Last week was half term here and as Joanne was at work I looked after Bonnie and arranged for us to do a few activities during the week. On Tuesday we had a day out to Blist Hill Ironbridge Gorge museums. Blist Hill is a Victorian Town living museum, similar to The Blackcounty living museum I've blogged about before Here. I think I preferred it, there were people in each of the shops and all were friendly and very knowledgeable about the era.
On Thursday I managed to get us tickets for the pantomime, Snow White, at the local Town Hall. Panto's usually happen around Christmas time and into January but I think this one, which raises money for a local hospise, usually happens at the February half term, we were at the last show. As you can see from the last photo we ended up with balcony seats, it's not a huge venue so that's not really a problem, and Bonnie could see because there were children in front of her seat, but, I had a giant of a woman in front of me! This is the view I had of the stage if I sat straight in my chair, yeah, not good, I spent the whole time leaning towards Bonnie's chair so I could see.
On Friday I took Bonnie and Arty to a local garden centre where they decorated a teracotta pot in which they then planted some sunflower seeds. Arty was so pleased with his, of course he had to draw a slug and a worm on there too, ha ha.
At last the wind has died down and the rain stopped, there has been flooding in both Ironbridge and Bewdley. I love visiting Bewdley and feel terrible for the residents on the river, the flood barriers on the one side were not enough to stop the water and yet again their houses were flooded.
Image taken from google
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7 comments:
What lovely half term visits you'd planned, I did enjoy seeing all of your photographs ... such fun :)
The storms and flooding have been quite bad haven't they.
We've had quite a few trees/branches down in our area but not flooding.
My heart goes out to everyone who has been affected.
Hope the new week ahead will be a good one, hard to believe that it will be 1st March on Tuesday!
All the best Jan
What a nice time you had with your sweet grandchildren, Maggie! The pots they decorated look so cute! You've got to love little boys and their love of anything squirmy :)
So sad to see the flooding. Lots of bad weather related things are going on here as well. Enjoy your March ♥
Lovely family photos , how sweet your GC are.
sad to see parts of the UK flooded .
Half term looked so much fun, grandchildren are such joy. I can't imagine having your home flooded once, but to have to sort the mess again must be heart breaking.
I always enjoy seeing what you've been up to with your grandchildren, it sounds like a lovely half-term for them with wonderful outings and activities. They're all really growing up. The flooding is heartbreaking, you just can't imagine how those poor people feel having this happen again just as they put things right after last time.
I've enjoyed seeing your photos of your grandchildren. What fun they had during half-term! The storms and flooded areas around the country have been devastating. Water can be such a destructive element during these periods of heavy rainfall and when flooding occurs time and again it must be heartbreaking for those who have water entering their homes with the prospect of having to clean up and start all over again to make a home habitable. I hope you have a relaxing week - perhaps doing some sewing or other craft activity.
How lovely that you got to spend lots of time with the grandchildren over half term. All of you look to have been having a wonderful time.
God bless.
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