Goodbye Kate

Goodbye Kate, July 2012

Six months or so ago Kate emigrated to the land of Oz.

A few Sundays ago Ali and I were invited to the bungalow for afternoon tea - strange I thought, we don't usually bother with afternoon tea! We duly sat down and ate cakes and suchlike and then - in walks Kate. All the way from the land of Oz!

Etihad flight takes off from Dublin airport, December 2012

Strange to think that Kate is there somewhere between those lights in the sky. Goodbye Kate, thank you so much for coming to see me, for loving me that much. I will never forget.

Today my baby came home

OK, so I'm 60 this week. So what? My daughter Sarah and her husband invited us to afternoon tea at their place, followed by dinner. We duly arrived at 1500 hours and were served tea in china cups with one's little finger pointing out, various sweetmeats including the proverbial Mr Kipling's exceedingly good Cherry Bakewell tarts. And then the door opens and in walks Kate. Kate, who is meant to be flying Sky-West airplanes in Brisbane. Kate, who is supposed to be refused leave because she hasn't been working there for long enough. If you do not believe this, I admit far fetched story, check out her blog.