It has not gone unnoticed that we are boarding a cruise liner tomorrow, on the centenary anniversary of RMS Titanic’s foundering in the North Atlantic. That ship, greatly remembered in the media and on television at the moment, was considered “uns…
Continue readingI Love Spring
Spring is just wonderful. Light, colour, warmth, new life. Hope.I had a lovely drive to Scarborough today. I drove slower than usual, just to enjoy the scenery!Lots of wildlife, sadly a fair bit of it dead at the side of the road…..I am greatly …
Continue readingMadame Butterfly
Well, what a great evening! Northern Ballet Theatre performing Madame Butterfly at The Grand Theatre, Leeds.Neither Marlene or I really knew the story but we quickly caught up from the programme over the first half of a nice bottle of wine before …
Continue readingRemembering Peter
Remembering my father who died on this day in 2008.
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Ash Wednesday
From Evernote: Ash Wednesday It’s Ash Wednesday – the start of the Christian holy season of Lent. Find out more about Lent here. And why I have a mucky mark on my forehead, here! Ash Wednesday Choral Eucharist at Wakefield Cathedral.
Continue reading…finally
From Evernote: …finally Having missed the most obvious points of reference for beginning this blog – New Year, the start of a new month….. a Monday etc, I decided to start it on a Tuesday (21/02/12). The reason for this is that I attended the inau…
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Awaiting Inspiration
“It’s in the trees, it’s coming…”
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