Its been a busy week leading up to Mothers Day. Fabulous Flowers opened their first shop in Abingdon in 2004.

They now also have an Oxford shop – near to Gees Restaurant on the Banbury Road. A picture very like this can be seen on their website.

Fabulous Flowers have also set up an Online Shop – so I suppose that is three shops in all, but with only two rents. In retail parlance that is three for two.

Throughout the day a collection of Abingdon Artists have been working away in the Guildhall, each painting one square from Holbein’s picture ‘The Ambassadors‘

Jennifer Gerrard, who did much of the organisation, chose ‘The Ambassadors’ picture – at least partly – because every square had enough detail to make it interesting to paint.

From 4 PM, the bigger picture was assembled.

This is the children’s version.

And this is the adult’s version with the collection of artists beneath.

Both pictures can be seen over the next two weeks, for the duration of the Abingdon Arts Festival, in the Guildhall.

Last night must have been windy but I didn’t hear anything. So when I went for a walk down near Abingdon Lock it was a suprise to see a tree down.

It had smashed the end of the handrail of the bridge, and knocked over a litter bin, and bent a direction post. If it had fallen directly on the bridge it could have caused a lot more damage.

“These traffic signals are part of a network of linked signals to manage traffic within Abingdon Town Centre”. However, they are not linked close enough.

There are notices to say the lights need to move in closer to the rest of the system to improve the link. The four car parking spaces outside the Crown and Thistle to the right must go as a result.

Also a reply to an earlier comment about Bridge Street traffic. Tipsy almost got knocked over at the top of Bridge Street because Stert Street traffic can go in either direction and cars don’t indicate. Councillor Ian Hudspeth’s reply can be seen at this link .