Window on the Past

For a total change of pace my piccie of the day is one of the few that was not taken by me.
The elderly couple are my great-grand-parents Charles William and Mary Ann. The occasion was their Golden Wedding anniversary in about 1935. 
He was about 78 and still rode his tricycle everywhere, she was about 67 (looking at those numbers she married very young).
The photo was taken on my grandparent’s farm near Alcester in Warwickshire, England.
The children are their grand-children, my mother’s generation.  As such only five of the children are alive. One, Charlie (extreme left) was killed in WWII but the others lived for many more years. One of them grew up and moved to Oz (which is lucky for me).
Anyone care to hazard a guess as to which of the girls is my mother?

Milestones

Well it is still just 2009 as I write this.

It seems hard to believe we are almost a decade through the Twenty-First Century.

Yet here we are.

On Tuesday Deb and I passed one of those milestones that mark the flight of the years. The 29th of December was our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.

We didn’t have a big celebration. I took the day off work. We spent the day together, simply enjoying each other’s company. As we so often do, we went for a drive and finished the day off with a meal at one of our favourite little places.

Deb and I were in our twenties when we met. I think we have been very fortunate in growing and maturing together. We have shared so much: love and hardship; joy and tragedy; laughter and tears. On the way we have raised three girls into wonderful young women.

Of course there have been arguments and furious fights. But always what we shared seemed far more important than our differences.

So many people seem to grow apart. We on the other hand seem to grow closer.

I can honestly say that after all these years, Deborah is not only the love of my life, but also my best friend.

Goodnight and have a happy New Year!