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Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Days of being too busy to blog


I admit it's been a while since I've blogged. I've been busy, busy, busy....

Busy working....

Busy celebrating Christmas......


Busy with a houseful of children and their boyfriends and girlfriends....my lovely Mum staying with us for a fortnight, seeing my adorable brother and his gorgeous wife unexpectedly, lots of cooking new recipes, busy catching up .....

And then being busy at work, getting everything ready so that Mr Thinkingofthedays and I could escape to the sunshine.....

To here....

We're staying on the island of Koh Samui, ten hours away from the hustle, bustle and gloomy short days of an English January



 A small slice of heaven  just outside of Lamai here at our hotel at Crystal Bay Resort.




And now I'm busy relaxing in the sunshine.....enjoying time to be....to read, to people watch, to think, to swim in these warm waters and appreciate just how beautiful Koh Samui is....

I'm busy thinking how lucky I am to be here and how much I've needed this break.

I'll be back home and blogging in February....while Mr Thinkingofthedays stays out here to lead his tenth golf tour back on the mainland at Hua Hin. He's going to be very busy.....


Thursday, 5 December 2013

A dark day....and night


It's been a wild and windy day here in the UK, with rain, sleet and snow up north, lots of flooding around our coastline and much damage which has caused the deaths of two people already.

A dark day......

This evening, after three mini power cuts of perhaps 20 seconds each, there was another, lasting a hour and a half. A very quiet, reflective time. as I sat on the sofa watching the flames of the candles and tea lights.

A dark evening.....




And then as the lights came back on, and power was restored, we heard about the death of Nelson Mandela in South Africa.

A very sad night indeed......

What a man, and what a legacy he has left.  I hope that his wisdom and his wish for peace,  reconciliation and working together  continue to shine brightly in his rainbow nation.