HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope everyone has a safe, happy week.
Lynette - yes, it must have been Beaton who was responsible for the picture. Bonnie recovered by the afternoon, so whatever she'd eaten, she must have got rid of it. She seems alright now. My OH prepared the scene, opened his tin of paint, and found that it had begun to dry up because it had been a couple of years. (I would have checked the paint the night before). So he bought new paint this afternoon whilst in a nearby town to get his booster jab done. Painting will now commence tomorrow. Meanwhile whilst I was washing my hair, he rang a joiner we'd been given the name of who said he'd be there in an hour. He says he can fit our worktops for the kitchen - remember those? We tried to get new ones about 2 and a half years ago, before the pandemic!! He is coming next week, before he starts on a bigger job somewhere. We said Yes, rather than wait, even though we're scheduled to go to Wales again this Thursday. So a busy couple of weeks ahead.
Meanwhile, I had to dry my hair quickly and put on my face as we needed to go to the suppliers to check my choice of worktop: it was so long ago that I picked it out that I was nervous I'd forgotten what it was like! Now it's all ordered so we can look forward to it finally being done. (At one time, my OH had asked an old friend to come out of retirement to do it, but he was taken ill, poor man)
CLARE – Trio is my shortcut for Dau#2’s 3 girls, aged 11-next-month and twins 8. Dau#1’s offspring are in their 20s; our eldest g-d working in Canberra, g-s at home. (Didn’t see him as he went for “a walk before everyone arrived”.)
RUSTY – I am so used to adjusting to different climes, etc “over there”. Having travelled in UK & Europe in May-June, I have an idea of your weather at that time. When I am reading books I always visualize the events, but I do have trouble with those set in Europe or America, as I am used to driving on the left!
Blue sky, sunny, expecting 20 C. I have washed some jumpers.
The Poet Laureate's Poem( Note the first letter each line.) www.bbc.co.uk/.../uk-62886384
Floral Tribute by Simon Armitage:
"Evening will come, however determined the late afternoon, Limes and oaks in their last green flush, pearled in September mist. I have conjured a lily to light these hours, a token of thanks, Zones and auras of soft glare framing the brilliant globes. A promise made and kept for life - that was your gift - Because of which, here is a gift in return, glovewort to some, Each shining bonnet guarded by stern lance-like leaves. The country loaded its whole self into your slender hands, Hands that can rest, now, relieved of a century's weight. Evening has come. Rain on the black lochs and dark Munros. Lily of the Valley, a namesake almost, a favourite flower Interlaced with your famous bouquets, the restrained Zeal and forceful grace of its lanterns, each inflorescence A silent bell disguising a singular voice. A blurred new day Breaks uncrowned on remote peaks and public parks, and Everything turns on these luminous petals and deep roots, This lily that thrives between spire and tree, whose brightness Holds and glows beyond the life and border of its bloom."
Rusty, enjoy your coastal walk. Its a lovely day here, now, and feels almost summery again, even though it is a little colder. Can taste that raspberry cake! Yum. Todays quotes: I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left. Voltaire. Ageing gracefully is for Baryshnikov. Bill Cosby.