Entries 237

Page 1 of 10

It’s so quiet here. We have had almost non stop rain this week and the whole area is flooded. There have been no trains today on the railway at the bottom of our garden and now the main road beh...

---

A rather poignant thing happened today. Many years ago my mother told me about her Aunt Clara’s son. She said that Aunt Clara was unable to have children and her sister, who had 12 already had a...

---

I’m still not writing here often. I want to but it’s hard to get down to it. It’s often hard nowadays to do anything other than day to day things like looking after myself and doing basic house ...

---

I turned on the TV this morning and found they were showing an old film, The Tommy Steele Story. That brought back memories, Tommy Steele was my very first crush. I was 10 at the time! His were ...

---

Yesterday morning I watched the VE Day parade on TV. It was very moving and brought back memories of things my mother told me about the war. My father wanted to join the RAF but he found he was ...

---

After a week of unsettled weather I enjoyed a beautiful, warm, sunny Easter Sunday. Hubby is in Cardiff with Louise. He will be coming home tomorrow evening and we will have an Easter meal toge...

---

We had a lovely time at a New Year’s Eve party held by two members of our folk club. After some delicious food we all sat in a circle and listened to various poems and songs by different members...

---

I had a lovely Christmas Day. I had dinner with Chris and Andrea. I had thought Andrea would be doing the cooking but I was surprised that Chris did it all. He and Andrea had steak and he made a...

---

It’s Christmas Day tomorrow. Sadly Hubby and I won’t be able to spend it together. He will be in Cardiff with Louise ; we couldn’t leave her alone at Christmas. She still doesn’t see this thing ...

---

Today something rather magical happened. I’d had a disturbed night worrying about various problems both financial ones and family disagreements. After I woke I lay there for a while feeling rath...

---

A little while ago I heard that an old friend of mine had died. We met when we were both new mums in the early 80s. After Chris, our eldest, was born I had a bout of post natal depression. The h...

---

Things have been a little easier here lately. A long awaited spell of spring sunshine has helped and Billie the dog seems to have made a complete recovery from her vestibular problem and is back ...

---

I recently did the Ancestry dna test and I got the results back last week. Nothing very exciting turned up; no half siblings or cousins that I hadn’t known about, no dna links to someone famous...

---

This morning I heard on the radio that Judith Durham had died. Judith was the lead singer with The Seekers. They were my favourite band throughout the 60s. My mother and I used to watch them on T...

---

On August bank holiday Monday Hubby and I got to meet our new granddaughter for the first time. She had spent 5 weeks in the Special Care unit so it has been a long wait. My response on seeing he...

---

Last week I went home again for another GP appointment. I don’t like the present system. You have to speak to them first on the telephone and then go in if they need to see you. How I long for t...

---

I watched the state opening of parliament yesterday. I was really impressed by the queen when she gave her speech. She was so clear and focused. She is 95 and it’s only a month since she lost her...

---

Yesterday was designated a national day of reflection; it was the anniversary of the beginning of lockdown and we were asked to remember those who lost their lives to Coronavirus. Well known buil...

---

Saturday was officially the first day of spring and this has certainly been reflected in the weather. It has been warm and sunny enough to have coffee in the garden. It’s amazing how just that ca...

---

I keep seeing people on TV talking about how they are filling in all of their spare time during lockdown. Some are taking up new hobbies, some are redecorating the house, some are just bored. I d...

---

I saw such a funny thing this morning. I looked out of the living room window and a small white van went by, on the side it read - Carpet fitting London Paris New York Llanederyn Llanederyn is...

---

I heard on the radio on Friday that one of the ravens has flown away from the Tower of London and not returned. It is feared that she may have died. There is a legend that if the ravens leave the...

---

Christmas day was quiet but pleasant. Louise cooked a wonderful dinner. She has been cooking since she was a child. She used to make the family a three course meal when she was ten. Nobody taugh...

---

I was watching the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph yesterday morning and it seemed so strange with everyone socially distancing and, of course, the parade of the veterans cancelled. In th...

---

The pandemic is starting to take its toll on shops. The little decorators across the road has a closing down sale sign in the window. This is the man who stayed open all through lockdown. It look...

---