where has it gone

The year I mean,

anyway I wake up this last day of the year to a dark and very foggy frosty morning,(all through the holidays I have woke at the same time I do as if going to work) so no" lie In's" for me I guess.

I always tend to look back at the year gone and wonder what have we done?

well here in brief

January=it rained and we got our new doggy


February=it rained and took our doggyout in the rain and got wet.

March=it rained

April =it rained

May =I think we saw the "sun" but it rained

June =it rained

July= it rained

August= yes it still rained but but stopped long enough for my Daughter to be Married.

September= it rained But we mangaged to get out of he rain by going on holiday to the USA.


This is a pic of our last day as we traveled towards Lake Mead.

October= it rained

November= it rained and got cold

December= the rain has stopped but now everywhere is ice and cold.

Someone got a nice suprise with a hot air ballon ride on Christms Day
bet it was cold up there.

It sounds gloomy, but really the year has been good I have managed to get to work all year without a single day off sick, I still walk the dog every day and he is a good and welcome part of our family. I just wish it would stop raining.

The financial depression has hit a lot of households and appears to be getting worse, I don't know even if my job is safe as we go into the "New Year" but after working since I was 15 years old(42 years now) I not too worried if I lose it.

I have never been unemployed and it will be strange for me not to get up and go, and have to re- lie on benefits.

So at this point, I would like to wish everyone who comes in here from time to time a very happy New Year and hope everything goes well for you.

We won't be going out tonight it's too bloody cold for a start and anyway we like to watch the firework displays in Birmingham from our upstairs bedroom window, its warm and cosy and no doubt will be worse for the wear from alcohol abuse.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

RATS

We have rats under our shed in the back garden, so as my gas pistol is broke (been meaning to fix it for ages ) it prompted me to go to a place near Merry Hell in the Black Country WHERE THEY SELL BIG BOYS TOYS Yaaaaaaaaaaaa.

this gun needs fixing I need this bit for it I said, yes sure the bloke said I know just the bit you need, so I ordered it, anyway while I was there I could not resist to look at all the other BBT'S and ended up getting a new BBT.

So look out Rats I am gonna get ya

Who says you have to get old and grow up, and oh I fixed my pistol,

the holiday

well to save doing it twice and because I am a man,,,,and lazy to boot and of course "D" is the better writer look herehttp://www.brummieblogs.com/AMERICAN%20ROAD%20TRIP.htm for the holiday adventure.



full of pics and stuff enjoy

I think I might just stop here

here are a few more pics not in any order just us having a good time , here we are horse back riding


yes we did get to the Grand Canyon

as you can see

these roads never end

Oak Creek Canyon near Sedonna

today we have driven from the Grand Canyon to Kayenta and this is the view from our door. I f I turn left out of the Driveway I get to go straight through monument valley.

and this is me finding out that this is a dry city and can't buy a beer anywhere.

its big isn't it

look I took a small peek at the monument valley

Tomorrow I am going to drive all the way through it, seriously this is the best place to visit everyone is so friendly, but I didn't know they didn't sell booze here in Kayenta but it's a Navajo reservation, and the indians get a bit stroppy after a few beers.

we're here

wow I can't put in words what this place is like, just bloody wow.

not going to bore anyone with minute by minute, but we are having such a great time Arizona is the best place to visit.

we are at the minute staying in Williams N.AZ. about 60 miles from the south rim, this place is so easy to get to just about anywhere, going to go on a sunset horse ride tonight and tommorow check out and head for the south rim of the Grand Canyon Everthing we have seen so far has just been fabulous.

we stayed here in Vegas

Oak Canyon

A view from Meteor Crater

Meteor Crater and Hoover Dam

never thought I would drive on a high way like this

thats all for now ,,,,,

and it rained

bloody glad I am going away!!!!!!!!!

pictures show "small" stream close to us in full flow after the deluge it was a good five feet above normal and at one point must have broke the bank as the bungalows opposite were flooded

play this then read on

This is my freind LEE
he likes to polish his head
AND OF COURSE THIS IS A PRIVATE JOKE
this is Lee pretending to work

I like Lee and that is why I got his favorite song for him, I think he likes the Indian best,

Anyway he has asked me to keep in touch with him whilst we are away so I will be posting pics on our journey.
so look out for them.
I don't know when next post will be all depends on Wi Fi connections but will do our damdest.
bye for now


OH I FORGOT HE LIKES THIS ONE AS WELL

you would never guess

that in this country we have things like "this" in the urban districts.

I was walking the dog on Friday night and whilst crossing this

some small children playing on their bikes called me over, "Hey Mister there is a snake come and have a look!" they were all very excited and hyper and standing well clear of this snake, so I walked up to them, they had made a bike jump out of an old table,

and sure enough when I got there I saw it,was not the little grass snake I was expecting, but a bloody big Adder.

I am not prone to exaggeration but when I tell you it was about a meter long, it was big, as thick as the walking stick I now take with me.

(I don't need a stick to walk it is to keep the bloody stray dogs away)

fatter in the middle it had eaten you could tell,

I told the kids now just stay away from it they are poisonous and it is more frightened of you than you of it,

it can bite you and it will hurt you.

I carried on home and looked on the Internet to see if it was what I saw,

I was right a big male Adder

3 or 4 hundred yards from our home.

well bugger me I have never seen one also they are a protected species