The Grandparents' Blog

Goldfish and Life

John — Sun, 16 May 2010 10:27:44 +0000

Grandma was helping our grandson feed his lone goldfish. Grandson asked her to look at his fish’s eye. It was swollen and white. Grandma asked how old the fish was and he replied that the fish was about four or five. Grandma, in a hushed voice, said “He is very old”. He looked at her [...]

Volcanic Eruptions – and other things

John — Sun, 16 May 2010 10:02:47 +0000

In a recent chat with my nine-year old grandson, the subject of his great grandma (my mother) came up. I mentioned that she loved telling me funny (sometimes rude) poems and stories when I was his age. He asked me to tell him one, and after clearing the subject matter with his dad, I told [...]

Grand Magazine for Grandparents

John — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:48:47 +0000

I have been introduced to a new on-line magazine aimed at “today’s Grandparents” and I think that followers of The Grandparents Blog should be interested in the free subscription offer from GRAND magazine. Here is the link: http://www.grandmagazine.com/grand2signup.html. April’s issue of GRAND Magazine contained an exclusive interview with the inspirational management and leadership thought leader [...]

Comfortable Shoes

John — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:56:00 +0000

In previous blogs, we have talked about various things that became more important when we retired but until now we have neglected to mention just how important the comfort of our feet has become. We both love to go for long walks and that is important to us since walking is really our only form [...]

Visiting Northumberland

John — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:21:10 +0000

The most beautiful and interesting county in England! Growing up in Northumberland just after the second world war was an adventure for a young boy. With grandparents owning a B&B in Whitley Bay, Aunt and Uncle (teachers in Wooler) and our parents working in the Gosforth area, my brother and I had plenty of opportunities [...]

The Tumbleweed Express

John — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:53:15 +0000

Tumbleweed Express is planning a day out with Thomas the Tank in Tampa, Florida on April 10-11th and April 17-18th. Our friends and relatives in the Tampa Bay area should find this an interesting event for their children. Thomas the Tank is a classic favourite of British children and if any of our British friends [...]

Little House on the Prairie Musical

John — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:32:32 +0000

For our Family, Friends and other Grandparents in America and Canada. I recently received the below email message from Melanie, a visitor to our site from the USA. The musical production she is working on, “The Little House on the Prairie”, was my daughters’ favourite book series when they were growing up in the States. [...]

Our Latest Holiday Pictures

John — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:42:48 +0000

We have just returned from two weeks holiday in Funchal with our friends. We have loaded a few of our pictures, showing various views around Madeira, to our gallery . Hopefully you will see why we keep going back to our beautiful home away from home!

How can we improve The Grandparents’ Blog web site?

John — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:19:10 +0000

So far we have used our web site as a means of communicating “stuff” between our wide spread network of family and friends. Through our site, we have made new friends and our little circle has grown wider. From time to time we get heartfelt pleas and requests for advice from other grandparents who share [...]

Our New Photo Gallery

John — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:42:49 +0000

I have replaced our blog site photo album content with all new photos in two new categories “My Floral Favourites” and “My Scenic favourites”. I will add more categories later and I will try to refresh the favourites as often as I can. Ii love seeing other people’s favourites and I will add a guest [...]