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April 28 The garden still beckonsFine day, garden beckoning, weeds sprouting, great intentions. Then on a whim, the dad and I climbed into the car and took ourselves off for a spin. We ended sitting on a seat outside Hexham Abbey with a bag of chips, a can of ginger beer and the sun on our faces.
Hexham is a 'nice' place where the charity shops often lead to rich pickings, today, good books for the dad and for me a smart suit - doesn't even look as though it has been worn - Fenwicks label, nice one!
On the way back a call to a farm shop to pick up some best Northumbrian sausage and a coffee in the cafe and then home in time for tea. Yes, retirement suits me well, thank you very much. April 25 Oh For hairless animals!My
friend Lucy joined us for lunch today. I haven't seen her in ages and
it was great to catch up. She lives in Northumberland but today came to
town to be at a cousin's funeral in Newcastle which was at 2.30pm. She
was dressed in a very elegant black suit which before she left required
almost a complete roll of sellotape to remove the animal hairs after
being in our home for only an hour and a half. I was so ashamed. The
thing was I very nearly didn't say anything to her because as is to be
imagined, the offending hairs were all on her back, but really, I
couldn't have let her go without telling her and doing something about
it. I have visions of her before the funeral dashing into woolworths
for one of those sticky roller things, the same as the one we have but
which has no sticky stuff left on it because I keep forgetting to get a
refill. I did put the hoover round before she came, but sadly forgot
the cat's chair, the very one she chose to sit on. Ah well! too late now, the funeral will be over and her cousin wouldn't have minded I guess. She promised not to make it so long until the next time, only hope she brings her own sticky roller thing, or better still wears something which isn't dark. April 21 Irish proverbsI found this really old little book amongst a pile of stuff, simply called:
NATIONAL PROVERBS IRELAND
What butter and whiskey'll not cure, there's no cure for.
If there's a hen or a goose it's surely on the priest's table it will be.
to be red-haired is better than to be without a head.
Beauty does not make the pot boil.
Take gifts with a sigh - most men give to be paid.
The thing that's not eaten and not stolen - will be found.
Better be idle than working for nothing.
(Said of a slattern) She wiped the plate with the cat's tail.
Hope is the physician of each misery.
There are three without rule, a mule, a pig and a woman.
He would cover a rock with hay and sell it for a hay-cock.
There's a pair of you - as the devil said to his horns.
I will print some more another time.
Enjoy your day. April 18 Flower PowerMy great pal Helen sent me the prettiest bouquet of flowers last week, I had told her that I was a bit under the weather, and to cheer me up a lovely cream, yellow and white arrangement arrived courtesy of M&S.
I thought about this and because it had lifted my spitits considerably I thought it would be a good idea to pass the feeling on. So, I ordered online a bouquet to be sent to my cousin and his wife in Birmingham wishing them a Happy Easter. I was very surprised when the following day my neighbour caught me as I was coming home to tell me that she had taken in a delivery for me. There in her hallway was a box identical to the one I had recieved earlier in the week (marked M&S) and addressed to me. On inspection, I read on the card 'Happy Easter Margaret and Mike, much love - and there was my name on the card. Course I got on to them straight away and there was much too-ing and fro-ing, before they got back to me with an apology and an assurance that another bouquet had been sent to Birmingham and that of course I could keep the wrongly delivered flowers as an apology. So Easter in our house was ultra fragrant and very pretty indeed. I was releived also to get a call from Birmingham with a big thank you for the flowers received. Hope you all had a great weekend, and you all enjoyed the lovely weather. April 14 Happy Easter Everyone I'm sorry if there is no picture here! Just click on it and you should get a cute Easter Bunny dog! April 11 A Nice Day OutI have just had such a lovely day. The bairn is on holiday so it was reason to get away fairly early and do something for the day. We took the dogs (of course) and headed for Druridge Bay, we had a great time, the dogs running free on the amazing beach there which stretches for absolutly miles and us with a bit of lovely sunshine on our backs just walking and chatting until we realised we had it all to walk back again! We then drove up to Alnwick and had lunch and spent the afternoon in the best book shop in the world - Barter Books. This is a exactly what it says, a place to barter your books, CD's DVD's VHS videos, sheet music, maps, rare books and first editions, etc etc, you get the picture. We had taken a few books up with us which John no longer wanted and by the time we had filled a carrier bag with new to us books we owed them £1.80! Not bad.If you are searching for a particular book here is there web site: http://www.barterbooks.co.uk/ Worth a visit anyway. Because it is situated in the old railway station at Alnwick there is always a huge fire and comfy chairs in the waiting room, all the days papers and of course very good coffee. We got home around 6pm and as I write this the bairn is one third into her new Stephen King !
ta ta just now.
April 07 A QuickieEvery day the first thing I do when I have booted up the PC is to go to this link: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html It never ceases to amaze me, and cheer me up if I'm in need of cheering up.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
April 05 Depressed Rotweiler, Ah!Gloria, one of the regular health walkers called me first thing this morning to ask whether it would be ok to bring her dog along to the walk this afternoon. Normally we don't have dogs with us, just because it's a health walk not a dog walk. But when she explained that Hattie's sister had to be put to sleep this week and Hattie was seriously depressed and couldn't be left alone, what could I say. So Hattie turned up, all 5+ stone of her and I can't think when I have seen such an enormous Rottweiler. I have to say, of the 28 other walkers about 27 were giving Hattie some sideways looks at first. But Hattie won the day and proved to be the biggest sofftie in the canine world. By the time we got back, her little stubby tail was wagging for all it was worth, and Gloria was just about in tears because she looked so much happier. So, not only do we do health walks for humans but health walks for dogs too.
April 01 A Coffee With 2 extra Shots!At 12.40am this morning the phone went. I was so deep in the arms of Morphius that at first I thought it was just an extension of my dream, my next thought was. I WILL KILL HER IF SHE IS STUCK IN TOWN AGAIN. She wasn't, but it was her. Let's say she was mortal, can't really be less specific.
'He he! Hello mam, I'm having a good time'. Right, I thought. 'Are you stuck'? 'No, I'm just having a good time'. 'Good', I said. 'Mam, are you glad I'm having a good time'? 'Yes', I said. And suddenly realised through my utter irritation that I was, very glad. She's been through the mill and back has 'the bairn', and frankly I wouldn't have minded if she had woken me at half hourly intervals all night to tell me she was having a good time. I went back to sleep very easily.
Today was quite another matter! I picked her up at 1.00pm to go into Newcastle to buy 'the dad's' Birthday presi. Rough comes to mind. We went into an American diner where she consumed a large plate of grease which was washed down with a pint of fat coke and a large coffee with 2 extra shots! It partially did the trick, however, there was considerable flagging by the time I dropped her at her flat, and I imagine right now, she is flat out. Mmm! Might be a good time to phone her and get my own back.
Hope you all had a good All Fools Day. |
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