IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would tell that I have no idea where the week has gone! The days have just flown by and all I have to show for it is an exhausted look on my face. I just seem to have been chasing my tail all week, (well I would of if I owned one). Monday was lovely because I got my first invite for coffee with my daughter in law, her Mum and of course the Newbie. We had a good time and the conversation flowed. The Newbie looked so smart in his striped top and little trousers… Babies are dressed like little grown ups theses days gone is the matinee Jacket and the baby grow!
I remember how we used to dress our babies, we kept them in baby grows until they were at least eighteen months. Of course nothing stands still and and fashion most definitely waits for no one, not even a Newbie . Yes time marches on and all I can say is he looks very smart on it!
Tuesday was housework after the gym, got all the floors down stairs washed and buffed no mean feat for me ! The weather is still unusually hot for this time of year it is unusual for this part of the world full stop! Here in England we are more used to rain and low temperatures then more rain. .. Hark at me you can’t get more English than moaning about the weather. 🙂
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would have to say just how saddened I am by the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Now I do know this is a very heavy subject for our coffee get together’s and I have no wish to ruffle any feathers but I am so distressed by the nightly reports from the BBC and ITV .
I realize that Israel needs to protect it’s citizens from Hamas bombs and terrorists yet it all seems so David and Goliath . I am not qualified to comment really but as always it is the women and the children who are suffering . I realize the men are suffering to but the the children have not asked Hamas to Bomb Israel, the children have not asked Hamas to build a network of tunnels under their homes nor under their schools.
The children have not asked Israel to drop leaflets telling them where to go to be safe then to drop the bombs on that place. The old have seen it all before, the men and woman have no choice but to cope. Trapped within Gaza all frontiers closed to them. Hamas seem to be using the innocents as protection, again I say this is only what appears to the untrained eye of mine.
Israel have huge shields and superior weaponry a lot funded by rich countries who I cannot name because again I have no got full command of the facts .
Why can we not live together in this world, why can we not share and share alike. Why can’t neighbour not live with neighbour. I said all this to my friend while we were at the gym yesterday and she told me I was an idealist, she smiled and almost laughed as if I was a child who did not understand what I am saying.
I know the Israelis have every right to live where they do , and I realize if we were being constantly fired at by the Isle of Wight we would fight back. I understand that the Israelis have backing from rich countries , I know they have contacts with clout. I see that their government is protecting them well, I understand. I see their grief too I grieve for them.
I also see that the Palestinians are being hit harder in every way, I see that Hamas does not seem to care about them, they appear to be expendable …. why , why does Hamas not protect them…. soon there may be no one left alive to even claim Gaza.
Again I say I do not fully understand the in and outs , I do not want to argue or hurt anyone either but why, is it always the innocents who suffer, all over the world in every war zone it is the same.
I am so far away and yet I live in fear, I am afraid of the future I do not want Sharia law in this country, I do not want war, I do not want Russia or China to invade ….. PLEASE PLEASE COULD WE NOT LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE.
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE : I would say, sorry for getting so heavy, and offer you a biscuit and say we had better change the subject.
We had friends round for dinner on Thursday evening. We had steak, yup good old fashioned steak! What did we have with the steak? saute potatoes, mushrooms, onions, carrots and peas. Followed by a special apple pie and custard!
It was a special evening because we had not seen this couple for about 10 yrs. Their eldest lad and our youngest had been friends at school and beyond. But when our lad moved away and as we were all working we just lost touch as our paths never crossed. Well it may of stayed that way had not the husband bumped into one of the couple while out exercising the guide dog he walks twice a week. Well the two men got to chatting as men walking their dogs do and after a while it dawned on them both that the knew each other.
Long story short they came round for dinner and I think the meal was a success, well it was all eaten up! We spent the whole time discussing children ( no longer children) weddings, births, jobs retirement and generally putting the world to rights! Oh! if only world peace were that easy.
Special Old English Apple pie!
Teddy.
Bovine Family
Flowers on the street
The Hanging Basket.
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Allisum and Roses growing from the pavement.
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would offer you some special old English apple pie, there is just enough left for you to have a taster ! Like it? well I shall post the recipe Monday. While we are chatting I must tell you that on Wednesday I had coffee with a friend after we had finished chatting and done a little shopping we headed back to her house and took Teddy out for a long country walk. Who is Teddy, well he is the handsome chap up above the photo on the right next to the apple pie. He belongs to my friend’s daughter who was away with her family for a little holiday and my friend was looking after him.
Well we set off down the road across the railway crossing and off on to a road I had never noticed before. The sun was very hot but luckily for us the trees spread right across the road affording us a canopy and thus shading our way. Well what a treasure trove this road turned out to be with views of rolling countryside, a lake with ducks and ducklings, and a field with a bovine family resting in the shade. there were two cows with a calf each and most unusually a huge bull. You can see him in the photo above he is the sleepy brown and white guy to the front of the picture laying down. He was huge and I was very pleased that there was a sturdy fence between us and him!
We had a delightful walk and the most amazing thing about it was that although it was so quiet and peaceful there nothing but countryside as far as the eye could see we were in truth never any more than five minutes away from the hustle and bustle of our town!
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would tell you how lovely our town looks right now, all the gardens in bloom and the roads in town itself are all decorated with hanging baskets and pots on doorsteps and even in one of the streets Allisum and Roses growing up and out of the pavement (sidewalk if you are American) There is a little picture of this above too!
If we were having coffee I’d ask you : would you like another cuppa, or a biscuit . I’d tell you I have really come to enjoy these chats and I’d love to hear what you would tell me , If we were having Coffee Original idea from http://parttimemonster.wordpress.com/
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