"Happy New Year everyone" ......
1st
January 2017 (Sunday)
....I’ll start by wishing everyone a “Happy, and Prosperous New Year” ... “lang
may yer lum reek wi’ ither folks coal”!
10.00 Contrary to expectations I am feeling frisky
this morning; in spite of no’ gaun
tae
my bed until late er .... early in the morning. I really enjoyed myself, bringing the New
Year, .... something I never thought I’d bother doing again after Maggie
died. It was happy evening/ morning.... though I didn’t mean to
stay ‘up’ so long. We had ‘Jools Holland’
on the television and discovered that one of the singers on the show, “Rag n’
Bone Man” comes from Uckfield. When
the ‘Jools Holland Show finished Michael brought up some old Hogmanay ‘turns’
such as Scotch and Wry, Andy Stewart etc.
Yes a really enjoyable evening;
and I gained a “Sussex Girlfriend” .... Ann!
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| Ann, Michael, Janice and Derek. |
We
have rain this morning ... ‘rain’ was forecast, but it has come ‘in’ earlier
than it was supposed to, so might clear away by mid afternoon. This is perfect weather for
sorting out the
photographs taken during the Hogmanay Festivities!
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| London New Year celebrations. |
23.00 Hmmmm .... the rain didn’t clear away so
we have had a ‘dreich weather’ day.
Janice and Michael went out to the “Ringles” in the afternoon; I had a much needed ‘50’. I didn’t sleep long.... only for an hour
and a half, but I felt really refreshed when I ‘surfaced’. The ‘Troops’ arrived back about 17.30, and
their friends shortly followed, including the kids, so we had a nice family
party. Then Colin turned up, so, after
the Seb, Seb’s wife, and the kids poodled off home, we had an extended “New
Year’s” party. More tea and cake this
time..... and considerably earlier going to bed.
2017
has been ‘welcomed’ in .... all I wish
for is for peace and love to engulf Mother Earth. I know that, as long as there are arms
manufacturers this won’t happen ..... but wouldn’t the world be a better place
for everyone if we could only find ‘peace and love’! I’ve always been a dreamer.
Everywhere
will be ‘back to normal’ tomorrow, and we should be able to get on with
making
2017 a good year; “Love is all Mother
Earth needs!”
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| Janice and Bonnie. |
Photographs
: Top – Ann, Michael, Janice and Derek, Middle – London fireworks, and Bottom – Janice
and Bonnie at the end of the evening.
