Sabrina-Belle ⋅ 76
I live with my husband, John, younger son, Tony & 2 cats in a village in South Herefordshire UK. Our elder son, Chris, is in Hereford and our daughter, Cat, in Cardiff. I love writing short stories and poetry, am working on my autobiography. Also love music, play guitar and sing, enjoy gardening, family history and travel when I can. We bought our cottage for the view 36 years ago. It's in a terrace of five, part way up a hill overlooking the village, the Black Mountains & the Golden Valley.
Tout comprendre, c’est tout pardonner. - To understand all is to forgive all.
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Family history research & St George's Day in The View from the Terrace
I recently did the Ancestry dna test and I got the results back last week. Nothing very exciting turned up; no half siblings or cousins that I hadn’t known about, no dna links to someone famous...
Judith Durham in The View from the Terrace
This morning I heard on the radio that Judith Durham had died. Judith was the lead singer with The Seekers. They were my favourite band throughout the 60s. My mother and I used to watch them on T...
Meeting Dakota in The View from the Terrace
On August bank holiday Monday Hubby and I got to meet our new granddaughter for the first time. She had spent 5 weeks in the Special Care unit so it has been a long wait. My response on seeing he...
Doctor's appointment and some great news in The View from the Terrace
Last week I went home again for another GP appointment. I don’t like the present system. You have to speak to them first on the telephone and then go in if they need to see you. How I long for t...
Queen's speech in The View from the Terrace
I watched the state opening of parliament yesterday. I was really impressed by the queen when she gave her speech. She was so clear and focused. She is 95 and it’s only a month since she lost her...
Day of reflection in The View from the Terrace
Yesterday was designated a national day of reflection; it was the anniversary of the beginning of lockdown and we were asked to remember those who lost their lives to Coronavirus. Well known buil...
Spring has arrived in The View from the Terrace
Saturday was officially the first day of spring and this has certainly been reflected in the weather. It has been warm and sunny enough to have coffee in the garden. It’s amazing how just that ca...
The passing of time in The View from the Terrace
I keep seeing people on TV talking about how they are filling in all of their spare time during lockdown. Some are taking up new hobbies, some are redecorating the house, some are just bored. I d...
Del Boy? in The View from the Terrace
I saw such a funny thing this morning. I looked out of the living room window and a small white van went by, on the side it read - Carpet fitting London Paris New York Llanederyn Llanederyn is...
Ravens, sofas and the Land rover in The View from the Terrace
I heard on the radio on Friday that one of the ravens has flown away from the Tower of London and not returned. It is feared that she may have died. There is a legend that if the ravens leave the...
Christmas in The View from the Terrace
Christmas day was quiet but pleasant. Louise cooked a wonderful dinner. She has been cooking since she was a child. She used to make the family a three course meal when she was ten. Nobody taugh...
Remembrance Day in The View from the Terrace
I was watching the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph yesterday morning and it seemed so strange with everyone socially distancing and, of course, the parade of the veterans cancelled. In th...
Shops in The View from the Terrace
The pandemic is starting to take its toll on shops. The little decorators across the road has a closing down sale sign in the window. This is the man who stayed open all through lockdown. It look...
Auntie in The View from the Terrace
Today, October 29, is my aunt’s birthday. She was my only aunt as my father was an only child and my mother only had one sibling. She was also my godmother. Auntie lived in Wolverhampton where sh...
Groundhog Day in The View from the Terrace
It feels like Groundhog Day here in Cardiff. Once again the streets are quiet, as all but essential shops are closed. All, that is, except the little decorating shop opposite where the old man wh...
Another lockdown and a weekend in Pendine in The View from the Terrace
So here we go again, Cardiff, along with most of South Wales, is back in lockdown which means I can’t go home for visits. The government are saying most of the new cases have been caused by peopl...
It’s Chris’s birthday today, he’s 39. It seems strange that Wimbledon isn’t on. He was born on men’s finals day, the day McEnroe won for the first time. It was a blazing hot day and I was in a h...
Stir crazy in The View from the Terrace
I think I have been going a bit stir crazy lately. Just being stuck here is getting to me. We are allowed to drive a short distance to go for a walk now but there is a big problem with that for m...
Delivery people in The View from the Terrace
I really am sick and tired of answering the door here. At home it was so much easier, you just opened the door. The farthest away you could be was in the end bedroom upstairs and then you could c...
Protests, statues and the effects of lockdown in The View from the Terrace
I think the world may be undergoing a metamorphosis. Great numbers of people who can see truths that society fails to acknowledge are taking matters into their own hands. It is like the times of ...
Tony's birthday in The View from the Terrace
Yesterday was Tony’s birthday, he is 32; he is my youngest, my baby; I can’t believe it’s 32 years since that June morning when he was born. At that time they had just introduced birth plans; you...
To drive or not to drive? in The View from the Terrace
When Louise took Billie to the park yesterday she found that a conspiracy protester had chalked slogans on the path. Well if COVID 19 is a government hoax that must mean that most of the world’s...
Louise's birthday. in The View from the Terrace
On Tuesday I went to post a letter and found they had painted the postbox blue with Thank you NHS on it. There are a lot of NHS workers in this area because the University Hospital of Wales is ju...
Enjoying spring in The View from the Terrace
I went to the small local park with the dog today. The cherry blossom was out and it looked beautiful. It was the first time I have been out since we went shopping last Friday. I have been spen...
The return of community in The View from the Terrace
Louise and I were talking this morning about how things were when I was a child, how there was much more of a sense of community then, people were always there to help out in a crisis. My parents...
