A long time

It has been a long long time but finally I am sitting here by the fire listening to the sweet silence of an early Sunday evening watching the thermometer gently rise from 10degrees to something far more sensible.  I am very grateful for the thermal socks my  dear Ma gave me a few years ago; Boots has been eyeing them up ever since the icicles started forming on the end of his nose.

So much has happened my feet have barely touched the floor. I have been working hard and playing harder. After a busy weekend celebrating various birthdays I returned home to an evening with a gaggle of bloggers, Wren’s Nest earlier in the evening and Epiphany, Hanser and then Maffi at the Highwayman folk session night.

This weekend I have just been up to Audlem to celebrate my friends 50th birthday.  I haven’t been there before, but I have been eyeing up the Shroppie for quite some time and thoroughly enjoyed my walk along it to Casper’s boat for a cup of tea with Boots.

Stupidly I didn’t take my camera!!!  I have managed to pinch this picture of Casper in the distance from the canal world forum (linky to Casper’s blog).  It is a handsome boat and the sound of the engine was beautiful as it puttered down the cut to greet me.

The ice at the edge was a good inch thick – heaven knows what it was in the middle.

The evening banter was delightful and I enjoyed catching up with friends old and new.

Today is my birthday too and I have had a lovely day and lots of cards and presents. Thank you everyone.