It's an ill wind

Hmm...today I give thanks for the glorious weather. Each to their own, I know! To me it's a great treat to be out in the wind and rain and know you can come home to the warm and dry. And I love the churning sea...

I give thanks that Kostas has his sister coming for Christmas this year...not least because this means he doesn't have to eat the usual prison food but can have something nicer in the visiting area...

Gratitude too for Greig Trout realising you didn't have to be dying...though like most actual bucket lists it presupposes you're well heeled, well supported and, well...well!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10533463/Cancer-bucket-list-101-things-to-do-after-twice-surviving-cancer.html
For most people, with or without cancer, learning to enjoy the amazingness of where you are and what you're doing even if isn't obviously wonderful, privileged, adventurous or fine is the biggest challenge and the greatest reward.

I'm grateful for twisted sifter's art pages. Check out the embroidery
http://twistedsifter.com/2013/12/grandma-shares-30-years-of-embroidered-temari-balls/ and the crochet coral reef. http://twistedsifter.com/2013/04/the-crochet-coral-reef-project/
Or indeed any other bit that takes your fancy, or not if that takes your fancy too!

...and for starting Bernard Moitessier's The Long Way. Tracked down at the library to savor in the ocean of my bath...

...and that, so far, the bad weather has meant that Bob is likely to get here quicker as Cross Country has let budget ticket holders travel on speedier earlier trains!