Good Friday Thoughts

 

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all having a restful day.  It`s been a very quiet day with it being Good Friday.  Even the High Street, with it`s many shops that opened today, didn`t seem to have that many customers this morning and I wonder why any of them opened at all. I mean Easter is the most most important date on the Christian calender and at one time there were no shops open at all over the Easter period, apart from Saturday of course.  I must be getting old because I was thinking just how much things have changed since I was a child.  There was always the emphasis on the religious side of holidays such as Easter and Christmas, which of course made them all the more special for children and adults alike, whether they were religious or not.  At school we had lessons in religious studies and learnt the true meanings of why Easter and Christmas are celebrated.  I wonder how many children are taught that today?  I`m not really religious myself, more spiritual and even my Easter journal entries are more Easter bunny than anything else but I just think that more children should know that the true meaning of Easter isn`t about chocolate eggs.  Oh dear...I`m rambling on again...sigh!

 

Going back to this morning  (I seem to have strayed miles from the subject!),  we only went out to meet Kerry and Slava for coffee...I`m doing it again...lol!  It was nice to walk around the town with just a handful of people going about their business.  We bumped into Kerry and Slava earlier than usual so we went to Marks and Sparks for our coffee.  The lady who works there L, a lovely woman who has seen Roman since he was a tiny baby, said to Jim she couldn`t believe how he has grown.  Roman really likes her too as I`m sure he is used to seeing her every week.  He certainly does like the ladies, all ladies and of all ages too.  He never has been too bothered about men so I think it`s because they always make a fuss of him...typical male...lol!  It was nice to sit, drink a really good cappuchino, eat a hot cross bun on the comfy leather seats.  Usually it`s so busy that we have to sit on the wooden chairs but today we got lucky!

 

This morning it was pouring with rain, a very usual thing for Good Friday and I thought it was going to continue for the rest of the day.  Thankfully by lunchtime it had cleared away leaving us with a beautiful sunny afternoon.  Of course that was my cue to get the washing done and out on the line while I have a chance of getting it dry, you never know what tomorrow will bring us weather-wise.  That is one of the reasons we British are obsessed with the weather...lol!

 

For some reason this afternoon Jake started barking while in the garden.  He never usually barks while outside unless he`s being teased the the horrible kids next door or someone is there that shouldn`t be.  I went out and had a look and the kids were nowhere to be seen so it had to be the latter.  His bark turned into a persistent growl and I can only think that someone had climbed next doors fence and taken a short cut to the main road.  If that was the case it`s lucky they didn`t make the mistake of a young man some years ago who while trying the same thing jumped into our garden by mistake and came face to face with our rather grumpy old basset hound Rosie.  Rosie was not a lover of strangers, particularly teenage male strangers and  she soon made sure that the intruder went back over the fence much faster than he came in.  Ensuring that he never made the same mistake again...lol! I`m sure I know what would happen were another rather lost young male to meet Jake in the same circumstances.  The only difference is that Jake is not old and grumpy like our much missed Rosie.  He`s young, strong and very territorial where his garden is concerned and I can assure anyone that I feel very, very safe with him around...lol!

 

 

Well that`s it for me today .  I have to put some more washing outside now and prepare my evening meal.  I want to get everything done before Roman arrives at 5.30.  All I need do for him tonight is give him his last bottle and put him to bed..easy peasy!  I hope you all enjoy the rest of your day.  Take care and Bye Bye for now. :o)