... Or, is it "Happy Tie-Spike-To-A-Chair" Day.  Maybe I should do a re-watch.

I do hope that all of you who celebrate, however that happens, have a really lovely day.

Yesterday evening I had a lovely evening with Tim & Claire. As ever I won't share photos of them, at their request, but -

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It would have been Dad's 100th birthday, so in a short while I am walking to Tim & Claire's and then we are walking into the city to have a meal out.  He used to like going out for a nice meal occasionally, so it seems fitting that we celebrate in such a way.

So, just thought I would share some photos of him again -


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Well this is the last lot until next week .... honest.

For years, while I lived in Essex, I used to go and meet up with friends at The Field of Remembrance.  Mum came with me a couple of times.  The 2 I used to meet were veterans from WWII who were in the same regiment as one of my Grandfather's and we met the first year I was at college.  Between ( Read more... )

Worked this morning ... but trying to catch up now ( Read more... )

Still trying to get details of the funeral sorted ... and decided to also have a lazy start to the day.  I have work later, so all in all not a great morning to be lazy, but just wanted to "switch off" for an hour ( Read more... )

... Yes, Dad would have been 99 today.  He thoroughly enjoyed his 90th birthday, which was the last one he celebrated at home with Mum ... so special memories for all of us -

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One of the places I wanted to see was the Royal Albert Hall, as the weekend I was in London The King had unveiled a new set of statues of his parents.


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Giro was a German shepherd that belonged to the German ambassador to the United Kingdom, Leopold von Hoesch. As, by this time, the German government was under Adolf Hitler, it has been described as Britain's only Nazi memorial. Flowers are put on Giro's tombstone every February

"Giro"
Ein Treuer Begleiter
London Im Februar 1934
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This set of icons is made for Round 24 of gen10in30 with a theme of games -

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Well shopping is done, and a cake is in the oven .... here for a short time before I get lunch and then head off to work (sadly I will miss tonights Strictly). Then tomorrow morning I will be heading out, but not to Church as a normal Sunday, but over to Essex to Auntie Joyce. She seems fairly positive she will move into the Care Home she has ( Read more... )