Wednesday 1st May
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Sunshine makes you smile
But can also kill
Put your sunscreen on
To enjoy life’s thrill
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Melanoma Awareness
The month of May
Not just skin cancer
Keep those rays at bay
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New solar powered robin for my Angel
Pretty blues in the harbour
Quite a few on the beach in the corner
Lifeguards patrolling Porthmeor Beach
Friday 26th May
We awoke early and left the house at six thirty to drive to Bath to meet up with friends from Australia whom I haven’t seen for four years. They are over in this country, travelling, staying in London at present, then going on to France, Belgium and Holland.
The day was glorious; we talked and talked: reminiscing, and walked and walked and walked: sightseeing.
We began with a Bath Bun and coffee at Sally Lunn’s tea house, then explored the streets, marveling at the Roman architecture, wandering around the Abbey, finding the Royal Crescent of Georgian townhouses, eating a picnic in the park beside the river, strolling across the Pulteney Bridge and looking at the masses of water flowing over the weir. We ended the day with a few beers, sitting outside at a pub, chilling, chatting and people watching.
A terrific day, catching up with old friends, enjoying the lovely sunny weather.
You liked Bath my darling, and as we were walking around, I imagined you with us, every step of the way.
Love you sweetheart.
Beloved Angel son.
xxxxxx
Awesome display of colourful umbrellas
Bath Abbey
Pulteney Bridge over the River Avon
The Weir
River Avon
The Royal Crescent
The gardens beside the river
A walk down to the gardens
A corner of the Abbey
Looking towards the altar
Beautiful stained glass windows
Amazing ceiling
More stained glass
Bathed in late afternoon sunshine
A final walk beneath the canopy of umbrellas
Thursday 18th May
Sunshine and smiles
Big fluffy clouds
Blue skies and warmth
Bringing out the crowds.
How you loved to walk
Around the town
People watching
Hurrying on down.
A book clasped tightly
To read on the go
Turning pages
Head bowed low.
Now as an Angel
Do you still roam
Right beside us
And come back home?
I think you do
I hope you’re there
Loving the outdoors
Breathing fresh air.
But I still miss you
So very much
Wish you were here
Your hand I would touch.
xxxxxx
Harbour panorama
Blue skies overhead
The surfing beach
Wednesday 1st February
A little sunshine between the showers
Some good betwixt the melancholy
Blue skies amidst the cold and grey
A few smiles among the falling tears
Many memories surrounded by regrets
Silver linings bounded by storms
And…..
Life now, between then and next.
I miss you sweetie
Beloved Angel son
xxxxxx
A sunny harbour just after heavy showers
Blue skies for a while
Sunny Porthmeor Beach
Reaching skyward
Wednesday 26th October
A beautiful October, so blue, so still
You would have loved a day like today.
Calm and reflective, like clouds on the sea
Wandering along in your own quiet way.
Watching crowds enjoying the sunshine
Imagine you smiling as they laugh and play.
I know you are there, my Angel son
Walking beside me, is where you’ll stay.
Love you forever
Missing you always
xxxxxx
Such a pretty afternoon to play on the slipway
Children having fun padding
The water in the harbour was so still
Perfect for paddleboarding
So blue, so still
Tuesday 9th August
My dearest, my lovely
My one, my only
My sunshine sweetheart
Although we’re apart
The warmth of the rays
Brightens my days
Thinking of you
As the sun shines through
Picturing you walking
Reading and talking
Enjoying the fresh air
With not but a care
Love you forever
Forget you never.
xxxxxx
My sunshine sweetheart (August 2014, Hilton Head)
Picturing you, while the sun shines through (Kissimmee, August 2014)
Delicate new roses for you
Friday 3rd June
You are my sunshine sweetheart
Walking with me, we’re never apart.
With so much love to give and impart
Although, from our lives you did depart.
My precious ray of bright sunshine
On the beach, down by the shoreline.
Dipping toes into the sparkling brine
Happy beach boy, dear child of mine.
Love you.
Miss you.
xxxxxx
A beautiful sunny afternoon
Busy beach today
You, walking along the beach in Islamorada, August 2010
Among the palm trees, The Moorings, January 2007
Friday 25th March
“There are many tears in the heart
That never reach the eyes.”
A local tradition on Good Friday, is to go to the Boating Pond, at the top of the town, and watch all the children, (and many parents), sail their model yachts.
Dad and I, along with my sister, decided to drive up there.
Today was a beautiful, sunny day, and many participants had turned out with various watercraft.
You would have enjoyed people watching, and wandering around the pond, in the fresh air.
The boating pond on Good Friday
Having spent some time watching the boats, we drove to a newly opened cafe/restaurant/micro brewery, at the top of the town, with spectacular views. Cappuccinos all round.
They served your favourite: chocolate brownies.
Blue skies and seas surrounding the town
We then drove back home, and went off for a walk, fascinated by all the holidaymakers enjoying the sunny, but not too warm, weather. It’s still March, but so many families were on the beach, and in the water, as if it was the height of summer.
A sunny corner of the harbour
The main surfing beach was fairly busy too, with the lifeguards now on duty, and the Surf School up and running.
I’m sure you would have walked along the beach, getting your shoes wet, full of sand and watching the waves.
Porthmeor Beach today
Bamaluz, looking towards Hayle
Just before we walked home, we stopped off in the church, and lit candles for you, and for your brother’s girlfriend’s mum.
It’s three hundred and seventy nine days since you went to heaven, my heart is still full of so much pain, but I try my hardest to keep the tears at bay, trying to keep them from my eyes.
I write your name in the book, asking for prayers to be said for you.
We light candles for you
I wish you had been with us today.
Missing you like crazy
Precious Angel baby.
xxxxxxx
Flowers in the late afternoon sun
Sun and rainbow prism, through the trees
Sunday 1st November
I don’t know, perhaps I’ve been feeling a little sad these last few days, and can’t seem to shake off the miseries.
And then, this afternoon, whilst we were walking around the harbour, I hear from my younger son and his girlfriend who are holidaying in Malaga, Spain. They are having a lovely, relaxing break, enjoying the coast and warm weather. It was good to talk with them, to lighten my mood.
Then a few photographs began to appear on my phone, and this one made me smile.
A ‘Ta Dah’ moment from my son:
Ta Dah. Malaga, today.
So, we decided to send our own ‘Ta Dah’ pictures back to him:
Ta Dah. Dad, on the slipway, today.
Ta Dah. Me, on the slipway, today.
When we came home, of course I had to find a ‘Ta Dah’ picture of you.
This one was taken on one of our visits to the Islands of Adventure, in Orlando, and you were ‘Ta Dah-ing’ the view across to Dr Doom’s FearFall:
Ta Dah. You enjoying Islands of Adventure.
All smiling, happy faces.
As it should be.
I hope you’re smiling up in heaven.
Ta Dah, my darling little Angel.
Love you to the moon and back.
And all the world.
Love you more.
xxxx
Love you. Miss you.
Blue sky and Autumn leaves
Your favourite colour.
Monday 28th September
Two hundred days ago you gained your Angel wings.
There is not a day that goes by when I don’t think of you.
It only seems like yesterday.
We brought Nan to visit with you today. We have moved her into a care home much closer, so that hopefully her friends will be able to visit more frequently. And of course, she can come and see you too.
Today she was upset though. She loved you so very much. And she misses you.
We all do.
Your sunshine sunflowers are looking beautiful in the back garden, my little sunbeam. You would be so proud of how well they’ve grown. “The tallest sunflowers in the world”. That’s what you had planned.
If only you were here to see them.
Can you look down and smile?
Two hundred days.
Love you forever.
Missing you constantly.
Thinking of you always.
My sweetest sunshine Angel.
xxxxx
One of your sunflowers in the back garden.
Cemetery sunshine
Your flowers today
