Christmas draws on…
A quick trip to Aberllynfi, or three cocks, to check out the Old Railway for Christmas. More of an excuse/reason to get Joan out really!
“Winter draws on…”
Change the clocks, change the routine change the underwear. As a young, raw, naive new boy introduced into (Civil Service) office life at age eighteen, when “Dusty” Miller walked in on a dull, dark and rainy November morning and uttered […]
Who’s afeared of their kitchen?
You’ll have probably seen the advert for A famous kitchen furniture brand that features a zoom meeting where a person is ashamed of their kitchen shown in the background. Joan’s family got together over Skype which for some accidental reason […]
A new project…
“We haven’t got a project”, said Sandie, “we need to clear out some of the overgrown beds”. Fair enough, so we got on with it. We now have two beds to play with. The overgrowth is Ivy, grass, and assorted […]
September creeps up on us…
More evidence that late Summer is now with us. A lovely misty morning taking the dogs for their early stroll. Mother in law’s tongue. I think I’ll use this as a screen saver.
… and the goose is getting fat.
The morning walk with the dogs is taking on a different character now. It’s the bank holiday and the last one before Christmas. It was a delightful time of year as a retailer, but that’s all behind us now. Christmas […]
“Push on”…
she said! HRH is getting into the stride of this being pushed malarkey. “Stop!”, “back a bit”, “over there”, “if you want anything at floor level, let me know and I’ll hand it to you “…. Only Joan’s second trip […]
The excursion is booked…
the picnic is planned, the pacamac is stowed, the folding rain hat has been stretched and re-folded, the seats have been booked next to the charabanc driver so all that remains is set the alarm and get up! Joan asked […]
Joan at 95.
An excuse for a family gathering to celebrate Joan’s birthday. The first gathering since Covid re-wrote the rules on travelling, meeting, hugging and kissing bit of a sixties song there, I’m thinking, and brother David and Liz would readily […]