Another warmish morning here(41f at 9:00). We had a heavy frost overnight and I was on ice breaker duties, the bird baths were frozen. I wanted to go out for an early morning walk but had to wait in for a phone call. My cousin Tricia is over from Australia for a month and staying with her daughter in London who has been working here for 3 years now. Tricia came up north to visit her mother so she got in touch with me.Tricia appears like a whirlwind on speed, she never stops.

It was lovely to hear from her,the last time I saw her was at her Step father Bill's funeral 4 years ago.That was when she forced beer down my throat at a rate of knots. She hasn't changed since she was young,she is still the dizzy girl I have known all her life, proof that it isn't only blondes that are scatty.She has kept her stunning film star looks and figure. We managed to exchange E Mail addresses at last,the last time she gave me the wrong one.This time I played safe and gave her mine so she can e mail me.

The room is quiet again now and my ears can take a break. It is funny to hear Tricia talk,she still has her English twang but uses Australia words and that odd way everything they say ends in with a question.

She goings back to Sydney on March 10th but will go travel to London shortly to be with her daughter so we will meet up in the next few days.That's if the scatty bugger remembers.

Time for lunch and maybe then a stroll, catch you soon