Sunday. Phoebe's doting parents were still up in West Yorkshire for the wedding of one of their best friends - Mark who was tying the knot with social worker Sarah from Mirfield which is situated between Huddersfield and Dewsbury. Mark is a nice lad. I knew his grandfather and his father too. I am glad that he married a Yorkshire lass.
Phoebe had a bit of a lie-in today. She first yelled "Grandma!" just before six. Poor Grandpa felt neglected and promptly fell back to sleep. By the time I got up at around eight thirty, Little Phoebe was in a screen-induced trance, having already sat through twenty or thirty episodes of "Hey Duggee". Earth to Phoebe, Earth to Phoebe - come in please!
We have to remind ourselves that it is not Phoebe's fault that she has been born into a world where screentime is so prevalent. In a genuine sense, it is our fault. Three or four decades ago these screentime options were just not available. I am not sure that it is a good thing for small children to become so transfixed by what appears on their screens. Peeling Phoebe away from "Hey Duggee" or "Peppa Pig" can be like depriving her of oxygen.
In the early afternoon, I drove into the centre of the city to visit "Waterstone's" bookshop. There I bought Phoebe two traditional books - "The Three Little Pigs" and "Chicken LIcken". I also bought myself a walking book by Simon Armitage called "Walking Home" and a map of the middle of the Yorkshire coast - around Flamborough Head.
We are heading up there tomorrow to stay in a "cottage" on a farm though it's not really a cottage at all. It is an accommodation unit within a former barn. Ours is called "Nightingale Cottage". Sadly, it appears that the good weather we have been enjoying since September began is about to break. We will be there for four nights.
This evening Phoebe's mum and dad came home and I made them a tasty Sunday dinner of roast beef, roasted potatoes, carrots, parsnips and tenderstem broccoli with Yorkshire puddings and homemade gravy. This was followed by a banoffee pie from the big Tesco supermarket.
Later I went up to "The Hammer and Pincers" once again for the Sunday quiz. We didn't win but it was nice to congratulate my friend Mike on the safe arrival of his third grandchild - a healthy little girl called Joni with her whole life ahead of her. May she thrive and find happiness.
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