I didn't see that much of him as I was always away at school, and when I was home he was working. But I'm sure I benefited a lot from his quiet approach to life.
Lovely post Cro. Incidentally, the wall you praise in your comment on my blog today is the dry stone wall which is indigeonous to the Yorkshire Dales and encloses at least three quarters of all fields in the Dales.
I like that. I'm a sucker for born on this day information. Neil Alden Armstrong, John Huston, Per Wahlöö and Guy de Maupassant are on the desk calendar this morning.
Co-incidentally my father's birthday also fell on August 5th. He would have been 104 years old today. On the day he was born, newspapers announced that war had been declared upon Germany
I like your simple comment, "He was a good man". I wanted to put that on my father's tombstone when he passed... simple words that mean so much. We can always use more 'good men'.
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I wished him Happy Birthday first thing this morning.
I knew you would!
Happy birthday to your father Cro, I'm certain you also benefited from his teachings to the gentleman you are today.
Greetings Maria x
I didn't see that much of him as I was always away at school, and when I was home he was working. But I'm sure I benefited a lot from his quiet approach to life.
Lovely post Cro.
Incidentally, the wall you praise in your comment on my blog today is the dry stone wall which is indigeonous to the Yorkshire Dales and encloses at least three quarters of all fields in the Dales.
There seems a lot of work in those walls. You have to build a level wall TWICE, and it's the levelling that takes the time.
I like that. I'm a sucker for born on this day information. Neil Alden Armstrong, John Huston, Per Wahlöö and Guy de Maupassant are on the desk calendar this morning.
Lovely to post about your dad on his birthday .... he sounded a very kind man. XXXX
Sounds like my father was in good company; but I quite expect we all are.
He was very generous to all who worked for him; and to us, of course.
How very sweet that you remember him here on his birthday!
It's the least I can do; considering how good he was to everyone.
Co-incidentally my father's birthday also fell on August 5th. He would have been 104 years old today. On the day he was born, newspapers announced that war had been declared upon Germany
I like your simple comment, "He was a good man". I wanted to put that on my father's tombstone when he passed... simple words that mean so much. We can always use more 'good men'.
That would made for an interesting Births, Deaths, and Announcements page!
It's how I think of him. He possible lacked 'fathering' skills, but in those days it was normal.
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