Second birthday and April showers
April showers, it certainly isn’t. When you think of April showers, you see a bright sunny day with a few sprinkles to keep the garden happy, but this is anything Continue Reading →
Tag: Lakshmi
Grandchildren and patience
There are days when I feel that I want to spent a day in bed and not worry about anything else. I didn’t need any excuses today, although I had Continue Reading →
Easter Sunday and travelling back home
Easter Sunday. I cannot seem to get rid of my wretched cold. It’s been bugging me on and off for the last few weeks. It’s come back with a vengeance Continue Reading →
Easter Saturday and eightieth birthday party
Easter Saturday and we are in Manchester. Another dull and dreary day, but at least it has stopped raining. We drive to Huw’s granddad’s place when everyone is up and Continue Reading →
Good Friday
It is Good Friday and the heavens open up. The rain was relentless. This is normal for a bank holiday weekend for us. We only get surprised if the sun Continue Reading →
Second visit to the Two Brewers
The clocks went forward on Saturday, which means we are closer time wise to our friends and family in the east and further away from those towards the west. Sunday Continue Reading →
Beast from the east
The arctic weather is here with a vengeance. I stand corrected, it is not actually from the Arctic but from Russia, and according to the forecast it is going to Continue Reading →
Shopping with Lakshmi
Our first clothes shopping trip ‘Peppa,Peppa’, Lakshmi trills as she checks to see if I am awake. This is followed by ‘George, drum’. She mimics George’s drum rolling movement followed Continue Reading →
Lakshmi’s day out
The sun’s ray catches the water surface and the lake shimmers in the distance. I drive past it every Thursday and yet this is the first time I have noticed Continue Reading →
Once in a blue moon
As I scrape the ice off my car’s windscreen and wait for the views to clear, I check today’s temperature forecast. It was in the double figures yesterday and this Continue Reading →
