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Daffodils, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, Easter, 2005 |
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Wastewater, Cumbria, Easter 2006 |
I am looking forward to celebrating Easter with my family this weekend and still so pleased I got out of hospital in time to recover nicely ready for the holiday. Rose will be home and I can't wait to see her and have her around again. The only thing I could wish for at the moment is some of that lovely Easter sunshine we can sometimes get at this time of year. I was looking out on the garden at weekend and most of it was just a blizzard and I couldn't help but think of last March when I was enjoying the spring flowers in the garden and reading books and sunning myself up in the summerhouse. Those thoughts got me reminiscing about previous Easters we have enjoyed; we always spend some of Easter in the Lake District and sometimes we have escaped the disappointing Great British weather elsewhere. I ended up browsing through some of our old photos and this gave me a real lift and I thought I'd share some with you all, as I think we could all do with a bit of Easter sunshine to cheer us up. I don't think I'm on my own in wishing this coldest March ever is soon over with! Enjoy the photo show!
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Arnside, Cumbria, Easter 2007 |
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Warmer climes, Tenerife, Easter 2007 |
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Athens, Easter 2008 |
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Looking up to the Acropolis, Athens, 2008 |
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Back to snow in Cumbria, Tarn Hows, Easter, 2008 |
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Wastwater, Cumbria, Easter 2009 |
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Cherry Trees, Istanbul, Easter, 2009 |
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Magnolia by the Haghia Sophia, Istanbul, Easter 2009 |
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Mosaic in the Haghia Sophia Mosque, Istanbul (once a Christian church) Easter, 2009 |
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Tulips in the park, near Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Easter 2009
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Coniston Water, Cumbria, Easter 2010 |
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River Levens, Nr Levens Hall, Cumbria, Easter, 2010 |
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Cherry Blossom, Notre Dame, Paris, Easter 2010 |
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Notre Dame, Paris, Easter, 2010 |
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Glorious Blossom, Notre Dame, Paris, Easter, 2010 |
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Cumbrian daffodils, Easter 2011 |
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Cumbria, Easter, 2012 |
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Windermere, Cumbria, Easter 2012 |
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Camelia, Easter, 2012 |
So you can find sunshine and flowers at Easter, but sometimes it's better just to cheat if you can and escape to warmer climes! I would just like to wish all my blog readers a very happy Easter wherever you are and hope you enjoy the holiday whatever the weather.
Easter is significant in that it symbolises new life and as I write this blog I have now been waiting for my chance of a new life for 555 days. So if you are reflecting on Easter and want to make a pledge and do a good deed, consider signing up to be an organ donor or just help us mobilise the Government into action by signing the petition to make them discuss the 'opt- out' organ donor scheme.
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