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Well it is that time of the year again and the local nursery turns into a winter wonderland for anyone that has any sense of the inner child to delight in the sprite of christmas future, present and past. Here is a selection of some of the photographs from wandering around the display this year, which would have been better if I had remembered to put my reading glasses on before I took them.
If you are in the Rutland area or live in one of the near by cities and find your self down this way do pop into Gates Nursery , in if you have little ones there is Santa's Grotto which at £5.99 per child is great fun and great value too with excellent gifts for the children.
One of the programmes I have loved on television is finally coming to an end. Him and her has been one of my favorite comedy programmes since it first aired back in September 2010. I will be more than sad to see it go. The writing is excellent, the directing perfect and the casting acting superb. It is one of the shows that reflects back on us the reality of life and it is a careful observation of the human condition.
For those that don't know it is a television sitcom about a lazy twenty-something couple, called Steve and Becky. They are both unemployed and share a small flat surviving on benefits. Steve has no dreams or goals in life other than in eating, sleeping, drinking and having sex. While Becky is a ladette with no desire to seek employment, she is popular with friends and the sort of girl that is always first to hit the dance floor when clubbing with the girls. Becky is sarcastic to the point of meanness and she sees straight through Steve but while being completely unable to understand the weird self-obsessions of men. The show is acutely observed, forensically honest, warts-and-all look at their lives.
The first programme in the last series airs tomorrow night and I will be glued to the box laughing at funny moments and be immersed in their life as if it was a soap opera. I recommended that you do the same, it is well worth half and hour of your time.
Another series of this classic reality television show is about to hit our screens. "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here" has become a highlight of the autumn television for schedules for millions of people and for good reason, the shows format makes for good television viewing.
Looking at the press the lineup this year it looks as good as any year. Yes there are the few celebrities that you think who are they but as usual you soon warm to them as get to know them. You can bet from one of the group, for whatever reason will get picked on by the public, but generally that passes and the voting public leaves them alone after they have proved themselves in the trials.
As always I will be glued to the television for the duration of the show as will many countless millions. Hope you will join me too.
This is post is to commemorate those that died defending this country from hostile nations of the world that have threaded these shores, be they members of the British armed forces of those of the Commonwealth. Today we owe a great deal to the sacrifice of many who fell on the battlefields of the world, whose lives were lost often because of greed and empire building, religion or lack of understanding between nations
I just hope that we can in future talk and understand one another and the sense killing between nations and religions can come to an end, and we can live in peace with our fellow men with out prejudice or hate. It will take strong men to stop the conflicts of today, but stop they must for the waste of life caused by wars is unacceptable if we are all are to live in free and civilised society. Call me an idealist if you like, but having known in my life the damage hate and jealously can create I know these to be some of the most destructive forces in our world.
Lucy turns six today, a most amazing little lady I love with all my heart and always will. Nothing will ever kill the love I have for all my daughters. She is one of my three special princesses and for as long as I live will have a massive place in my heart.
It is amazing how things come flooding back to you, how some thing just bring back memories. Unlike birthdays before this one has been so different for me. I found myself a few days ago listening the suite of the film “Forest Gump” and I found my mind wandering back to the time Lucy was just a small baby when I use to play the song in a rather large silver Renault Espace. On one occasion we were sitting outside a post office in Leeds and I can remember being so happy. When I listened to it recently I just was amazed how things have changed since then.
If you have followed the blog I haven’t seen Lucy since before the summer, despite a letter I sent giving possible dates. I haven’t heard a thing, nothing at all. All I can hope I will see her one day because without that thought part of my life will have died and with it a big part of me. Living without a child is hell on earth, and something you think of everyday. You can’t escape the knowledge that your children are some of the most special people in your life and for all the right reasons. I can’t wait to cuddle her again and hear her voice and Christmas and the year ahead won’t be the same without her.
What I hope for the future is to see her again, for everyone to make an effort so we can be together again. I love her so much and her loss hurts me at some point everyday. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of her, wondering if she has lost her first tooth, how she is doing at school, and more. You can't forget the people you love.
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