With Love From Jan xxxxxxxxxx http://journals.aol.co.uk/ally123130585918/Lifewithally/
I was going to post this evening when Maurice had gone to work ,but then it wouldnt make sense to use this pretty graphic , Bidding you all good morning .I hope you have all had a good weekend, I have, even though Maurice was at work last night ,our weekend will be Wednesday and Thursday this week !
Isnt she lovely? Donna calls her Watering Angel,she is welcome in my garden ,we keep getting clouds over head ,but then the strong wind that we have at the moment ,blows the rain clouds away again,We had one shower the day before yesterday,but that is all ,so like the Angel in Donnas lovely graphic ,I will be weilding my water can again this evening ......
Have a blessed Sunday evening everyone ....with love
Like many of you that were able ,I watched the television coverage this morning,as we remembered the horrific events of one year ago today,at eight fifty three, bombs were simultaneously exploded on three seperate tubes,and nearly one hour later a bus was the target of these evil perpetraters,who in blowing themselves up ,also killed fifty two people,and injuring many many more ,people like you and me, going about their daily lives ,lives that have now changed for ever.
I watched ,as one couple from Peterborough told their story ,Vince had gone off to work ,he actually works at Peterborough station,for some reason Keira took a later train ,she had had a busy week ,so had an extra hour in bed ,thus not catching her usual train into London,so she was on one of the trains that was bombed ,but mercifully remembers little about it ,as it happened she was in a drug induced sleep for three weeks ,because of the horific injurys,she came round to find it had been necesary to amputate her right arm ,Meanwhile Vince back in Peterborough was aware of problems in London, when all Southbound trains were terminating in Peterborough ,he rang his wifes mobile phone that ironicaly was ringing ,but got no reply ,he then, as the awful facts explained them selves to him ,rang her work place .It must have been the longest three days of his life when on the Sunday ,he was being interviewed by the police,one of the officers made the connection ,they had an unknown lady who had the keys to (I forget the make of car ),in her pocket,he went to London and there was nothing about her he recognised ,she was finally identified by dental records ,so one can only imagine her pain and suffering the last year ,God Bless them both ,they say they were always close, but this well ......it just for us to imagine !isnt it .Another Peterborough man died.. rest in peace James Adams I know your family and friends miss you .I am afraid there is so much evil in the world ,but there is so much good too ,Look how the services worked tirelessly to help the survivors ,and to rescue the bodys of those that stayed in that underground hell for many days ,Thankyou for these nameless people ,we dont know them but they all worked so hard and with compassion ,and for that we give thanks
Love to everyone Jan xx
Nice one Donna,Maurice has gone fishing this morning ,and this is just how I imagine the lake he has gone too would look early today ,though the sun is shining now ,after a dull start ,we heard the thunder in the distance last night,but it passed us by ,so we ended up watering again !
Thankyou for this lovely peaceful scene Donna, it could have been at Ferry Meadows where we went on Saturday .I woke up when Maurice came in from work ,he offered to take me back to Peterborough ,but I said no ,it was yet another lovely day,so off I went on the bus,he was working that night anyway so needed his sleep .its difficult enough in this heat ,in the day !Pete picked me up from the bus ,took me to their house ,picked up Dan and Maisy(their Grandchilren who had stayed over night ) and Jean .Pete dropped Jean and I off at Ferry Meadows ,before taking the children home ,Jean and I had a lovely time ,chatting to tenants and staff who were all pleased to see us ,we went into the Sealed knot encampment and chatted to the members who were a wealth of information ,Im not going into detail I think the pictures tell the story ,we had a lovely time we both bought a necklace and bracelet from the jewellery stall,about one thirty we decided we had seen it all ,so rang Pete who collected us ,and we went back to Jeans bungalow ,and had some lunch in the gazebo ,in their lovely garden ,we left Pete to watch the football .and went to a shopping precinct nearby,I bought a passion flower plant ,and Jean bought a standard rose she had been looking at for a few days !Igot a new pair of flip flops ,we met my daughter Sharon ,who was buying football hats,she called me Emelda !Sharon had to rush off, Cauliflowers were two for a pound great big things ,and strawberrys ,one twenty for two punnets ,we bought them and shared.... Jean and I browsed together it was lovely ,lots of sisterly chat ,great !We called in at Jeans daughter, Joannes house ,and found Jo, her friend and the two little girls Rachel and Emma in the pool ,we had a paddle and a cool drink before going back to Jeans ,house where Pete was watching the last of the match ,Pete and Jean brought me home as Maurice was now at work ,so We all had a lovely day .......with lots of love
Dianna made this graphic,and called it Poppy fields ,which is very appropriate,considering July 1st marks the ninetieth aniversary of the Beginning of the war to end all wars ,well that was what it was called ! and that is what was believed ,sadly how wrong was that statement .My own Grandfather fought in what we learned to call the first world war ,I remember seeing a sepia picture of him in his uniform ,with his peaked cap..... his puttys always puzzled me ,I could see his legs were bandaged ?in the picture,!and it made sense to me ,since he suffered with ulcers to his legs as an old man ,I simply linked the two ,in my very young mind .. Of course the first had nothing to do with the second.how I wish I had asked more questions ,I can remember my Granny saying though ,that her George had gone to war as a boy and came back a very quiet man ....
I have been watching with interest how one hundred and ten year old Henry Altringham ,Air Mechanic first class ,and last surviving member of the founding flying corps ......He attended the service at Tiepval ,where he said, he had come to pay tribute to those who didnt get the chance to have a long life as he had done .What awful memorys has he carried with him down all those years ?
I was going to tell you all about the open day yesterday,and I was standing at the jewellery stall when I heard the band playing 'Oh Valiant hearts ',so I thought if they could take time out from playing their jolly tunes ,I could pay my tribute to those men ,who as I say my Grandad was one, luckily he came home. But to so many today ,these storys are now history .....
A very Blessed Sunday to you all Jan xx
