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#grandchildren

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Swede’s Photographs

Good morning. ⏰🫘☕

17 July 2025

Every so often—more often than I’d like—my morning writing gets interrupted by a rogue keystroke that wipes the screen clean, erasing my thoughts with no way to bring them back. It makes me wonder if it’s fate nudging me to start fresh with something else. What do you make of that?

Yesterday’s trip to Tybee Island Beach left everyone pretty wiped out. It’s quiet this morning; the family hasn’t started stirring yet, but dawn is breaking, and I can already imagine the house slowly waking—footsteps padding down the hall, the clink of coffee cups, and a cascade of cheerful “good mornings.” Sadly, today is our last full day here before we all go our separate ways. For my wife and me, there’s one more short stop in South Carolina ahead: a visit with our grandson, his wife, and our newest grandchild.

“Quiet is the sanctuary of the soul.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

#morning#quiet#seaoates
Catherine is not complacent

#smallthings

Because I’m pleased with the results I’m sharing the bed I put together for the chaos monkey ( who has informed me she is no longer a monkey but a dinosaur princess veterinarian artist ) as a surprise.
She had outgrown her toddler bed (used, now donated) so I scoured tag sales and swapped baked goods and seeds.
I think the results speak for themselves.
#grandchildren

LaDonna

I called my daughter this evening to ask her a question. As she answers the phone, I hear my grandson excitedly asking if he can talk to GiGi (pronunced with hard Gs: Gee-Gee). That's what he calls me.
He gets on the phone, and he says, "I passed first grade! When I go to school tomorrow, I'll officially be a 2nd-grader!"
He sounded so excited! I told him we're proud of him.
❤️

#GrandChildren
#Today

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Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

We had a great time at the allotment.
Got a few jobs done - probably as much as I'd hoped.
The grandchildren don't really understand the concept of soaking the ground!

Had a splendid time telling them stories of my childhood at my grandmother's railway signal box.
The time the field caught fire from a spark from a steam engine ; the time I stopped a train with two red flags when the level crossing broke, and when the Great Train Robbery happened nearby on the main line. How I would travel from London to Leighton Buzzard on my own aged about 10!

These stories are important - the children get to appreciate that old people have a past, and don't appear fully formed as wrinklies!

#allotment#grandchildren#StoryTelling
Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

It's Sunday again.
Welcome!
Have a good one.

We're looking after a pair of grandchildren for a couple of days - mum brought them yesterday lunchtime and dad will remove them this evening when he finishes work.

They are very well behaved and pretty self-sufficient these days.
The 11year old introduced us to 'Race Across the World' yesterday where couples compete in a race to a distant destination with only a small amount of cash and a camera crew.

We've got to go to our allotment today - they can help with a bit of watering. I am falling behind with the sowing of various seeds.

We finally got our bags packed (suitcase & rucksack) for a swift departure tomorrow morning.
We knew it'd be impossible while our visitors were here. It's an early start tomorrow - our taxi should be here before 10 to get us to the station.
Follow our travels on #CoteBleuBlog in the coming days.

#allotment#today#RaceAcrossTheWorld
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Day 22 cont 📻💰💰💰🏡⚠️

Cont:

You: Phyllis is the first one, I guess.

Phyllis: I've broken the mould.
PM: Well, you're not ... you're not actually #complaining. What you're really saying is the value of [your] house hasn't gone up enough.

Phyllis: No, no, no. I disagree. I think it is ridiculous that the #inflation of house prices ... what about our #grandchildren?
PM: Well look, that is a valid point and I've acknowledged that.

I'm not saying there aren't problems for people buying for the first time, but you have to look at it in terms of both #existing #HomeOwners and #future home owners and what we have to try and do, and you quite rightly identify in relation to your grandchildren, is to find ways of mitigating the #cost of getting into your first home.

But we can't, and shouldn't do that at the cost of reducing the wealth effect and the wealth value of people who have existing properties, there's nothing to be gained by that. We have to find some other ways of #ameliorating the cost of buying your first home.

Phyllis: I think some commonsense has to be thrown into the arena just the same. You know, it's ridiculous. I mean, *you're not seeing value in the $500,000 you're spending on some broken down old dump* and…

PM: No, well...
Phyllis: That's where we are at the moment.”

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Labor / #HousingCrisis <abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/whe> / Original transcript <pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/relea>

ABC News · The year housing turned toxic was captured in a talkback chat with PMBy Gareth Hutchens
LaDonna

Drunken noodles. Husband asked for mild, mild, mild. They're still too spicy. Good, but the fire grows as you eat. Son-in-law loves this dish. So, he gets a surprise tonight. He'll get the rest of the container of food.

7 yo says. "While Gah was ordering, I went over and got us plates, forks, napkins, and everything we needed. And this one guy said he was impressed!"
#grandchildren

Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

My son's daughter - the eldest who's at university in her Fine Art first year - phoned her mum yesterday morning: "Hi mum, I'm in Prague for the weekend" - she's gone on her own, on the spur of the moment.

Good for her! I reckon she has her grandfather's teenage spirit alive & kicking in her.

You know - The kids are alright!

#grandchildren
Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

We've had a brace of grandchildren overnight.

We were going to take them to our allotment today but it's very wet underfoot and it's cold. What's more, I was awake for a couple of hours in the night for no good reason (so I'm really tired again) - so we've decided to amuse them indoors instead.
I might find a cheesy film to watch - they enjoyed the last B&W film we watched together. (This may come as a surprise - children can appreciate & enjoy stuff that isn't cartoons or Disney-pap).

Mum's collecting them about tea time today.

#Today#grandchildren
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Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

I'm feeling a bit conflicted.
My granddaughter who is 16 has been accepted into the British Army.
She's one of my daughter's children so we've not seen her for a few years.

On the one hand I'm pleased that she's found her way in life - and that she's going to be away from the dreadful influence of her father.
Equally, I lean towards pacifism and I'm against militarism. I abhor the idea of child soldiers - which she will be later this year.

As the world drifts blindly into World War Three I really don't know what to think.

#army#britishArmy#childSoldiers
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