Saint & Sinner

PLEASE NOTE that this is not a diary but an attempt to leave writings intended for future social historians in 2525 and beyond. The 2525 is taken from the song by Zager and Evans,,,,

In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find…..

Wow! Two days in a row. Well something pretty momentous happened in the early hours of this morning – well early in Britain.

First I must explain, probably again, that I have my radio on with earphones under my pillow all night long. When I can’t sleep a droning voice sends me back into dreamland. I usually awake several times in the night as I am now nearly 76 and need the bathroom during the night. I awoke this morning about 4.15 a.m. to hear men talking about Osama Bin Laden. Couldn’t make out for a while why it was as not much has been heard of him for some years. Then it was said that the President of the USA was to speak. He made a stunning speech announcing that Osama Bin Laden had been killed. I woke up and took notice.

I turned on my new bedroom TV and sure enough citizens of Washington were already outside the White House shrieking their delight at the news. ( I have to remark that people everywhere look the same when they are demonstrating something, Yells, chants, shaking arms in the air, waving flags and jumping up and down in rhythm.) Anyway they all seemed very happy. To them it was justice for the tragedy of the Twin Towers on 7/11, just under ten years ago. It has taken that long to smoke out the perpetrator.

Today the news broadcasts are full of it but I have been doing other things. (Buying paint.) Do I think it will make any difference to the terrorism in the world? No, not really. As mentioned nothing has been heard of this bogy man for sometime and he was almost forgotten. Obviously not by President Obama which I think was a good thing. Now they say he has been buried at sea so as not to make a martyrs grave to be visited. This latter has not been confirmed at this time of writing. I think it would be a good place for him, the deepest trench they can find! But I expect an upsurge of attacks.

One interesting fact is that he was found in Pakistan not Afghanistan. Something not quite right there.

Other news. Pope John Paul the II was ‘Beatified’ in Rome yesterday. On the road to sainthood – very fast tracked! Not going to give an opinion as I am not a Catholic. However I do understand what the principle is as I attended a convent school in my youth.

I don't want a picture of either saint or sinner so I will give you my latest photo painting called

Meconnopsis

Royal Wedding - Middle East wars - Garden makeover

PLEASE NOTE that this is not a diary but an attempt to leave writings intended for future social historians in 2525 and beyond. The 2525 is taken from the song by Zager and Evans,,,,

In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find…..

It will not come as a surprise to anybody that this is my first blog in something like two and a half months, it won’t be a surprise as nobody reads my blog and therefore can’t be missing it! Why have I not been blogging? Partly me and my health which has been a bit on the down side but mostly because everything has been so sad, bad and horrid that I didn’t feel like commenting on it.

I finished on the Arab uprisings which have steadily turned into full blown wars. They don’t call them wars but that is what they are. Deaths and misery in so many places. Libya is the worst and no more than I expected. Syria is not far behind. Some of the other countries do seem to be putting governments together and may come out of it OK but, as I anticipated, the whole of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast is a powder keg. Last night the ‘no fly zone’ in Libya became a ‘get Gaddafi zone’ They missed him but killed his youngest son and three of his grandchildren. Bad! But how many children and grandchildren have his men killed? Hundreds. They say he was there but they missed him, as we used to say in the war ‘his number was not on it’. As I said it is all to evil and terrible to want to write about it.

USA is suffering from terrible tornadoes that have torn up Alabama and six other states. The President has visited and promised help.

So this weekend we in Britain shared with the whole world something lovely, charming and beautiful. The wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton. It was really gorgeously done. Everything went so well which seem to make most of the country and even the world a happier place – just for one day. They are now to be known as Prince and Princess William of Wales, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Plus a couple of other titles. The only thing that seems to have gone wrong is getting off on their honeymoon. Never mind I am sure they will get plenty of lovely holidays in their life time. I wish them happiness and all the support they will undoubtedly need.

At home we have given our little garden a make over. The decking needed a deep clean after the terrible winter and we have taken down some bushes and so on to make life easier. I have given our gold fish away and filled in the pond to make a raised flower bed. I had a new fence built for privacy and we went out and bought a lot of plants. It cost more than I care to mention but now looks very colourful and pretty.

Really not done much else. Easter has come and gone and so probably has our summer. April has been wonderful sunny weather but now the clouds are back. Actually we need rain. Last year we had a brilliant spring and a lousy summer. Hope its not repeated this year!