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Aurora Areolas are two words that have haunted me since a small child.
I am not sure where I even heard them for the first time but as a child of around 8 I would skip in the road outside our house and sing these two words over and over again.
I started learning more about them by going to our nearest library in Bancroft Road off the Mile End Road in east London and next door to Bancroft Road Hospital where my father worked.
The librarians were somewhat surprised to find a young and small child asking for such books but they did their best and brought books from the adult section for me to look at.
What struck me were the wonderful colours and the space around them, I even had dreams of being able to fly over them...such grand ideas.
When I was married the first time we agreed that we would make this a trip for our honeymoon but it wasn’t to be. We didn’t have enough money for a Honeymoon but we had bought our house outright so did not have a mortgage.

I continued to desire see this wonder of the world and learnt so much about the lights through reading anything I could find. Many years passed children came along and Husband was working away from home for much of the time. Then he booked a surprise holiday and I was convinced that it was my dearest wish but it was a dream and not a reality. So we took the children to Thailand and I loved it, the children made friends with local children, met people whose style of life was very different to their cushioned life but still no Northern Lights for me.

Some years after when I was married for the second time I was told that we were going on a surprise holiday just for us and it was to be a very romantic place where I had always wanted to go...so full of joy and anticipation I was whisked of too.............Venice!
It is wonderfu, full of history, fine sculptures, full of amazing restaurants and the history is mind boggling and the gondola was expensive and a very romantic gesture..
So I have come to the conclusion that my favourite holiday is all in my head, a dream that will remain with me.
Unless I hint really hard that when I am 65 next year, please dear children the message is GET TOGETHER AND ARRANGE THIS FOR ME>>>>>> no more jewellery to leave to the next generation, no money to “treat yourself” no more expensive house plant which inevitably die in my house, simply buy my dream.
Interestingly I did not set out to write this story I was going to write about Irish hols or hols in Walton on Naze!
Bridget

Good evening everyone what sort of day have you had?
Bridget

I am missing you all. Are you hiding. Bridget

Tess,
" A Lovely Soft Day " brought back such memeories, this is what my dad would say. thank you for reminding me.

I enjoyed the description very much

Bridget

I made my way through these messages and the wondered when i will see some more of the promised writing??// of course if people feel it isn't worth persuing the that is fine it was after all only a suggestion.....
Any other suggested topics and I may just chance having another go as I quite enjoyed writing my few lines especially as I had never written in this form before.

Take care everyone, I will be here again tomorrow unless I can't sleep....

Bridget

I do so agree, Ann. Holland showed no finesse at all and their tactics were atrocious.

Actually the ref had his work cut out, the Dutch were very aggressive and I am glad Spain won. I think any ref would have had a problem with that game. The papaer refers to the fact that the Dutch played the most thuggish game of the series.

Good morning everyone,
What a wonderful night for Spain. Not the best of matches but the Spanish footwork was sensational. Pity about the ref though, the Hungarian one was so much better in the Germany-Uruguay match. Someone once said about the English ref that he couldn't control his children so how could he be expected to control a football match!!!
Quite hot here again today but there is a lovely breeze.
Enjoy the day,
Frances

We have drizzle this morning and glad of it, so long since it rained that the garden was parched.

Good morning all, hope everyone is well. I shall be back to sorting out my new pc this morning, trying to get everything on here that I was used to, transferring stuff from the old pc etc which is on an external hard drive. (and that doesn't alkways work how we expect it to Lol!)

I am still awake! Another of thoses nights when I just don't sleep, despite it being a good bit cooler.
It's raining at the moment, a typical English drizzle.

Last time I came back to the UK after living in theTropics, our plane was delayed in Istanbul for six hours, because of fog in the UK (this was October 1960).
In the end we landed at a "different" airport as the other one was still fogbound.
We were bussed back into London. It was a dismal drizzley day ... a big change from what I was used to. I promised myself then, that I would never complain if we got drizzle ... well that promise soon bit the dust!
But I sometimes take myself back to that day and try not to moan at 'typical English rain'
My Mum told me that in Ireland they would call it, 'a lovely soft day' which is a much more positive way of putting it.

So all of you in England, if you have got drizzle where you are - enjoy the soft day!

Tess

YEAH! Spain won, no need for penalties.

I waited to see what colour Spain would be wearing, and then put a blue tee-shirt on. Just to show my support.

Our 'Spanish Ladies' must be too busy celebrating to come on here.
I am delighted with the result, really must research the (probable) Spanish name in my tree!

Tess

I think that the match has been rather scrappy BUT now in extra time it is exciting so if no goal in the next fifteen minutes it will be a penalty shootout, What do you think about that???

Bridget

Well TV is on and football match will be starting very soon. Great to see three English people there the Referree and the two Linesmen!
Should have been the England team as well.
So VIVA ESPANA

BYE
Bridget

Loved the poem Bridget, quite evocative. Will try to add my bit later, but will be in prose, just a few memories.
Managed to sleep last night, as it was a little cooler, and pollen wasn't irritating me.
Will be watching the Football later. Don't know what colours the teams will be wearing though, as their normal home strips, are of simular colour.
Will one or both of them change?

I will be cheering for Spain anyway.

Tess

Morning Bridget,
Haven't writen for a few days as am having problems with my computer, won't bore you with the details but am unable to send e-mails, amongst other things. Weather here is glorious around 36/37 in the shade with just a light breeze to take the edge off. Big night for Spain, must find something red & yellow to wear!
So glad Germany won last night. What will we do when the World Cup is over? Genealogy perhaps!
Loved the poem, Bridget oh and congrats on being found suitable!!!
Enjoy the day and take care,
Frances.
PS. As regards the diet the son of our neighbours has just lost 4 stones just by cutting out the rubbish in his diet, chips, crisps etc. and eating fresh fruit, vegetables and chicken and fish....

n

Good morning everyone and I hope your day is peaceful.
How hot it was yesterday, I went to Bluewater,(a shopping centre) to buy an outfit for my sons' wedding and it was lovely and cool in the centre but when we came out the temp hit us...
we have hotter weather in Spain but for the UK it was unusual.

I found the outfit and the shoes to go with it so now I simly have to buy a hat and I have what is needed, for this civil marriage. Then it is diet time as I was shocked by the weight I have put on since I have been in he UK....As the church wedding is 14th May next year I must get on with dieting...any tips anyone, ? apart from eat less!!
Please do try to add your written pieces, I have just looked at mine and seen a couple of errors...And also we need some suggestions for the next choice list.

well I am going o make a coffe now and sit in the quiet and contemplate for a while and send my positive thoughts..
I will look on here again later today, enjoy the day


Bridget

Cold water rolling across our feet
The shrill cries of two city children
Running across the golden sand.

Hot freshly cooked doughnuts
Candyfloss bright pink on a stick
All the fun of the fair.

Shivering in the east wind
With the sun shining down
Jumping over the waves.

Squelas of delight as the
Picnic basket opened,
Warm lemonade to drink


Our first holiday by the sea
Two sisters bonding together
A memory chord never broken.

20 years later older sister
Living in favourite holiday place
Sisters and cousins bonding

A memory chord never broken
A new chord growing
Sisters and cousins, bonding
My favourite holiday memory


Frinton on Sea

I have never written in this form before but somehow it just happened. I did write a much longer piece about the Northern Lights but could not paste it.


Hopeful others may now add.
Bridget

Thank you Ann,
I have written the story about holidays and saved it in my normal place but cannot copy it to this thread. I have windows seven so i wonder if that is something to do with it. I will have to write it again directly on here tomorrow evening or write something new.
Bridget

You could try highlighting all the text, then go to edit (up the top) and copy, then put the cursor on the reply box and go into edit again and press paste. Not sure about clip board, are you in word?