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AmbridgesMrsPJanuary 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
ReplyDeleteI’ve just spent ten minutes sitting in the garden in the falling light.
The big owl has been back in the tree giving very loud whhooo calls. Nearby in another garden a tiny response of t wit every time he / she called.
Was it mum and baby or male and female ?
They have moved off now, back towards the nearby woods I imagine.
My kind of magic !
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MiriamJanuary 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
That sounds absolutely wonderful. I'm quite envious 😍
SozJanuary 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
ReplyDeleteMagical. Those are moments worth living for.
Cheshire CheeseJanuary 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ReplyDeletePrecious moments MrsP
Someone else gets her birthday cards from Waitrose!
ReplyDeleteAnother cold day, grateful for the log burner. I hope everyone is keeping warm and safe.
ReplyDeleteI am acutely aware that some of our number, especially those quite local to me in Hampshire have been having some challenges, I live just outside Ropley which is near Alresford, I think I am one of the younger members of this group, but I am semi retired so might be able to help with shopping, appointments and the like if needed.. Please feel free to let me know if you’d like my contact details.
What a lovely offer KP. Very kind.
DeleteThat is indeed a kind offer, KP, although that would be a very long drive to help with shopping. I would welcome your details, although how to manage this on an open forum is a puzzler. This would not be to make a workhorse of you, rather to make a new friend and perhaps some out
DeleteOops, how did that happen?
DeleteOutings for coffee or lunch, as I rarely get out at present.
I am in touch with Mrs P, Mistral and Maryellen if that helps for a mutual contact.
KP: in terms of mutual contacts I've had an idea.
ReplyDeleteDo you by any chance know C Noyce who was a teacher there for some years?
That is a kind and thoughtful offer KP.
ReplyDeleteI hope one or two of your Hampshire neighbours might be able to avail themselves of your help on occasion.
so kind.
ReplyDeleteKP as one of the locals you are referring to may I say I am deeply touched and appreciative of your kind offer. Currently we are able to manage with goddaughter and neighbour but one never knows and it is comforting that such a wonderful gesture is at hand. Bless you 🙏🏼
ReplyDeleteWhat a kind and thoughtful offer KP. At the moment we manage as Mr AP is still driving (I no longer drive and have SORNed my car ) Living where we do, equidistant to Andover, Basingstoke and Winchester with no public transport, we have been used to taking ourselves everywhere, covering considerable distances. Now I mainly rely on grocery deliveries or click and collect. However if he were no longer able to drive for some reason, life would become very difficult. So I really do appreciate your thoughts but hope very much that I shan’t have to avail myself of the help for some considerable time. We should know more in February about what my husband’s health prospects are, so may have to take big steps then.
ReplyDeleteHi, Archerphile, Lady R ad Sarnia, my mobile number is 07903855026 if you want to make a note of it. I’ll leave this post up for a couple of days, I think this blog is quiet enough to be safe. Maybe we can arrange a mini meeting when things are more settled. Sarnia, I am planning on coming down to Southampton for some shopping in the next couple of weeks, maybe we could meet for a coffee?
ReplyDeleteNoted KP and once again thank you so much for your thoughtfulness and kindness ❤️
DeleteKP, that sounds wonderful, thank you so much. You may have gathered that my string of chest infections has left me with severe asthma, so I would need to be collected, but there are numerous coffee shops nearby.
DeleteThat's an exciting thing to look forward to!
Sarnia, if you message me so I have your number, then we can fix a meet up for coffee and maybe relieve the cabin fever a bit.
DeletePlease can I have a bit of a show off and a boast and tell you all the wonderful news I have just heard.
ReplyDeleteGrandson Griffin, currently an A Level student at Peter Simmons College in Winchester, has just had the official offer of a place at Oxford University for September! We are thrilled for him, we knew he is very bright, but not that much! He had to do various tests on his maths and physics, then have two interviews, one via Zoom. Now all he has to do is get 3 A* results in the summer. We shall be keeping fingers tightly crossed for him.
That is wonderful news Archerfile. Well done Griffin! What does he want to study?
DeleteWow! That's really good. Having to get 3 A*s is tough though. Just getting through the tests and interviews is a wonderful achievement. You must be very proud.
DeleteWhat proud grand-parents you must be and rightly so.
DeleteTo have got this far is a massive achievement in itself.
He is going to study engineering, preferably civil engineering. He wants to design bridges and other big things! I reckon it’s all the time he spent creating things with Lego when he was little! And yes, we are tremendously proud of him and quite honestly, surprised. It never occured to us that anyone in our family would go to Oxford which is where we lived when first married and saw all the undergrads swanning around in their gowns!
DeleteI hope that he achieves his dream Archerfile.
DeleteThat's great news Archerphile. Well done to your clever grandson. What college is he headed for?
DeleteThe most wonderful news AP and only right that as very proud grandparents you are bursting with pride. 👏🏻⭐️👏🏻⭐️
ReplyDelete(Have you noted KP’s mobile yet by the way 🤔)
Yes I have noted it
DeleteProud grandparents indeed ARCHERPHILE
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your grandson and his parents.
Archerphile, lovely news, I hope the A levels go smooothly. My grandmother lived in Oxford opposite what was then the Polytechnic, now Oxford Broookes, lovely city.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your grandson Archerphile. i wish him all the best for his A levels.
ReplyDeleteWell done to your grandson Archerphile.
ReplyDeleteI’ve just had a brain wave. Instead of writing a list of jobs for the day and being disappointed that most don’t get done for one reason and another I’ve decided to write a list of jobs I’ve done today. I’ve already got 4 on the list. Makes me feel much better in myself.
Why I’ve never thought of this before is beyond me!
Congratulations to your grandson Archerphile reminds me of Alan Bennett’s ‘The History Boys’ .
ReplyDeletePTBY there is one hitch in your plan to only write down the jobs you’ve done if the purpose of the list is to remind you of what needs to be done! Might it lead to some jobs never being done?!?!
🤣 I am familiar with that anyway Soz 🤭
DeleteDoesn’t everybody have a ‘ never to be done ‘ list anyway ?
DeleteI certainly do !
Mine's in my head.
DeleteI still have a list of jobs to complete after my O levels!
DeleteSurely some of those must have vanished of their own accord by now?
DeleteTrue, but 'update list' is probably on the list somewhere.
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DeleteI’ve been for my ‘ urgent ‘ ECG today.
ReplyDeleteHad to go to Porlock so took lady on to the Weir and walked round the marsh. Then had a baked potato lunch.
Feel a lot better for getting out as have only done a short walk to the park for the last five days.
Sounds as though you’re getting back to normal. I’ve been to Porlock Weir a couple of times - liked it. I think we walked along the coast westwards to a little church in the woods.
DeleteYes Soz, that would have been Culborne Church.
DeleteI’ve not done that walk, but a couple in the cafe yesterday had just completed it and ticked it off their, or his, long cherished ambition list.
Not back to normal yet but did complete the mountain of washing up that had accumulated over the past three weeks before yesterday and will attempt some hoovering today.
Lists: I've always loved a list, I live my life with them. When I discovered spreadsheets, with their flexibility and pretty colours, I was a happy bunny. I think I must have OLD (obsessive list disorder).
ReplyDeleteI did manage to stop myself from posting on here a list of all the lists that I keep, so I'm not a complete lost cause!
Used to be paper list with highlighter pens for me - bliss 😂 still so on occasions!
DeleteAt this time of year I get obsessed with diaries and calendars; they are drastically reduced once it’s January. I actually use them …………for a few weeks. Then at the end of the year I don’t like to throw the calendars away as the pictures are so beautiful 😊
DeleteA bit of trivia for you all
ReplyDeleteI don’t know if you remember, but last year I was mourning the absence of Campbells Concentrated Soups in the supermarkets. Waitrose told me they weren’t being made any more & I couldn’t find them anywhere except on Amazon - someone offering a couple of cans of Chicken soup for £18!!
They were so handy to use, not as soup, but as an ingredient for other dishes. So I haven’t been able to make any of my favourite meals (Chicken Gougère, David’s Noodles etc)
Yesterday, daughter phoned to say she’d seen some in Asda, a shop I normally don’t visit. She bought me 6 cans of various varieties and was told that Asda will be continuing to stock them for the future.
I am a happy bunny today! 🥫.
One small victory in life ARCHERPHILE !
DeleteI hear that ASDA are limping in the supermarket stakes, perhaps they are resorting to old staples as a comeback ploy.
I’m really resistant to writing lists !
ReplyDeleteRe ARCHERFILE'S earlier post , I found the following on line :
ReplyDelete"Campbell's Soup UK announced that their condensed soups were back in stock at major supermarkets."
How lovely that the Hampshire residents can perhaps arrange a get together and meet up, in the near future.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds a lovely idea.
This afternoon I planted some tulips. I know it’s a bit late but a local garden centre had reduced all their bulbs a lot. The tulip bulbs were still firm and I didn’t take much persuading. Look forward to Monty’s “British Gardens” tonight.
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