27 years ago today, i met someone for the very first time. It was a difficult meeting, but not long afterwards I realised it was worth all the effort. I knew nothing about this person, and he, nothing of me.I wondered if I would get along with this person or if in the future we would go our seperate ways, lost to each other, always wondering if i could have done things differently, or staying close but not in each others pockets. I look back at our early times together, muddling along not really knowing if we were getting it right or wrong, time would tell.I know that there are things that should hve been done differently perhaps, but whos to say whats right or wrong good or bad. But I think time has told, and today I look at this person and feel love and joy and hope, because that person is ...My Son, see below then and now
Here is my unsual xmas tree. It actually branches i found washed up on the beach, all bleached white from the sea. I have on it my collection of Delft ornaments bought in Amsterdam. See that Ferris Wheel? It was HUGE , biggest wheel ive ever seen, so no, I did not go up on it. Not many other people did either. To be honest, I had been looking forward to going to the Lille xmas market since booking the trip in April, and boy was I disappointed. It was tacky and just awful. There were the mooted 80 stalls, but about half were selling waffles, mulled wine or sausage. This was not what I had expected. The rest of the stalls were selling tat, nothing i would ever dream of giving to anyone. I felt sorry for the bus tours, people being dropped off at this market and the bus driving away, leaving you there all day, luckily Lille has many lovely shops, otherwise you would have had a long day to fill after you had spent all of the 10 mins needed at the market. Oh well, at least ive been now and dont need to wonder what its like, it is supposed to be one of the best in France, goodness knows what the others are like. That sauid we had a lovely holiday and would recommend the Beach Inn on Ostend prom for a meal, lovely staff , warm and cosy on a freezing day, only one of 5 cafes open in th eoff season m id week, but they were worth a mention for the value and size of portions. I was thinking that I wasnt going to be able to have my "Bitterballen" my fav food in Belguim, waffles aside, as the usual cafe we go to was closed, but this place was open and had them on the menu, they were lovey too, followed by icecream, yummy....All for now...XX
