Memory Jogger

 

My memory lets me down quite a lot these days. So the main reason I opened up this blog again was to keep my brain alive; to try to remember details of my day and write it down in some sort of cohesive form, so I sit with pen in hand and focus.  It becomes harder - takes mr at least ten minutes to think of a relevant title which mostly turns out to be rubbish.

One of the things I comically have difficulty with is the NATO alphabet and when asked on the phone the other day to spell out a name which should have been V for Victor and R for Romeo I came up with Vera and Ronald which makes me laugh now but was a little embarrassing to say the least.

Plant names escape me too- at one time I could name a plant in Latin and it’s common name - now it’s - you know the one with the little pink flower which smells nice.

Hence writing the blog - I think keeping a journal may help - write it down as soon as it happens.  The day after writing a post I think oh I should have mentioned so and so - too late!

So this morning it was raining again so I made some marmalade

Then after lunch and a quick nap I went over the road to my friends for a cuppa and a chat where we talk about the garden - swap books and put the world to rights.

As dusk fell there was a beautiful sunset that stretched across the whole horizon - one that makes you feel small and insignificant.