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Let’s hope Fallon’s plan is up to snuff.
I was back to my old stomping ground, Dulwich, to remember & celebrate my oldest friend’s mother who recently died a week short of her 96th birthday. It was a lovely gathering & then I had a nostalgic walk through Dulwich village which is virtually unchanged and up to my old school, A theatre block now stands where the bike shed & teachers parking used to be.
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DeleteAlways hoped my G daughters would be pupils there, but they left Dulwich to live in Bath instead.
I went to school down the road in Forest Hill.
Lady RJune 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ReplyDeleteSARNIA‼️ Your book has just been delivered - totally stunning sneaked a quick look at first two entries. What descriptions I could see smell and feel everything. Beautiful beautiful illustrations.
Congratulations ⭐️👏🏻⭐️👏🏻 love your dedications too.
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AmbridgesMrsPJune 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I’ve had a phone call today from the surgeons secretary.
She is going to try to get help and says Physio was wrong to keep me waiting on a list. For medical reasons they should have been seeing me three weeks ago.
I went out to lunch yesterday with the street choir social group.
I had a full English breakfast and really enjoyed it.
It was also very good to be in company.
Lady RJune 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
ReplyDeletePleased to hear you got through to your surgeons secretary and received the promised reply Mrs P. Another example of a breakdown in communication and a delay in the support you needed 😡
An outing with a full English breakfast 😋 and good company bliss indeed!
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Cheshire CheeseJune 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Great to hear that you are getting out MrsP.
Lady R, I did reply to your amazing comment but it got lost in the transfer. What can I say but 'Thank you '.
ReplyDeleteMy Passing Ships have arrived too!🚢🍾
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely book - and a hardback too. I was expecting another small paperback. I sat down to read a couple of poems over lunch and got over half-way through. I shall return to read more slowly and savour the words and pictures. I loved the rain of shiny pomegranates!
Very many congratulations Sarnia 💖
Just reporting that Sarnia’s poems arrived here at midday (Wednesday) and I’m straightaway delighted by the sheer pleasure of handling the book (“What is the use of a book without pictures?” said Alice) and the fact that two of my previous favourites are in.the contents list. No prizes for guessing what I’ll be doing this evening!
ReplyDeleteMine too. Have just dipped into it so far, but your feelings about the Casquets resonated with me. Whenever I returned to Cornwall by train I would be up and looking out the window down at the water as it went over the Tamar bridge, and then I would know I was home.
ReplyDeleteAnd so the mother and son won Race Round the World.
ReplyDeleteMust admit I was disappointed that the young Welsh couple didn’t win but I did think they got more out of the journey than any of the others. Their difficult journey through China, Nepal and India taught them a lot about themselves; learning to mix with other nationalities, strange languages, and seeing poverty at first hand was a very maturing experience. I look forward to the post adventure meet-up next week.
I’ve just watched the final part of Race Round the World on iPlayer. I agree that the young Welsh couple had probably gained the most from the whole experience - the girl seemed very naive at the beginning and it was good to see her broaden her horizons during the race. But I was pleased that the mother and son combo won. It was refreshing to see their relationship develop during the race ; it is difficult to stop being the parent or the child and view each other as a person in their own right. The lady ( can’t remember her name) revelled in her new found confidence and her son recognised this and appreciated the transformation.
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ReplyDeleteMy book has arrived and I have just read the foreward.
I'm not going to be tempted to dive straight in and binge read. Instead I'm going to take my time and savour each offering in the way I think you intend.
It's a wonderfully presented book and the illustrations, how many are your own handiwork?
You must be so proud ! pleased with the completed work. 👏👏👏
Thank you, Miriam, how you choose to savour each offering is entirely your own decision, it's not for me to say.
ReplyDeleteThe artwork is all my own - apart from the photograph of my brother on the dedication page, of course l.
I finally got my visit from the community hub physio yesterday.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, very thorough and she also referred me to the district nurse who then turned up three hours later.
Amazing !
She changed the dressing ( amazed to discover that iodine is still in use, but now infused into a strip of paper. A piece was cut off the strip and placed on the open area of the wound ). She will return on Tuesday.
The physio was very satisfied with my progress and my walking without any aid, and I am at last reassured that I’m not damaging myself.
Many thanks for the support received from friends on this blog.
You’ve helped to keep me focussed.
What a relief, Mrs P.
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DeleteJust been watching Trooping of the Colour on TV. A beautiful day, and such a colourful ceremony.
ReplyDeleteBut ‘why oh why’ does Clare Balding have to present everything these days? I suppose she knows a lot about horses but I am getting fed up with her constant presence - even advertising a leg exerciser these days, taking over from Ian Botham!
One other thing - could somebody please send Queen Camilla the present of a set of hat pins. She has a fondness for very large hats and always seems to be clinging on to them, even in a slight wind. As far as I remember, the late Queen never had to hold onto her hat!
I’ve been watching too ARCHERPHILE.
DeleteSince I don’t watch television very much at all I can’t complain about C Balding but do agree about the Kings lady and her big hats.
Perhaps I should donate my set of antique hat pins to her ?
The ceremony was as always spectacular and always takes me back to my childhood when today was the highlight of our family year.
And when pregnant with my first I even had a seat in the stands.
Today I enjoyed the very detailed information given by CB asking questions of the military personal.
I only ever went up to London once, to see the ceremony and was thrilled by the military bands. Never been keen on horses but it was the uniforms and the music that interested me. I still loved watching the bandsmen perform that cartwheel action to change direction.
DeleteNowadays, watching the fly past is a must, though I thought today’s was a bit lacking. Never mind, there’s always next year 🎼🥁 🎺 🎷 🪈
I agree with you AP regarding CB it will be Wimbledon next! Still miss Sue Barker cannot understand the BBC I gather A Question of sport went down the pan once they replaced her…
DeleteWe couldn’t watch Question Of Sport once they changed all the principal people, Sue Barker, Phill Tufnell and Mat Dawson. They made a perfect trio. Couldn’t stand that Paddy McGuiness’s voice and the humour seemed lacking. I can remember when Princess Anne appeared on Emlyn Huges team!
DeleteExactly! Ye gods CB is on Queens this week as it is the mens? I don’t think she was on the ladies last week but maybe I just did not see her 🙏🏼 grrrr.
DeleteWe got back yesterday from visiting our daughter who lives near Bath. Two things reminded me of TA while we were there.
ReplyDeleteI went to the community shop with 13 yr old granddaughter to get some things for lunch. The shop was built shortly after my daughter and husband moved to the village. Locals were asked if they wanted to pay a monthly subscription into an account out of which purchases could be made. This meant that the shop had a reliable regular income and they have the advantage of being able to send the children without needing a payment method. The children are under strict instructions to only buy ice cream when permission has been given!
The second thing was a beaver. Daughter and son-in-law bought about an acre of land a few years ago, by which a river runs, to manage for wildlife. On the camera traps, among other things, they saw a beaver a couple of years ago. They now have one which appears to have taken up residence on their property. They have seen it a few times, usually between 8 and 9pm. We went down there on Sunday evening to try and see it, but it didn't put in an appearance sadly. There is evidence of it feeding on the bark of some of the trees on the property. It will be interesting to see if it stays around.
That is wonderful CC, are they letting the grass grow or do they cut it. Are they letting bushes grow in the field or just around the edges? I wouldn't say i am exactly managing the field above our house for wildlife but we do seem to get wildlife. My son or daughter use the ride on mower to cut the bottom quarter for Max to run around in, the cutting helps get rid of any ticks, then a pathway two ride-on widths wide all around the rest of the field leaving sloe/hawthorn bushes and undergrowth for about 8 foot width out from beside the hedges, and a pathway through the middle.
DeleteI am planting hazel bushes but mainly along the hedge line. This means there are two very very wide strips of uncut long grasses running up the top three quarters of the field, and it is alive with butterflies and moths in the summer. Young foxes play in the long grass ( so does Max so there goes the idea of protecting him from ticks!), and we must have field mice because a barn owl quarters the field at dusk.
Only wish I had a river close by like your family.
DeleteThey mostly let things grow. However, 11yr old grandson spent most of the time that we were there on the other side of the plot pulling up Himalayan Balsam. Our son-in-law has dug out a big pond which was teeming with tadpoles and the tiniest froglets that I've ever seen. I wish we lived nearer than we do, but that would mean moving further away from the other two girls and their families.
DeleteVery exciting to hear about the beaver CC. I must tell my daughter.
DeleteShe is on the south side of Bath, but they all go out and around the city on walks or cycling.
I’m sorry that you didn’t get to see him/ her, probably a him.
And lovely to hear about your field too Janice.
Well done for all your efforts.
MrNuts and I took ourselves up to London for a day wandering around the National Portrait Gallery, really enjoyed it although walking up Charring Cross Road to Foyles wasn’t so pleasant, central London is so crowded, noisy & smelly, a relief to get back to the provinces.
ReplyDeleteVery sad to hear of the death of one of our favourite pianists, Alfred Brendel. A real maestro, one of the world’s greatest pianists. We were privileged to see him play at a concert at the Anvil. In Basingstoke a few years ago. He was on his farewell world tour before retiring, there was not an empty seat in the auditorium and he played the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto magnificently and gave many encores. At least we have recordings to remember him by.
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