What is in a theme – the A – Z Challenge cometh ...

So what is a theme – an idea that unifies – be it of the arts, literature or music – here over 1350 of us are tying our themes into the Alphabet ... the ABCs of life ...

In the North – Edinburgh, Scotland: the castle

dominates the Edinburgh skyline, as seen here

from the Grassmarket to the south 

This is Lee's brainchild of Tossing It Out - I wonder if he's tossed it yet?!  Lee will be ably assisted by his team ... The sign up link is at Blogging from A - Z - so do join us if you're not already signed up ... 

Many of the bloggers participating will be posting creative ideas and themes and I really will be interested to see if any of us have duplicated one another ... it’s a fascinating ride around the blogosphere.

In the South – Pevensey Castle, E Sussex

 – where William the Conqueror landed

I have stuck with the tried and tested Aspects of British ... this year it will be Castles – and you will have a tour around Great Britain visiting many places – north, south, east and west – some castles you will know, many you won’t ...

... some history, some fascinating facts, some places I have found I would really like to visit – check out B, D, H, J, K, S, ...

In the East - Castle Rising, Norfolk: 

illustrated in Cassell’s History of

England circa 1902

K and O were provided by two of the residents, who I volunteer to have conversations with  ... so they are delighted to know 'their castle' will be featured in the blog!

XYZ provided me with a few challenges – so these posts will be my index, glossary and summary around the subject of Castles ...

One or two might have an extra paragraph or two – but as the blog is mine – and I write for me too ... they are things I wanted to remember, so have left them there for posterity ... I wonder if that’s where post comes from – posterity?

In the West – Carnarfon Castle,

north west Wales

These Castles are not included in my A, B, Cs ...   

Here come the posts on Aspects of British Castles .... starting on April Fool’s Day ...

An update re my mother ...  she sleeps a lot, is aware we are there, enjoys her flowers ... yet is bright as a button at times – Andy, our osteopath who works on her limbs, turned up last week and said ‘Hello Ann’ ... and my mother immediately asked how the boys were .... Andy and his wife had triplets two years ago ... and Andy had shown my mother a phone photo of them – she was delighted!!  Amazes us all that she is still so aware ... when she’s awake!!

Hilary Melton-Butcher

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