One element from last week was play and presents which differs than the sort of thing many of us had back in the day.
We always loved dinosaurs so combining them into a foil art kit so you can make lots of colourful ones to rawr with is just great appealing in a way say flowery designs might not.
I just love them.
I've always had a love hate relationship with denim not least from attempts to put me in jeans which I found a bit clammy in the late Spring and Summer where I usually prefer something that rather breathes more.
Thus I always battled for shorts, originally sports shorts from 1979/80 in the summer or for play although these days you'll seldom see me in anything other than traditional lined short trousers.
But that's forgetting there was a point between the ages of of around eight and eleven where Mum did buy me the odd demin pair which are better in that way so would something like this with even pockets be good as 'playwear' for me?
Winnie the Pooh was a bit of a thing with me when I was younger owning pencil end tops, pencil cases and stickers galore and I recall a guy in college who was very much into it although he kept it away from all but our group in case anyone took umbridge which was a shame really.
The World of Pooh and Christopher Robin always seemed more philosphical than just a world of cute characters, having much to say about living life, caring for one another and the nature of relationships which I feel is valuable.
It isn't as "soft" as say The Care Bears, not that there is anything wrong with caring at all, more grounded in things boys understand more.
There are a few things going on this week, such as preparing to be away for a few days so I'm sorting clothes, wash bag and that all ready to go in the case and making sure my mobile phone is fully charged as I have to met with someone for part of the journey and well all know how that can end up.
After a sluggish start to the new year, forum is back to its usual level of activity which in view of what I said last week was no bad thing.
The greatest news ever however was the arrival of Harry or perhaps more the reaquientance with from the haylcon days of 2017/8 who run atumblr I just adored as really it was the kind of tumblr that had social media had been a thing in 1978-83 I might of had myself.
Harry was an actual schoolboy who was so much like I was back then, very much a traditional boy who loved traditional uniform, scouting and preferred short trousers and in so many ways was my real life muse and inspiration to just come out there and BE the me I felt and always remained.
He sometimes got the wrong sort of attention so I ensured he knew if he needed me to deal with it such as reporting and that I would do that for him cos that kind of attention by adults is totally wrong and for reasons best known to them (and maybe the odd person on Tumblr) he often had his Tumblr account blocked.
That needless to say is what happened to many of us during the great end of 2018 purge and happened this decade when one group of people seemed to think I was another acting as some kind of link to dubious sorts.
The liklihood of that was remote given some of the stuff that happened to me and the nature of the work I did, indeed I reported a few hands worth of those sorts to Tumblr.
But he is back, with an update to his life and is at University which is excellent news.
