Then and Now - Honeymoon and Spot the Difference!

19 years ago, we leapt into our bright yellow beetle and drove up to the Lake District for our honeymoon. We stayed in a holiday flat, rather than in a tent, as we normally do! It was above the Post Office at Rossthwaite, in Borrowdale, our favourite valley.We did a lot of walking, as it's cheap. And yes, OF COURSE I bought that waterproof jacket at a jumble sale! I think this is on top of Skiddaw, looking over Bassenthwaite Lake. Does that sound right? I actually know the Lakes well now, as I ended up the following year at Charlotte Mason College of Education in Ambleside, so Ben and I lived in Windermere for the first nine months of our married life. We didn't know about that when we booked Rose Cottage for our honeymoon!When we got back from honeymoon, we stayed with Ben's parents, and then mine, until our rented student flat above Windermere Library was ready. We spent the time building a bed (Ben) and doing up four mis-matched kitchen chairs from the junk shop in his parents' town (me). My first furniture recup'!So that was then, and this is now. Ben is getting rained on in the UK, for work purposes, and will pop in to see his parents at the weekend. The boys and I are having a week in the rather windy sun at home, and have been trying out their new snorkels, masks and flippers in the pool. The pool isn't big enough, but it will be a while before we get to the sea...

Now, can you Spot the Difference between the two pictures of Floss, below?One is Sarah's pic, one was taken by my boys last night. Well, what's the difference? The string of pearls is identical, the flower in the hair (carefully rearranged by the boys to make sure it was on the right side), the blue patterned dress, the big red button, the apron, even identical lace from Lululiz! OK, I've got it! I forgot my black gingham leggings! Thanks so much, Sarah...
Son 2 decided, probably quite rightly, that he would make a better model than photographer...
There are plenty more photos where that one came from...
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Now, I've been tagged by Melanie, proving that blogging is great for the morale- she's still at it even though she's suffering from swine flu, poor girl!
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This one is charmingly different and easy:

1-Collect the book that you have most handy

2-Turn to page 161

3-Find the 5th complete sentence

4-Cite the sentence on your blog

5-Pass it on to five other blogger friends

So, on the chair next to the computer is that Vintage Blogger's Favourite, 'I Capture the Castle', by Dodie Smith. I've borrowed it from my mum - this is the first time I've read it!
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The sentence is:
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'He did a cautious dive - and came up looking a very surprised man.'
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As I'm only on page 31, I don't know who we're talking about here, but I'll find out in good time...
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I'm going to pass this tag on to the first five commenters on my last post:
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Michaela
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Clare
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The Curious Cat
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Lululiz
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and
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Cal.