My other blog

 I have been blogging here since 2007.  How did that happen?  In that time the blog has been a gardening blog, a record of the arrival of our many delightful grandchildren, a record of my attempts to keep fit and all my various interests.  From time to time it has also included some musings on time and ageing.

Perhaps as part of having a little more time while we live in our rented house as our new house is built I have been feeling like a bit of a change of direction.  I intend to continue with this blog but I have started another more directly with the purpose of trying to pin down some of the thoughts which chase around my head from time to time.

so what happens next


Over the fence, into the view.  Where are we going?  What happens next?

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