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A blog about midlife, travel, adventure – and all things in between

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Travelling is in my family's blood and since being forced into an early retirement (due to a redundancy) I'm making the most of my 'spare time'. Along with travel, Rotary, running, cycling, reading, photography and social media, I love to blog. The community network, continually learning new skills, and sharing ideas is a source of great joy. Other things that make me happy are my husband, our three grown up daughters and family. I now have two new granddaughters, plus a new grandson. Taking pleasure in the everyday beauty around us is essential to a happy life - take time to smell the roses! It costs nothing to smile :)
Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021

I cannot believe….

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Sharing some thoughts on the prompt of 'Cannot' for #lifethisweek. As in I cannot believe....

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Posted on January 24, 2021January 25, 2021

A heatwave calls for some cool foggy, cloudy weather #SundayStills

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The weather is HOT, HOT, HOT here, so some fog and clouds would be very welcome! #SundayStills

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Posted on January 20, 2021January 19, 2021

Do Sunflowers make you smile? – Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday 2021

It's time for #WordlessWednesday with happy sunny sunflowers on the agenda.

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Posted on January 18, 2021January 24, 2021

Going back in time for #lifethisweek

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Going back in time! This month we celebrated 30 years of living in this wonderful town and being a part of the local community plus it's been 41 years since we tied the knot. #lifethisweek

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Posted on January 17, 2021January 18, 2021

There’s nothing like an actual glacier to show off glacier blue for #SundayStills

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The colour glacier blue, is the theme for #SundayStills this week, and I'm travelling back in time (again) to Iceland, home to glaciers.

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Posted on January 16, 2021January 17, 2021

Shout-out Saturday is back in 2021

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Shout Out Saturday is a place for you to share something or someone. This week it's all about lamb adverts, playgrounds and virtual travel. Who gets your shout out today?

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Posted on January 12, 2021January 17, 2021

Night lights for #SundayStills

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Night is the theme for #SundayStills this week, and I'm travelling back in time (when we could travel) to some of my favourite places at night. Come travel with me!

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Posted on January 11, 2021January 17, 2021

A perfectly uplifting Sunday

Things are looking up with help from my friend the hammock!

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Posted on January 9, 2021January 12, 2021

A retrospective taking stock for #SundayStills

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This week #SundayStills is about taking a #retrospective look at 2020 through our photos. I'm combining photos and a Q&A in the one post as a nod at my 2020.

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Posted on January 8, 2021January 12, 2021

Reading my way through 2020

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I managed to meet my Goodreads goal of reading over 100 books during 2020. Here are a few of my favourites and a brief summary.

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Posted on January 6, 2021January 16, 2021

The wisdom of trees for Wordless Wednesday

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It's time for the first #WordlessWednesday of 2021 with trees on the agenda. And some words - I have to ease myself back into the wordless part of Wordless Wednesday!

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Posted on January 5, 2021January 16, 2021

A look back at my world of blogging during 2020

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How was your year? Here's my annual recap of 2020 as seen through my blog with some statistics which make for interesting reading.

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Posted on January 3, 2021January 10, 2021

Remembering December 2020

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Welcome to my look back at the month of December 2020 - in a sentence a day!

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Posted on January 2, 2021January 4, 2021

60 years old and feeling BOLD! Sharing my WOTY for 2021

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What is my word of the year for 2021? It's a word that I want to be more of in coming years. Have you chosen a WOTY?

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Posted on December 31, 2020January 16, 2021

What was the best decision you made in 2020?

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What's the best decision you made this year? How would you answer? 2020 has shown us what is important and I'm sharing my vulnerable side in my response to the question.

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Posted on December 23, 2020January 2, 2021

From my World to yours….

Christmas 2020 - with love from my world to yours

In my last post for 2020 I would like to wish you all happy Christmas, as happy as you can be anyway, given the circumstances. Thanks for all your support during 2020. With love from my world to yours....

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Posted on December 19, 2020January 2, 2021

Ready to jump ship – a year of jumping comes to an end!

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Welcome to my World. Jump on board as we take a look back over my year of jumping. Jump was my #WOTY and I made the most of it!

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Posted on December 12, 2020January 2, 2021

Happy Beddian Birthday to those of us born in 1960!

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It's my birthday this week and it's also a Beddian birthday for those of us born in 1960. Do you know what that means?

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Posted on December 9, 2020December 22, 2020

Wordy Wednesday – It’s all about Ruby

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Loss is hard at any time, but coming into Christmas it's particularly hard. Wordy Wednesday is all about Ruby.

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Posted on December 5, 2020December 19, 2020

Shout Out Saturday #18 – An up and down week

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Shout Out Saturday is a place for you to share something or someone. This week it's all about digging deep to find some shout outs, after an up and down week! Who gets your shout out today?

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Hi I’m Debbie, making a fresh bold start in 2021!

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60 years old and feeling Bold

Welcome to Deb’s World

This is the world according to me…in photos, words, stories and sometimes even poetry. It’s a fun creative outlet, and as a bonus I get to meet some amazing bloggers from around the world.

My aim is to make you smile, educate you in some way, maybe inspire you and to share my world, while learning about your world.

I love an adventure and I always seem to find one  – or it finds me!  It keeps me feeling young :)

I’m living life to the fullest and embracing the challenges that come with midlife! I’m now a grandmother as well and I am as happy as a pig in mud.

Please take your time exploring my world – it’s full of stories, travels, adventures, photos and love.

I appreciate your visit, your likes and any comments or feedback you care to leave me.  Feel free to share the love 😊

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Travelling is in my family's blood and since being forced into an early retirement (due to a redundancy) I'm making the most of my 'spare time'. Along with travel, Rotary, running, cycling, reading, photography and social media, I love to blog. The community network, continually learning new skills, and sharing ideas is a source of great joy. Other things that make me happy are my husband, our three grown up daughters and family. I now have two new granddaughters, plus a new grandson. Taking pleasure in the everyday beauty around us is essential to a happy life - take time to smell the roses! It costs nothing to smile :)

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