5 January 2014

Happy New YearHappy New Year to you all. I hope your New Year’s celebrations were everything you hoped they might be and the New Year brings you peace, health and happiness. We marked the beginning of the New Year in the manner to which we have become accustomed over previous years – sound asleep. Why spoil the habits of a lifetime?

I would like to say that the New Year dawned with a gloriously sunny morning with clear skies and moderate temperatures. Unfortunately, that would be untrue. The New Year dawned with more rain and it continued to sheet down all day – more floods all over the country, I’m afraid. And, it’s still going on. The Environment Agency has issued a record number of severe weather warnings for this weekend and folks are being advised not to go out to watch the storm waves from coastal paths and sea fronts – a number of people have already lost their lives having been swept out to sea by the huge waves. Continue reading “5 January 2014”

5 January 2014 – Amusements

A week or so late and a variation on one we’ve had before (I think). This came from our friend Julie in Australia and originally referred to Canberra. We’ve altered it to make it more appropriate for the majority of our readership.

The Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be a Nativity Scene in the nation’s Capital this Christmas  season.

This isn’t for any religious reason.  They simply have not been able to find Three Wise Men in Washington!!

The search for a Virgin continues.

There was no problem, however, finding enough donkeys to fill the stable. Continue reading “5 January 2014 – Amusements”