A quick blog, it’s beautiful again here today. I went for a
walk to a park. My guide dog will not guide when it’s a fun place. Last week
when we went to the forest, LF guided Hub perfectly. But my Waggatail see’s a
park and that is that. So, we found a seat sat down and took in the world. The
different smells. The sounds the air and so on. We passed a Japanese wooden
building. I would love a Japanese garden. If I was staying in this house forever,
I would do that it is such a clean and pretty space to have. I love Japanese
trees too. I do think back when Hub took Boy Wonder to Japan. I kind of wished I
had gone. It was for two weeks and our Son says it was the best holiday of his
life. I must say, it sounded so lovely and very interesting. Hub was working
out there and our boy went with him. Whilst Hub was at work, BW went out with
one of Hubs colleagues to visit the tourist places. I stayed at home and looked
after our two dogs. Who knows, one day I may get there, but I’m not sure of the
journey as it’s so far away.
The park was packed. It was interesting as most children
were with their Grandparents. Thank God for Grandparents. Or what would happen
as now days most Mums work whereas when I was little, most Dads worked and Mums
stayed with children.
I hope when I have Grandchildren, Hub and I will be able to
take our Grand children to places, this is so difficult for Grand parents who
are blind. We can’t just go to petting farms with the little ones. We can go
places when they are older, but not 2, 3 and 4. When they are older, they are
not going to run off for one thing…
Also, it’s really difficult to know where we are going and
more difficult to put our children on attractions for example, take them on a
rowing boat. Even take them swimming. So, I do feel for Grandparents who are
blind. In our case when our Son has a baby, Hub and I will have loads of love
for our babies, be able to play with them in the house, even turn our garden
into some kind of play park. Paddling pool sand pit and so on. We will be able
to take them on a train or on a bus somewhere, but to big parks and other
places where children will enjoy, that is a different story, or even on the
beach. If you can’t see, the beach is a daunting place to walk on. It’s vast
and full of people laying down. Haha, our dogs won’t work on the sands either.
Someone has asked me what to do when she has her baby, she
is blind and doesn’t know how she will get from A, to B. Though she has a white
cane and is confident with it, I told her you can get something to carry the
babies in an put it on your back or front. Or pull a pushchair. We can’t push
them as we don’t know what is in front of us. So, we hold the white cane/guide
dog with one hand and the other hand pull the pushchair/pram. It’s not at all
easy I am sure but there’s no other choice.
Did you hear about the thieves who stole the Swedish crown
jewels, then they took off on a speedboat? And, they were stolen from a
Cathedral. Shocking.
And no, it’s not a
joke. It’s true.
NASA has discovered that on Mars, there isn’t enough carbon
dioxide to sustain human life
So, NASA, care for this planet and stop looking for another
to spoil.
OK, I shall go for now, but before I go, some words.
“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing
that some have entertained angels without knowing it.”
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