Codford Fireshow

The fireshow was another splendid event
Sat 12th Nov 2011

(photos later if poss!)

Packing Christmas Shoeboxes

What a special day . . .
we all gathered in the Social Club with SO MUCH 'STUFF' to pack up shoe boxes for Trussell Trust to take to Bulgaria
Thurs 10th Nov 2011
122 boxes were packed on the day (we know there's more to come!)

what a treasure - the Bishop's license

SUn Oct 9th at Salisbury Cathedral

Balloon 24-7-11

We awoke to excited people going up in a balloon just outside our bedroom window!!

Safe flight everyone!

Trussell Trust Shoe Box Evening Wed 20th July 2011

MITTENS and GLOVES needed 

 

YES! Mittens and gloves and scarves too are needed . . . .

On Wed 20th July Richard Parsons from Trussell Trust and Andrew Morgan from House of Rachel (caring for Bulgarian orphans) gave us most interesting, informative and challenging presentations of their work.  We came away utterly inspired to encourage their work and to do whatever we can . . . .

    so . . . .    for starters:

            "CHRISTMAS BOX APPEAL"

One lady brought along the hats she has been knitting - all 86 of them!  As we hope to put a hat, mittens or gloves and a scarf in each shoebox, please please please can you get saving, making and collecting scarves and mittens and gloves too?  And if you like making things, shoe bags and pencil cases are needed too.

 

Trussell Trust send boxes to babies, adults and teens as well as to lots and lots of children.  Leaflets with lists of ideas can be collected from Jan Lavery 850554 or Bob and Chrissie Taylor 850811 OR downloaded from the T T Website www.trusselltrust.org

 

During October there will be collection points for boxes AND there'll be a couple of "box filling sessions" in our villages . . . so . . . if you have perhaps a bundle of soft toys or stationary or toiletries or small toys etc etc there'll be opportunities to donate them and to "box-up" together .  Also if anyone has the opportunity to approach any firms, businesses or supermarkets etc for "job lots" of items like pencils, felt tips, soap, toothpaste etc, that'd be great.

 

On behalf of many little ones (and 'not-so-little-ones') who'll have a very smiley face this Christmas, knowing that someone cares, may we say a very big THANK YOU.

ps please remember to save your shoe boxes 

Brown Trout

Well!"  I finally have remembered to walk QUIETLY enough up to the river to see brown trout - what a treat - what a treasure:
4 in Codford by the bridge, 1 more dashing away under the weed just a little further along and
1over the A36 by the large bridge - it really jumped high out of the water

Back home in Codford after a weekend trip to Devon

My first morning back home in Codford (Mon) I walked the lovely river walk at Sherrington with the dogs.
How beautiful the scabious and knapweed . . . 

Then, Tues morning - what a joy - a greenfinch on our peanuts
AND
a Red Admiral butterfly along with the Tiger Moths in the garden -
WOW!

something different: RAF Hercules 1 July 2011 - an amazing 'treasure'

We went for a lovely walk yesterday - Fri 1st July - up Scratchbury hill to look for the last 4 Hercules leaving RAF Lyneham and flying off to their new base in Brize Norton.  yes - after 45 mins walking we almost reached the top and here they are - just quick pics cos I wanted to watch them and not miss the moment - it was very special

the last scarecrows - surely there cannot be any more now?

 aren't they all amazing?

last 2 scarecrows someone else foound for me!

here they are - last but not least!

a few more fabulous SCARECROWS

Here are some more (met 3 happy photographers too - what fun!)

scarecrow competition June 25 2011

Have another look at all these wonderful scarecrows.  Please forgive me if I've missed yours - I know I've missed one or two - if you have a piccy of it, please email it to me at gigatt@live.co.uk and I'll pop it onto the blog.

Thank you and enjoy . . .