Those that know me know that I am a fatalist. Everything happens for a reason, all we do is make choices. I woke up this morning to receive a series of delightful Christmas cards and all from special friends. We thought that one was from the Netherlands, I am not sure why, but that's what we thought. Nevertheless we were wrong and it was from Jeff and Tammy in Ghana. Brilliant, I was well pleased. Especially seeing that I received an email Christmas greeting from another good friend Jose Lau in Hong Kong only last night and had answered that just before today's post arrived. The second card that I opened was from a good friend of mine from my Fire and Rescue Service days. Eric of Bosnia, or again, so I thought. It turned out that the Serb Croat Bosnian writing was in fact Latin. The card was not from Firefighter and friend Eric, but Captain Eric of the Parachute Regiment. Another good friend and one that has promised me an evening at Sandhurst. The third card was from another good friend David of Cambrian Landrover. A close friend who has been extremely supportive, especially while I have been unwell this year. I was on a roll, and the fourth card came from a good friend in Newport South Wales. Karen looked after my brother-in-law John for the last seven years or so up until his death a few months back. John Connel was a lovely man, a real stand up guy like my father Sidney Bennett, and his brother 'Uncle Len'. Unfortunately they have all passed on, and I suppose it's times like Christmas that the loss of loved ones hits home the hardest. It's nice to have cards from friends, but it's also nice to have cards from family. With that in mind it was lovely to find a fifth unopened card this evening. It was from my Bro and his wife, well done folks that topped my day. Well, in many ways lots of things made today a special day. The cards from four good friends, the card from my Bro and of course the snow. The latter fell thick and fast and was great fun as you can see from the photograph. As I finished the snow man with Paul, I sent a picture text to Jeffers in Ghana. A few seconds later and my mobile rang and Jeffers was on the other end.
But not to comment on the photo, no as a fatalist it came as no surprise that as I wrote the message and sent the text to Africa, Jeffers in Ghana was dialling the UK. So the photo is uploaded to the Blog this evening, just in case that text never got through or the image didn't open. Like Jeff said, "It's hot in Accra today", so this little Snowman might help to cool them down.
