'More Never Is Enough' !!

Hi again everybody......

It's a warm-ish Saturday, here in England. I've not been anywhere (yet) today.... but, it feels Ok, here in the homestead. Today is one of those very special days.... our Wedding Anniversary !! I won't tell you how long we've been together..... but, as both of our children are all grown up - that should give you a clue... My thank's to B, for being My Wife & Dearest Friend... !!

We're actually watching a programme, about the floods, that hit parts of the country, earlier in the year. We have all the sympathy in the World, for the people, who were flooded..... but. I have to think, if you saw the rain was coming down & you been flooded in the past, move your furniture, before it's too late !!

There are people moaning about this, that & the other - but, you do need to help yourselves !! That's going to get me a slagging, if nothing else !!

Right - it's been a few days, since I last put finger to keyboard - sorry about that..... I wish I could live up to my plans, of writing every day - but.... something comes along & I just run out of time !! Oh well !!

Right - story time... please sit comfortably & I will begin !!

Back in 2013, I was at a very low point in my life. I was stuck in the hospital & I had found out, that the following day, I was going to have my 5th or 6th surgery. I was very down in the dumps & - I admit - I was feeling sorry for myself.

Anyways - in the middle of the night, I somehow walked to the bathroom.... and got completely stuck, on my ways back. I was just stood there, not being able to move..... heck, I had a 12 inch hole in my back, soooooo...

As it was, one of the night staff saw me & I was helped back to my bed. My wound was dressed - I had made it bleed thru' my old dressings - and seeing that I had had enough, the nurse said to me, in a firm voice "Don't you give up, don't you dare give up" !!

When I was back in hospital - in October/November of last year.... I actually saw the same nurse & I said to her "I didn't give up" !! and we had a laugh about the "old days"..... or however you want to call it.

I was very low, very down in the dumps.... but, nearly 3 years on, the World gave me an answer, as to why I had no right to just give up. On Thursday - 2 days ago.... I was able to hold my Grand Daughter, HJ..... and that was one of the greatest days in my life, it really was !!

The M & M's brought her over, to see us & I was able to hold the little one, for a few minutes or so. She really is the most beautiful little creature on this pale blue dot !!

I handed her over to B - after a little while - I didn't want to hold her all day.... she is too small & fragile, to be in my rock crushing
hands !! As it turned out, one of better neighbours was invited over & she just loved the little one !!

HJ is the most fantastic gift and I'm soooooo happy for the M & M's !! Well done guys.... keep smiling, the sleepless nights will end - at some point, I promise you !!

I know I'm bias - but.... she is beautiful !!

Anyways... that was Thursday !! Going back to yesterday, B took me to Taunton, to have a quick lot around the shops. I actually went into HMV and didn't buy a single Cd !! I must be sick or something.... only joking !!

I did find an Allman Brothers Cd... that looked very interesting - but, it also looked very familiar, so I left it. As it turned out, I already had a copy, home here. It was one of their 'live' sets, that I bought a couple  months or so back..... I'm glad I didn't waste £16 on it !! If only I had a brain, I would of remembered it straight away. Oh well.....

Over the last couple of days, I've had a bundle of stuff reach me, in the post !! 100 blank Cd's - about 100 empty Cd cases - from my old friend R, from the record fairs & a fantastic 5 disc set from Transatlantic, called 'More Never Is Enough' !!

The 3 Cd's are from Manchester & the 2 DVD's are from Tilburg..... the Cd's tracks are:

CD 1

1) The Whirlwind 79.47

CD 2

1) All Of The Above 31.57
2) We All Need Some Light 10.23
3) Duel With The Devil 28.48

CD 3

1) Bridge Across Forever 6.03
2) Stranger In Your Soul 33.17

As you can see, from all the track times - it suits me down to the ground !! It's live & it has long tracks on it, that ticks all of my boxes !! Brilliant stuff, I'll see about putting the DVD onto Cd - ready for transferring over to my iPod thingy. That's for the future sometime....

I have to find a home, for all of these empty cases first... for now, I thro' them up in the spare room - along with a big poster, that is behind me !! It's one of my X-rays, blown up to poster size.... might sound dumb - but it's really brilliant !! Very unique and that's for sure.

Right I must think about going......

As always, I thank you for logging & reading my words. It's good to know that so many of you keep coming back to my ol' blog.... until next time....

Bye Bye