Month: December 2016

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It was a nice blue sky and not too cold and so we took Ellie for a lovely long walk around the orchards. On the way back I stopped at Gibson’s Farm shop which is now full of things for Christmas and no fresh coriander etc, things I wanted for now!

We watched the football in the afternoon. A good game from Spurs but I think Mal was quite relieved to be “getting ready to go out” rather than watch all the Hammers game!

Our going out was to the Theatre Royal in Margate. I love that theatre, it has such a nice atmosphere and is so cosy. This time we went to see Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band. It made me think it is over 40 years that I have been going to listen to her, way back in the day with Steeleye Span and many other bands since. A very good night as usual, some excellent acoustics.

There is a lot of musical talent in this band and Andy Watts is even a professor at the Royal Academy of Music.

Thought for the Day – “A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.” ~ Mohammed

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Mal was back at work, a half day only so we went for an early morning walk. Ellie met some friends she hasn’t seen for a while.

Rhys came round lunchtime and stayed for a couple of hours. He’s so busy nowadays so it was really nice to see him. We had a major catch up.

I collected Mal from the station and he said how much he really enjoyed his half day. The only problem is no one seems to know what they are doing at the college and it took him ages to establish if he is working next week. Yes, he is even if not many kids will be there!

I also heard from Torin who has been off work with a bad back from an accident at work. He is on extremely strong pain killers. We will be spending Christmas day with him and yesterday I booked our “alternative Christmas lunch” out. I’ll reveal that on the day ! We even thought of helping out with the homeless and then decided we would all get too involved/upset! Having worked in housing for most of my career, I know just what it can be like. Where I worked, we had a block of flats with concrete fatigue and we let a group of nuns make use of them for over a year and they had a drop in centre and other facilities there. It’s so sad to see people who often were down on heir luck and homeless through no fault of their own.

Thought for the Day – “As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”  ~ Audrey Hepburn

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Thought for the Day – “Understand that you own nothing, everything that surrounds you is temporary, only the love in our heart will last forever.” ~ Leon Brown