Gardening in retirement. I hate to say it but this week has been tricky. You’re probably sick and tired of reading my negativity particularly since we got back from our trip, but for some reason there have been a number of irritations on return and this week has continued in that vein. Ridiculous speeding fine,…
Category: Happy retirement
Normal retirement life
Picking up the reins of normal retirement life through the haze of jet lag. I said in my last retirement blog how comforting it was to get back home to those familiar routines. And so it is but one of two things have prevented this happening in any pure and predictable way. And jet lag…
A perfect retirement day?
A perfect retirement day? Well for me at least. If I brainstormed what such a day might look like, it would probably include some or all of the following. First up we would probably be somewhere different and of course in a place we like. Then we’d have the following activities – trains, souvenirs, old…
Retirement pleasures in musical form
So retirement pleasures. I promised in my last blog, which was a tad miserable, that I would write something more on the cheerful side this time. Well here it is, as cheerful as I can be. It was harder to write and it’s shorter than the miserable one. What does this tell you about my…
Retirement life complexity
Retirement life complexity, like a jigsaw, but that doesn’t fit together, unlike the above image. Gosh golly there are times when this retirement blog is hard to write. I’m not sure whether this is because I feel I have nothing to write about (this at a time when our lives have never been busier) or…
Retirement blog: Is this my retirement X Factor?
A retro retirement blog from February 2014. Possible my first reference in these retirement blogs to our land in Colorado and see how that has changed since then. Mainly in that it is no longer ‘our’ land. Still never mind life moves on as we know especially now we’re retired.. The things you think about…
Retirement blog: Unexpected pleasures
There is absolutely no doubt that when we come down to our Derbyshire residence we lead a completely different life. And equally there is little doubt that we enjoy doing different things in our retirement. I need the variety, the balance of being in different places, to feel I’m leading a fulfilling retirement. So a…
Retirement blog: The glamour of rail travel
I remember quite clearly my four main areas of activity for my retirement life when I started out on this whole retirement business. They were, in no particular order, – this retirement blog, our vineyard, music in some form and travel. Well three out of four achieved to some degree isn’t bad. The missing one,…
Retirement blog: Happy challenges?
There have been a few significant (I’ll explain why I think they’re significant) retirement events just recently and with more to come. There’s the harvest in the vineyard about which I shall, (all being well) write later this week and then there’s our second hotel visit of the year and since the pandemic lockdown, that’s…