News.......

Hi there, Daisy calling.  Hasn't this week simply flown by and, goodness knows,we've been busy at our new home to be,, and quite soon now!  Don't you just hate moving, and packing everything up, then losing things because you can't put your hand on the list you've drawn up, to ensure you don't lose anything?

Well, I guess we'll be OK and settled again, soooooooon!

But to the news, which I've been following today.  Our English Ash tree is under threat from an imported disease which, unless its progress is halted and steps are taken to prevent its spread, could pose a very significantly serious threat to our island nation; a condition which needs to be dealt with, with the utmost direction and speed, for to lose the Ash tree as well as the English Elm, would be he most awful disaster for the British Isles.

America is today facing up to a dreadfully alarming storm which is about to break on its east coast and I wish all our American cousins good luck and a safe deliverance from its damage.  I do sincerely hope all those living within its projected area on impact, heed their national and local government warnings and remove themselves and their families to a place of greater safety for the duration.

Good luck and God speed to all concerned and be safe.

So our clocks have gone back by one hour and we're all out of time today.  Soon the mornings will be darker later, our days will shorten, and the air become decidedly colder, at least here in the northern hemisphere, as the world hurtles towards the mid-winter festival, which thankfully we all celebrate in our own individual way.  My son in Australia tells me it's still cold, when it should now, by rights, be coming warmer and staying  so, but when we Skyped the other morning, the rising sun was obscured by some low lying cloud, and it looked very dull indeed.  I do hope the weather improved later on?

Christmas plans and menus are being drawn up and folk are posting Amazon lists to one another, but there's still time, so don't panic just yet.  And I always find it so interesting to watch as the affairs of nations and peoples continue to resolve themselves right up to, seemingly, the very last moment. almost to Christmas Eve itself, before the world calls a halt to such matters and concerns, finally settling down to a peaceful period of family home time.

I love reading the weekend newspapers, don't you?  The holiday destinations, the food and gardening items and the fashion news, not to mention the stories, articles and individuals' interesting viewpoint columns;  and  the news.

Ah, the fashion articles and the pictures of the look of the moment, being worn at an Event or on some catwalk somewhere.  What fun for we girls, and for  the men too, for their fashion news is given just as much prominence nowadays, and isn't that good news, for all of us?

Cheerio for now

Daisy