another year gone dammit

or actually, one and a half. Most of it pandemic, and now, war. one feels guilty continuously. Dad died last July - and had a very sad last years as visiting was difficult or impossible. Carole ended up with all the relevant burocracy etc, while Geoff had health problems,at the moment hopefully recovering. we had trips, nice meals when not isolating... village life goes on, with more young families around, and some of the oldest people dying. our not so new neighbours are still annoying. We are in the process of buying a little house - or flat? in Pècs. We have a chimney and fireplace in the stable-room, that is spectacularly unsuccessful in heating the place, but the table-tennis worked out, where the wine-press place was in front of the cellar, it was a 70th birthday present for me - it was a nice day, too with the old girls coming down with lots of beautiful food. and we are getting ready to visit Martin, Sharon and Sydney in Toronto in June, after more than 2 years of seeing them. Well, I wonder if anyone sees this - I only remembered, as an anonymous comment appeared asking if we were OK- thank you, whoever you are... writing on my mobile, no idea how to attach photos here - there are lots of those