Monday 6th January

20 Reasons to be Grateful (thanks to Ian Drury)

Lunches on a Sunday with the family.

Friendships that warm me

Watching the rain from inside

My husband  putting salt in the dishwasher

Finding cherries, red, sticky  and sweet in the cupboard

Radio 2 in the morning, driving to work

Radio 4 dramas

Terry Wogan

The windchime

which John has mended 

is dancing in the wind  today

Sherlock Holmes on TV on a winter evening

The view from my bedroom

Being able to see the sea from a distance in these storms

A brown poncho which is too ridiculous to wear outside, but is comforting me inside today

S and B getting engaged, how old fashioned, how lovely.

Sometimes that cup of tea is just what I need.

Songs and music by talented musicians

Poetry

Cheese, any type.

I love to see the sea from my upstairs window here, and at the  moment am really glad that I can watch its tempers and antics from a distance.

The Archers is on and I sink back into my chair immersing myself in the familiar characters. They fit me like a pair of old slippers, I know their weaknesses and their strengths as if they truly were my neighbours.