Time flies every holiday

The week came and the week went and I've been back at work for three days now. The holiday effect soon wears off! The house didn't get any more TLC than usual but I managed to post on some birthday cards for A, a little belatedly. I was very impressed with the royal mail stamps that graced the envelope for its long journey to the USA. They were from the Charles Darwin commemorative issue and sported a magnificent Orang-utan. Just for good measure the package needed two of these stamps and I was sure A would be impressed at the beauty of these creatures. When we spoke, he hadn't even noticed the stamps - now he'll have to look up what he missed at www.royalmail.com


We (F and G) managed to take a trip to Wales. We chose the right day and the weather was mild, a sunny afternoon with hardly any breeze. The place was deserted so we enjoyed a few hours of peace and quiet, strolling along the sea wall at Fairbourne.

There would have been photographs but I'm still working on the skill of getting the photographs to upload!

The Holidays

Time off for good behaviour - it's half term so for one week I can do the things that I don't normally have time to do.
I went into the garden this morning and everywhere was so saturated that gardening would have been impractical. I think the house will get some TLC instead.

The east wind doth blow, And we shall have snow!

The weather forecasters have got it right. The snow and bitterly cold winds have brought the UK, or at least parts of it, to a grinding halt. Those who can, have made snowmen and enjoyed other snowy pastimes. Being forced to stay at home because my school has been closed for a couple of days I have been able to get through some of the backlog of paperwork that accompanies the job nowadays.

I did leave my desk to take a few photos of the snow.

I know it doesn't look anything like the amounts of snow that have covered other parts of the country, but it looks so pretty when it's dusting the trees in the garden.