cancer fundraising
After days of rain and humid weather the garden has gone a little crazy, and none more so than the roses which are looking spectacular. I have at least five rose plants, but this gorgeous red one is my favourite. Because I leave early for work and get home late in the week, I don’t
If yesterday was a time for taking a breath, today I’m right back on it with the launch of the pre-sale for the vinyl edition of my Fields Of Dawn cancer fundraising album, A New Dawn. You may think it strange that I seemed to have done an about turn since yesterday, and to some
And breathe… I took this slightly wonky panoramic photo at work at lunchtime as I was giving Prince his pit stop. I was struck by just how busy and full on life has been recently. The fundraising has been brilliantly supported, making the effort totally worthwhile, but it has rather consumed my every waking hour,
It’s taken until the middle of May for my work unit to really begin to warm up. Just a few days ago I was still wearing my winter fleece and winter coat inside the unit. I have now discarded the dark winter colours and brought the summer colours back out. It’s definitely good for my
A week ago, following the devastating news about Deborah James, I launched the Bowelbabe teddies supporting the Bowelbabe Fund. The response has been amazing and it’s been a very busy few days as a result, especially as I was away over the weekend, so effectively losing 3 days of teddy bear making time as a
This morning I received the official permission from Leicester City FC to share the photographs I took at the King Power Stadium on Friday. The club couldn’t have been more supportive, especially when I turned up and rather put them on the spot. It’s an impressive stadium and my first visit there. I did go
On Monday the cancer community, in fact a large proportion of the nation, received the devastating news that Deborah “Bowelbabe” James was on end of life care for her bowel cancer. The outpouring of love and support for her has been of a rare kind that has been quite emotional to observe and be a
Glorious weather today in Leeds and we made the traditional short trip to the park we have renamed Prince’s park. If anything a little too hot for Prince, but he loves his trips up here. We have enjoyed a lazy day in my brother’s garden as he has actually been on call for work, so
Firstly, I’d love to be posting photos of what happened today, but I have to wait for official permission, so for the time being here’s the story of what happened today… Yesterday I came up with the idea, based on previous photos taken with the cuddly animals, that it would be a great idea to
There were actually quite a few things that I could write about today, but the news tonight of Deborah James becoming a Dame is simply the best. In an era when the public lose faith in the honours list, when stuff appears to be handed out to mates as a matter of course, this honour
