Just got home from babysitting our two lovely granddaughters. They didn't wake up in the four hours that we were down at their house. It is a nine minute walk away from us. Frances and Stewart wanted to go for a birthday meal at a new Italian restaurant on nearby Oakbrook Road. When they returned they reported their dinner had been very good.
Tomorrow I am going to a football match over at Hull. The Tigers are playing Cardiff City who sacked their manager last weekend. They are languishing at the bottom of the Championship table with only one point so we stand a good chance of beating them. However, I certainly would not take that for granted.
I hope to set off early in order to make a detour to my home village - where I was born and raised. It's two years since my younger brother Simon died from cancer in Dove House Hospice in Hull and it is almost a year since a simple gravestone was erected in the village churchyard at great expense above his grave.
Trouble is I haven't seen it yet - just a couple of photographs from the monumental stone mason who followed my instructions to the letter. I am also going to take a plant pot containing coloured heathers to place in front of his headstone. Tomorrow's forecast is good
Naturally, I often think of Simon and how he lived his life. He was a difficult character and when my mother was still alive, he often came back to her - stressing her out, sponging off her and even making her feel frightened to sleep in her own bedroom. He wasn't certifiable but he didn't fit in and often found solace in cannabis and marijuana. These so-called recreational drugs sparked a few psychotic episodes and by the time he reached twenty he was much changed from the happy-go-lucky lad who entered his teens in 1969.
Over the last three days, I have observed the progress of Hurricane Helene from afar. It moved relentlessly across the Gulf of Mexico before bearing down on "The Big Bend" south east of Tallahassee. Blogmate Mary Moon lives just east of there and I was hoping that by now she might have reported on her situation. However, there may have been issues with her electricity supply and local telecommunication masts so it's no big surprise that we have not heard from her yet.
One headline in "The Tallahassee Democrat" says "Hurricane Helene skirts Tallahassee, leaves minimal damage" so hopefully Mrs Moon and her entire family are safe and sound. It seems that they may all have suffered a near miss. Sadly, initial reports suggest that Hurricane Helene has taken over 43 lives in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Millions of homes remain without power.
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