Ambleside

Bridge House at Ambleside.

A street in Ambleside.

Rydal Mount. Wordsworth's house.

Ambleside

Stock Ghyll waterfall

A grocers shop in Ambleside

Rydal lake near Ambleside.

Bluebells at Rydal in early May.

Ambleside and Lake Windermere.

A pub, The Royal Oak in Ambleside.

A restaurant

An evening view of the park in spring

A waterwheel. The building is now a shop selling woolen goods.

Stock Ghyll river.

The bluebells at Rydal in May.

Ambleside is the next town to my home town of Keswick. It is quite central in the Lake District and a convenient place to stay for visiting various places.

Quiztime!!

Whose house is this?

(hint. He has been in the news recently)

RE-Call

Good evening (or good whatever depending on when you read this)

You may have noticed but were too kind to point out that I made a mistake

in today's lesson.......oops!

Of course "Hakusai" is Chinese cabbage, not white radish.

Did you notice?

I didn't until it was too late.

Thanks for coming today.

It was a bit chilly.

Take care

Nick

All well?

It was a blustery day today.

Odwara must be Chicago's (The windy city) sister city.

See some of you on Wednesday!

LIBERTY TANA LAWN

I scanned some Liberty Tana Lawn cotton fabric and this is what happened.

THE WORLDS' BEST HUSBAND AWARDS

USA

Poland

Greece

Serbia

IRELAND

BRITAIN

Please vote for the best husband in the world from the above pictures.

It's cold these days , isn't it?

I hope you aren't feeling the cold so much.

Sorry to hear about Tomoko and her bad cold.I hope you are better, Tomoko!

On Wednesday we welcomed Chiyori to the class.

Maybe she cannot attend so often, but she will always be very welcome.

Yoshimi finally moved to Odawara and is living among many cardboard boxes.

No! She is not homeless!! Just it takes much time to move in to a new house.

Kie's daughter went to Australia to live and study for a year this week.

If Kie looks lonely.......try to cheer her up.

Thanks also to Kumiko, Tamami and Akiko for braving the cold on Wednesday.

See you soon!!!

Here is the link to the Victoria Rose tearoom website.
It is under construction at the moment and will be in Japanese also in the future.
If you have any ideas feel free to let me know.

http://victoriarosetearoom.webs.com/aboutus.htm

New Year Greetings

A Happy New Year to you all.

I hope lovely things happen to you all this year (and other years , of course)

There will not be a class until the 13th at the International Lounge.

Please get in touch over this blog if you feel your English is

becoming a bit "rusty"