Alison Pailing

I garden. I read books. I like country walks, wildlife and wildflowers. I wish I lived nearer to the sea.

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

@woodiechef Sorry to hear that Roy. A sad time for you all. Treasure the memories.

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

Here’s a new find-the-owl photo for you-as ever, looking at the details & patterns, searching and finding the owl will have gentle positive effects on your brain. I’m considering making a find-the-owl calendar. If you’d like one please put a ❤️on this post. A RT would help more folk see it (thankyou x) 🌿🦉

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSoft #WhiskersWednesday

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

I never knew my grandfather. I knew he had been a POW, but not where. Online research filled in those details.
His medals and letter from the king are treasured possessions.
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#RemembranceDay
The Armed Forces Memorial at National Memorial Arboretum lists more than 16,000 names of British Armed Forces personnel killed on active duty or as a result of terrorist attacks since 1948.
#WallsOnWednesday

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSoft

Teddies at a WI meeting .
Mine is the big orange one - Big Ben

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

@hullsaddler I never knew my grandfather (he died earlier in the year I was born) My father knew little of his experiences in the war presumably because he didn’t talk about it. His medals and a letter from the king are amongst my prized possessions

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

@SkyDiaryScot Hawthorn in flower on Sunday!

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekSForSoft

My first attempt at knitting a Trauma Teddy

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSoft

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#ThickTrunkTuesday

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

@martgathercole You haven’t had a beer yet!! 🍺

[Dan Walker @mrdanwalker]

PERFECT TV?

I remember watching this at the time and it has stayed with me ever since. An incredibly powerful example of the futility of trench warfare. The final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth was first broadcast this week back in 1989.

Arguably the most poignant end to a TV show. They made us laugh for years and suddenly we felt what it was like to lose them.

We will remember them.
For our tomorrows, they gave their today.
#lestweforget #remembrance

Clip from @BBCArchive

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforReligion
#RemembranceSunday
#LestWeForget

Flower festival in our church a few years back

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

@stevewhtmr Great shot.

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#StainedGlassSunday
#RemembranceSunday

Kedleston church.

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforReligion
#SteepleSaturday

Lichfield cathedral

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#PostboxSaturday VR on the gatehouse at the exit to Kedleston Hall

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

@cm_bagot I got it, just, but didn't know the word.

[Alison Pailing @AlisonPailing]

#FlowersOnFriday I brought my geraniums into the greenhouse for the winter a couple of weeks ago. They're still flowering nicely.