Absence, makes the heart grow absent...

Taking a week off the blogging caper has resulted in Rusty Brain Syndrome.

I barely had time for my feet to touch the ground. I got sick as a result.

An enormous painful cold sore bloomed on my mouth, & I felt really lousy for a good bit of the time. At first I could not understand why I felt so ghastly, tired, & headachey. I fell asleep at the party for goodness sake!! Some party girl, me.

I was sorry to see V go home, & wish we had had longer to explore & discover ever new delights in the quilting & fabric areas.

Gom took us to a huge shop & V went nuts! just on the quiet, so did I, but Gom doesnt know about it yet! haha. V had a ball shopping for her 2 little granddaughters. It made me wish we had another little one to shop for.

"Who goes there?" Lining up to greet the guests!

Here is my son, giving me a hug. Usually I am the photographer, but V took this.

Here is friend B, who was assaulted. He had to have surgery, to have a plate inserted in his arm. The bone was shattered in the assault, & was much worse than the Doctors had aniticpated. (He noted, in light vein, that it was not his drinking arm that got wounded.)

V had lived in Newcastle when she was a child, so we took a nice leisurely train trip up to see the City. It was a bitterly cold day, & the wind off the sea chilled to the bone. As we walked along the waterfront, an elderly gent sought to educate us, with a long informative dialogue on the history of Newcastle. Not wishing to be rude, we kept edging away. He kept moving up closer.

In the end we bolted. We missed the train, & had to spend a chilly hour on the platform.

Here is V waiting at the station.

Here is V getting up close & personal with the party boy! I reminded her of how she had once begged me not to marry him! How the times have changed! We laugh about it all these years later.

Here we are out at yet another shopping mall!

Here is our Sweet Granddaughter at the party.

Here is Sweet Granddaughter's best friend J. She is an honorary member of our family.


Here are these two again. Having a whale of time.

Four Bananas!

V & I on the train coming home from Newcastle.

Here is sweet Honey. V loved the way she sits like this, when she wants some attention.

Now, I need to get busy & catch up with all the many blogs I have been missing over the past week or so.

V didnt really feel the cold as much as I did. I feel we have had the coldest month of winter, in August.

Beatles, I Want To Hold Your Hand.