A very quick post to tell you I’m back! Yesterday was exhausting as I waded through thousands of emails. To say I’ll catch up with your posts from the last few days would be extremely stupid as I know from experience that it just ain’t gonna happen. But I hope to start afresh today.
SONNET 116
[The italics denote which part of the sonnet is quoted on the bag.]
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no; it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests, and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Take care and keep laughing!
First Night Design 
I am so glad to see you here….I obviously missed something, because was beginning to think you might not be well….As long as you are alive and well, I can certainly wait…..sending love and of course – keep smiling:)xx
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Oh dear – I thought the ‘out of bandwidth…’ I added to the title of the blog would give the game away! Hope that makes you smile! xx
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OK..just saw this and am smiling broadly:):)xx
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I’m with Janet. If you’re well, that’s all that matters. The world of blogging is like a pretty wild river. If you stop for a minute you go under. Impossible to catch up. Just go with the flow.
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I’m flowing, I’m flowing!
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I still have to put the Christmas decorations in the loft, and it’s already time to think about Valentine’s Day! That’s a nice image, Sarah, and a lovely quote too. I am pleased that your bandwidth is restored.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Bless you, Pete.
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Welcome back. Don’t try to catch up with the mail, just pretend we were away too.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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Pretend? I’m good at that. Used to be paid for it! Hugs galore. xxxx
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Welcome Back! Cute tote! Beautiful words. 🙂
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Much thanks, Laura.
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😀
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welcome back and love the tote bag!
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Thank you!
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really pretty
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Sarah, your blog seems so appealing to me that I have promised myself to delve into it more deeply. I like that you seem to focus on whatever you feel like, and assume that it will find an audience, which it obviously has.
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Thank you for the lovely compliment, David. I’m not so sure the blog is as diverse as you think as it’s usually confined to art, reading and writing!
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Welcome back, Sarah. There’s no need to worry about catching up as we are all in the same boat. It’s crazy how taking a short break from the virtual world leads to the amassing of so much correspondence.
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My failing is being interested in far too many subjects! Thank you for the welcome back, Jean.
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