Its been a strange day today. A typical Autumn day. Quiet, tranquil and warm. A lazy day, one that prompts memories of childhood, family life and our own childrens childhood.
Autumn wraps you in this warm cocoon, the Earth seems to be nurturing us for the hardships to come. Its slowing down a pace from the hectic Summer where we had stripped our inhibitions and lived life in a frenzy of activity, but also bogged down by the heat, the sun is harsh, tempers were short, sleep hard to obtain, even breathing is hard. The days were longer and we could do so much more with our time. This summer has been so hard in many ways.
The soft changing landscape, the warm colours of the trees, shrubs and soil make you feel good, a day where we could put aside our grief for a short while and imagine Mikey was just away for the day or on his holiday, a day to escape painful memories and replace them with happier times. Nature has today,tried to heal a part of our wound.
This morning Tim was cleaning the car in the warm sunshine. I decided to attempt to put the wretched computer on my bike!!
Follow the instructions step by step, yes that part was easy. Ha!!!! Managed to attach it correctly, next came the tough bit. Trying to understand how to set the damn thing up. Press this button, then press another button. This mode will show, another mode for something else.
Decided to take the bike out to see if it worked. My goodness how on earth are you expected to look at where you are going and check the blinking thing at the same time is a mystery to me!
Tim had a look when i got home and he was worse than me. Mr Impatient!!! Umm i wonder which son takes after him. Yes it has to be Tom.
Mike would work through instuctions step by step especially Lego which he and Tom loved. Tom would look at the picture on the front and commence, wondering why he was getting frustrated with it. Mike would usually finish his own and then complete Toms for him!! Until Tom got older, even then Tom would still get mad at it!! Always in a rush was Tom about everything. Mike was much more laid back.
Tom would get frustrated with his driving, Mike just took it all in his stride, never saying he a had a bad lesson, just what he had been doing. Tom would come home and tell us all about the rubbish people on the road and how the roads had too much traffic etc. Rush, rush, rush.
Having become a little confused by the bike attachment i put it to one side and asked Tim if he fancied taking a picnic out to Graffam.
Yes bag packed chairs in the back, because i still cant walk far off we go.
We had a lovely quiet time just sitting watching the world go by, we then had ride into Northhants and looked at the quaint cottages and streets, All from the car of course. Then ambled home, me dozing in the sun shining through the windows of the car. Its strange but Mike,Tom and I could always drop off to sleep as a passenger.
It was still a pleasant evening so i went out on the bike again. I'm so worried that when I'm fit to walk i will have to start back from scratch, so at least this should help. Wont it?
Well yet again tried to put photo on. Cant do it, despite, copy and paste etc etc... have another go tomorrow, will get my personal assistant Joni to help!!!
After all tomorrow is another day!
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