Hello there, happy Sunday! Here’s another week’s Sunday Sevens, seven (or more) photos from the last seven days…
Sunday afternoon park life
Last Sunday afternoon we found ourselves in Commonwealth Park, beautiful green oasis in the centre of a rather built up place. The Little Postcards hooked up by chance with some friends from school and ran about like mad things for an hour or so.
Flags of thanks
In last week’s Sunday Sevens you may have noticed I was doing a spot of sewing – on Monday I finished it off. It was a ‘Flag of Thanks’ which is heading to Salisbury to be displayed to raise awareness for homeless veterans. The flags will then be made into blankets for those homeless veterans.
The military in Gibraltar decided to get on board with the project but asked the wider community to get involved too. There were several workshops for people to attend and contribute to the flag collection from Gib. I wasn’t able to attend so made mine at home.
My flag was added to the collection and even got featured in a photo opportunity with the wives of the Commander of the British Forces in Gibraltar (left) Vicky Henry and of the Governor of Gibraltar (right) Lorraine Davies.
If you would like to find out more about the flags of thanks check out the Flags of Thanks website .
Another day, another park…
One of the Little Postcards had a school trip this week to the Alameda Gardens. It was a lovely spot to sit in the sunshine and wait for him to finish!
International Space Station fly-past
Its a bit of a grainy photo but that white dot is the International Space Station crossing the skies over Gibraltar on Tuesday night. I double checked flight radar and it definitely wasn’t a plane, but it was moving far too fast to be a star!! I heard earlier in the day that it would be passing over head and popped out onto the balcony on the off chance it may go past and struck lucky. It appeared between the wispy clouds.
Evening stroll
One evening I headed out with Eldest for a walk in the evening to Europa Point. As we were walking the call to prayer began at the mosque. It was beautiful hearing the melody on the breeze.
Farewell to another sub
Like last week, I have spent rather a lot of time at my laptop this week working on a project. Also like last week, I have looked up at just the right moment to see something interesting sail past. This week it was a black sailed yacht and a submarine leaving port!
50 years since the Frontier Closure
50 years ago yesterday, the border gates between Gibraltar and Spain were closed. This act by the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco cut Gibraltar off from the mainland. Families were divided and telephone lines were cut. It was a terrible time for those living on both sides of the border. This week it was remembered by both communities. There’s a fantastic exhibition on at the moment to commemorate the events of 50 years ago which include the original gates.
That’s all for Sunday Sevens this week, I hope the next seven days are good for you.
Sunday Sevens was created by Natalie from Threads and Bobbins.
Such history – so much to see out of your window. Never a dull moment on the Rock.
Wonderful flags – but really there should never be homeless veterans should there!
I had a guy as a lodger once who had been in the army and broke his leg in a army football match, he could not remain in the army after that (which in itself is a disgrace) and became homeless. I got to know him through a friend and he lodged with me for about 6 months.
You are right Sandra, considering Gib is just 3 square miles it’s got lots going on and has had so much going on over the centuries.
The fact that there are homeless veterans is a disgrace, the charity (called Alabaré) which has organised the flags of Thanks runs a home for such veterans. But people who have given so much for their country should not be in that situation- it’s all wrong. What a lovely thing to have done to give that gentleman a home for a time.