My latest read and the excitement of travel

I apologise if you were expecting a post yesterday. I did think about it (honest), but decided to have another laptop free Sunday. It's good for me! Instead I spent most of the day reading. I started a book called Slade House by David Mitchell. This one is the Book Club read which we will meet and discuss next month when we go out for our Christmas meal. I'll have long read it by then as yesterday I'd got through over half the book (it is only a small book) and have read more this morning and well expect to have it finished later! I am loving it!

This is the first of David Mitchell's books I've read, but I think I shall be coming back for more. It's so different - a ghost story. Every nine years a sort of porthole opens and a guest goes into the house. At first they don't want to leave, then they can't. I shall carry on reading at lunchtime as things are winding up to an end but I have no idea how this will happen.

My youngest son has gone off on his travels again today. Right now he's on a plane heading to Croatia and then he has a few days in Slovenia. He's become quite the traveller over the last few years and has been to more countries than me, though I do love travelling and get quite excited by a trip.

I love going out and about. Right now I have a list of art exhibitions I'd like to visit and a longer list of places in England, and some abroad. I'm always making plans, checking out hotels and things to do, looking at train timetables and thinking about when I can go. I love planning for day trips as much as for longer trips. And I enjoy writing and photographing my trips. I have another blog called piece of the attraction where I post about all this. Maybe my son gets his wanderlust from me. He's not the best communicator but he does use Instagram so I tell him to post a photo when he gets to wherever  he is going so I know he's okay. I love his photos. I'm not Facebook friends with him as I think he's entitled to not have his mother tut tutting about his posts, but I've caught him on Twitter a few times and seen other sides to him, especially his humour. He makes me laugh with his one line quips. I like to think he gets that from me too!

My older son is the computer and science nerd. He's my IT man! He can be obsessive like me, and stubborn. He once had a thing about wearing suits with waistcoats and wanted a pocket watch! He likes hats is an animal lover and thinks deeply about stuff. We have long conversations sometimes. He's a bit of a loner and like me is a Trekkie fan. They are very different, the boys, but I see bits of me and my husband in both of them, and I love them to bits. Now at 30 and 27 they still surprise me.

I'll finish here with a few photos. Have a great day all.

Me in my late teens

My youngest as a child
(sorry for the quality, photo of a photo)