Thought Of The Day

  August 29th 2023 My days are done in Grimsby. I am leaving tomorrow morning. My daughter, the youngest one, from Reading will be driving. It is five hours drive. We can not figure out the exact travel time, all depends on Motorway. Sometimes takes couple of extra hours, depending on traffic. Let's see.  My other daughter from Kent is also here,  in Grimsby,  with her son. Her son just done with his GCSE exams, got all As. I am happy for him. He will also be with me, with her mom, for my journey to London. My trip will be great. I will be leaving Grimsby, the place of my middle daughter. Today is the last day with my daughter. It is morning, 9.15. I am enjoying breakfast, sitting in the eat in kitchen. Three of my daughters, are also sitting around. What a moment to be cherished. Blinds of glass panels of kitchen windows, are all drawn up. I can see view  of back garden. Palm trees, smiling red and white Roses, the beautiful Bonsai tree at the back. Deep orange...

  August 25th 2023 Mixed sunny   cloudy  morning. It is 8.15 my daughter has to go for some appointment at 945. I will go with her. She will drop me at Grimsby station, at my favorite spot. I will enjoy my quiet time, sitting on steel benches at the station. Freshney mall is just at ten minutes walking distance. I will go there too, to walk around, to enjoy. It is 9.45, I am at station. Small train with three coaches, is about to leave from platform No 2. Not many people here. I will go to overhead bridge after sometime. That is also one of my favorite hobby. We have to do all these sort of things to have a feel of small towns. We miss all that, living in big cities. Last night, my daughter invited couple of families, to have dinner together. Grimsby is a small town, not much commuting. People have enough time to socialize. Small towns usually have close knit society. I think, it is a blessing, in this era of online working and zoom meetings. People are getting more isola...

   22nd August 2023 Bright sunny beautiful morning, 20 C right now. It is 9.30, I am enjoying my breakfast, sitting in the small eat in kitchen at my daughter's place. It is at the right side of her kitchen. Small round table, three steel silver chairs with round wooden base, around. I am enjoying view of the garden, through large glass panels. Garden is small,  not as big as we have in Canada,  still very beautiful. Two Blackish red roses are smiling in a large flower pot. Beautiful small plants, in flower bed, at the side, are loaded with deep orange color flowers, so eye catching.  In England, land is not much, like in America and Canada, so things, I mean houses are sort of compact. Very different landscape. Every land is unique, has it's own identity, it's own beauty. Palm trees, at the right of the garden, looking great. Bonsai trees are, beside the back wall of the garden. All looks picture perfect. My daughter cares very much, works hard to maintain...

   August 18th 2023 It is a mixed sunny cloudy morning. I am in Grimsby, came two days ago from my grand daughter's place, Stratford. My daughter was there, with her husband, to accompany me to her home, Grimsby. They were back a night before from Switzerland, enjoying their one week holidays. I started my journey from Kent on 15th morning. It was a working day, lots of traffic on the way so took one and half hour to Stratford. My grandson was driving, the other, younger one was sitting next to him. I was on the back seat, enjoying scenic view around, on the way.  At 1.30, we were at my grand daughter's place, Stratford. She was working from home, stuck with meetings, still took some time off, in between, to take me around. Nice of her. We feel lucky to be with our kids and with grandkids, is like cherry on top. My daughter and my grand daughter took me to "Westfield' mall, across. It is very famous, built at the time of London Olympic. It was ten minutes walk for me. ...

  It is mixed cloudy sunny morning, rain just stopped. I am done with my breakfast, enjoying tea outside, in my daughter's back garden. I like the grey two seated swing. It is still wet, not much water on the seat. Thanks to the canopy on top. I will wipe out water and will enjoy, sitting there.  Perfect morning, not too hot. Today is the last day for me in Kent. I will be leaving tomorrow morning, to the next station Grimsby, to my another daughter's place. She will be coming back tonight, from Switzerland, after enjoying one week holidays with her husband. Schools are closed here till 4th of September. Yesterday, I went to roam around the Kent Hi Street, one more time. My daughter is not well, having back ache. I missed her company, sitting in, " Morley Cafe", having tea alone. She was insisting to come with me. I told her to skip.  It is not a good idea to push yourself. Health is priority. We already enjoyed our time together, sitting in the Cafe, couple of days a...

  Beautiful sunny mornings for the last couple of days. It doesn't look like London. No rain, no cloudy mornings. It is 21 C, will be 25 later on. It is 10 am, I am done with my breakfast, walking around, in the back garden at my daughter's place, in Rochester.  Nice breeze loaded with fragrance of beautiful, variety of flowers in the pots around. Red roses are giving me smile, to make my day. I am sitting on steel grey garden swing with canopy on top. Life is all good. No worries. I met with my childhood friend on Tuesday, 8th of August. It was a long journey from Rochester to Finchley Road. Journey started from Dulwich. My son in law dropped me there, on the way to his work. I took bus # 3 to Victoria station, from there bus # 13 to Finchley, to my friend's place. One hour each location, total three hours travel time on buses and car.  It was tiring and took long, still worth it. To see your loved ones, nothing looks tiring. You get happiness at the end of your journey....

  August 8th 2023 Beautiful mixed sunny cloudy morning. Sun is not fully awake, still dozing off inside his light grey blanket. Yesterday my youngest daughter came from Reading to Rochester, to join me and her sister. It was two hours drive. She was tired, after taking a break, we went to "Creams Cafe " to enjoy time together.  It is 8.15 morning, looks very quiet, I think, my daughters are still sleeping. They were up till late night. Kids left for work.  My daughter will leave today, anytime after lunch, will go back to Reading. I am planning to go to see my childhood Grade five friend. She moved to Netherland to her elder daughter. She has two daughters. Her younger one lives here at Regent Street, in downtown London.  My friend is here, with her daughter for couple of weeks. I will go to her place, will stay overnight. Great moments to cherish. She is looking forward for that, me too.  My son -in- law will drop me at "Dulich", on the way to his work. I will ...

    August 5th 2023 Beautiful sunny morning. It was raining for couple of days, Me and my daughter were busy with, going to indoor places, visiting relatives and shopping Malls.  London has mostly shopping Plazas, with scattered big stores and eateries. For the last, I think two decades, we now see lots of indoor big shopping malls too.  Yesterday went to, "Blue Water Mall", thirty minutes drive from my daughter's place, Rochester.  It is big and scenic. You can shop inside and also enjoy the scenery, sitting on the benches, all around. Lake view outside is beautiful.  My daughter was busy shopping with her husband. I was walking around. We don't need anything at our age. I enjoy, walking in Flowers and bakery isles.  Today, It is bright and sunny, I am walking on Hi Street.  Parking is not easy here. Rochester is a tourist city, with Castle and historic Church. My daughter luckily, got one in the parking lot. It is a paid one, we can not get spac...

  September 1st 2023 Cloudy morning, raining, of and on, for the last couple of days. It is 8.30, 15 C, I am going downstairs for breakfast. I am at Rochester, Kent, with my another daughter, came here from my youngest daughter's place, Reading, on 30th of August. Rochester is a beautiful place with a very different scenario, comparing to Reading. Reading looks to me like a city of flowers, with green all around, scenic. Rochester is a city of Castle and Cathedral, a tourist place.  I love to walk around on it's High Street. At one end of the street, is  Cathedral,  second oldest   after Canterbury. Next to Cathedral, is Castle, a beautiful piece of Art and architecture.  At the other end of Hi street, are many places to tour around, to enjoy. Art gallery, Museum in 17th century old building, "Six poor Travellers House". So much to see and enjoy in a beautiful historic and peaceful atmosphere. Rochester is very different, scenic and historic. I will enjoy a...