Meeting with Blogging Friends and More

Who did I meet up with here in Canary Wharf, London

Morning Glory from the USA

and

Linds of Rocking Chair Reflections from England

We met in Canary Wharf with the intention of walking down to the Thames riverside

and sitting chatting in the outdoor area of one of the many restaurants and coffee shops

BUT

it poured down with rain, the wind blew and it was cool

Last weekend we had beautiful sun with temperatures hitting 80f

This weekend we were lucky to get 57f

SO

we had coffee indoors and strolled through the many underground shopping malls

before venturing out briefly onto one of the docksides

I have met Linds before where we did have lots of time to get to know each other a little and it was so nice to meet again. I was excited about meeting MG for the first time but it was a little disappointing that we did not really seem to have the opportunity to just sit and chill out and chat as we had hoped

It is nice however to be able to put a face and as MG said, a voice, to a blog site

So thank you Linds and MG for taking the time meet up

If you want to see lots of pics on Canary Wharf then click on 'London' in my labels

You can't forget the time here!

This was before the rain got real heavy

Linds, MG, Barbara

Wasn't that fun

Now to some more blogging experiences

This snow was outside the home of

Vee of A Haven for Vee

Vee ran a competition to guess when the last crystal of snow would melt

I guessed 12 days

Linds guessed 11 and she nearly won it

but Vee stayed up until after midnight to check whether or not it had gone before midnight on the 11th day

It did not melt completely until the 12th day

So as the winner I received the following lovely gift in the post

Chocolate covered blueberries, a sleigh ornament, a felt watering can

Some leaf card stickers

a hand made pin cushion and a Martha Stewart teatowel edged and embroidered by her own fair hands

I shall not use the teatowel for drying dishes, I shall hang it from the rail on my cooker

Thank you Vee, this was a lovely gift

And last but not least

Sue of Sioux

sent me this 'Taste of Texas'

a local tour magazine, some handcraft and a card showing one of her husband's

beautiful photographs of Cacti

Thank you Sue for this kind gesture

What a fun hobby blogging is