The Longest Journey Begins With The First Step.........

Yesterday the weather was stormy and rain laden until lunchtime when the wind began to blow chasing the dark clouds away and bringing much needed sunshine for a couple of hours in a clear cobalt blue sky. Mrs Norman and I took the opportunity afforded by this break in the weather to walk to our local high street and do some chores which included banking and shopping. We walked back to our house through the recreation ground where evidence of the mild winter we have been enjoying was everywhere. Later this same day we walked the half mile to our youngest daughters' house and made faces at our ten week old granddaughter, a sport that we are both quite fond of. By the time we walked home it was getting dark but still surprisingly mild for the time of year. Today the only time I ventured outside was to try and shore up the fence next to the house which was threatening to blow away completely in the 70mph gusts of wind that battered us all day. I know I will have to replace the fence panel which is pretty well shredded but I was trying to protect the grape vine whose stem grows up alongside the errant panel and which would not be so easily replaced. My human contacts on these mild and wild two days have mostly been family ones and my deeds have been of the domestic chore variety. My thoughts are pretty much reflected in this blog in that they have been wintry and slightly dark.