draliman on life

It’s Sharing My World time again, part of the weekly “Share Your World” challenge hosted by Cee over at Cee’s Photography blog. Pop over and see her, and join in if you like. Share your world too!

If you had a choice to live anywhere would your preference be salt water beaches, forest, fresh water lakes, hot tub, ski resort or desert?
In common with several people this week I’d like to cheat a little and go for a combo. A cabin in a forest on the shore of a fresh water lake. Lovely!

I’m thinking we combine Colliford Lake in Cornwall (up the road from me) on the left, and Coed y Brenin Forest Park in North Wales on the right.

What was your favourite toy as a child  . . . and now?
As a child I had a few favourite toys. It depends on what age we’re talking. When I was an itty bitty kiddie I had some my little stuffed elephant. I think he’s still in a wardrobe at my parents’ house. I had him on a red cord and I dragged him along behind me. As I grew older my brother and I loved playing with a fort my dad built for us. He did a great job! Now that I’m all grown up I don’t have “toys”, I have tools, gadgets and so on. My laptop, my Xbox and the like.

One toy which has endured through the ages is a little wooden bear, which was my Mum’s before he was mine – “Cuddly Bear”. I spoke about him here with a follow-up here. He is sitting on my shelf not two metres away and here he is, posing next to a (slightly chewed) pen to give you an idea of scale! As you can see, he’s a little the worse for wear 😦 .

Cuddly Bear – my childhood friend

Which do you prefer sweet, salty or both at the same time?
Oh, goodness! How does one choose between lovely salty goodness or delicious creamy gateau? It can’t be done, surely! Others have managed but I, sadly, cannot 😦 .

OK then, salty. Or sweet. One of those.

Not at the same time, I hasten to add.

Would you prefer snowy winters, or not, and why?
Ooh, “Snowy Winters”, interesting name, she sounds nice. What? Oh, right.

I have two schools of thought on this, both in my own head! How is there room in my head for both, I hear you ask? I deleted calculus, that’s how.

Lovely crisp white snow, flakes floating gently down. Freezing snow, car sliding around, messy mucky dirty slush.

At this point in my life, no snow thanks. I don’t live close enough to work to walk in and I hate driving in the snow. Apart from a couple of winters a couple of years ago we don’t get much snow in Cornwall. None at all this year.

So there’s a share of my world for this week! See you next week 🙂 .