Phew! Nearly at the end....never to be repeated...

Well... what a blur was the year that was!   To sum up:
January - worked indoors on floor and walls, whilst wintry snow challenged warmth and progress on bedroom, other windows and doors until May when a close encounter with tarmac caused me to wake up and FACE the grim reaper who did not succeed! That was lucky! Summer arrived as I wrote copious letters for the insurance company. Badinter's Law came to the rescue but I'm still awaiting the final outcome. Maybe all will wake up again in 2014. Other interesting experiences occurred whilst helping 'a friend', then another friend shared unexpected joy and sunshine whilst camping and cycling on the Ile de Ré followed by a trek to UK for family celebrations and the longest distance walking I have ever done.  August arrived with mixed weather where sunny days allowed cycling, walking, gardening, painting and in September not only did I get to revisit Ile de Ré, this time by myself but also Cornwall was an unexpected gift for cycling and camping. Fantastic! October removed bunion number 2 and the hat of my house.  November was rather a shaky start as I learned to walk again and sighed relief when the roof was finished to my greatest pleasure.  I booked a flight to UK not thinking whether the foot would walk or drive.  It had to work. JUST IN TIME it passed the test!  December was a reunion with friends and family in various places, culminating in meeting someone from 40 years ago.  It was as if there had been no years intervening except we are somewhat more grey!  The year has had some lovely moments and recent mild weather is kind!   It ends.  I am optimistic for a better year.
I wish you all peace at the end of the year and peace to come. 

I will leave with the lyrics from Kashmir by Led Zeppelin:

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been
To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen
They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed.
Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace,whose sounds caress my ear,But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear, Oh, oh, Oh, I been flying... mama, there aint no denyin'
Ive been flying, aint no denyin', no denyin'

All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground
And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land
Trying to find, trying to find where I've been.
Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream, Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream
My shangri-la beneath the summer moon, I will return again,
Sure as the dust that floats high in June, when movin' through Kashmir.
Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years
With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear. Ohh.

When I'm on, when I'm on my way, yeah
When I see, when I see the way, you stay-yeahOoh, yeah-yeah, 
ooh, yeah-yeah, when I'm down...
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well I'm down, so down
Ooh, my baby, ooooh, my baby, let me take you there,Let me take you there,let me take you there.

LOVELY....one day I'll go there!!! to Kashmir!!!!! my 2014 dream!