2014
Dear family and friends
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| Home grown strawberries |
After the storms of last winter, we had a very wet
spring but a glorious summer before the autumn colours began showing. It seems that because of the wet spring, we
had quite a harvest of berries in the garden – strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. It is a good feeling to eat things that we
have grown fresh from the garden.
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| Ayers Rock |
In August, Diego and I had a very pleasant few days
break in the Isle of Wight. Martin and
his partner Lisa, meanwhile had a 3 month break travelling in a campervan in
Australia. When they arrived back we
were able to share in watching so many lovely photos. They left their jobs (in IT and managing a
Charity Drop-in centre respectively) in order to do the trip and Martin is now
back in the same office in Cheshire but opted to work only 3 days a week so
that he can also spend some time
volunteering for a charity. Diego had a
part time job but then found himself out of work for a short while and is now
employed again in a warehouse. We are
all keeping well (as long as I keep taking the tablets!).
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| Shanklin Old Town Isle of Wight |
Martin and Lisa will be joining us for a few days
before Christmas and we will be celebrating by eating both Argentinian
(empanadas, milanesas de pollo a la Napolitana and alfajores) and the
traditional English roast turkey – not all at the same time! Christmas Day will be spent quietly just
Diego and I together chilling out and enjoying a relaxing time.
We wish you all a very Happy
Christmas
and a Blessed New Year
Mavis and family
2 comments:
Lovely memories and so pleased you will get some time with your family.
Much respect to your son for choosing to only work three days a week to leave him time to work with a charity. If more would do that, what would our world look like?
Have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year and thank you for all your moral support over the years
Yes Joanna, my son has a very well paid job in IT so can afford to work only 3 days. Sadly not everyone can. But you're right that it would change much if those who could, would.
Have a great Christmas yourselves.
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