I believe it is Wednesday but I'm not quite sure as it is one of those post-Christmas days when time seems to cease to have much meaning. I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. Ours was very peaceful but we did go to my brother's house on Monday for a family do. It was wonderful to see everyone again and meet our new great-nephew H. H was born ( Read more... )

I haven't done bullet points for a while so here are some good things that have happened recently.

• We went to visit Niece R, Partner M and new great-nephew G last Saturday. Also W the extremely lively cockapoo. G opened an eye, looked at us, closed it and slept the rest of the time we were there so I don't think he was impressed by us but it was ( Read more... )

The weather was really lovely earlier on but it clouded over just as I went out for a walk. This is a nuisance as I need more of our tomatoes to ripen before we have to pick them when the weather turns colder. It's not been a good year for tomatoes but we still seem to have a lot and I really don't want to make green tomato chutney again as we ( Read more... )

It was a good day for the outer suburbs of South London yesterday as Palace beat Spurs 3-0 and Emma Raducanu won the women's US Open Tennis Championship. One on those things has certainly never happened before and I'm pretty sure the other one hasn't either. I banned myself from the room as J was watching the tennis as I am a total jinx so I ( Read more... )

No-one could say that life in our road is uneventful. This morning our next door neighbour's son nearly got arrested for the second time over non-payment of fines for not having his parking permit. We are in a controlled parking zone so all residents have to pay to park here. M's argument is that as he only lives here 4 days a week he doesn't need ( Read more... )

After our trip to the seaside last week this week we met friends for our first meal out in an actual restaurant. They were the last people we ate out with before the pandemic struck so it seemed quite suitable that they would be the ones we met for our first trip to a restaurant. We had a lovely time, it was great to see them and the restaurant is ( Read more... )

Nothing much new to say again. I was starting a big gardening project but the weather has turned so iffy today that I didn't feel like going outside and exerting myself in the sporadic drizzle and chilly wind so I've spent most of the time sorting out old bits of paper and wondering why I still had my boarding card from when we went to Tenerife and ( Read more... )

Happy Easter to all who celebrate.

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I have been having a bit of a mixed week so I need to accentuate the positive. The main reason to be cheerful is the Orange One has gone and sanity has been restored. Despite the pandemic it does feel as if a bit of normality has returned and there isn't a petulant narcissist with his finger on the nuclear trigger ( Read more... )

I've just been out for a really invigorating walk in the icy cold air. The sky has that heavy, pearly look that means there may well be snow up there even though it isn't forecast for this area yet. I do love walking in the winter and I went to the park for the last time in 2020 to give it a mental thank you for saving our sanity this year. We had ( Read more... )