Father's Day

Today is Father's Day here in the UK; it maybe the same everywhere, I'm not sure; I know Mother's Day falls on different days depending on where you live.

My father died three years ago. I miss him and think about him every now and then; people say I'm just like him sometimes; hopefully that's a good thing. I wear his watch, still going strong, and his ring he found many years ago. They're special to me.

We didn't go so strong on Fathers, or Mother's, Day in our house. It's enough for parents to know that you love and appreciate them all the year around, even when sometimes it doesn't seem like that.

Well I've done, am still doing, my stint as a father. For better or worse over the years I have brought up four children; the youngest of whom is still living with us, but maybe moving out to University in the not too distant future. I don't think I did a particularly good job of it, especially in the very early years, but they all seem to have survived, and they all keep in touch, albeit two of them live a long way away.

I did receive a funny card from Emma & Tom this morning; and I treated myself to a Father's Day present in the form of a new phone. I am now the proud renter of an HTC One X Android mobile. It's currently charging up its batteries, having used up the bit of juice that was in there by switching it on :(

The side-by-side photos are interesting, it appears to me the HTC produced a better picture than the Panasonic DMC, but it could have just been the lighting. Anyway the HTC camera will get a proper outing once the battery is charged.