Friends – Page 2 – Fun, family and more

A wise person once said …

A person who says it cannot be done … Should not interrupt the person doing it.

I’m very grateful to my followers. You give me motivation to keep blogging and your blogs educate me also. I have posted a picture of my home town of Bristol. You can see the world famous Clifton suspension bridge over the Avon Gorge. Wikipedia – Clifton suspension bridge Bristol is a nice city with lotsContinue reading “40+ Followers. Thank you all.”

Haiku times two.

I thought I’d have a couple of extra goes at Haiku but make it personal. I have arthritis in my left hip which, daily, gives me pain. It is mostly just a dull ache but occasionally flares up to be more acute. Here we go… Oo ow you basterd Arthritis is playing up Can IContinue reading “Haiku times two.”

Having a bash at haiku.

I was having a look at http://skepticskaddish.com and he mentioned haiku. I didn’t really know what that was. I mean, yes, I had heard of it but I wasn’t sure what qualities a haiku needed. So I looked it up on the internet and here is my attempt at haiku. How to write HaikuInternet willContinue reading “Having a bash at haiku.”

Random bits.

You can fail doing something you hate, so you may as well do something you love. What have you got to lose? Jim Carrey

Back to normal?

I went into work today for the first time in about 6 weeks. I was meeting up with a colleague to go over what we need to do when we go back properly, most likely after Easter. It was good to chat and get back to some sort of familiar situation, if only for aContinue reading “Back to normal?”

I’ve shared “A Glimpse of Yosemite” below.

I’ve shared a follower’s blog below. I’ve shared the post A Glimpse of Yosemite as it has some very nice photos of Yosemite national park in America. The blogger has other posts and photos of hikes they have done and I’ve enjoyed living vicariously through their posts. Go check them out.

A Glimpse of Yosemite

Yosemite is far closer to me than most, if not all, of the national parks I have visited and written about in my blog. I’ve heard about its beauty and what deterred me from visiting was the millions of people frequenting this park on a regular basis. It’s like going to Disneyland and I couldContinue reading “A Glimpse of Yosemite”

Lighter nights – a poem.

World turns. Sun burns. Night comes. But later. Day starts. Light bright. Longer now. Night is late. Spring comes. Nature wakes. Blossom soon. Lighter nights.

When I was a child …

I wanted to be either a doctor of medicine, an astronaut or a monster hunter. Only one of these career paths was realistically achievable as I was, academically, a shiftless dreamer. What was your childhood dream and did you achieve it?