00.000+01:00

Sorry I haven't had time to leave feedback for anyone. Lisa & I are really busy this week getting her ready for Uni. Hope eveyone is OK :O)

Show Off Sunday :O)

2007-09-09T09:49:00.000+01:00

Took these photos of the moon about a fortnight ago as we walked to Sandown along the seafront :O)

Self Portrait Saturday

2007-09-08T10:03:00.000+01:00

In a way I find this easier than the other prompts because I don't have to go looking for subject matter ~ lol. I still hate it though :O) Just a quickie, we're off out for the day courtesy of the Heritage Free Weekend. Have a good weekend peeps! PS: I've just got out of the shower ~ lol X

Talk

2007-09-07T10:33:00.001+01:00

I promise to catch up soon :O)

Feast

2007-09-06T09:42:00.001+01:00

My little super duper super star with her booty!! She scoffed them all BTW and loved it :O)

Hold

2007-09-05T22:46:00.000+01:00

It was Elena's first day back to school today so we thought we would include something to mark the occasion. She's holding her locker key :O)

Thoughtful

2007-09-04T12:45:00.000+01:00

This is one of my gorgeous daughters Elena :O) Not only does she look deep in thought, she is the most thoughtful little girl I know. I got home from work today and she made me a cup of tea ~ bless :O)

Fall

2007-09-03T16:09:00.000+01:00

Aww, not found anything yet to photograph.

Show Off Sunday :O)

2007-09-02T10:11:00.000+01:00

Yesterday we watched the magnificent 'RED ARROWS' at the White Air Festival in Sandown. They were fantastic!! Britain at it's finest :O)

Self Portrait Saturday

2007-09-01T10:20:00.000+01:00

Cringe, cringe, cringe, cringe, cringe ~ it's Self Portrait Saturday!!

Chew

2007-08-31T13:05:00.000+01:00

I apologise now for my take on the word today ~ lol! It's the best I could come up with, unless you wanted to see a mouth full of half eaten omelette? ROFL We don't have 'real' trains on the Isle of Wight, we have dotto trains, steam trains & a couple of old London Underground Trains, but hey, they all make the same sound don't they ~ chew, chew!!!

Dish

2007-08-30T18:04:00.000+01:00

Just waiting for inspiration to strike ~ lolWell, this is as good as it gets :O) It's a little glass dish I keep in the downstairs bathroom. It's like the black hole of Calcutta in there so I've photographed it out in the garden where the light is much better. My little dish holds shells for 11 months of the year, then, at Christmas, I put baubles, pine cones and other sparkly stuff in it just to jazz it up a bit ~ lol!

Cloud

2007-08-29T10:35:00.000+01:00

Look, blue sky and sunshine! I was actually worried there would be no clouds ~ lol :O) I found this one though ~ aww bless :O) This is the same view last night :O)

Apple

2007-08-28T13:37:00.000+01:00

How hard can it be to find an apple? We have none on the fruit dish & I'm not going shopping until later. There are none on the tree because we picked the only one it produced last week and made apple crumble with it. No 'Adam's' apples around, all the men are at work :O). The only photo I could find on the hard drive was the wooden one I used for my 'fruit' prompt. Soooo thinking out of the box I give you this ... I took it back in May on a very dull & windy day. It's called 'Freemantle Gate' and is (or was) the entrance to Appuldurcombe House, dya get it, Apple ~ durcombe!!

Sun

2007-08-27T16:34:00.001+01:00

We walked along the river Medina today to the Folly Inn for lunch. Andrew spotted this lonely sunflower. I know Anita's already done a sunflower but hey, there's room for two ~ lol!

Show Off Sunday

2007-08-26T12:52:00.001+01:00

Show off Sunday ~ lol! What a fab idea :O) Anita & Kirsty are great aren't they :O) I've been practicing taking photos of spider webs and took this. Don't you just love nature :O)

Self Portrait Saturday

2007-08-25T13:32:00.000+01:00

OMG, Anita has challenged us to do a self portrait every Saturday and the one thing I hate more than anything is having my photo taken. This is me trying to grin and bear it ROFL. God knows where the grin bit is? Going to have to try & not get a reflection in my glasses next time.

Stone

2007-08-24T21:07:00.000+01:00

A really big cheat today as I haven't taken this photo and it's not even in my space. Can I be forgiven as I am so excited :O) I have been tracing my family history since the early 1990's and am still finding out about my ancestors even now. Today my cousin sent me an e-mail from Florida which had been sent to her from a lovely man in Clayton, Manchester (UK) who took the photograph. It's the resting place of my Great Great Grandfather George Hunter Horrocks {insert huge grin}.

White

2007-08-23T15:50:00.000+01:00

Not really liking this photo but I'm struggling to find something white. Might be back in a bit with a different one :O) Decided to look in my trusty garden and voila :O) It would have been nicer to have an all green background rather than the pebble dashed wall but beggars can't be choosers ~ lol xXx

Friend

2007-08-22T10:52:00.000+01:00

I've got lots of friends here, not particularly the ones you can have round for a coffee and cry on their shoulder but friends enough to go out with.

My best friend from school, Nicky, lives in Leeds so we have lost touch a bit and only really send birthday & Christmas cards.

My bestest friend ever though lives in Nottingham. This can be a problem living on the Isle of Wight especially when your bestest friend is moving and the only means of communication is by mobile phone or snail mail! We manage though :O) She is an amazing person and I have never realised, until today, the lack of photographic evidence of her. Thanks Anita, I must put that right :O) Teresa & I "found" each other whilst we were tracing our family history (my Dad & her X husband were cousins ~ long story). And the rest, as they say, is history :O) Teresa is one amazing lady, her wonderful husband was cheating on her whilst she was at home looking after 3 small boys and recovering from a brain tumour!! Does she moan, no! Her brain tumour unfortunately came back and she had to have a second operation. The tumour grew behind her eye socket which made her eye protrude and eventually she lost the sight in that eye. Does she moan, no!! She makes fun of herself and gets on with life. If you ask her a question which she doesn't know the answer to, she laughs and says "I've no 'eye' dear ~ d'ya get it"!!! I tell ya, she never moans, what a woman!!!

Good news though, she's found herself a new man who worships her and on Valentines day this year, he proposed with a poem he'd written inside her Valentine card ~ aww.

Wet

2007-08-21T10:26:00.000+01:00

Plant

2007-08-20T14:15:00.000+01:00

This is my Wax Plant, I love it because it's so unusual :O) This is the 2nd time it's flowered this year. It has has very thick waxy leaves and the flowers almost look as if they've been made from fur! I want to dedicate my photos today to my American blogging friend Vicky. She's been leaving comments on my main blog, Vanda's Ramblings for months now and I've been trying to persuade her to join in the fun that is HS:MS. Sadly she passed away this week. She was only 50 and worked in an intensive care unit in Ohio. I'll miss her very much X

Can

2007-08-19T17:11:00.000+01:00

Fly

2007-08-18T10:54:00.000+01:00

Lock

2007-08-17T12:01:00.000+01:00

Now I know this doesn't look like a lock but it is. It's one of those safety locks that you lock from outside with a key but inside you just turn the knob. It's so you don't have to go rummaging for the key if you have a fire :O) I love my DH!

Chop

2007-08-16T10:23:00.001+01:00

Oh dear, I haven't a clue what to do for this one, I will wait for inspiration to strike :O)

Edited to say: OK in sheer desperation I give you Chop ~ lol! Apologies for such a rubbish photo :O)

Window

2007-08-15T10:53:00.000+01:00

Huge cheat today. This window is from a lovely little church on the Notts/Derby border where my best friends son was christened. I was lucky enough to be his Godmother too.

Pasta

2007-08-14T12:20:00.001+01:00

Drive

2007-08-13T12:31:00.000+01:00

I thought I had better not take a photo of myself whilst driving so here is the view when I am :O)

Thread

2007-08-12T14:20:00.001+01:00

I'll post a photo when I get back from work :O)

Down

2007-08-11T12:36:00.000+01:00

I've thought of lots of Down photos today, plums falling down off my plum tree, walking down the cliff path to the sea, thistle down, a plane going down this morning at the airfield into a cornfield beyond (luckily no-one was hurt) and this is what I chose :O) This is where I live ~ SANDOWN ~ d'ya get it (San)down ~ lol!

Double

2007-08-10T14:47:00.000+01:00

Couldn't decide which one to use so I have posted two (seen as it's double ~ lol)

Earrings

2007-08-09T14:54:00.000+01:00

I don't wear earrings. I had my ears pierced when I was 12 but always had trouble with the holes healing up when they shouldn't and being generally manky. I tried again a few years later but the same thing happened and a few years after I got married I gave up with them completely :O) This is a photo of my grandmothers earrings. She used to wear clip on ones which were always great fun when dressing up ~ lol!

City

2007-08-08T10:38:00.000+01:00

We haven't got any Cities on our little Island, a couple of small towns but that's about it. Then I remebered this photo I took from the deck of the car ferry. Elena & I went to London a few months ago so we had to take the ferry to Portsmouth which is a huge city. You can see Portsmouth and the rest of the mainland from Ryde seafront so I thought I would show you this. It's the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth with the city behind it :O)

Eyes ~ Hard 'Bald' Egg

2007-08-07T14:25:00.000+01:00

ROFLMAO. Look what Elena came up with :O) This is a hard boiled egg. We always draw on the shell of hard boiled eggs so we can differentiate between them and raw eggs :O) I wanted to use it for my 'Eye' photo because I thought it was soooo funny ~ LOL! She came running in saying, "look Mum, it's a hard BALD egg"!! LMAO Just wanted to say thank you so much to everyone who left a comment on her photo blog yesterday, you really made her day {hugs} xXx

Bloom

2007-08-06T09:48:00.000+01:00

I love passion flowers, they look so exotic :O)

Fat

2007-08-05T16:28:00.000+01:00

OK, this isn't what I really look like, honest :O) There are some funny mirrors at Flamingo Park and me & Elena couldn't help but stand in front of them and wet ourselves laughing ~ lol!

Smile

2007-08-04T10:54:00.000+01:00

Elena smiling :O)

Foil

2007-08-03T10:25:00.000+01:00

I hold my hands up today, I have unashamedly copied Anita's photo :O) I thought it was so cool! It took me quite a few attempts I can tell you. My excuse ~ how else can I learn form the master? :O)

Breakfast

2007-08-02T13:24:00.001+01:00

Lidl's answer to Fruit Loops :O) Personally, I'm a Shredded Wheat, hot milk, sugar kind of a gal but Andrew & the girls seem to love these ;O)

Summer

2007-08-01T10:31:00.000+01:00

The girlies over at HS:MS are back :O) Just want to say a BIG thank you to SuzyB for keeping us going over at her blog whilst they've been away ~ thanks Suzy X These are the Pelicans at Flamingo Park on the Isle of Wight.

Seven

2007-07-31T20:54:00.000+01:00

Six

2007-07-30T12:05:00.003+01:00

Flamingo Park was mine & Elena's space today so I give you 6 Flamingoes :O)

Five

2007-07-29T21:53:00.000+01:00

Four

2007-07-28T21:40:00.001+01:00

Egypt

2007-07-27T22:15:00.001+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls this is my E for Egypt photo. We took it out of the airplane window as we were coming into land at Sharm El Sheikh back in March. Come back Anita & Kirsty, I'm really running out of ideas for 'E' photos ~ lol :O)

Three

2007-07-27T16:16:00.000+01:00

Three little pigs, Nat West Pigs to be precise. We only managed to get the first 3 before they were discontinued. Who'd have thought that a full set could be worth so much now :O)

Two

2007-07-26T17:32:00.000+01:00

These are 2 of Elena's TY Punkies. Cute aren't they :O)

Lily

2007-07-25T17:56:00.000+01:00

A new game ~ One

2007-07-25T17:14:00.000+01:00

Suzy's got a new game :O) Today is number One! I asked Elena what I should do and this is what she created, isn't she just the greatest :O)

Z is for Zebra

2007-07-24T10:12:00.000+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'Z' photo Sorry Suzy, the only other thing I could come up with was zip & I've already done one of those :O) This is Liam at Blackgang Chine. I love the fact that's he's wearing a stripy T-Shirt. BTW, the Zebra's aren't real ~ lol!

Y is for Yuk!

2007-07-23T15:34:00.000+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'Y' photo ... We went to Amazon World in Arreton and I thought we were very brave checking out the spiders ~ yuk!!!

X is for Ten :O)

2007-07-22T18:41:00.000+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, here is my 'X' photo ... Not the best of photos but the only 'X' I could find ~ lol!

W is for Web

2007-07-21T09:57:00.000+01:00

Playing along with SuzyB, this is my 'W' photo ...

Drip

2007-07-20T12:27:00.000+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ... These are the drips of water on my washing line this morning ~ just look at that angry sky!

V is for Variegated

2007-07-20T10:28:00.000+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'V' photo ...

U is for Underwater

2007-07-19T08:38:00.000+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'U' photo ...

Elena adores anything to do with the sea, swimming, fish, mermaids, anything. When we decorated her bedroom she begged me for an underwater theme so, trying to be a good mum I had a go. Good job it's only a small box room :O) I'd nearly finished when she said, "But where's piglet?" So here he is, I couldn't have him without a mask & snorkel because pigs can't breathe underwater ~ lol!

Heart

2007-07-18T10:23:00.001+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ... It's a stone Gemma found on the beach ~ cool isn't it :O)

T is for Tree

2007-07-18T10:08:00.000+01:00

Young

2007-07-17T10:08:00.000+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ...

S is for Stir

2007-07-17T09:57:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'S' photo ...

Yellow

2007-07-16T15:57:00.000+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ...

R is for Reflection

2007-07-16T10:22:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'R' photo ...

Q is for Quirky

2007-07-15T09:52:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'Q' photo ...

Eves

2007-07-14T20:11:00.001+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ... Beautiful blue skies and lovely warm sunshine today :O) This is the corner of our house showing the Eves. I think the technical term is Soffets (?sp) but I still call them Eves :O)

P is for Paperweight

2007-07-14T11:10:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'P' photo ...

Sing

2007-07-13T11:48:00.001+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ...

O is for Orange

2007-07-13T11:46:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'O' photo ...

Coins

2007-07-12T13:52:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Louise & Barry, this is their prompt today ~ The funny thing is, I've done coins twice in the last week ~ ROFL here & here Third time lucky hehe :O)

Sky

2007-07-12T13:51:00.001+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ... Believe it or not, I took this photo yesterday, because I couldn't believe how blue the sky was. Today we're back to grey & miserable but they can't take off us what we've already had (quote from my Dad!)

N is for Nasturtium

2007-07-12T13:49:00.000+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'N' photo ...

Wheels

2007-07-11T21:18:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Louise & Barry, this is their prompt today ~

Earphones

2007-07-11T08:53:00.000+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ...

M is for Mine

2007-07-11T08:45:00.000+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'M' photo ...

Knobs

2007-07-10T09:10:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Louise & Barry, this is their prompt today ~

Comb

2007-07-10T09:09:00.000+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ... I won this little comb in a cracker last Christmas. I keep it in my purse just in case someone asks if they could borrow one. The look on their face is priceless when I offer it them ~ lol :O)

L is for Lips

2007-07-10T09:06:00.000+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'L' photo ...

Stationary

2007-07-09T21:42:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Louise & Barry, this is their prompt today ~

Circle

2007-07-09T21:41:00.001+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ... We have an old Whisky bottle, you know the ones I mean, the really big ones you used to be able to get from a pub when they were empty. We save coins in it, and this is a birds eye view :O)

K is for Knitted

2007-07-09T10:19:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'K' photo ...Years ago when the girls were small, I knitted one of the Jean Greenhow's clowns , Bertie Bloomer, and this is the plant pot & packet of seeds that belong to him :O)

Needle

2007-07-08T13:14:00.002+01:00

Playing along with Louise & Barry, this is their prompt today ~ The Needles are one of the most famous landmarks on the Isle of Wight.

Roof

2007-07-08T13:14:00.001+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ...

J is for Jasmine

2007-07-08T13:13:00.000+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'J' photo ...

Art

2007-07-07T20:51:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Louise & Barry, this is their prompt today ~

Engrave

2007-07-07T11:48:00.001+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ...

I is for Insect

2007-07-07T11:01:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'I' photo ...

Tendril

2007-07-06T11:28:00.000+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ...

Beans

2007-07-06T10:58:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Louise & Barry, this is their prompt today ~

H is for Hide

2007-07-06T10:52:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'H' photo ... This is my sugar buttie, Elena, trying to hide from me during a game of hide and seek in the park :O) Afterwards we had a pinecone fight and practiced our 'Sid Sloth' voices (from Ice Age) saying "pine cones, best of the season", ROFL, you just had to be there :O)

Earth

2007-07-05T13:01:00.002+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ...

Zip

2007-07-05T13:01:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Louise & Barry, this is their prompt today ~

G is for Green

2007-07-05T12:59:00.000+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'G' photo ... Sorry, I don't know what this is called. All I know, is that it's a weed and from sideways on I think it looks like a little Christmas tree but Andrew thinks it looks like a toilet brush ~ lol! Edited to say, we think it's Mare's Tail?

Droplet

2007-07-04T10:17:00.001+01:00

Playing along with the HS:MS girls, this is my photo today ...We've had such a lot of rain recently I thought I would go out into the garden in between showers to see if there was anything I could photograph and was amazed to find huge droplets of water on the nasturtium leaves. I think the leaves were so waxy that all the rain gathered in one place ~ how cool is that :O)

Light

2007-07-04T10:10:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Louise & Barry, this is their prompt today ~

F is for Flag

2007-07-04T10:07:00.001+01:00

Playing along with Suzyb, this is my 'F' photo ... Bit of a cheat today. I took this photo last week when we walked from the top of Culver Cliff back home. It was the round the Island Yacht Race and you can just see them on the horizon :O)