Rocking Your World 2018: Week 35

Just popping in for a very quick post today. Here I am with our son Tom, who looks as though he has had a very good holiday. He certainly has a good tan to take home to chilly Denmark early next week.

I am a bit late writing today as we spent the afternoon at the village pool, which was completely empty when we arrived (except for the two young lifeguard/ticket collectors). Doesn't it look wonderful. There were quite a few families there by the time we left though.

I managed to swim quite a few lengths today, despite the arthritis in my arms and shoulders. I did much better than on my first visit here this year. Sadly this will be my last chance to use it as, for the Spaniards, holidays end as September arrives. Also I think it is mainly manned by students who will be preparing to return to college very soon.

There weren't many folk left when Tom left the water park in Vera yesterday either. That too will close very soon, so they ended the season with half-price entry for the last few days and Tom took of advantage of that.

This was taken from the top level looking down on the wave pool and swimming lagoon, but he spent most of his time on the slides, and thoroughly enjoyed himself, going on each of them at least three times. He posted a selfie on Facebook with the caption, "I was the biggest kid at the water park".

This picture shows my second son Mike, (aged 45), with his fourteen year old son, on an horrific 'ride' at an amusement park in Wales. They were hoisted up to an incredible height and then catapulted out to swing in a wide arc, back and forth many times before coming to rest. On the video he sent me, at one point they are seen with their arms wide spread and Mike is saying "I'm flying. I really am Peter Pan"! I am sure he will never grow up, and I have to wonder how I came to give birth to such a nutter. But at least he knows how to enjoy himself. He described it as 'terrifying but at the same time an awesome experience'. There is no accounting.....!

And that is just about it for this week. By next week it will be back to just Chris and I, so maybe I'll find time to write a better post. But now I am going to sit outside and share the jug of sangria that Tom made - before they drink it all. But first I will link up with Rocking Your World, and Annie's Friday Smiles. And I will leave you with a little funny I saw on Facebook this week. It is not the first time I have seen it, so it may be familiar to you too, but it still made me smile, and that's what we want to see on Social media, things that make us smile.

A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patty Whack.

"Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday."

Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager.

Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral.

The frog says, "Sure. I have this," and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed.

Very confused, Patty explains that she'll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office.

She finds the manager and says, "There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral." She holds up the tiny pink elephant. "I mean, what in the world is this?"

(You're gonna love this.)

The bank manager looks back at her and says, "It's a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone."

(You sang it, didn't you? Yeah, I know you did.)

Rocking Your World 2018: Week 34

Hi everyone. Firstly an apology because my link to Annie's blog did not work last week. I have no idea why, and when I tried to add the correct one, it disappeared after a few minutes, and I couldn't add it again. Hopefully this week it will be OK.

I am smiling again this week because I have another visitor, and as you can see, he is smiling too. (Sorry about the quality. It was taken on my phone after dark).

Tom is our middle son, and he spent the week before this, travelling across Morocco. He lives in Denmark, and flew direct to Marrakesh, and then crossed to other side of Morocco, stopping at several places on the way, and ended up at Nadar where he was able to take a night ferry across to us at Almeria port. So last Sunday we took our other son and his family back to the airport for an early flight and then went down to the port to collect Tom.

This week has been quiet. He has been relaxing, dipping in and out of the pool, and enjoying the sun, which after the heat of Morocco, feels quite comfortable for him. We have spent the evenings sitting out in the porch, trying to avoid all the biting insects which are a real nuisance this year, and, as you can see, enjoying sharing a jug or two of home made sangria. It has been fun to hear about his travels.

As you can see in the photo above, I have put my big, very strong, fan outside and it has been very welcome some days and evenings, as the temperatures hover in the upper thirties. On that evening I was even able to do a few rows of knitting to finish off the back of the cardigan I am making. I had to start a new ball of wool for around six rows which is always annoying, and it comes in big soft, floppy balls which start to fall apart as soon as you use them. So I decided to rewind it into a proper ball first. I saw the light shining on it in my lap and just had to take a photo of all those gorgeous colours. It will be perfect with my Autumn wardrobe, so I must try to get it done by then.

Tom has a few ideas for things to do next week, so I may have more to write about then. But this week has been all about doing as little as possible.

As it happens the weather has not been quite what we expect for August, as each evening the clouds have gathered, so for the first time in ages, we have had some pretty sunsets.  Last night the clouds were very black and there was thunder rolling all around us. We only got a few drops of rain, not enough to do any good, but villages near by had very heavy rain and there has been some localised flooding and damage. But as it is a long time since I posted any, I will leave you with three sky photos.

And now I will try those link ups with Annie's Friday Smiles and Rocking Your World, and hope I do them better than last week.