Lot's of new pictures !!!!!

Ooooops!!!!! Just found photo's from Easter and through to July. Just shows I have not been well ! We were as usual invited to Mariana's where we started by cracking the eggs together, the laugh was my egg would not break which caused fit's of laughter !!!

The meal as always was delicious, Mariana and Nelu are such good host's and it was nice for both families to be united at Easter.

The next main event was Johanna's and Daniela's birthday party at my apartment, It was hard work getting all the food ready but I had help from Amy and it is always worth it when everyone enjoys themselves. It was a dull day so we ate inside but as you will see ended up on the terresa !!!!!

Last Saturday it was the Dorabant's Festival, the village is right on the Romanian-Hungarian border and mainly ethnic Hungarian people live there. We went early only to find the festival did not start until 4pm so we went to the Strand where there is a swimming pool and Thermal pools, it was a scorching hot day so the place was packed. We had scrummy , hot sweet, fresh, corn on the cob Mmmmm!!! Then we managed ice creams, then to the festival and eventually Goulash. The Band were great and the dancers too all in National costumes. So a good day was had by all only to collapse into a cool bath and bed on their return.

my lovely grandchildren

My daughter doesn't get much time off but recently she and Kenneth have been making more of an effort. These photos were taken on a recent trip to Hunedoara castle, three hours from Arad.

July already!!!!!!

Sorry I have not written my blog. ..... I have had a lot of up's and downs in the last few months and have even cancelled a trip to UK again. High blood pressure etc. will not go into details. Any way I am feeling a lot better.

It is very hot again and bright sunshine and although I cannot go out when it is so hot I have lot's and lot's of pleasure looking at the garden, which is now looking very good. The Roses are lovely, they thrive here and the Geraniums without much attention. We went to a great garden centre and hope to go again soon, the prices were so reasonable and the people very helpful.

The family have all been wonderful and someone calls every day to see I am OK and take me to doctors, shopping etc.etc. Rosie and Yasmina are growing up fast and bring much pleasure to my life. One day about three weeks ago Amy brought them up and I suggested they they went off to the little park at the end of the estate, I gave them bottles of water and crisps and some biscuits and told them to have a picnic ....... Well !!!! they thought it was wonderful and only came back to go to the toilet, they were away two hours! The only thing is, now every time Yasmina comes .. she wants a picnic. It reminded me of when we were little , my sister and brother would go off to Hyde Park with bottles of water and jam sandwiches and stay all day and thought it was a real treat. Gosh!!! those were the days when such small things brought great pleasure and it was safe to let your children go to the park all day unsupervised. Ooooops! must be getting old I keep thinking in the past but at least I have some very happy memories.

Rafaela (Johanna's little one) is almost walking now she is a real cutie . She is a good baby and alway's laughing , she is never still and like all babies into everything. All the family are doing well and planning to visit everyone in UK in August, I don't know when I will be able to go yet as the doctor does not like the thought of me flying with very high BP. I am not at all upset I love my home here and I am very comfortable. I am planning to have four days away in Hungary with Helen when they go , it will be a change and it is not a long journey.

The Day Centre ( The Secret Garden ) is very busy these days, I go sometimes and love to see the progress they are making and how nice it all is now. If you go to the "vis de copil" site (click on address on my side panel) you will see all the activities they do now. At the top of this post you can see a lovely tableau made bythe children from paper flowers which they made themselves.

My friend Gloria has gone to live in Timisoara now but comes over once a week to meet me, usually at one of our new Malls, "The Atrium" where, much to our delight we have C&A. Yes it's great, we used to love it in Britain but they closed all the stores there. Then we go upstairs and have chinese or mexican food, can't be bad eh??? I miss Gloria a lot as she was only over in the village here 5 minutes walk away and we spent long summer afternoons together chatting and drinking tea. Still it is nice to see her most weeks.We never stop talking. Must close now and try to do a couple of job's but it is so hot. Good job I have the air conditioning !!!!!!!