birthday wishes

In the 12 months since my last birthday, we have ticked off yet another item on the wish list I wrote in 2009 when Steve was first diagnosed...

up, up and away!

It's not often that we get up at the crack of dawn, but we did yesterday for a very good reason:  Steve's first ride in a hot air ba...

Picture this.....

This week we have been mainly "doing" pictures - cataloguing, printing, collecting, sending off and viewing our own and other peop...

a night of contrasts

Isn't it great to enjoy a night out with friends?  The contrast between the start of yesterday's socializing and the second part of ...

and today is............?

This morning I couldn't decide what to wear, so I mentioned to Steve that I would change later before we went out.  His response was,  ...

pigeons and rabbits

After living out of a suitcase for periods of time in May and June, we have decided that July is the month to be sociable, have days out and...

What a relief...

And the good news is that six days after she broke the bones in her right hand, our daughter Katie has now had an operation to wire them bac...

our friends (and family) in the north

In the last week or so, we've been traveling round the compass: south to Bilbao, west to Bristol and most recently north  to Manchester,...

Thinking of Heather on Action Mesothelioma Day

Having gone south to Bilbao last weekend, we went west yesterday to Bristol to visit Steve's mum on her birthday and say a quick hello t...