{"id":10667,"date":"2014-02-27T17:15:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T17:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/?p=10667"},"modified":"2014-02-27T17:15:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T17:15:44","slug":"time-for-tea-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/?p=10667","title":{"rendered":"Time for Tea&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and a catch up.<br \/>\nThis month as the weather forecast was so good I imagine we met at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk\/en\/enjoying\/parks_and_gardens\/cosmeston\/cosmeston.aspx\">Cosmeston Lake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks so much for coming&#8221; I say as we hug, saying together \u201cWhere has the last month gone?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWhat a lovely day, the first of three forecast before the rain returns.<br \/>\nShall we walk? Oh good, you have your camera. The birds here are all so tame because they are constantly being fed! Mostly on bread! I don\u2019t know how they get off the ground. It\u2019s not good for them but the upside is this\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Birds-at-Cosmeston.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Birds-at-Cosmeston.jpg\" alt=\"Birds at Cosmeston\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Birds-at-Cosmeston.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Birds-at-Cosmeston-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Birds-at-Cosmeston-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bids-at-Cosmeston.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bids-at-Cosmeston.jpg\" alt=\"Bids at Cosmeston\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bids-at-Cosmeston.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bids-at-Cosmeston-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bids-at-Cosmeston-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Birds-at-Cosmesston-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Birds-at-Cosmesston-2.jpg\" alt=\"Birds at Cosmesston 2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Birds-at-Cosmesston-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Birds-at-Cosmesston-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Birds-at-Cosmesston-2-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shall we sit on the bench for a while and watch them as we talk?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-gathering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-gathering.jpg\" alt=\"The gathering\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-gathering.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-gathering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-gathering-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Mute-Swan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Mute-Swan.jpg\" alt=\"Mute Swan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Mute-Swan.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Mute-Swan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Mute-Swan-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We chatter about our blogs, postcards and Gelli printing, all at once, hopping between thoughts and projects. I know I said I would bring Washi tape for my mouth but\u2026.<br \/>\n\u201cI have taken a Gelli print class by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlasonheim.com\/gelli-plate-plus\/\">Carla Sonheim<\/a> and am about to start another one, late, as I have had visitors and then a couple of days away.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Swans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Swans.jpg\" alt=\"Swans\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Swans.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Swans-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Swans-428x300.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Mute-Swan-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Mute-Swan-3.jpg\" alt=\"Mute Swan 3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Mute-Swan-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Mute-Swan-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Mute-Swan-3-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Great-black-backed-gulls1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Great-black-backed-gulls1.jpg\" alt=\"Great black backed gulls\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Great-black-backed-gulls1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Great-black-backed-gulls1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Great-black-backed-gulls1-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have signed up for the <a href=\"http:\/\/dowhatyouloveforlife.com\/swap\/\">Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap<\/a> again. I hope I get a reliable swap partner this time!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kateyestudio.com\/liberate-your-art-postcard-swap\">Kat Slomas postcard swap<\/a> is much more reliable! I sent off my cards a couple of weeks ago.\u201d<br \/>\nYou tell me that you have signed up for the same swaps. \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be fun to get a card from someone we knew?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You ask me what I do with my Gelli prints.<br \/>\n\u201cMostly I make them into postcards. I have challenged myself to post three cards every week this year. So far, I am on track. Sometimes I will use one of my photographs that I have had printed and sometimes one of my Gelli prints.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>You have brought me some of your work to look at. It is always so lovely to see it in my hands, the colours are so much more vibrant irl.<\/p>\n<p>We continue our conversation as we walk along one side of the lake, stopping to take pictures or laugh at the antics of the waterfowl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Canada-Goose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Canada-Goose.jpg\" alt=\"Canada Goose\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Canada-Goose.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Canada-Goose-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Canada-Goose-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/coot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/coot.jpg\" alt=\"coot\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/coot.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/coot-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/coot-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A week or so ago my blog friend <a href=\"http:\/\/prairiejill.blogspot.co.uk\/2014\/02\/tulips-part-i.html\">Prairie Jill<\/a> posted a week\u2019s memes on one subject (Tulips) I thought that was so clever. I think have enough pictures from today for four memes; I am feeling quite productive!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>We link arms on the way to the caf\u00e9 laughing and enjoying our shared hobby and the joy blogging brings us.<\/p>\n<p>This lovely idea is Abi\u2019s, find her and other tea posts at <a href=\"http:\/\/creatingpaperdreams.blogspot.co.uk\/2014\/02\/lets-sit-and-have-cup-of-tea.html\">Creating Paper Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Thank-you2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Thank-you2.jpg\" alt=\"Thank you\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Thank-you2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Thank-you2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Thank-you2-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and a catch up. This month as the weather forecast was so good I imagine we met at Cosmeston Lake &#8220;Thanks so much for coming&#8221; I say as we hug, saying together \u201cWhere has the last month gone?\u201d \u201cWhat a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/?p=10667\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tea-and-a-catch-up-with-abi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10667"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10694,"href":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10667\/revisions\/10694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}