Hello and welcome come in it is lovely to see you all here again. The fires are lit the cushions are plumped up and we have the coffee and tea on the go and the cakes and sweets are all set out. We have tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.
If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.
If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at, Part time monster and it is growing like Topsie!
If we were having coffee : I would tell that I had another day out with my friend L. We went to Windsor, yes where the Queen lives part of the time. We did not visit the Castle as we have both done that before over the years. No we we had a look around the shops and walked up and down Castle Hill before going in to what was the old Railway Station, a used by Queen Victoria.
The Old Station Windsor
It is completely revamped full of shops and cafes and of course people . We saw a party of French students enjoying the undercover market stalls and admiring the steam train.
Windsor & Eton Central station is one of two terminal stations serving the town of Windsor, Berkshire, England. Although a small part is still a railway station, most of the station building has been converted into a tourist-oriented shopping centre, called Windsor Royal Shopping.[1] It is situated on the High Street, almost immediately opposite Castle Hill, the main public entrance to Windsor Castle.
Originally named simply Windsor, the station was renamed twice: first to Windsor & Eton on 1 June 1904; and then, followingnationalisation of the railways, to Windsor & Eton Central on 26 September 1949.[2]
The station is the terminus of the Slough to Windsor & Eton line and is served by a shuttle service of trains from Slough operated byFirst Great Western. Windsor’s other station, Windsor and Eton Riverside, is the terminus for the South West Trains service fromLondon Waterloo. Read more here.
L and arrived around 11am to find the town itself quiet, we had had snow first thing so we assumed the weather had scared most people off. We were probably right because as the morning went on the place filled up! We had fun in and out of the stalls in the station and stopped off for coffee and scones well we were in Windsor.
We found a lovely stall selling Rare Teddy Bears which were all really beautiful. The temptation was too much and we both bough a beautiful Grund, Peekaboo Teddy , L bought one for an imminent
Lena Lamb
Peekaboo Bear
Newbie ( she already has four grandchildren) and I bought one for my only Newbie. L also bought a lamb that sings Nursary Rhyme!! We were delighted with our buys here are some photos.
If we were having Coffee: I would tell you that the husband is improving slowly and much against my advice has been plodding along slowly but surly revamping our livingroom. The walls and paintwork are mostly done and we have fitted ( with the help of a friend, as the husband cannot do any heavy lifting still. ) A new fireplace and put the TV up on the wall. Next week we are having new radiators and in March our new furniture will arrive! I am getting impatient but thre is no point as it it is being made and we cannot rush things!
If we were having Coffee : I would offer you some cakes and biscuits , all calorie free of course !
In world news I would offer my condolences to the familes and friends of those lost in the Trans Asia Airways Plane crash in Taipei. Read more here.
I must close now as it is getting late and the husband is wanting to get to sleep and I think my tapping away is annoying him! so before I go here is a photo of the fireplace and TV .
Fireplace and TV
If we were having Coffee: would like to remind you about
A Thousand Voices Speak For Compassion
I heard about it first on TanGental’s page here and also on Gene’Os page here . The idea is to get 1000 bloggers on the same day to write posts about compassion, kindness, support, caring for others, non-judgement etc.? (Date to be decided.(it’s suggested 20th February 2015) We could call it 1000 Voices For Compassion.Who’s in? I really would like to be but I need to think really hard about what to write about but I am going to think about it and I am going to take part … If anyone has any suggestions I would be very grateful to hear them!
If we were having Coffee Original idea from http://parttimemonster.wordpress.com/
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: WEEKEND COFFEE SHARE
over at Part Time Monster and Gene’O’s
