24th January, 2016.....Furness Abbey sunrise and a family weekend!

I can tell that January has been a dry month for the SteveHillman Wedding camera....he's having to keep exercising his skills by chasing any weather phenomena that might provide even a remotely interesting photo...snow last Sunday, then the beautiful sunrise on Monday morning (you know, that time when most of us were at work!!).

 

 

 

 

Okay, okay...the photos are lovely, but I'd done an assembly and a guided reading lesson by then...how is that fair!!!

 

 

Anyhow, at least we got to see the sun, which was a change...thank goodness our Sunday snow was nothing like they are having in the USA at the moment! Abbey House and Oscar's provided the stylish venue for our family meet-up last night.......

 

 

...good company....

 

 

....lovely food....

 

 

 

 

....and pesky Hillman children, as always!!!!

 

 

We've all done our separate and different things over the years, but 'The Family' have always been there as a support and a thing to come back to, and when we bought the house we're in now, 19 years ago, the older couple we bought it from ( who are sadly no longer here) said that it had been a family 'hub' for them...it had that sort of feeling....the house has retained that status, with so many of our family gatherings over the years....who says houses don't have personality!!! Spooky!!!

 

 

 

Still incredibly wet and muddy down at Furness Abbey today....the light is quite poor...flat and grey, with little sign of Spring yet.....

 

 

 

 

 

Frankie always finds plenty to amuse him though!