THE GREAT SPRING HORTICULTURAL SHOW

Place: San Anton Gardens, Attard

Date: Saturday May 1st and Sunday May 2nd, 2010.

The Malta Crafts Council have invited me to take part in this lovely fair and I'll be there with my crafts Saturday 1st May.

For more information on this Festival please click here

This is my 100th Blog post ~ HURRAY!

***Look out for a Special Giveaway soon to celebrate this***

Wordless Wednesday ~ Photos of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Malta 2010

Collages created from photos taken from TV transmission

If you click on the pictures, you can view enlarged images.

The Pope passed close to our homes today...and remains in our hearts

~ Pope Benedict XVI's Visit to Malta 2010 ~

A Pilgrim following in St Paul's footsteps

Early around nine this morning as the skies sprinkled light showers, I set out with camera in hand, wearing a rain jacket over summer wear as it was quite warm, and walked to our nearby village of Balzan. Crowds were beginning to gather along the streets where Pope Benedict XVI was due to pass through on his way to the Granaries Square in Floriana to celebrate Holy Mass.

In this first picture you can see people getting ready to welcome the Pope.

And here is the Police escorting the Popemobile as people were waving flags and taking pictures while trying to get a good glimpse of the Pope waving and smiling at everyone.

And this is the closest photo I could take before Pope Benedict XVI

passed by, so I quickly clicked and then waved...

it was a special moment!

Now I realise that I saw him from quite close, in fact I think it's the closest I ever got to being near any Pope.

This is the third one I've been fortunate enough to see in real life,

(... hmm am I giving away my age here LOL!)

I have memories of seeing Pope Paul VI when I visited

the Vatican, then again my husband and I had travelled

many miles to see Ven Pope John Paul II when we lived in Canada

and we saw him once more when we came back to the island

and he had passed right beneath

our balcony on his last visit to Malta.

This has been definitely a very memorable day for all

Maltese and Gozitans and we will cherish the memory

for a long time to come.

The Pope's Homily

~I will be posting more pictures soon~

HAPPY EASTER BLESSINGS

HAPPY EASTER BLESSINGS

OF PEACE, HOPE AND LOVE