Hello Again!

Thursday 12th February '15

Well Hey!

Gosh I don't know where to start - It's been a while let's just say that! 

It's now 2015 an I haven't made a blogpost since the end of November 2014! So, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year, for me it was a pretty different one...

Unfortunately on December 5th 2014 my Gramps passed away. This is a pretty old photo of us but one of my favourites!

He was the most wonderful man. I look up to him in so many ways, he game me my love of birds, he taught me to whistle, he's just him. I miss him so much. He was only 70 years old I won't go into all the details but he went way too soon. I think I got my crazy sense of humour from him. My Gramps has always been quite spiritual, mostly towards the end and I won't share a lot of what he has told us, as they are very close and personal to my family, but the one thing that he would say over and over again is that he is "going to ride the winds". Damn, the days after he passed away it was windy as hell and, I dunno, maybe he's showing us he's really there. Either way, it has made me open up my mind a lot more, I have always been interested in spirituality but now I am so much more involved and intrigued by it. 

A couple of weeks ago I got a new tattoo in his memory, like I said he gave me my love of birds and my Gramps was just obsessed with them, he used to keep canaries and budgies, all sorts! But, yeah, I got this cute little blue tit and "Gramps" written beside it, you can just see the last couple of letters in the photo! His funeral was a week before Christmas Day and the Crematorium where it was held wasn't big enough to hold everyone who turned up to say goodbye, it was so overwhelming to see how many people shared such a wonderful non-religious service with us. 

I love you so much Gramps, I'm going to make you so proud.

So today isn't the longest post but, slowly but surely I'll be getting back into the swing of things. Sorry that isn't the most interesting of posts either but I'm sure you can understand!

Today we went to the beach at Whitstable and took our Penny Boards and had a lovely day!

It's our year and a half anniversary tomorrow too, then valentines day the day after that! Safe to say I'm ver excited! I can't wait to give Freya her gifts! Here's to many more happy years together! She really is the light of my life... I don't know how I would have got through these past couple of months without her, she's been my rock and I really am so appreciative of her. I love you, Munchkin! Here are a couple of cute little shots from today, I love days like these, to just drive away and take in all of the fresh air!

Thanks for sticking around if you've read this far folks!

Bird of the Day today is going the be the Snipe!

Snipe are medium sized, skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills. Both sexes are mottled brown above, with paler buff stripes on the back, dark streaks on the chest and pale under parts. They are widespread as a breeding species in the UK, with particularly high densities on northern uplands but lower numbers in southern lowlands (especially south west England). In winter, birds from northern Europe join resident birds. The UK population of snipe has undergone moderate declines overall in the past twenty-five years, with particularly steep declines in lowland wet grassland, making it an Amber List species.

So anyways, have a next couple of days and I'm sure I'll catch you soon!