Category Archives: Family

A Quiet Day

Julian Bream, the international classical guitarist has died at the age of 87 years. His obituary ( BBC dot co dot uk website) has a wonderful end-of-life story from him. After being knocked over by a dog, he broke both … Continue reading

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Making Friends

The weather in Yorkshire this morning suits my mood. Overcast with dark grey clouds dripping water down on us continually. The temperature is up though, it’s 9 degrees Celsius, or 48 degrees Fahrenheit or, for the science and engineering people … Continue reading

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Isolation

My life  has changed dramatically over the past three years. The illness, the treatments, the ending and then the isolation of loss. She was my reason to exist and I miss her terribly. I think I went a little insane … Continue reading

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This post and all below is my old blog

From here and below is my original personal blog and as such is nothing to do with Munday-Shakespeare. Read and enjoy if you wish but it is no longer the reason for this site. Sometimes we make the mistake of … Continue reading

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Cornwall

We have returned from our holiday in Pentewan Sands near St Austell in Cornwall. It rained all of one day and part of a second but otherwise it was good. I’m sure we all enjoyed it. My wife and me … Continue reading

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Summer Has a Come on in

We have had some wonderful sunny weather recently. I have been rather lazy and sat about drinking tea and reading. You can see under the parasol my recently made planter put to good use and supporting the colourful annuals. It … Continue reading

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School’s Out

Well people, the schools in England broke for summer and millions of kids are about to go feral. There are a few outside my home now having the time of their lives already. I do remember the beginning of the … Continue reading

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Sunny Day

What a great day. The sun shone from the start and it warmed up too. There were a lot of slug trails and a lot of missing leaves on the bedding plants M put in last week. She is a … Continue reading

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Woodlathe

I at last found time to have another go on the wood turning lathe I bought. It’s good fun but it makes a mess and I was an inch deep in wood shavings when I packed up. I brushed it … Continue reading

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London Weekend

Dec 2014 We’ve returned from a great weekend in London. A show, shopping and sightseeing. The show was “The Jersey Boys” at the Piccadilly Theatre that tells the life of Frankie Valli with great rock n roll music from start … Continue reading

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