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Storm Antoni is about to hit the UK and we are wild moored on the River Severn, so we have to find somewhere safe to move to overnight. I put a NARROWBOAT hack to the test so we can cruise in the pouring rain- does it work? Sit back relax and enjoy some narrowboat life in the summer. Take care🌻🦋
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It's always lovely to hear from you and I will get back to you
Don't understand how you don't know this already ..... but you can package and send happiness ...... you do it with every video ..... your info, your drawing and your poetry bring happiness and good feelings every time.
I don't quite know what to say, that is such a kind comment- thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I agree!
Well said
So true :0)
So true 😊
I discovered your channel about a month ago and thoroughly enjoy it. I am retired and have unsteady knees and can't go out walking as I used to and so find your beautiful films meet my needs for outdoor life and experiences. I am an American with apparent geneology background in the United kingdom; I visited England, Scotland and Wales in 2005; I watch many TV programs on public channels that feature BBC programing - all this to say I grealy APPRECIATE all things British. I am learning about British waterways and gathering a greater understanding of the history of British manufacturing and transportation. I LOVE watching you make your cup of tea and then sit down to work on your journal. I draw and paint a bit and think I have some of the same sets of colored pencils you use. THANK YOU for bringing such beauty and sense of contentment to your viewers. Please continue to share the lovely landscapes, waterways, flora and fauna with us. I also send greetings to Zypher.
It is so lovely to hear from you, Connie- thank you so much for such a heartfelt and kind comment too. I am honoured to be bringing the outdoors to you, and I hope the birds are in full song and the flowers are in full bloom where you are too? Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
By doing your vlog you do package the peace and joy and send it out to everyone who is blessed to discover your magic.
What a kind comment! Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🦋🌻
You look so well, very fresh and relaxed 💖
Thank you so much, Steve that is very kind of you. Have a super rest of the weekend, take care🌻🦋
Everything everyone else has said, Vanessa, you package up happiness in a vlog, and give it to us every week! Thank you.
What a kind comment- Jan!Thank you so much!- Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
This is exactly what you do every week - 'package' up happiness for us to share with your beautiful shots of tiny insects, birds, mammals, leaves, flowers and the flowing landscapes and words to touch the heart. I am so grateful for what you share with us. Thankyou Vanessa. Bless you!
Wendy, that is such a kind thing to say- thank you so much- I really appreciate it.Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Wow, another beautiful vlog, thank you 💖
Thank you so much!Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
My dear. You send happiness every time I see a video of yours. Blessings to you. X
I am so pleased that the videos make you feel happy- thank you so much. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
I believe certain people who “let go” whilst in the company of Nature can sense their being, I’ve often walked through a Wood on my own and spoke to trees telling them how beautiful they are and also how sorry I am for the way some are treated, I also talk to insects and birds, boat life in all weathers and all seasons has taught me the struggles of certain creatures, I even befriended a Rat that came out every day at a mooring I was on one winter and I fed it bird nuts etc, it didn’t choose to be born a Rat and I told it so. Crazy old man I am…😊
Your comment is just wonderful and very reassuring to read as I am often talking to the wildlife around me...although I do look around first to make sure there aren't any other humans around! It is beautiful that you befriended a rat too; there is something very special when an animal chooses to share the same space with you isn't there? It must have known that it could trust you. Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Sir, you are lovely, not crazy. Kindness, no matter the form, is never crazy, and should always be encouraged and admired.
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Another cracking video.
Thank you so much, Mike! Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Another beautiful vlog Vanessa. 😁
That is so kind of you, Sheila-thank you. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Vanessa, I've not even got to the end of this video, and I really want to comment . . . you are just such a blooming delight! Your joy in nature is a gift, and your ability to share it with us is beautiful. I'd be shocked if anyone knows more about trees, bugs, fungi, birds etc names than you do!
🤗 What a lovely comment- you are a blooming delight too, Linda!🤗 I am learning new things about nature everyday and it is the biggest buzz in the world! Have a super weekend, take care.🦋🌻
Well said !
Beautiful . I love how you show us cool stuff! God’s creation is amazing!
Thank you so much for your lovely comments! Take care🌻🦋
Big trees have an aura of peace.
They really do. Thank you so much for watching. Have a super rest of the week, take care🌻🦋
Being told to rub a cut potato over your windows to keep them clear reminds Me of my old Dad telling us the best way to catch a chicken was to put salt on it's tail 😂 Remember SAXA! ?? 😂 ..... And Yes! you DO package that 'World is alright' feeling in all of your video's 🙂 ...
Oh those poor ready salted chickens!🫣🐓Thank you so much for your kind comment, Pete- I really appreciate it. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Watching this in mid winter. It's so lovely to be reminded of summer. I'm missing my summer dresses
I miss my summer dresses too! Spring will be here soon x Take care🦋🌻
I applaud you for your decision to leave the land and live aboard a boat. Great adventures and memories. Thank you for your interesting dialogue.
Thank you so much, Peter for such a lovely comment. I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs. Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
Thankyou, so much for a 'gift' l will 'treasure' the rest of my life..thankyou for 'sharing ' a small 'segment' of you, and your life. Has anybody ever told you that you are 'special..because you are..to give 'a gift' like this..first if all one has to be 'gifted' which you are..
That is so kind of you; I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.Thank you so much🤗. Have a super rest of the week. Take care🌻🦋
You so need to publish your Journal for a year, as it is . Your poetry and drawings are fab. Xx
Thank you so much, Caroline for your kind words about my journal. Have a super rest of the week, take care🌻🦋
Vanessa,another fascinating video so professionally presented and your affinty with nature comes across so well in the things you say and do. When I watch your videos you touch my soul with you endless enthusiasm for the beautful world we live in.
I am so touched that you feel like this about the vlogs.Thank you so much! Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🦋🌻
I'm addicted to your videos and enjoy every minute.. You're such a happy lady with strong spiritual vibes for nature and all its glory. I also admire your spirit and Zephyr is an adorable companion. Will catch up on all the video's I haven't seen. Enjoy your journey dear lady. Hugs
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the videos. Thank you so much for watching them. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🦋🌻
As always a lovely video .with real calm and happiness. Seeing the little things in nature is so brilliant.
I love doing that to. Time is forgotten and it reminds us to stop and look. To be quiet and feel.
Thank you so much 💓
Hi Katie, such wise words- thank you so much for this lovely comment. Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
Vanessa you do "package it and send it"! Thank you!
Thank you so much, Gerald- that is such a kind comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Thank you for your gift. It's perfect.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
Yes I agree with you it would be nice if people spread a bit of happiness. Your amazing how you look at things to get the details in your drawings you are fantastic I've nearly caught up with all your vlogs now just another nine to watch then I'm upto date so thankyou for all your fantastic poems vlogs and drawings absolutely brilliant you make the sunshine come out ❤
That's amazing that you have nearly watched all of the vlogs- here's a medal for that🏅! Thank you so much for your kind words. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Most beautiful and warm! Thank you.
That is so kind of you- thank you so much! Take care🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa, another outstanding vlog. You put so much care and love into your description, for instance the 2 trees. You are certainly gifted, please don't stop, and poems drawings, amazing ❤xx take care
What a kind comment- thank you so much.😊 Have a super rest of the week, take care🌻🦋
I felt your gift Vanessa after you studied the tree...You are not Alone in your wonderment, I'm often found With my Magnifying Glass getting up close to New found trees & Plants to me 🌳💚🌳
Oh Sally, it's great that you carry a magnifying glass too; isn't it a wonderful surprise when you look closely at a plant or a tree!Thank you for your lovely comment, take care🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa loved the video it’s like the back roads of England, and your so cool you make everyone feel full of happiness. Have great week.😊
Hi Sandy, I hope that you are well. Thank you so much for such a kind and thoughtful comment; I really appreciate it. Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
I don’t even own a narrow boat Vanessa, but I love watching your adventures and your journal of nature.❤ And of course your wonderful doggie 🐾
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs and Zephyr is delighted that you mentioned her! 🐾🐾Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
Your video's are pure joy Vanessa, we look forward to seeing them each week. Your poems and artwork are so lovely and we learn so much about the history of the area and increase our knowledge about nature, so a huge thank you !
Take care x
It is so lovely to know that you look forward to the vlogs every week, Hazel- thank you so much for tuning in and for your kind words too. Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
My goto “port in a storm”, the happiness you send is felt all the way in America. Evacuated for Florida hurricane and your videos are always there to center me and bring joy. Thank ypu
Oh Shannon, I hope you are all ok? It must be so scary to have to be evacuated for a storm; my vlog about our Storm Antoni is so mild that you'd probably refer to it as a light breeze! Please stay safe x Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat we made it , all ok!
I am so relieved to hear that, Shannon. x🌻🦋
I love your big cushions.lovely
Thank you, Glenn! Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
I loved this weeks vlog and it was such a nice surprise as its from my home town of Tewkesbury!
Your home town is beautiful and I wish that I could have stayed longer to explore it more. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻
Another lovely video. Thank you. X
I am so pleased that you enjoyed it, Peter! Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
I so understand your joy.. I was overcome with tears of emotion and joy this week, as I fed a bird a Stelers Jay (🍁) with two shelled peanuts, it took it from my hand. The first time in my life at 74 years 🎉🎉
Oh, Jean- that sounds absolutely wonderful! Stelers Jays are so beautiful and to be able to have one eat from your hand like that must have been so, so special. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Oh my God ❤😮 Just beautiful Vanessa 🥰 thank you ! xxx I know exactly that feeling 😊 look out for an email and I will send some more photos through. I don’t know if you have seen the ones I have sent already. I’m gutted that I can’t meet on the zoom. I will be cooking my lady’s dinner at that hour but at some point in October I can join in if you are doing it then. Take good care and enjoy the end of summer ❤
Which email have you been sending your photos to? I use themindfulnarrowboat@gmail.com and I do get back to anyone that emails me, but it normally takes me a week to catch up on them. I don't remember seeing your email? I will probably do another Zoom, so don't worry about missing this one.Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Just repeating the sentiment of previous comments, you send happiness as always 🙏
That is so kind of you- thank you so much😊 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Hello Vannessa and Zyph....yesterday's Zoom was enjoyable and appreciated. It was good to meet other people who appreciate your work as Liz and I do. It is time to start planning our next narrowboat adventure. I mentioned ABC...but our first rental in 2019 was from bearBoating ... the Mollymoo. I just looked at my photos and remember it was a very nice reverse layout. Beautiful finishes and well planned. We picked it up in Barnoldswold ???? on the Leeds and Liverpool and went back past Bradford towards Leeds and returned the boat in Bradford. I wish I had asked Glenn to say more about legging a boat through a tunnel. Amazing to have met someone who has seen/done that. Enough rambling...hope you Zoom again....not too soon but not too far in the future. Cheers, Bill PS watched Pam Ayers piece on asking her husband....so confident and strong and wrong😄
Hi Bill, it was so special to meet you all last night and I was fascinated to hear about all of your lives and connections to the canals. I think it is so exciting that you are planning your next journey. Where do you think you'll go? I totally agree with you about Mike, I think when I do another zoom, I'll have to ask him to share more about his experiences on the canals back then. Thank you so much for reminding me of Pam Ayres " They should have asked my husband" as I have just rewatched it and I was in tears of laughter! I always loved her performances so much growing up and I would try and impersonate her -much to my families amusement as it was always an awful impersonation! Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
Aren't those two trees beautifully grown together ? Really nice...thanks for your good thoughts, and the choices you make for your drawing, and photography. They're well-chosen
Thank you so much, Sian for your lovely comment. I really appreciate it. Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
Beautiful, amazing soul calming, your send us to places that I just want to visit, so interesting i would like to give it a try with narrow boating some day. Thank you 🙏
I hope you get a chance at narrowboating!Thank you for your lovely comment- have a super week, take care🦋🌻
Delightful
Thank you so much! Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Good stuff 👏 👍 excellent hope all going OK
I really enjoyed this week's poem, Vanessa, and as many have already said, your vlogs bring us all so much joy and peace. Your ability to communicate these things to anyone who cares to receive them is your gift from the Universe, which you very generously share with us every week. Thank you, very sincerely.
That is such a kind and lovely comment- thank you so much- I really appreciate it. Have a super rest of the weekend, take care🦋🌻
Fear ye not my lady, your thoughts are not shady, you have a way with words. Your selfless acts of kindness and love, spread like migrating birds. Your wish to give the joy you feel is accepted by all who see, just how much you love the world that surrounds everyone else and me. X
What a beautiful and poetic comment- thank you so much for taking the time to make it- I really appreciate it.Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I'm late to the party, but I will echo what others have already said... your videos are indeed a weekly gift of visual, aural, and inner happiness... thank you for your efforts.
That is such a kind and lovely thing to say, Brewster- thank you so much; I really appreciate it. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Peanuts, no biscuits this time. Funny seeing you in the summer time when it is still cold here. Take care x
Vanessa i'm loving your videos. I use to have a share in a narrowboat years ago and loved nothing more than travelling through our beautiful canals and countryside. Getting close to nature is trully wonderful 😊xx
I'm so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs and reminiscing about your own narrowboat days, Sylvia.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super rest of the weekend, take care🌻🦋
Thank you for a beautiful Video x
You are very welcome. Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Frances. Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
Thanks much…. “ Gift” received!!
Thank you so much for your kindness. Have a super Sunday and week ahead, take care🌻🦋
Hello Vanessa - greetings from Poland.
A fabulous video this week. Gloucestershire is a beautiful county and Tewkesbury is one of its jewels. Your adventures on the Severn and now the Avon are so different than those on the inland canals. How gorgeous the trees animals birds and insects are. You love for all these things is obvious to see and this is why I'm a Patron of your channel.
A lovely poem this week with superb drawings.
Hi Michael, thank you so much for your kind comment. I really appreciate it. Tewkesbury is such a gem isn't it? I wish that I could have stayed longer, but the river moorings are only 1/2 days. I'll have to go back one day. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Hello again! Thank your for another wonderful virtual experience! I feel like I can almost taste the rain feel the wind on my face. You have quite a gift, to be able to convey feelings. Good to see you had some family time with your daughter! That really was a couple of wonderful trees. Really appreciate all you do. Take care of you and yours, and best wishes to you all!
Hi Chris, thank you for your lovely comment. It's always a special treat to have some family time and we really had a super time together, regardless of the rain. Have a great weekend, take care🦋🌻
Such a talented, feeling lady. Thankyou for those lovely words and you did indeed spread your happiness:))))))
That is so kind of you, Andrea-thank you so much. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Well Saïd Vannessa ❤
Thank you, Kelly😊 Take care🌻🦋
Vanessa what a treat to share vicariously once again in your, Mr. M and Zephyr's adventures. The heat was blazing today at 116 F. and this was the cool-down I was desperately in need of. I was so inspired that you included the Fungi in this weeks work of art, it was truly stealing the show from the other bits of nature and wildlife in your snippet-shot of the natural beauty found along the British Canal System. What a treasure England has in these canals, so many lives are so positively touched by the tranquility and recreation they offer, I am one truly jealous American, but am so very happy for all of you who call this place your home. May God Bless You and your family Vanessa this week, may His light shine upon you.
I can't believe the temperatures that you are having to endure at the moment. I really hope that it cools down for you soon. The oak bracket fungus was incredible wasn't it? It looked like honey comb dripping in honey. Very soon, mushroom season will be upon us and I always love looking for them to film and photograph. Thank you so much for your kindness, Michael. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Do you ever harvest any to eat Vanessa ?@@themindfulnarrowboat
Not yet. Do you?@@michaelhiggins7365
Glad to see you safe on the Avon, even though the Severn is great! "To unpathed waters and undreamed shores" as Shakespeare said (well at least some character in one of his plays anyway I think!😂) Enjoy it all 🐾🦋🌼
Ohhh, super quote, Margaret!🤩 He spoke a lot of sense, Mr Shakespeare didn't he? Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Broad leaf lime, when in flower smells fantastic
I shall have to make sure that I'm around when it's in flower to sniff it. Since filming it, I have seen them everywhere in Warwickshire and I have read that they are a common street tree! Thank you for letting me know👍 Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Thank you ❤
Thank you so much, Sue! Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
Thnx for this:)
Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
You do send your feelings in every video you make, please dont stop.
I look back sometimes and cringe whilst I'm editing at how odd I must look, but then I think, well, I am odd! 🤭 Thank you for such a lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
It is a cold and rainy day here, and I have been binge watching your videos. I realize that you are not aware of the ray of sunshine that you bring into our lives with your videos. My wife loves to listen and play games as I watch. You are so respectful with your heart and mind and soul. Yes, you give us much more than you realize.
What a kind and thoughtful comment! I really appreciate you taking the time to make it- thank you so much. It is so special to me to know how much you enjoy the vlogs. Take care🌻🦋
Felt it! Even before the poem that ALWAYS sends it, even if nothing before it has broken through!
What a lovely comment, thank you so much, Deb! Have a super rest of the weekend, take care🦋🌻
But you do!!! You send your happiness to us all every week. And we benefit. Don't forget, if you just smile at people. It makes them feel happy. Then they'll go on to smile at others. That is what you're doing every week only more so!! Thanks so much.
Thank you so much for your kind comment, Ruth😊 You are right about the power of spreading smiles- it is always so lovely when you pass someone and they smile isn’t it? Have a super Sunday and week ahead, take care🌻🦋
The weather hasn’t been very predictable this summer but you’ve still managed to post lovely vlogs for us to watch. The River Severn is very beautiful but very powerful. The River Avon sounds a safer place to be in stormy weather. You filmed some lovely wildlife and your journaling is gorgeous as always. Thanks for the potato tip, I’d never heard of it before but I’ll definitely try it! I bet it was lovely to spend time with India and her boyfriend. Take care all of you. X
Hi Shirley, hasn't is been a changeable summer! I do feel much safer on the Avon and away from the tides. I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Beautiful vlog, walking in nature touches our inner being, helps us to connect.
It is wonderful when we feel that inner joy and calmness that nature brings. Vanessa you add poetry and drawings that highlights the magic in the tiniest of creatures. 💚
Hi Sheila, you are so right about the inner calm that walking through nature brings. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super rest of the weekend, take care🌻🦋
Lovely scenery and gentle shots of nature in all its glory. Thank you again.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Andrew. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
You are such a lovely person. I love your videos! Don Allan……Toledo, Ohio
That is so kind of you. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Thank you Vanessa for that lovely gift. ❤
Thank you for watching and your gift of a lovely comment.Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Grand vlog yes felt the happiness has always you are a very special person tc now the oldies 🤗🤗🌺🌹🌷
Oh Ann, that is so kind of you! Thank you so much😊 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Beautiful again you have me in tears Vanessa ,I grew up in a small village with a large wood and loved to get lost in the peacefulness of it and talk to the little creatures that crossed my path tell them my secrets or my worries I will watch this one again and again till next time xxx
Kathy, you sound like such a kindred spirit! How wonderful to have had a wood to explore like that as a child. Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Had a holiday there as a kid with mum dad and friends and I lost my glasses in the water and my dad went in to retrieve them 😊great days 😊
Well done, Dad!👓 It's lovely to know that the vlog brought back those memories. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
Hope you are well this week. Sorry not to see you for this week's vlog so going back to some time last year. Stay well and warm. x
Thank you so much, Vanessa. Take care🦋🌻
Having Vanessa and Zephyr videos helped me get through having both my knees replaced with Bionic parts Mindfull videos did more for me than any of the pain pills the Docs prescribed for me of course we cant forget Mr M who drove while Vanessa was filming thank you all.
I really hope that you are recovering well following your big operation on you knees. I am so pleased that you have found the vlogs some comfort- that is just so lovely to know- thank you so much. Rest well- the Mindful Crew are sending you all our love, take care🌻🦋
Thank you for the kind wishes @@themindfulnarrowboat
Thanks Vanessa, for taking us along on this wonderful adventure through nature and history and as always you journal is beautiful. I hope that you are having a lovely weekend and have a great week. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Hi Steve, thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super Sunday and week ahead, take care🌻🦋
Thankyou
You're welcome. Thank you for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
There are certain trees that give off a magical feeling , i can still remember trees from my childhood that stir up emotions to this day . The sound they make in the wind , the lushness of the leaves and something special about them i cant define . Maybe its they are growing in the perfect conditions , the correct moisture and nutrients in the soil .
I think you are right, perhaps the happy trees give off a special aura and capture our attention? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Thanks for remembering patrons
I can'r forget my wonderful Patrons now can I, Nanci!🤗 Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat thank you!
I must say this video must be classifield amoung the best you entertaind us with. You also saved me a lot of money from coming to uk by showing those beautifull sceneries they are all familiar to me. Thank you very much
That is so kind of you. I am so pleased that you enjoyed watching the familiar places to you appear on your screen this evening. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
I’m in France and I can’t possibly miss my favourite narrow boat vlog. Well done again.😎
I hope you are having a lovely time in France! Thank you so much for still watching the vlog. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
That's a handy tip, rub potato over your plastic window.
Another friendly vlog, concluded with a poem.
I think that I wasn't quite applying the potato properly and I am sure that it is even better than I showed it to be. Thank you for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
You did send it. Thanks again.
That is such a kind comment, thank you so much, Bob. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Thank you very, very much for your gift. I do feel it, and it's WONDERFUL.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment- that is so kind of you. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I was told that same trick with a potato as a whippersnapper when I first went snorkelling, rub the spud on the glass, it works really well. Stops the snorkel steaming up. Can't remember doing it when the glass was wet though. I am curious what crayons do you use? I always used Caran d'Ache normal and their water colour ones, they are cool as you can just go over with a wet watercolour brush after, and lo you have a watercolour.
Ah, perhaps I should have dried the canopy first! I'll try that next time. I am using Derwent Watercolour crayons but I don't add any water to them in my journal as the pages are not absorbent enough. They are lovely pencils to work with. I'll have to look your pencils up. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
As an illustrator, well I was until design became my main thing was always told Caran d'Ache were the best, but they ain't cheep by any stretch of the imagination.@@themindfulnarrowboat
What a beautiful gift, thank you so much brilliant 🙏✝️🙏🇨🇦
Thank you so much for being so kind and for watching, James. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
very intresting with the tree i found myself doing the same today whilst walking buddy my boy saw a beautiful walnut tree hope to collect some when ripe
How wonderful to have spent sometime beneath a walnut tree! Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care🌻🦋
What a enjoyable vlog tonights has been l was so engrossed with the view looking down Alice Graces roof, with the flowers in bloom to beautiful scenery as u cruised by. So much to see from trees of all shapes to old buildings of yester year, thank u so much 😊🦋🌲🌴🌳🍁🥔 l hope u all have a lovely bank holiday weekend 👍
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Simon. I hope you have a super bank holiday too. Take care🦋🌻
I understand I have been known to
Stare and watch the bumble bees in the big thistles for sooo long and I can look at the same trees in different seasons for too long. I even have a fave tree!
What is your fave tree? I was bee watching today too! Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat most people would think its ugly because its very old and over the years branches have fallen off, but it stands alone by itself and I can see it from my house and around where I live. In the summer the May bugs congregate in its branches dive bombing your head. I always had almost a romantic notion it was my guardian in some way.
Hi Vanessa: I'm glad that Storm Antoni did not cause you any problems, especially after you moved Alice Grace to safer mooring overnight. Yellow Lab Zephyr reminds me a little of my dog Dusty that I had many years ago while growing up in Houston, TX. He was part Golden Retriever and part Cocker Spaniel. Dusty was more reddish and less golden, but their faces and personalities are similar. Yellow Labs and Golden Retrievers are such sweet dogs. Meanwhile the Large-Leaf Lime trees that you had such a wonderful connection with look like two arboreal entities engaged in a tete-a-tete, most likely about the birds nesting in their branches, how cool the rich loam soil felt surrounding their roots, and how their adornment of berries are most certainly the latest summer fashion. That's wonderful how you had such a happy connection with them. I certainly can relate, as I've felt transported by nature many times over the years. Your weekly vlog with your beautiful illustrations at the end are certainly a "Happiness" gift to your viewers. 🌳😊🌳 Have a great weekend! Jenny
Dusty sounds like a wonderful dog; the retrievers are very similar to the Labs aren't they and so gentle too. Thank you for your lovely comment about the vlog this week- I really appreciate it.Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat Thank you!
Thank you Vanessa, toast, coffee and Mindful Narrowboat to start the day on a Saturday morning. Your vlogs always give me a great start to the day and I really appreciate it. I love having a copy of your journal, a poem read aloud is a good way to start the day. Take care as always. =-)
Have a wonderful Saturday, Lorraine! Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻
Another fantastic vlog and the way you present them and the information you give is amazing. Such a privilege to be able to come along on these travels with a beautiful soul as yours
Thank you so much for such a kind comment, Paul. It is a privilege to be able to make the vlogs.Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Do hope you didn’t get turned inside out with the wind. Really enjoyable……I love lime trees and the bees go crazy for their flowers.
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Thank you for your comment; the wind has calmed down recently and we have had at least two days without heavy downpours which has been utterly lovely, although I do find the rough weather exciting! Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
I love today's vlog. Beautiful scenery. I received your journal and am pleased beyond words. I am so glad you have published it.😊
Thank you so much, Christine. I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog and that you have got the journal too.Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat And you also. I am going to the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. See you in 2 weeks.
I totally agree with Gary you send happiness with every video you make. I have to say you look very nice in that black sweater with the daisy pattern. This episode was a bit scary in a way you were looking for a safe place to ride out the storm we have had so many of those in this country lately seems like every day on the news there is another one. Glad this one was not as bad as forecast. Nice to see your daughter again hope you all had a happy visit. See you next Friday Steve
Hi Steve, thank you so much for your kind comment. I hope the storms are not too scary where you are. Have a super rest of the weekend, take care🦋🌻
So pleased you were not affected too much with the storm forecasted
Good to see India & her boyfriend stopping by few days
I’m not keen on mini beasts but you make them look interesting 😂 thank you for my GIFT 💝
Hi Sue, the more time you spend with mini-beasts, the more you will like them- I promise! Thank you for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Us old bikers used cut potato on the INSIDE of our goggles, purely to stop condensation. Same trick but divers spit unto their facemasks..
Well now, I am learning so many potato tricks; I am going to look at chips in a whole new light from now on!🤭 Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
That was grand again, also we very pleased you stayed safe. All the best Gary n Irene
Hi Gary and Irene, thank you so much for caring.Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
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Love your videos! I can get lost in plants too! Mother Nature is so talented and beautiful! Not sure what kind of tree that was. Did you ever find out? Thanks again for sharing your travels with us!
Oh! I see you found the tree in your book!
It was a lime tree.Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🌻🦋
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Wonderful sensitive vlog. It was lovely to see our trip down the Severn in reverse! We didn't wild moor but stopped at Yew Tree (the pub was closed but we were invited to a medium and séance evening, but declined!) Also stopped at Haw Bridge before a slightly hairy trip into Gloucester lock! Rob and Lucy 🦦🦦
Hi Rob and Lucy, thank you so much for your lovely comment. It sounds like you are having a great adventure- I can imagine what that entrance into the Lock on those tides must have been like! 🫣 Enjoy the Gloucester and Sharpness! Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
You go thru the motion, of looking for a blank page to draw on. Certain pages bring back memories, of that particular trip. Do not buy a book mark.
That is such a kind comment- thank you so much. Have a super rest of the week, take care🌻🦋