<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/YSP-angelahardingfeb16.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4198" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/YSP-angelahardingfeb16-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>On the anniversary of Jane's funeral I realised how fortunate I've been. I loved someone for over 45 years and we shared everything - music, films, TV, theatre, art, morality and a sense of humour. We lived in each other's pockets and did so many things together whereas over the past twelve months I've witnessed couples living quite separate and unhappy lives.

The past has been very special and I feel the future will be equally special because we make our own lives. I'm determined to keep in contact with a very wide and diverse circle of friends and acquaintances. With this in mind I met up with my friends from college at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

I really liked Angela Harding's work<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/YSP-sculpturefeb16.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4197" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/YSP-sculpturefeb16-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a> (see above) despite others thinking it popularist. Jane was really into her printing - I could never see what she saw when creating a piece of work. She was so clever.

Thursday I went down to Northampton to see Graham and Sue; have lunch with a friend and then meet an ex work colleague to discuss the county council's web strategy (or should that be a lack of one). I had a great time talking over all the issues around diverse services and how they could be met using as few technologies as possible. It took me back to my working days and the buzz I used to get from such discussions. The only downside to the day was the journey back because there was an accident on the A46 just short of Newark and along with several hundred other cars I sat unmoving for two hours. I should have been home by 19:30 but I didn't get in until after 21:00. I wasn't bothered because I kept telling myself as the ambulance and paramedics raced down the middle of the road someone else was in a far worse place. Be positive and grateful for what we have but there's nothing wrong with hoping for more...