Back home again....

Why does time pass by so quickly when you're having a smashing time; when even getting tired looking after two adorable grandsons doesn't lessen one's enjoyment of the busy life?

I spent a super time in London with my daughter and grandsons, doing the nursery-run twice daily and cramming other activities in-between.  I visited Kew Gardens, my spiritual home, for its history, present glorious lush greenery, beautiful flowers and plants and yummy coffee bar, and its scientific promised future, helping to save indigenous seeds and plants.

And.......oh naughty me, for lunch, I chose their splendid tomato and roast vegetable soup and The most de-licious chocolate gluten-free cake.  It was so good, my head spun from the richness of this most wonderful concoction!!!

Then I visited an unknown part of London to view a well-saved and rejuvenated, elegantly preserved, private housing area, Camberwell Grove.  The Grove was the subject of a BBC television documentary programme, covering several different housing areas in London, with printed material provided by our Open University people.  This series of programmes viewed last year, and now it's being shown again, with me avidly watching every programme.  There are five more distinctive areas of London to visit and I can barely wait!!

I arrived back on Saturday afternoon just in time to get to my fifth piano lesson, thankfully, and guess what, my tutor has given me the first tiny part of a jazz piece to digest and learn.  I so want to play jazz with my honorary son, who plays jazz brilliantly - another I-can't-wait scenario, I'm afraid, but what is life without passion, hey?

And today, the whole day has been given over to setting-up my new Gluten-free blog, with photographic and written description, of all the gluten-free baked and cooked dishes we eat at home.  You see, I've been in gluten-denial for most of my life and, frankly, I've had enough of those awful side-effects and problems associated with eating gluten, but no more, oh boy, no more gluten for me!

And my family history thoughts and notes, well, they'll return next week, for my son and I shall be Skyping next Saturday and I need to collect more evidence for our latest family discoveries.  Personal history is so fascinating and, well, personal, and therefore essential to know and understand, if at all possible.  Well, wish me luck and let's hope there is something interesting to write about later on this week?

Must away for now.....cheerio

Daisy