Visiting

Tonight is the shortest night of the year and as I sit here blogging at 11 p.m. the sky outside still has some light. This evening I went round to see Marjory and the children with birthday presents for Neil and Lucy; both of their birthdays fall this week. The presents seemed be a hit and we all had a nice chat, they are all looking forward to their holiday in Florida next week. No sooner had I got home than there was a ring at the doorbell and I was delighted to find that a good friend had popped in to see me. We caught up on all sorts of news about family and friends, and I resolved not to leave it so long before catching up with friends. I don't know how other people manage to keep up with friends when life is so busy, I am lucky enough to have met many lovely people in my life but time flies by and I find that I haven't seen them for ages. James joined us for a cup of tea and gave us some of his delicious banana loaf. Now I am the only one left downstairs as James and the boys have gone to bed.