Some good news at last...!

15000 rioting people

100's of riot police

tear gas hanging in the air for hours,

two days of transport strike!

Did I say good news?!!!

Well yes...

because

 despite all the carrying on in Athens 

our beautiful  Harry

ignored it all

and he and his team

played wonderfully and he brought home 

a bronze medal

from the

World Special Olympics!

His parents, sister, aunt and Gregoir

all braved the elements to watch

him play.

Harry 

Papa would have been soooooo proud!

and as usual you continue to amaze me

with your sporting abilities,

your sportsmanship,

your team spirit,

your indomitable spirit and your 

truly wonderful sense of humour.

You enrich my life Harry

 and I love you very much

Goodnight

another goodbye...!!!!!

He was a large puppy

an even larger dog

who had a friendly wag for everyone

but behind that

cheerful look and wagging tail

there lived a fierce protector

but at 15 years and without Top and Maggie

John Wellington Wells (or Wells for short)

decided on Sunday that it was time for him to go too.

Travel safely Wells till you find the other two.

Goodnight

The tomato lady soup...!

1 large onion chopped

half a medium pumpkin chopped

6 - 8 medium ripe tomatoes

2 cups of chicken stock (4-5 cubes)

2 teaspoons crushed garlic

2 teaspoons basil

Put everything in a soup pot. Bring to the boil, 

cover and simmer

 until pumpkin is soft.

Puree and then strain

Serve with lots of black pepper and sour cream

Once you have made this soup using the recipe above

you can then improvise like I do

garlic not crushed, basil not chopped

sometimes more pumpkin than tomato

sometimes the other way round!!

and truly, somewhere in there, there is also pumpkin

Top hated pumpkin soup and really disliked tomato soup

but this is one of his absolute favourites

and every year I fill a freezer drawer full.

on Sunday night a warm bowl and some crusty bread 

WOW!!!

In the height of summer sieve twice 

so it is like velvet and serve cold

WOW! WOW!!!

at the moment my freezer is full of many different types of soup

made by incredibly wonderful women

but there is no Tomato Lady Soup!!!

I thought you might like to try this with me

and we can all share a bowl

Goodnight

This is my world....!

This is my view

at present

I am

surrounded 

by wonderful people

but

even with 

a full house 

the loneliness

is unrelenting!

Goodnight

thinking rationally?....I don't think so.

My concentration and rational thinking 

are rather limited at present

This morning I 

put the tea bag in the dishwasher

and the spoon in the bin

Took the wash out of the washing machine

went into answer the phone

came back out

put the wash back in the machine and washed it again!!!!!!

Maggie joined Top last week

so they are walking together now.

I will come back soon

 I thank you all

for the well wishes here and the emails

 Goodnight

Thank you Kerry

I can't do this at the moment so 

thank you Kerry from

 a tranquil townhouse

for doing it for me

I will be back

and I will need you all

Goodnight

A very happy Easter

A decision we do not want to make

has to be made this weekend

so while we see things that are not there

and wish for things to be different

and struggle to accept our decision

and know that it is the right one

I wish all of you a wonderfully

happy Easter 

full of all the joy of this life

that is our gift

God bless you all

Goodnight