The Weekend in Black and White.

 

Hallowe'en Dragon

 A gift from my family!

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The Weekend in Black and White.

Flowers from my sweet 12 year old granddaughter

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Visiting son and daughter-in-law

They have interesting tableware 

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 Supervisor...

...overseeing the weeding of Granny's garden.

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Helping Granny

to make a flowery bracelet

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 Interest.

Last Sunday Second Son brought his son and Second Daughter to visit.

Grandson had to share his photos on Daddy's phone!

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ABC Wednesday, Round 4 - U.

I've had such a busy time, with my two daughters visiting; my granddaughter's first birthday; my tiny grandson's christening; being out all day taking second daughter to the airport; and third son being up all night with vomiting and a high temperature.

So firstly this evening, U is for
UNWELL.

And, UNHAPPILY I have no time to visit the hairdresser - even though I could walk up these stairs to the appointment-free UPPER CUTS hair salon!

ABC Wednesday was started by Denise Nesbitt, who is in the Isle of Man at the moment.
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IT'S A BOY!!!

I have a brand new grandson, born half an hour ago! Life is good!

Edited:
Baby boy born 1705 Irish Summer Time.
Weight 8 pounds 9 ounces.
First child of Second Son and his Lady.
To be called Dylan.

Triumph!

This is a thoroughly triumphal post.

For just over two hours I've had a beautiful grand-daughter.

Mother and daughter are well.

So is Dad.

All is good with the world.

Thank you all for you concern and kind thoughts.

Waiting

Waiting is hard.
Elder son and his lady are in hospital right now, waiting for their baby to be born. Labour is being induced, to prevent the problems that arose in March of last year which lead to an 8-month stillborn baby girl.
Phoning and texting are out, because it's a hospital.
So we wait.
It's hard.

Saturday PhotoHunt - Important

Sorry this post is so late. I forgot all about it last night, and I've been busy this morning. Still, better late than never as they say, so here it is.

This weeks theme for the PhotoHunt is Important. The most important thing in the world to me is my family. These photos were taken back in 1995, and I have to admit that they were not taken by me.

This first one was taken by Tony Weaver for an article published in the "Sunday Express" on 9th July 1995. The article, written by Amanda Doherty, was a look at the way residents lived without piped water, electricity, or a ferry. This particular photo was never actually published.


Amanda was fascinated by the way we lived, and she came back to write about us for "Best" magazine. The above photo was taken by Trevor McBride to accompany that article.
Now I just want to remind you all that I have two daughters and three sons - and leave you to guess which are which!

If you fancy joining the PhotoHunt fun, just click here, or on the blue PhotoHunters image at the top of this post. Happy hunting.

Mini-Christmas

Life is getting back to normal right now, after our early mini-Christmas. 2nd daughter left last evening, and is now sleeping off the journey (poor visibility, fog, ice) back with her partner.
She was so impressed by Clever Son's skill. She loved the bed, and started making plans for built-in furniture along the opposite wall!
We gave her a lap-top and introduced her to Blogger. She's set up her own blog, but hasn't had a chance to post anything yet.
She gave me two new books, by authors I don't know, so I'm going to have fun finding out.
I'm already waiting for her next visit!

More About Our Wedding.

I started today well, having visited Damama t for a good laugh. Her story's here. She reminded me of the start of our wedding ceremony.

Now I should perhaps explain that my husband has far from fond memories of churches, and likes only one hymn - "All Things Bright And Beautiful" - so that was our first hymn.

I was, fairly naturally, quite high-spirited that day. The first line of the hymn "all things bright and beautiful" had me looking at almost-hubby's tie, and starting to smile. The second line "all creatures great and small" made me look at my man, several inches shorter than me, and at his Best Man who had congenital leg trouble and was even shorter, and the giggle started to bubble up. I had to stop singing. I heard the same reaction from my sister (my bridesmaid, standing just behind me) and I started to shake with the effort of not laughing aloud. Fortunately, I succeeded, and I made my vows without a tremour in my voice. That was a real triumph!

Wedding Anniversary.

Today is our 35th wedding anniversary. It's been a cold, wet day, just like 35 years ago. I've spent the day scanning all our wedding photographs into my computer, so I have a back-up for the originals. What a lot of memories!

Here we are, signing the register.

In the car, on the way to the reception.

You can see the weather through the rear window.

Now to cut the cake.
If you look closely you'll see that the top tier is badly positioned.
The manageress rushed in with it at the last minute, and plonked it on.

Shortly after the photo was taken, the top of the cake toppled off - saved from disaster by Aileni's rapid reactions (he caught the cake and replaced it safely!)

This was the third strange occurrence of the day.
The first event occurred after the service ended. The organist let rip with great volume and true Welsh "Hwyl" An elderly lady who suffered from Meniere's disease was sitting close to the organ. The vibrations brought on a fainting attack and an ambulance was called! She was fine, but she missed the reception.
The second event was during the photography. My close friend brought my Godson to me, so naturally we had a picture.

Fortunately there were no more unusual events!

In spite of the weather, it was a lovely day.

And thank you Mardé for the e-card - what a sweet thought.

Delighted

I'm delighted to report that Rinli seems back to normal - he obviously decided that this was not, after all, the right time to die. I'm so glad.

I'm also delighted with the results of the new software we bought for my severely dyslexic son. He's had reading software for a while, but now he has voice-recognition software that enables him to write e-mails and blogs - anything, in fact! We still have to complete the necessary training, as it has difficulty with his speech mannerisms, but it's good enough to be recognisable even now. He's been able to write down all his deepest feelings, which has given him such a sense of freedom. He's 22 now, and this is the first time he's been able to read and write in privacy (we've always had to read things to him, and write to his dictation.)
I know, he's never known anything different, but it's been an incredible experience for him to write without interference. Well done Stephen!