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Summer loving had me a blast, oh yeah Summer loving happened so fast, Read more:   Grease - Summer Nights Lyrics | MetroLyrics   River banks in Oxford There's no doubt about it, I'm a very lucky Wren. For the last two years, I've had two summers. Mr Blathwaytes garden at Durham, near Bath in Gloucestershire Chasing summer is something we really rather like. It's in the retirement plan:  Australian summer followed by European summer! How good does that sound? Hyde Park Gardens, London This year's trip was totally unexpected,  I have a ticket booked to return to visit family and friends in the autumn. When Mr Wren's impromptu business trip coincided exactly  with a dream itinerary of Hong Kong, Paris and London   arriving in England for the summer.  Of course, I said 'can I come too?' Regents Park, London Hearing the weather is cold and miserable back home in Melbourne just adds to th...

Go Banksy go! The rebel in me has always had a soft spot for street art. It's the wild creative that appeals. Speaking the honest truth with a spray can. Nicholson Street, Footscray, Vic, Australia I t's hard to know how to reply when asked in Bristol, UK this weekend:  "have you ever used a spray can before?" 'How do you know I'm not a world famous street artist from Australia?' 'Or the real Banksy?'  I ask. Footscray,Vic, Australia Street Art My absolute hero is Banksy. I love the dark humour of  the Bristol street artist  whose real identity remains unknown.  I admire his willingness to tackle head on the issues of the day. Banksy and Little Wandering Wren: two peas in a pod - ha! Banksy has the week, depicted Steve Jobs,  Apple founder  and Syrian migrant,  on a wall of a migrant and refugee camp in France. Further along the wall are the words 'no-one deserves to live this way' Having work...

It took me twenty-eight hours to fly from Australia to England... I was there twelve nights  then it was twenty-four hours (whooo hooo!) to get back. That's hardly time enough to get over the jet lag... Is it? It was a busy, busy, busy   whistle-stop* tour  to catch up with family  and wave off my daughter on her African adventure. Happily we also celebrated a couple of birthdays, mine included. We started with a day out in Burford,  a picturesque Cotswold market town  chosen for some good clothes shopping and a pub lunch. Cotswold stone cottages in Burford We had some lovely days out to the Cotswolds and Oxford and stayed in Bristol, Stratford on Avon, London  and I even managed to buy a house! Now that's a story I'm saving for a rainy day... Here are some of my favourite blue photos from the trip. Thatched cottages which look good at any time of year,  look even better when Spring is in the air...