I
started this post to tell you about a few more writing successes but
really it's just an excuse to put up more pictures of my lovely
granddaughter, Orla, who is now 10 months old. Strangely, all of the
following items have a water-based theme.
Here
she is looking forward to a bath. She loves the water whether it's in
the bath or the swimming pool. She attends a weekly swimming group
for babies and has gained her first certificate before moving up to
the next level. I think she's going to be a triathlete like me.
Here
she is enjoying strawberries and blackberries. My son and
daughter-in-law have to strip her off because blackberry stains are a
nightmare to get out. She has to be put under the shower afterwards.
You can just see her big brother, Finlay, staying well out of the way
in the background.
Oh...
I nearly forgot about the writing.
Nottingham Writers' Club held its annual awards night last week. As well as
collecting my trophy for Verse Of The Year which I won back in March,
I found out that I had won the prize for a radio play in which the
theme was Adverse Weather. I entered a comedy based on Noah
and the great flood involving a case of mistaken identity. It was
judged by local broadcaster Graham Wright who is also a club member.
I
also won one of the raffle prizes – a box of various scented shower
gels. So that's the wife's Christmas present sorted.
