friday friends....

with your indulgence

 I am going to spend Fridays

sending you to visit some of my

blog buddies

Flickr friends
favourite places

(if you don't want people coming over to your blog or photo stream

 just let me know  and I won't send them!!!)

:)

I am going to start with

{{{Kim}}}

some of you already know her

from

Dear Daisy Cottage

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which is on hold at the moment

but still there for you to browse through

the reason I start with

Kim
and I can't think of a happier sweeter place to start!!!

is that her blog was the first I started reading when I found these things called

blogs

I had never seen so much colour put together in such a wonderful way

yes
 moi of the beige

of the white and blue
of the plain and simple
!!!!

saw all this colour the way it should be put together
and
I fell in love

 I hovered   I marvelled
 I wondered if I could ever....
I lurked
 a lot
as they call it when you visit but don't comment

then I bumped into her photos on Flickr

and got a bit bolder about commenting

and

over this past summer
I have been following and watching as

Kim
has been posting photos of the lake she lives near!

and recording the lives of the swans and ducks that live there
and other things

some of it has been literally

heartbreaking

great big sobs and huge hot tears

as life and death played out in front of us

(mama swan)

I've been more upset for her than I have for the poor little creatures
who were here for such a short time

because I know how much it hurts to have these encounters with those we share this planet with

even little tiny chicks barely big enough to see

but once they are in your heart

it's so very hard when they die

and Kim has had her share of heartbreak this summer

so deep and so raw
 has been her sadness
it's hard to leave the photos and just ignore that side of life

so I left a few notes of understanding and support
 and she responded in her sweet way

with love and kindness and friendship

and

BTW

Kim doesn't hook or knit or sew

that I know of!!!!!

she has many many

many

other talents

and will be pursuing them soon

and I hope the

one she calls

"little one"

will be the way through to the things she wants and hopes for
and deserves

(on a wing and a prayer)

she has opened a new site

Imagery by Kimberly

where she has her beautiful photos of all these little cuties

and no it isn't sad or morose

it's a wonderful peaceful beautiful collection of all the things that Kim sees around her

and shares

her flowers
and
her dogs
who are worth the visit just to see them
sweet Maggie May
in all her glory at home

there are so many more beautiful ones of her
but this just gets me!!!


 and once in a while

her cute self

she is a really really sweet lady

kind generous and full of love for all and everything

so please go and visit her at all her sites

and I know you will enjoy her beautiful photos

her two adorable dogs

Maggie and Marley

and get to know Kim
 through her eyes and her words

it's a very pretty sight!!!!

 Kim's flickr page

so...there we go...

please let me know if you think this is a good idea

sometimes there is nothing to write about and nothing to show

no one wants to see dead grass, scummy lakes or hostile squirrels

:)

so I thought we may as well go on a little walk-about
without ever having to leave the comfort of our lap tops
desk tops or wherever it is we view the
WWW

you never know you may have a friend waiting out there

or whatever that cheesy saying says  :}

!!!!!!!!

and for those of you without blogs

we have

Flickr!!!

:) :) :)

p s I have Kim's OK to use any photo I want....!!!!
xxx