Changes

It's Saturday, 06:00 and I am just sat here in the cab watching and thinking, while my wife gently snores. Funny how things can change, I used to like Saturdays, no school or work, a day or two to do as I please, meet up with people maybe. And Sunday afternoons, always an anticlimax as Monday morning rapidly approached, the dread of the return to reality. But now, weekends brings intrusion to our space, we go all week and see next to no-one, quiet, calm and relaxing. There are now people about, caravans, cars and barking dogs etc. So.........now I look forward to Monday. It's not that I am antisocial, I'm just not too fond of people.

When I was small, I wanted to be older, I wanted to drive a motorbike or car and maybe swear without getting told off, like some adults did. But now I am older, I miss the energy of youth, the thought of driving disturbs me, and I don't like swearing. Is it just me, I wonder?

Wild at heart

Wild at heart, a photo by keithytaylor on Flickr.

This is a favourite place of mine for taking sunset photographs. The treeline I find very interesting. I took this photo with my phone, as a keen photographer I have to say that these phones are capable of some really good pictures, they are much lighter to carry around than a DSLR too.

Our winter activity.

So, how is every one? Christmas and New Year activity a rapidly fading memory? It is for me too. To be truthful, it is no longer a time that I engage with enthusiasm, dark evenings, cold weather, unnecessary expense, in fact I think that I can safely say that I am glad to see the back of it. I am desperate for some warm spring days, so that I can get outside in relative comfort and breathe fresh air all day long, but of course there is still some way to go. We have spent the last few months fairly static, moving only when there is good reason. On the plus side, we have seen a good deal of the family (our girls and grandchildren, that is.) I am however, not so sure that they would agree, they probably feel like they have been invaded sometimes. We also have the pleasure of an additional grandson, Jack. Who, now two weeks old and at the time of writing this should still be in the warmth of his mothers womb for another two weeks, so he was only 4lb 8oz (2.2kg) at birth. He caused a bit of commotion for a day or two but things have settled somewhat now. Pat's parents are both sadly suffering age related health issues, which have been both worrying and time consuming. Fortunately, time is the one thing that we are able give, but it has had it's toll on Pat. She has had little in the way of respite, continually doing battle with care organisations that don't actually seem to care for the elderly and making frequent hospital visits.

So, that is briefly, an idea of what we have been up to for some weeks. We have lengthening days and warmer weather to look forward to, can't wait.