Mixed Emotion Day

I have a mixture of emotions as I write this blog this evening. I have returned home having spent a delightful and convivial (a lovely word) two hours with my blogger friend and ex colleague Middle Aged Gapper in a local Italian restaurant/cafe in Hessle in East Yorkshire. It was great to see him and catch up with his busy life although things have taken a sad turn with the death of his father recently.

The second emotion today I experienced today was upon hearing the dreadful news of the police officer killed in Cumbria whilst on duty helping the public cope with the awful weather that has devastated the north west of England and the south west of Scotland and parts of Ireland and Wales. My thoughts go the family and colleagues of Constable Bill Barker who died whilst acting in the best traditions of the British Police Service, helping the public in a dangerous situation, leading a stranded motorist off a bridge which then collapsed with him on it.

I was able to smile again at the delightful story of Auntie Gwen in her blog which made me laugh out loud. If you want to have a giggle at her descriptions of her family's visit to the dentists, you have to read this.

Tonight is Children in Need on the BBC and although I will only watch parts of it here and there, I enjoyed the concert on the BBC last night (Thursday) which had a multiplicity of talent to entertain us all organised by the great Gary Barlow.

I don't feel it's appropriate to post a story today, I'll let Auntie Gwen brighten your day with her true life story and you can feel good that Children in Need is helping those in our society that really need help.

I'll leave you with a quote instead from William James, an American philosopher and psychologist about emotion. "Emotional occasions, especially violent ones, are extremely potent in precipitating mental rearrangements. The sudden and explosive ways in which love, jealousy, guilt, fear, remorse, or anger can seize upon one are known to everybody. . . . And emotions that come in this explosive way seldom leave things as they found them.”

How true. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend.

Chat soon

Ta-ra.

Places to go, people to see...

Just a short blog today to keep in touch; busy, busy, busy - places to go, people to see and it's SUNDAY for goodness sake! (BTW, if you are reading this Auntiegwen (fellow blogger) - good luck and keep your head held VERY high.)

Father in law is 80 and the family and his five children are having tea together this afternoon. After that I am going with a good friend to a psychic demo late this afternoon in a quaint pub in Hull city centre near to the New Theatre where the luvvies sometimes go after a performance. I've just been on the treadmill on a fat burning exercise and I have to cut the grass and have lunch all before 2 pm.

My other half must have had a rush of blood to the head yesterday. I had tea with my fellow blogger and good friend Middle Aged Gapper on Friday afternoon at Luciano's Restaurant in Hessle, East Yorkshire on the terrace on a lovely afternoon and we had a great Italian meal washed down with iced sparkling water. During the meal we discussed many things including his use of a Lumix camera while on his exciting adventure holiday. I got a very practical discourse about the pros and cons of the camera and have been thinking about buying one to supplement my Canon 40D, something I can slip in my pocket.

Well the rush of blood led to my other half saying "Yes" on a whim while we were in Curry's getting a new set of earphones for the iPod last night (my wife has commandeered mine!) So, I'll give you the results on here soon. Thanks for the advice (and the excellent fayre) MAG.

There was a young girl from Madras
Who had the most beautiful ass.
But not as you'd think
Firm, round and pink,
It was grey, had long ears and ate grass.

Chat soon

Ta-ra!