Musings

  • Fit and Healthy

    In 2020 I booked a weeks cruise in the Mediterranean for May that year. When Covid started it was cancelled and besides being disappointed I was worried that with the advancing years I wouldn’t be as fit when eventually it was back on. I decided to go onto a fitness routine and give myself aContinue…

  • NATURE AND NETFLIX A very nice morning

    I was walking the dog this morning when I heard honking and looking up saw a pair of geese flying overhead. Continuing the walk i heard further loud noises and saw a large skein of geese flying in formation and very low. It is always a stirring sight and sound which I find quite exciting.Continue…

  • A 9 years old improvement to the Van Gogh style

  • Information about Attendance Allowance

    Attendance Allowance is extra money for people over 65 who need regular help with personal care. — Read on http://www.independentage.org/get-advice/money/benefits/attendance-allowance A lot of people do not realise this is available or feel too proud to ask for it. When my husband was very incapacitated with arthritis and unable to do the jobs around the houseContinue…

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR!

    I am all about being proactive and feel rather pleased with myself as in the first 4 days of the year I have been able to be very PROACTIVE. I took back a lighted Christmas Ornament to the shop I purchased it from as it didn’t work very well. Complained and got my money back.Continue…

  • HAPPY CHRISTMAS

    Being a grandparent has many advantages. It’s lovely going with them to see Father Christmas and having none of the parental responsibilities! It was even better yesterday when it involved Breakfast With Santa and the grown ups had a full English!

  • AM I REGRESSING INTO MY FATHER?

    30 years ago my father was in his early eighties and during his final years he lived a fairly independent life down the road from me. I now find myself doing many of the things he did which I was either amused by or cringed with embarrassment. We lived in a village in the LakeContinue…

  • The Missing Trowel! Further Senior Moments!

    My son came to clean out the gutters around my house. A job that had needed doing for weeks as leaves, moss and debris from the roof had collected causing blockages and drips. I made sure I had a bucket ready and usually I had a trowel to scrape out the mess but for weeksContinue…