Climbing back in the saddle
Life is beginning to get back into some sort of order now, though it will never be the same again.   Sindie was such a huge part of our l

BlogBlast for Peace
Every time I do Blog Blast for Peace I think of a song I used to listen to, back in the early seventies. I haven’t been able to find it on YouTube.  This year I managed to get hold of an mp3 of it.  It’s written and sung by Tom Paxton and says it all really.   As most of you know, it’s been a hard time for me to think about blogging lately but I didn’t want to miss this day. I put this lit

A little bit of heaven on a spoon
When I was a little girl, not long after WWII (Eeeek!), food was not plentiful.  It was rationed and you had to use coupons to buy it.  Once the coupons for a particular food were used up, you could buy no more of that food until the next book was issued.  There was a ‘Black Market’ and some people would get hold of food without coupons – for a price. A vivid memory f

Autumn leaves
Just a few Autumn photos I took last week.  We were collecting conkers again.  If you look closely you can see some that we couldn’t reach. You can click to enlarge them a bit,  for better quality.

For Sindie
This post is in memory of our beautiful niece Sindie, who passed away this evening at 39 years of age. Our lives will never be the same.