The view from my window

The view from my window
The view from my window

Wednesday 13 October 2021

I'm back!

It was Arnie that said that right? I'm not sure - but anyways, I'm back! I realized during my self-imposed exile how much I kinda needed to put my thoughts down on paper in order to keep my brain free of mental "static". I never considered myself particularly political but when I think about all the things that get my blood boiling maybe I am. Anyhoo, I went offline because someone I trusted to respect my blogging privacy did just the opposite and flapped their jaws. More fool me for trusting that person! I wanted my blog to remain anonymous "over here" and that trust was betrayed but in the end, who cares if their need to gossip was greater than their respect for my privacy! But man was I furious! I knew I had to give it some time for me to cool down and I have because damn, if I'd written what I really thought at the beginning it would have been blue! But you know what, it doesn't matter! I considered making my blog permanently private, but ultimately I didn't want to do that. I also considering moving my blog (I have another blog) but sod it, I wanted my blog all in one place because damn it, I like occasionally reading back through it. After all, that was the reason I started my blog - well that and hopefully having someone further down the line happy to read what grandma/great grandma wrote. Maybe that will never happen - who knows - but I know I would have loved having access to my grandma or, even better, my great grandma's thoughts. So here I am, back again. I've pulled a couple of posts (thank you Marksgran for telling me how to do that) and I'm up and raring to go because, dammit, I have so much I want to get out of my head and down on paper!

So what's happening here? Not an awful lot in reality, but the weather is glorious - just my kind of weather actually. It was funny because my neighbour came out of her house in a huge jacket and scarf wrapped three times round her neck and I'm out in shorts and T-shirt! Give me the cool weather any time! I had been talking to my sweet Honduran colleague about us getting together to go out walking and we finally managed it this weekend. Oh we didn't manage much walking because she has a little two-year old and we fit in our activities around what the babe wanted to do - but you know what, it was lovely. We drove down to the lake at Passy and the babe had a wonderful time playing on the swings and making sandcastles. She and I hit it off immediately because I did all the stupid "oh what smelly feet you have" - and I loved it - and we have plans to expand our outings to a much bigger mom and baby group (even though my "baby" is 29 and a daddy himself)! I don't know, I just feel I live in such a beautiful area that I need to let others in on the secret!

A couple of weeks ago I went to the funeral of my dear colleague C and it was so sad. I knew where this crematorium was because I'd had the misfortune to go there before when my friend V lost her son at the young age of 21. But, what I hadn't realized was that due to all the roadworks around there my GPS sent me all over the place and I ended up making it just as the ceremony was starting! Damn! And it really was one of the saddest funerals I have ever attended. I would say the room was only about 2/3 full and the weather, being grey and miserable, certainly added to the sadness. But C's children gave her a loving send off, all the while most of us were thinking why? I guess we will never know, but somehow I feel she just might have been another victim of this pandemic. Maybe, just maybe, if people had been in work, working in their offices someone might have seen that things weren't going too well for her! Who knows!

And finally (for now), Jordan and Jen invited us all over for dinner the other week. Jen, Jen's mom and I have birthdays all within a short period of time so we all got together and did a pot luck (repas canadien?) and it was really lovely. Charlie hadn't got enough sleep so while I can't say he was cranky, he definitely wasn't going to go down without a fight so I (happily) walked around with him in my arms singing to him to try to get him to settle. Well my lullabys might not have worked on the Munchkin but damn, when I turned round Jen's mom's boyfriend had fallen asleep and this is how we found Leni, the horrible cat! Ah bless!





29 comments:

  1. Glad you are back! I have a hard time avoiding all politics. It's in my DNA I guess. I'm sorry your privacy was not respected but I guess a risk to blogging. Happy birthday week/ month.

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    1. Hallo my blogging friend. And thank you for showing up here. See you soon I guess!

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  2. Welcome back and the cat is do cute! Funny as I’m not a great singer and would always sing to me grandkids , fairly loudly and they’d zonk out quickly just to tune me out! My now 4 year old granddaughter when she was about 2 I have her on video yelling out with her hands on her hips “no, no, no singing grandma!!!! ……..ha!

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    1. Ha ha, I sing because my dad always sang these stupid songs too. And of course babe has no idea what I'm singing but it sure put Jen's mom's partner to sleep and the cat!

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  3. Welcome back, your return has made my day.

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  4. Sorry that someone betrayed your trust. That's a hard thing to deal with. But I'm glad you're back because I love your stories from "over there" and the gorgeous photos!

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    1. Hallo my "husband in my heart from over there" and thank you for your kind words. We may not agree on everything but ....

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  5. Welcome Back, it's been so quiet from your corner of the world.
    Cats that sleep with their belly exposed feel very safe, so Leni is probably quite happy with his home.

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    1. Hi Dave, Leni is a horrible nasty cat - but I sense he's finally getting there with me. It only took about five years!!!

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  6. And we're all damn glad to have ya back! Leni looks a bit like my new kitten.

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    1. I've seen your new kitten and I'm holding out!

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  7. I remember sitting in the rocking chair with my son on my lap, singing him my favorite lullaby ("well I love my baby, sweet and fair, got the sky in your eyes, the sun in your hair") to my own beautiful blue-eyed blonde baby. And then he slowly raised his hand up to my mouth and covered it. Message received!

    Glad you're back!

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  8. I can't imagine what sort of incident might have triggered your response. It must have been far more serious than just being annoying.
    Anyway, glad you're here. Glad your weather is beautiful and that you are enjoying it.

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    1. Ms Moon I was PISSED! but I knew I had to get over it and so I will!

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  9. Happy Birthday Treaders! Glad to be reading you again. ;)

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    1. Thank you Joan, and yeah, I'm an old foggie!

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  10. Happy birthday!you were missed but I understand the break - that person has a lot of cheek!!! Love that picture of not so loveable Leni. And glad to hear you are getting more folks out to walk :) you can always bring Charlie as he gets older!!

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    1. I absolutely will have Charlie out there walking next spring. I can't wait!

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    1. Thank you hon - and I hope things are easing up where you are!

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    2. Glad you are back and Happy Birthday!

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  12. Nice to see you back. Glad to be of help. Nice to know your lullaby worked on some people and animals in the room, even if not quite what you intended lol. x

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    1. Ha ha, you'd be amazed at the number of people I could put to sleep!

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  13. I’m so glad you’re back. I hadn’t seen your blog saying you were going private for a while because we’d escaped to France and when I next looked I was blocked. I was upset to think I’d not be able to follow you anymore! I now fully understand your reasons. Glad you’re ok with it now. We’re not in your neck of the woods so to speak. We travelled into Spain and headed south where we stayed for a week enjoying the warm sunny weather and we’re now in Portugal where we’ll stay for a couple of weeks. Glad you’re enjoying good weather too and getting out walking . Enjoy it and take care. Happy belated Birthday too.

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    1. Lucky you, it sounds like you had a wonderful holiday! I did wonder if by making my blog private (albeit only briefly) if anyone might thing the were being targeted - still I'm glad to be back now!

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  14. So glad you’re back and ok now. Enjoy your good weather and walks. Belated Happy Birthday wishes.

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    1. Thanks for the birthday wishes (but birthdays kinda don't matter so much once you're out of your teens do they)!

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