From the terrace the other evening..

And today ust a song, just lyrics..

Michelle Featherstone

I'm There too

I see myself in you
In everything you do
And when you’re all alone at night
You know I am by your side
'Cause I’m there too

I see me in your eyes
And I’m tears you cry
And when you fall apart
And I’m dying from a broken heart
I’m there too

I see your footsteps in the sand
As you journey on across this land
But if you should fall on your way
Then I will carry you that day
'Cause I’m there
I’m there too
Yeah I’m there too

I see your face in mine
And I know there’ll come a time
When you will take my hand
And I will understand
That you’re there too
When you will take my hand
And I will understand
That you’re there
You’re there too

*****

I guess it's a bit like footsteps in the sand.. 

But a twist on it...

M.

And summer becomes Christmas!

Driving to work this morning there is a police car on the outskirts of town, and so everybody is obviously cautious and you think this probably proceeds a police stop at a roundabout one of the many that's around our town, and yes low and behold there is a police stop vehicle there and that makes us all aware that probably the whole journey down there will be police cars waiting.

And although I'm sure the vast majority of us leaving town like me are not doing anything wrong, have never done anything wrong, and are unlikely to do anything wrong! it still makes you feel like you are running the gauntlet, and it's so funny I mean the majority of cars behind me normally are held back by my speed because they want to do 80 or 90 in a 60 and I'm trying to keep my speed down and therefore anger everybody behind me, and it's funny to see them all having to tow the line when it's not me responsible for once!

This last quote I saw probably on Facebook..

I love this ..

M.

A question I posed earlier today to a friend..

"I'd like to ask you when will life be simple again? But at least for us, was it ever simple? They weren't the lives we were born into were they? We weren't destined for simple . .. and somehow that would never have been enough for us either"

Its not at all that I want normal, whatever that may be.. and realize beyond any doubt that that would never be me!

Wanted a positive Blog!! 

I am in a positive frame of mind... Positively positive! Had a great few days... Relaxing down at La Cala... Coffee's and watching the world go by from the cheringuito on the beach.. 

Next day down at Fuengirola, walk along from the Fahala end, coffee in Luiz's bar... He only works evenings now.. deserves a better lifestyle than six days a week dawn to nighttime..  

I think he could have been running his bar 25 years? He was definitely there well before I moved out here.. 

Been a good week at work too, always lots of laughs and good conversations at work, with colleagues and with customers... Yes true, lots of eye rolling also... 

Still on 40hrs a week and down to 25 in October...

M.

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.

Konrad Adenauer - 1876-1967 - Former Chancellor of Germany

Think I missed telling you I called 111 from Barry's in Nottingham the first week..

Ad as today is September 22!! Seems I missed posting this post until today also!

The kidney pain was so bad, so anyway, paramedics took me to the hospital in an ambulance!

Which I didn't expect, just pain meds would have been good.. but they wanted to do tests.. and after six hours I was out, about 9pm.. 

Was a long long day..

And... obviously I can't be quoted on this! 

But a girl waiting to be helped had the largest blisters on her arm.. some already split.. and some huge size of 2€ coins, massive.. blisters.. didn't seem like rocket science to me, looked like monkey pox!

Bench from Highfields Park in Nottingham..

And Southend pier with train..

I'm home now.. felt like I was away for ages..

Tony and family dropped me at Stansted airport, nice relaxing wait for flight..

Stress on plane as usual while boarding.. I like to sit on the aisle seat and get my shoulder and head bashed by other travelers as pass by holding their bags backpacks etc at awkwardly!

But yesterday a woman stood behind my seat resting on it... elbowing my head and pulling my hair.. all got a bit too much .. I was getting so stressed...

The flight was freezing.. but still got me home, and then cab and home..

It was late when I got in, about ten maybe? So I unpacked quickly, no milk but had a hot drink.. was starving but too late to eat.. went to bed fell asleep... Woke at half twelve and stayed awake until five!! Incredible!! 

But anyway, got up at 8... Early tomorrow after two weeks of getting up around 8 spanish time!

Good day today, really good day, coffee, catch up.. food shopping.. hiccup there though, forgot to unblock my card and it wouldn't work in Aldi!! 

Fixed now, floors swept and mopped.. terrace also.. plants moved and watered.. 

All tidy.

M.

"What you can see is only half of what there is.."

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

Max De Pree - 1924-2017 - American Businessman-Writer

Had a good day yesterday in Southend ..

Two gorgeous little beavers all snuggled up head to toe..

In the sea life centre..

'What you can see is only half of what there is...' 

Few 'shorts' videos from sea life centre.. We went in there twice.. 

First above is in the butterfly enclosure..

And below, took a few photographs of the piranha fish, thought I'd take a short video as they don't really move.. just awaiting their prey... 

Weather wasn't too bad... Cloudy and a bit breezy at times, blue sky was there and some sunshine.. 

But just before leaving the centre it started raining... Heavy!! 

Still we were lucky.. Good journey down and back..

Last night after getting to bed was a thunderstorm.. lightening lit up the bedroom and I thought it was a flash of car lights... Till the boom!

Today, is a little more on the damp side and I feel like I want to wrap up in warm cosy comfies and drink warm chocolatey drinks... 

Trying to keep from online shopping, which is why I'm here.. 

I can feel my resolve fading and know when I click send here I'll be right over to the page burning a hole in my phone!

M.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

Max De Pree - 1924-2017 - American Businessman-Writer

Thoughts from just before landing on Sunday morning.. 

A beautiful uneven patchwork blanket of fields divided by hedgerows and trees of so many variations.. filled by nature's ever changing colors

Colors changed by seasons and also from dawn to dusk and all the time between.. 

And I must find the photographs I took ages ago when in the air.. did I post them I wonder? I was randomly looking at maps and it still showed my progress.. even though my phone on flight mode.. 

Ducks.. eating from my hand and pidgeons a little moor pecky and sharp beaked! The ducks bills although not pointy very hard and insistent to get the grains of food.. leaving a very funny feeling on the palm!

Never done that before.. something new and strange ..

Above from the Nottingham Arboretum

Above, the stepping stones and a bench at the park at Highfields.. walk around the lake and woods, an over the stepping stones.. 

I was focused on the Lions head when I noticed the shield bug beneath.. it's amazing how much life goes on where we're not looking..

Ice cream in Yumi's on Thursday afternoon after we'd rested a little!

And before leaving Nottingham we had breakfast in M&S before leaving for the train station.. a very nice bacon roll!!

Now at Tony's.. 

M.

 Quote:

You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are

Eckhart Tolle