Search among Jenny McIntyre's articles

Just wanted to say Happy New Year to you all and to apologise for not being on here much these last few days. Been sort of busy here and both Mandi and I needed just to ''chill'' [though with the temperatures here we were ''chilling'' more than we wanted

This week the theme is a single tree......

I saw this and I've watched it again and again. It's hilarious.... I dare you not to laugh.... youtu.be/bkcxwLVIeTY

Yes Mandi has gone to be with her husband. She will be okay - well she has panic and anxiety attacks but Dogan her husband has a magical way of making her calm and relaxed. I drove her up to Exeter last night for her to get a train to Gatwick. You know

If you've ever read Sir Arthur Conan Doyles' Sherlock Holmes - Hound of the Baskervilles, this is where it's set. I took our Mickey there when he came down last year - it's an amazing place - very broody and atmospheric... youtu.be/U1K4SMG9EpA I hope

My contribution this week for the tree theme is actually two pictures. I've gone with the rules for the group itself and just submitted one, but I really couldn't decide properly, so you are being subjected to two................ LOL This is quite a

Now this title is a good 'un. Today is my daughter Mandi's birthday....she's celebrating it in Turkey with her hubby. Even though is cold over there, it's certainly not as cold as it is over here. She was sitting outside with Dogan having a coffee when

Oh boy did I have problems with this and after searching all through my photos, I found one ................. All these trees are without leaves. I took this picture many years ago when I was in France. France seems to have many roads like this.

Well folks did you miss me? Sorry I've been sort of lax here, but I've been having problems with my electrics in the house. The mains kept flicking off all the time and it was getting to be a PITA having to constantly go into the kitchen to flick the

I loved looking up at the sky with the sun out shining through the leaves of the shumak trees.... I hope you do too........

Just wanted to show you my lovely bouquet of flowers that my neighbour gave me for my birthday. Aren't they gorgeous? It's such a shame they don't have any scent. Still just looking at them and knowing I'm very lucky to have such lovely neighbours, makes

I know lots of you are probably living where it's even colder, but to me who's been indoors since last Thursday, it was a shock to the system when I went out today. I had to go to the doctors for my annual review - all was well, so that's it for another

When I got home I realised that the garden was looking better than of late - okay it's winter time, but it just looked brown and grey which doesn't exactly invite you out to admire it...... LOL So imagine my surprise when I noticed some

Here are my contributions to this week's theme. I do hope you like them.

Okay folks, just a quickie here - been out and about a little today and am quite tired... First I had to go to the Post Office to collect a parcel, as the postman hadn't been able to rouse me when he called. The ironic thing is - the parcel contains a

Hiya folks, tis me again........ After having sat on a cold stone pebble so you could see my contribution of the sunset, it developed into a cold I'm afraid.............. all your fault LOL So I've been quiet on here since then because of the sneezes

Strange title I know, but having that little mouse on my hand reminded me of when I re-utilized my old fish tank and made it into a hospital for a little mouse I'd rescued.... About 6 years ago, I could hear a kerfuffle out in the hall and I went out to

I'm sure I didn't bring my daughter up to torment me like this........ she seems to take great delight in showing me what's out there in Turkey, knowing full well I'm here in Britain............. LOL It started off with her showing me the ice-cream that

I keep forgetting to take pictures of the autumn colouring on trees etc, so I must remember to do so this next fall. There is a lovely tree, which seems to come over from another neighbour's house, and it graces my driveway - it's a gorgeous red in the

He's been washing and washing his legs and back for some time now and he was starting to look manky. I looked very carefully to see if he'd got fleas, but as I do give him regular flea treatments, that didn't seem likely........ so it was a case of '

Sorry folks, for not being on here much lately - but it's been so cold and to be honest, I haven't been out so haven't done anything to report. The car hasn't moved for over a week now, and my extension lead is too short to take the battery charger to

I am really pleased to say I have quite a few evergreens in my garden as well as deciduous. One of them is my favourite - a yew tree, it's over 100 years old and I just love it's flat top. When I was a youngster, I used to climb this tree, in fact my dad

Well Peter and Ann's attempt to keep the seagulls away from nesting in amongst my chimneys has gone awry somewhat.... they'd bought a large owl in plaster with huge eyes and it had been put ontop of the flat roof of their house, looking up towards the

Mandi took this picture yesterday while she was out and about - she just couldn't resist..... The pussy cat didn't want to lie on the concrete tiles so found this lovely dog asleep and clambered onto his back. It was nice and comfy for him and so the

This is a wonderful poem by our brilliant Pam Ayres. She writes so many funny poems, but this one had me laughing out loud. I do hope you all enjoy it. The missus bought a Paperback, down Shepton Mallet way, I had a look inside her bag;... T'was "Fifty

Thought another poem by Pam Ayres wouldn't go amiss - you have to hear her really because it's so funny with her accent..... Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth, And spotted the dangers beneath All the toffees I chewed, And the sweet sticky food. Oh, I

As you probably already know - my son and his lovely wife, Stevie, celebrated their first wedding anniversary on Sunday 1st March and they went away for a few days to enjoy themselves. They had this photo taken yesterday and I think it's one of the

Well Mandi is still in Turkey and she's applied for the residency permit and after a lot of struggling to go from one department to another with the necessary paperwork, they finally managed to get all done and notarised yesterday. So in about 2 weeks she

I've had to choose my photo for this week's theme, but yet again I've struggled to decide which one. I've spent hours looking through my albums this afternoon and in my mind I can see the photos I'm trying to find, but can I find them - er no..... So

Today arrived with gorgeous blue skies and sun to go with it. It was lovely and warm for the first time in months. .............. I decided to get out in the garden and see what's going on there.......... accompanied of course by two cats............

Well yesterday the sun came out and it was too enticing to stay indoors. So I picked the camera up and decided to visit Instow. At least there I can sit on the bench and watch the dogs having a great time on the beach. As you can see from my pictures -

I had to visit my gorgeous dentist today for my 6 monthly checkup. Yuri is from Bulgaria, not quite as gorgeous as Ivan but such a sweet nature and so it's a pleasure to go and see him - this is me talking about being quite happy to visit a dentist!

Mandi and Dogan have been trying for the last two years to get her a residential visa for Turkey and at last it's come............ The smiles say it all when you look at their happy faces............ This means that she can come and go as many times as

While I was thinking about it - I remembered how beautiful Yashi is [where Mandi lives] and this is the view you see of it when you come back down the hill after shopping.... Then it reminded me of what Mandi told me a couple of days ago - she was

Hi this is my final contribution to the theme. I have so many flowering and fruit trees in my garden and I have taken loads of photos of them at various times of the year, so I've had a hard job just deciding which one to show. I'll show two here, but

Oh I don't watch much sport, in fact very little really, but I do love my car racing. Formula 1 has been away from our sets since November and it's been really a very very long time for me. Withdrawal symptoms and all that ...... LOL Anyway today in

Busy day for me today in comparison to what I usually have going on. I had to visit the dentist again - last one until August - boo hoo.LOL. Dear Yuri did the final clean up of my teeth. He made me jump a couple of times - got the gum instead of the

Well today has come and almost gone, and it was supposed to be one to remember for a long time - an eclipse. I'd sorted out my camera and had got the calendar on my phone reminding me about the eclipse. The media has been banging on relentlessly about

This week is the start of a new project - and it's 'triangle' for week one. So here are my contributions to this week........... As we can only submit one picture per week - I am posting the last picture - the sea because it's a naturally shaped

I have been doing on-line grocery shopping lately because walking around the stores pushing an awkward trolley and then carrying the bags to the car and then into the house makes my back protest loudly and it means I have a couple of days when I'm fit for

The sun was shining beautifully today - I decided that I'd pop out down to the beach, just for a few minutes - but when I poked my head outdoors - brrrrrrrrrr the wind was strong and freezing............ I know they warned that it would be chilly, but

No easing up yet of the cold wind here, and I really didn't feel like going out in this weather. So while the car was running - to charge the battery - I decided to inspect the driveway to see if any new growth was appearing...... There were...........

Mandi is due home tomorrow - which is both a joyous and sad occasion. I'm so looking forward to seeing her again and having her home, but at the same time, sad that she has to come home and then the hassle of the Social Services and other problems begin

Here is my contribution to this week's theme - circle I do hope you like it

Oh not only has Spring sprung, but Summer decided to pop its head around to remind us that it's on the way................. I woke up to warmth and sun........... This says it all............ For April this is amazing...... and so Mandi and I decided

Sorry folks, but I've been away for the last few days because I think I've caught Mandi's cold/virus. I have gone all winter without anything going wrong and as soon as it gets warmer I go and catch cold. I've got that tickly cough that's driving me

The tulips and primroses are joining the daffodils to colour my garden - now the bluebells are starting to get in on the act and are coming out all over the place, making the banks on the driveway very woodlandy and appealing. As you can see -

Mandi and I are both trying to get over nasty colds and today dawned beautiful blue sky and bright sun. So once we'd got two large washes done and put on the lines to dry, we decided that we really needed to get some fresh air into our lungs...... I'm

Hi folks, I took some pictures yesterday of my cherry blossom and rather than try and put all the photos here in the blog, I understand that if you click on the link www.ipernity.com/doc/jenny-mcintyre/albu m/778300 that there's a good chance you'll be

This is written by a young girl who is married to a Turkish man and lives out in Turkey. Mandi read this and says it's pretty much how she feels. She absolutely adores her hubby and feels Turkey is her home now, but she misses Britain too - as she says -

Hi folks, well the beautiful blue sky and sunny days have left us for a while and although we do need rain, that seems to have been missed with the weather gods, they've just sent dark grey clouds and it looks as if it's going to rain, but it doesn't.

Tony and Stevie came up today for a quick visit and it was so lovely seeing them. The drive-up had been a dim one as the weather was all overcast, but then they came up to us and the sun started to come out and by the afternoon, the weather was gorgeous.

Some of you will know of Dai who lives in Kathmandu, Nepal. He's married to a Nepalese lady called Luma. He and a member of his wife's family are in Portugal at the moment, so you can imagine how he's feeling hearing of this awful tragedy in Nepal. He's

Tony and Stevie aren't going to adopt the twins unfortunately. The mother has fought and fought [which is a good thing right?] to keep them and she's won her last appeal for a while. She was told that this was her last chance to keep the girls. If there

Just a quick note, Dai has heard from his family over there and they are all well. They are just waiting for the aftershocks to stop then they can go back into their house and get food and more bedding etc. They are outside in a field at the moment, with

I noticed, inbetween dark clouds, that another one of my apple trees had started to blossom. It only had tiny leaves about a week ago - the little bit of rain we had a couple of days ago seemed to have worked wonders..... Also some white lilac has

Just a quickie - Dai has heard that all are fine even the family up in the mountains. There is a bit of good news too - all the family's houses are still intact - slightly cracked, but still standing as are their belongings. They are expecting to be able

Rather than bombard you with loads and loads of photos in blogs, I thought I'd give you a link to the albums.......... See I'm brazen enough to still think you are interested in my pictures - LOL. The sun came out today and even though there is a brisk

THESE ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY "THOMAS COOK VACATIONS" FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS: 1. "On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food." 2. "They should not allow

Someone sent me this and it's oh so true......... Kids these days don't realise how it used to be.......

I accidentally came across this work by Aniko Koleshnikova and I was absolutely blown away by her work - what do you think eh............ www.boredpanda.com/polymer-clay-book-cov ers-mandarin-duck-aniko-kolesnikova

I understand that it's Mother's Day in other parts of the world today - ours here in the UK was a few weeks ago. So may I wish you mothers who are celebrating today - a wonderful day and I hope you are being spoiled rotten as you so richly deserve.

Hiya folks, sorry I haven't been on here for a while but Mandi is due to return to Turkey in a couple of days and we've been busy trying to get all things done that need to be done before she goes. Oh I will miss her. We get on so well and having her here

It was a lovely sunny day today - albeit a tad windy, but because we'd not been out for a couple of days, we decided to nip to the beach for some fresh air........ The beach was quite deserted really .............. Yet it was quite warm but here the

I have been laughing myself silly watching this - I hope you enjoy it too...... youtu.be/L9CXRpglfdo

You can tell what seems to be on her mind at the moment........ LOL youtu.be/xob0P93V4S0

This dog definitely knew where he was going and why........ youtu.be/CFjXwG1Nus4

Well yesterday Mandi went back home to Turkey - and judging by the look on her hubby's face, she is so welcome and the grin on Dogan's face said it all - it was just like the Cheshire Cat - ear to ear. LOL I must thank Mickey for telling you that I

The garden has got some new additions to the old ones this year......... Well not really new, just new this year - LOL. The aqualegia is blooming all over the place - it's wild in my garden - to think people pay money to get the seeds or plants and I

I live in the northern part of Devon which is close to two wonderful areas of moorland - Dartmoor and Exmoor. I have written about Dartmoor before, but not really much about Exmoor. I thought you'd like to see some gorgeous pictures of this very special

Well folks - we've had some sunshine today, which is different from yesterday when we had showers, and the day before was quite nice too. I took some pictures from my lounge window then and I put them up here, but didn't do a blog to incorporate them.

Well as you know Mandi and Dogan had already been adopted by a ginger and white cat called Minoche and that he'd brought his girlfriend round when she was pregnant with two kittens...... Well the mother cat abandoned the two kittens and Minoche brought

Tony and Stevie have got the whole week off to enjoy themselves before Tony goes on a two week course in London. He's been promoted and now has to undergo rigorous training for arresting/tackling criminals!!! I suppose I should have realised when he told

Today was a glorious day and as I hadn't been out since I drove back from the airport, I thought it would be a good idea to visit the beach again because the weather forecasters are talking about rain visiting us for the next few days - well at least

Well my new microwave has come and it looks so small compared with my other one - which was a catering one I think. This morning I had to move my old microwave out and boy was it heavy - I gingerly put it on my trolley which was dicey to say the least.

Guess what? Is there something wrong with me or what? First my DVD recorder went completely belly-up and I can't record nor even play DVD's...... but as I don't need it, I haven't replaced it. Then, as you know, my microwave went and now I had to get a

Well I decided to go and look to see if I could find out if any more new growth is showing in the garden - honestly I went out there only a couple of days ago and I didn't see the sticky weed that assaulted my eyes when I went into the driveway today.

I have looked up what my sticky weed is called and it's a cleaver and also goes by many names - the one I like is 'sticky willy' LOL As a tea, the plant acts as a diuretic and lymphatic. As a lymphatic tonic, it is used in a wide range of problems

I found this video done for advertising some new homes being built just up the road from me - but it does show the area a bit - so I thought you'd like to see it youtu.be/bJsR05ruetY Hope you like it

As you may recall - I've had to order a new washing machine because the other one went phutt.......... This morning the phone went nice and early [I have told you that I'm not a morning person haven't I?] well they told me that they would be here in 15

Well today dawned sunny - which was wonderful after the last couple of days which have been awful - horrendous winds and lots of rain. Quite a few of my pots are water-logged, so that meant moving them onto stones to let them drain. I've cut back a few

First of all I want to congratulate our Mickey on becoming a great grand-dad, although to be fair he didn't really do anything to get to this state - well he did originally I suppose to get his son, but that was about it. However I do congratulate his

After my neighbour had put up a model owl on his roof, the seagulls had kept away, which was a shame cos I love them there. I could understand why he did that - because one of the chicks had fallen off the roof a couple of years ago and he was walking

My driveway is a total mess - I haven't been able to get out to sort it out, and I haven't seen Fred the Shed for ages. Peter, my neighbour, was going to mow the middle of my driveway, but he forgot to bring the long extension lead from his son's home,