Showing posts with label A traditional wet Easter weekend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A traditional wet Easter weekend. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Happy Memories


John Glover
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glover_%28artist%29
 

Well today is the same weather as over the Easter weekend, how typical that the weather was so shitty.

It reminded me, of when, we get just moved to Reading, and friends visited us from Germany, they were very excited to be visiting us in England.

Sadly, the visit was at Easter, an early Easter at the beginning of April, just like this weekend.

On Easter Sunday 1965, we had every sort of weather that was possible, we had rain, hail, sleet, snow, thunderstorm with plenty of lightning.

Our visitors, really hated it, they thought the weather would be just as nice as it had been in Germany.

I remember it well, at our visitors request, we went to Windsor Castle, which would have been much nicer at the weather been pleasant.

What really made matters worse, was when we got to the castle, our visitors discovered to their horror, that there was no cafe available.

No coffee or cake was the last straw, after the horrible weather, they just couldn't believe, that Windsor Castle did not have cafe.

It was very funny, a memory that was so funny, I will never forget it, to this day whenever I see an old ruined building, I wonder if they have a cafe.

Happy memories of the past.  


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Monday, 9 March, 2012. A Relaxed Easter Weekend

            
Peter  Purves Smith

This weekend has been pleasantly relaxing, it’s been a traditional Easter weekend.

Cold, wet, grey, lots of dark clouds and no sunshine, not this weekend, but perhaps tomorrow to cheer up people going to work.

Today I had been having problems with sitting this afternoon, this always happens when I need a huge bowel movement.

Finally managed one this evening, after Richie got back, with the dogs from a walk in the Amsterdam woods.

This afternoon Richie went to the letterbox, he brought up the post, nice post for a change.

 A lovely present from Aud, Richie’s sister; a gorgeous red glass necklace and earrings.

this beautiful surprise made my day, I wore them right away, they are pretty and they gave me a much needed boost.