Four Years On

It hardly seems possible, but it is just a week short of four years since I last wrote on this blog. Where does the time go, life really is so very short?

The years between have been eventful to say the least our family has both grown and realigned itself. Two divorces a marriage and three new grandchildren have brought tears of joy and sadness to the family group. Redundancy has also come calling, as it has for many throughout the country, throwing shadows of uncertainty over the lives, dreams and plans of our kids as they struggle to make their way in new homes, with children both young and not so young of their own to raise. Fortunately the families’ mutual support system has withstood the test and all seem reasonably settled.

Our Grandchildren now range in ages from two to twenty with two having been adopted from America and one born in Germany. The eldest is now at university, the youngest soon to start playschool. In between there are CSE’s and A. level’s to be taken and hopefully more university’s to be found and entered. Keeping up with that lot and their progress is a full time job for Anne and myself.

Anne herself has fought hard against the ever-encroaching Arthritis, but the constant pain sometimes proves almost too much, even for my brave lady and depression is a constant threat. Sunshine and the visible love of our grandchildren along with numerous pills and potions, combine to keep the dark days to a minimum. As we muddle along together happy in our own little world.

Anne as ever delights in the TV soaps and dramas, whilst I am a sport junkie and have taken to blogging on a site Called Arsenal Arsenal whose name says it all. The constant supply of televised Cricket, Tennis, Golf and football has turned my den into a miniature sports bar where coffee and Coke’s are the main attractions for the many visitors we are so lucky to get.

Today we took the dog to the vet early and on the way back saw a number of barn owls hunting, along the roadside ditches and riverbanks Anne loves these owls. To her great delight I managed to get the car within ten yards of one perched on a fence post and it spent five minutes watching us, watching him, we had neither camera or phone with us so a chance was missed, we wont make that mistake again.

So that’s it for a start hopefully I will keep this up to date as we muddle along, blow the dust off the camera and welcome spring.