The slideshow...under construction.

This is the first draft of the slideshow I've been working on. It's not finished, as I have yet to add some more pictures, but this is how it's looking so far. Watch this space!

Thanks to Richie for letting me use his music and to Glenys for letting me include some of her pictures.

I hope you like it.

Smiles.

The Grace Singers...

Hi all,

On Tuesday evening, we went to watch a musical at our church, performed by an excellent choir.
They were called ''The Grace Singers'' and the musical was called ''Evidence of Grace''.

They are currently doing a tour of the U.K. and we were lucky enough to have a performance scheduled for our town.

What a treat it was too. Our church is reknowned for its great acoustics and we have many concerts and musicals held there throughout the year.

The choir were from West Virginia and some members of our church were playing ''host'' to the choir members, offering somewhere to stay and hospitality during their stay.

Our church was filled with the most beautiful music and we were mesmerised throughout the whole event. Being very British and somewhat reserved, we, the locals, sat quite still, with the occassional foot tapping observed...ha.

Their enthusiasm was amazing and their social interraction so fluid and natural,...it was such a moving and inspiring experience and I kept thinking, ''I am so glad I have the opportunity to be here and experience this''.

We call our Ministers in the Methodist church by the title of ''Reverend'', and a communal smile broke out when the visiting Pastor called our minister ''Pastor Mike''. It was quite charming.

May God Bless them on the remaining part of their U.K.tour...and a big thank you to each and every one of them.

Working hard with the Summer Slideshow...

Well, I have been a busy little bee this past few weeks working on the slideshow...and with some of the flower pictures I have been working with, ''bee'' is an appropriate description, ha.

My Mum's friend Glenys who is in her late 60's has let me download her contribution of pictures towards this joint project on to my computer, and I have edited and added text to them. The words I have used are of course personal to me and my interpretation, but Glenys has given me free reign of what I choose. Lucky old me.

Berenice is in the process of arranging hers but has been very busy with work just lately. I think her poor old pc has been gathering dust judging on the amount of hours she's had recently. Poor B.

I have made a few rough drafts of the collection so far and have been selecting different pieces of Richie's music to accompany it. It has been hard work but creatively, it has been so therapeutic and I have enjoyed it.

So here are some recent additions I would like to share here with you. It is of course a much better experience with the music, but when the final show is ready to go I will post it here.

I hope you have all had a good week-end.

Smiles.

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