Happy New Year from Barbara

 Happy New Year.

Hope it a happy and healthy year for everyone.

Lots of love 

Barbarax 

What a state the country is in!

 I have been been reading a blog which was telling us about an elderly man falling in his house.A neighbour managed to get in and phoned for an ambulance.He waited six hours!!!!

This is just not good enough.If things are that bad bring in the army,pay carers more.

Would you want the job that they do?I dread getting ill.

A lovely day today.

 My brother is five years older than me and lives about an hour and a quarter away.Because of COVID we have not seen a lot of each other but today we went to visit him and his wife.He will be 83 next week.Both  C and I were shocked to see how he had aged.Fine mentally but obviously not as good with mobility.

It was great to have a catch up.It involves us visiting them as P does not want to drive on motorways anymore.P’s wife died aged 32 .They had three children aged 9,6 and 4.He was lucky enough to meet J,14 years younger than him.They married and she has been an amazing stepmother to those children.

J is really into crafts so we always have a great chinwag about .We inspire each other,!

C and P put the world to rights!

On the way back we called in on our daughter (only ten minutes away from home).Both our granddaughters were home from school(14 and 17) and it is such a tonic to be in their company.Lots of laughter etc.This all with a background of waiting for their father to get the results of his latest brain scan.

Keep you fingers crossed for good news.

Back soon.

Barbarax 

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Has anyone heard from Pat/Weaver?

 I haven’t blogged for a while. I read other people’s blogs but feel I have nothing much to say about my everyday life.

Is anyone interested in my day to day things,my crafts,my family ?

Feel free to be honest(but not rude)

Barbarax 

Teapots

 Do you use a teapot when you make a cuppa or am I the only one?

Barbarax 

A week away on Anglesey

This is the cottage we have rented for a week here on the Island of Anglesey in North West Wales.It is over 150 years old.Quite small but ok for a week.

I have brought some things to do if the weather is bad but so far so good.

This is the book I am currently reading. The blurb says it is funny.It isn’t so far.

 A Bargello kit half completed already before we came.

Today we have been onto the mainland on the Lleyn Peninsula 

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Nefyn and Portdinllaen are the beaches.I had some lovely family holidays here as a child.Just look at those beautiful beaches.Hardlyanyone there today.

Barbarax 

It has been a busy week but not much cooking!

 This last we have been quite busy.

Art Appreciation Tuesday.Great to meet a lot of our old friends.

Our closest friends who moved 200 miles away were up for a few days.We gathered as many of our old “gang” together for a meal out.Seven out of the eleven made it.Another couple have moved away also,another had dementia and is in home.The last one did not want to risk catching COVID.

Thursday it was Social History here and we were doing a bit about Great Budworth church(previous post).

Friday Chris (one half of the couple who were visiting arranged a college get together lunch.Six of us were great friends in college many,many years ago but have still managed to meet up twice a year for lunch.It used to be in the evening but now we prefer lunch!!! Partners are also included.Naturally we haven’t met for two years because of the pandemic.It was great getting together again.The good thing about old friends is that you take up where you left off.Sadly,one of the husbands has died and another wasn’t well enough to come.

Saturday our daughter and OH wanted to go and buy plants and wanted our advice and also suggested lunch out.So we ate out three days out of four last week but no cooking.

I got up this morning and said I am not going anywhere today!

Ignore this photo .It is my tomato seedlings I have shown you before.

I have been busy making mandalas again.This time to hang on the fence.They just add another feature to look at and they only take one evening to make.

Barbarax