I’m still around- just lying low at the moment
I’ll talk to you next week
Fun Friday – the day to leave all the worries of the week behind you
Oh so true….
Things going on…..
There’s been a few….
The last month of the year started on a low…..another day of very low temperatures. It was winter wooly and ‘I don’t care what the date is’ I’m putting the heating on time as it only managed to get to about 11°c plus it poured here most of the day which didn’t help
AND
Look what happened just 2.5hrs up to road.
Yes it snowed- not the first time it’s happened up there…..after all it is a ski resort…..it’s just not really what you expect to see there on the first day of Summer
We’re not sure where Spring has been for the past three months but we didn’t expect Winter to return and say hello!
NOW
Just to show you how strange our weather is here’s the forecast for the rest of the week. Look there are 20s and even a 30. Warmth at last!
The roses in the bottom garden have been spoiled with all the rain, hopefully these warm days coming up encourage a few more buds to open. I’ve missed seeing them on the outside table so am happy ‘The Triffid’ (The Golfer’s pet name for a very lanky Buddleia that’s growing near the deck) is flowering again. The first blooms are usually enormous and very showy, once they’re spent it’ll be cut back closer to fence level ready for the next growth spurt and more flowers.
I haven’t seen many butterflies around it yet- but then with all the changeable weather (plus a cantankerous uncooperative spine causing me grief) I’ve been in more than out, have sort of withdrawn from life this past couple of weeks – .book in hand, cup of tea close by, keeping my chair company
Enjoying two old crime mysteries plus a couple of modern Novellas
(for November)
Murder isn’t Cricket – Edwin Radford 1946
A Studyin Scarlet – Arthur Conan Doyle 1887
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The Girls on the Shore – Ann Cleeves
The Catch – Mick Herron
Today (dry, sunny, warm) was not a day to be moping around inside so as the wedding planned for January isn’t going to happen because an unplanned baby will be arriving in April I worked on a little first size cardigan to give grandson and mum to be…..a ‘surprise Christmas gift’ …..in white because ‘we want him/her to be a surprise Grandma’.
The Eye Surgeon surprised The Golfer last week by returning his driving and short walks privileges, result – a much happier Chappy who is bearing up well with restrictions still on golf or gym. Life had another surprise for him this week (which could have had disastrous consequences) but I’ll leave that for another day.
So what’s been going on in your life? Anything interesting?
Good on ya Opal….
I had a little bit of a giggle when I saw this old Pickles cartoon the other day……since his eye surgery The Golfer hasn’t been allowed to lift anything so it’s been me bringing all the shopping in from the car.
I think that might be my final answer as well 😎
This goes with that…..
https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Our-services/Waste/What-can-I-put-in-my-bin
Two years on the council is still trying to ‘educate’ rate prayers
Remember the little stickers I mentioned here the other day
The supermarket says they need them to identify the item/fruit so the consumer is charged the correct price.
Here’s the latest letter box drop that came from the council on Wednesday- guess what they’ve singled out as a No No
Those pesky little fruit stickers!
They are plastic but they’re the the wrong sort of plastic to go in the recycling bin so they have to go in the household rubbish
It seems the consumer is saying……I’m fed up trying to work out what goes where so I’ll just leave them on and let ‘them’ sort it out
So now we have three bins with various coloured lids each with its own scheduled pick up week…….thankfully all on Monday morning .
Spare a thought for Sue in Suffolk (in the UK) plus those around her because most of them are soon going to be responsible for 5 – yes, five bins. Where on earth would you house them all
https://attheendofasuffolklane.blogspot.com/2025/10/all-change-in-village.html
🧶 Bright is right….
Yes, that’s what she said……”Bright is right”.
I never fail to marvel at the connections people involved in charity ‘work’ have. I’m not talking about large so called Not For Profit ones where they’re all competing for your donation dollar (monetary or in kind) but small local groups like my knitting/craft one.
My social worker acquaintance that I helped out previously (here and here) has made contact with and approached our leader with a request for simple woolies for slightly older babies. Her young mums and bubs group are struggling financially and are worried about not having warm jumpers/cardigans for next year.
Second hand is all they have known – tiny sizes are passed on more frequently because babies grow so quickly but not so for, say, 12/18 month because they will usually last a season. And that’s the size her little ones will be when it starts to cool down again.
Could you make them bright please she said, bright is right…..
the brighter the better
My ladies have enough ‘dark’ in their lives.
And if you could manage a bit of fun, that would be good😊
There had to be a reason I was gifted those balls of Orange. They’ve been sitting there for a long time….now is their time to shine.
I have plans for fun…..later!
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And then there is this…..
something else that was gifted to me a while ago. Overlooked when I packed for Bowen so now’s its chance to entertain me. Self published so not a lot online except the back of the book blurb:-
A Handful of Pebbles is a mystery-thriller where consequences of events occurring during the final months of World War Two shatter the peace of the early fifties. Innocent people, and a small ship trading along the south coast of England, are engulfed in a web of smuggling and murder, bringing lies and deceit, which makes the truth hard to find…at any price.
Should be good…..I’ll find out soon
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What do you have tucked away in the background of your life that needs to come out of hiding and shine
Playing the waiting game….
My little car is just the right size for me…..most of the time
The Golfer uses it occasionally but prefers his own, which we use if we’re off somewhere together. There are times though when it’s the other way round and I’m the one driving him in my car
Now….
I don’t mind playing chauffeur (as I’ve done for the last two years) when The Golfer needs a lift to the eye specialist even though he squirms around muttering about small seats.
I don’t mind waiting around an hour on average because it’s not worth while driving home and coming back
With several specialists consulting at the same time the waiting room gets crowded so I wait in the car
Where I can eat and drink to my heart’s content – listen to the radio – or read while I knit at the same time
The thing is….
It’s a bit of a tight squeeze trying to set things up with a steering wheel and gear lever in the way so one time I tried sitting on the passenger side……more leg room and nothing in front of me – but it just didn’t feel right…..so I moved back to the driver’s side which for some reason is more comfortable
The nearest (free) undercover car park is at Costco – out of the blazing sun and pouring rain. It’s close to the railway station plus a huge shopping centre so there are large ‘we are not a public car park’ signs so if I’m challenged I’ll just produce my card and say ‘I’m waiting for someone’. Not actually a lie is it…..waiting….not for someone turning up with a trolley full of groceries but for a ‘I’m ready’ text from someone 🤭
With several more appointments (plus two surgical procedures) coming up over the next couple of months I reckon I’ll be dab hand at the waiting game by Christmas
A little glimmer….
You know those things that take you out of yourself and help you realise things aren’t quite as bad as they feel…..
Glimmers are small moments that make us feel a sense of calm, connection, peace, and safety. They are the little things we notice that instantly elevate our mood, even when we are feeling down or are in the midst of a bad day. Source
Well, visiting friends with acreage at Silvan up in the hills last week, this appeared on the horizon.
A little zoom in and those distinctive colours ‘rainbow’ colours became more apparent
Much much better when visible in real life….not a full arch but enough to put a smile on my (and my friend’s) face…..and forget all our troubles and woes😊
🧶 But for the want of…..
Not a nail but those two little balls of brown wool!
If I’d remembered them – If I had put them with the rest of the garment then Mia’s present would be finished. Looking on the bright side there’s only a little more work needed (apart from making up and the neckline) and then it’s finished. And there’s plenty of time between now and Christmas to do that.
Lookee here my friends- what did get finished while we were away is this – sized for a 4yr old (24”) rather than the larger one I’d planned. Not intentional- just a case of realising (after working several rows) I’d cast on the wrong amount of stitches – so decided it was easier to carry on rather than faff about adding more😊
And here’s the next one – in the same design ….because I forgot to put the other patterns in (sigh) …..finished apart from making up and doing the neckline that is
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Now all you crafty ones – what about this for a new hobby!
This came home from the library so I could find out what it was all about. There were lots of instructions – easier to read if enlarged
A little bit of fun but I’ll give it a miss – somehow it just doesn’t look as calming as conventional needle knitting…also, what do you do if you need to go to the loo in a hurry????
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I have….
been going through one of my ‘want to be alone’ times since we came home. It might be Spring and although some days have been quite pleasant there’s been an awful lot that haven’t so basically Warm Weather Withdrawal Symptoms are what I’ve been suffering from. ‘The Back’ playing up hasn’t helped matters so it’s been easier just to retire (with a book) to my own little world for a short time
A session in the warm water therapy pool always helps….just have to remind myself to check the pool availability chart. I didn’t realise the Fathers and Babes class was weekly so twice I’ve turned up and half the area has been blocked off. Not so bad when there’s only a few others in the water but things got a little tense as more arrived and ‘room to move’ became limited
Then there was the nuisance factor in coming home to this…..courtesy of a very windy (like gale force we were told) storm – one demolished blind. Admittedly it did already have a small tear and was to changed anyway but what a way to go. One quick trip to ‘the big green shed’ aka Bunnings and we were back to the way we were
Being ‘topped and tailed’ has helped – Cutting of the hair and toe nails happened 😊.
The hairdresser and podiatrist appointments were already in the diary but not until a week after we got home…..which was good really because it gave me a chance to work some of my misery out of my system before getting the boost I needed.
Then there was a bit of a laugh when I finally got the urge to go grocery shopping. Prices seemed to have soared again but this one stopped me in my tracks…..until it dawned on me the price was for the 30 eggs above and not the dozen below 🤭
By Friday emotions seemed to have come good and I ended up not canceling a planned lunch – one where I’d be surrounded by oodles of women – because the lunch was with other View Club members and that is an organisation solely for women. I knew when I sat down, each person in the room was comfortable with the other ‘ladies’ at their table and via The Smith Family there was a common interest and solution to helping some disadvantaged Australian children cope with problems of education. Voice, Interest Education of Women.
After lunch speaker had us amused and interested in her recollections of a trip to Antartica – she spoke about Shackleton’s expedition and how they (well some of them) finally ended up South Georgia and how she herself ended up visiting there – on a cruise ship…..chosen because it was on the itinerary.
I’m now back in the business of life again, trying to think positively…..yes it’s not summer yet but it’s not far off – the Spring equinox has arrived, the clocks change soon, the temperature will rise (we will then complain it’s too hot😊) and …..’The Back’ doesn’t feel quite so uncomfortable at the moment.
How about you- how do you cope with the changing seasons ?
🧶 Ta Da….
Guess what…
I think I have lost my dislike of fine yarn and thin needles.
This little 4ply jumper sized 20”/51cm/12 month has turned out much better than I expected…..so I may even make another 😊
In the meantime…..
…..there are a couple of similar sized cardigans waiting for the button bands to finished.
It’s those finishing touches that take time, knitting the final rows – joining the two together then attaching to the neckline
I’m old fashioned- not a top down knitter – preferring bottom up with seams – so know what I’m up for when I get this far.
Just have to find some buttons when we get home and into the box they’ll go, joining others waiting for their new homes
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Now this might be of interest to those who need to know who’s who, what’s what and where’s where…....
Some of you probably remember the little map in the front of the Milly Molly Mandy books
Many younger readers may never have heard of the little girl in the striped dress or the books featuring her (that a lot of us read in our childhood) so you won’t know that at the front of each book there was a map of the village where Milly Molly Mandy lived with her Mother and Father, in the same little cottage as Aunty and Uncle along with Grandma and Grandpa.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milly-Molly-Mandy
The explanatory map isn’t a new idea – lists of characters and surroundings are quite helpful at times……especially in family sagas and novels filled with Eastern European characters 😊
I had a little smile recently when I opened a library book and discovered a similar who’s who in the village map . The fictional village of Tindledale is the setting of a light cosy series called (what else but) Tindledale!
https://www.goodreads.com/series/250305-tindledale
The Great Christmas Knit Off is the first book in the series…..
…..it tells the story of Sybil, a jilted bride who anticipates a lonely Christmas but instead finds herself in the tiny village of Tindledale, where the residents share her obsession with knitting.
When life unravels, it’s time to knit…
The idea of decorating a LYS window with hand knit Christmas themed sweaters turned into a much bigger venture than Sybil anticipated.
A fun lighthearted read that filled a need at a time when I craved something light.
I wouldn’t say life has been unraveling lately, just a bit restricted so craft (and reading) has been very light. No complicated plots or patterns……what about you – how’s yours been?
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Are any still in use today…..
Some I’ve seen in old writings or modern ‘period’ novels
I wonder if there’s any place where they’re used/spoken today?
It’s a living thing….
Conversations with your children often bring up long forgotten memories)
Summer 1978 – The Golfer and I were the best parents in the world!
At least that’s what we were told that warm February evening as we all sat near the front (not up the back ‘in the cheap seats’ on the grass) of the Myer Music Bowl waiting to hear this sung in real life
Sailin’ away on the crest of a wave, it’s like magic
Oh, rollin’ and ridin’ and slippin’ and slidin’, it’s magic
And you and your sweet desire
You took me, oh (higher and higher, baby)…
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It’s nearly four years since ‘our big girl’ and her partner left town (towing their home behind them) looking forward to doing ’a big lap’ of Australia.
After a year on the road she mentioned that so far they’d had the time of their lives.
Yes, so far, is what she said – at that time decisions were being been made and they were soon to be off again to give it another go and see some of the things they missed.
Impressions at that time (2022) – contrary to what some may have said – everything’s alive out there.
Even during Covid times….Australia was a living thing!
(Cue 1978 memory)
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At that time I wondered how I’d feel when the words Good Bye were spoken again. There were mixed feelings on my part when they drove off…….. ever since she was young child we’d provided her with roots and wings which she’d acknowledged several times so I was comfortable waving her off………it was just that I knew they were looking for something different but didn’t know what……and of course when after another year had passed and they reached the other side, the far western side of Australia they knew that they had found it……that was the place they wanted to be.
She’s been back since then (latest Oct ‘24) – knowing they are living The Dream (their way) makes it easier to say those two words but it always leaves me in a reflective mood, wondering if time is running out – wondering if I’ve lived all my dreams, – are there any more waves for me to crest’?
How about you – do you ever feel like life is passing you by?
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🧶 As Carol King said….
Well, it was her along with a couple of others but here’s what they wrote….
Don’t you know that you can do anything
You can take anything and make it your own
Don’t you know that you can do anything
And you don’t have to do it alone
https://www.caroleking.com/discography/songs/you-can-do-anything
The song is in no way linked to handicrafts and the online community of crafters but the sentiment is the same…….
This week I’m back to filling my charity box with little knitted shirts…
……using a tried and true pattern from
a very old – pre 1972
(because it came with me to Australia)
well used now out of print book
……taking measurements and instructions as a base, making them my own
After an altercation with a shopping trolley last week in a very uneven supermarket car park ( my trolley would you believe it….acting like a 3yr old wanting to go where it wanted and not where I wanted it to go) which in turn stressed my spine, things have been very ‘ouch, ouchy, which means retreating (after doing ‘I don’t want to but I need to’ stretches) and not doing anything strenuous – knitting is always a good way to take my mind off other things…..result – two sleeves and one front finished plus the back begun.
So No.1 is nearly finished!
And to keep me company I’ve been contemplating knitting my own boyfriend Spotted on the library shelf this little book just had to come home with me
I could make him short and stocky or short and thin…..I rather fancy my own surfer guy – with his bleached hair and all over tan I think he’d be fun to have around…..but what about a computer geek, now he’d come in handy at times…..and the thought of my own action man has me wondering how high could I fly😊
But really I don’t need to knit one – I’ve got a real live one of my own
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🧶The bits on the side….
So with the weather being what it is……Summer extending into Autumn (and how)…..it should be cooling down slightly by now especially overnight but nature seems to be thinking otherwise.
A drop of rain- the first for a long, long time is forecast for Wednesday – forecast being the word. It could arrive or possibly like the recent cyclone Albert go walkabout, do a U-turn, and end up somewhere else. If it does turn up it’ll will be welcome relief from the heat and humidity
I’ve put the knitting to one side. Not because I was frustrated fed up with it but because my hands were getting sweaty…..knitting in the heat doesn’t usually do that…..’cept there’s always a first time for anything and this humidity was definitely proving that point.
So when I ‘explored’ a box of crafty bits tucked away at the back of a cupboard and found a xstitch embroidery kit…..no idea how long it had been there, probably bought on a whim to make a gift for ‘our little girl’ (given name starts with F) all those recent never again- think of the eyes thoughts were forgotten.
It’s begun – I’ve made a start- and surprisingly found there have been no sweaty palms…….
although I have found the grey cells are finding it more difficult to count up/down than they do sideways😧.
The plan is to finish the curly bits on the top and sides before the floral parts in the middle. That way I’ll be able to place the different colours without too many problems- like counting tiny squares!
Many years ago I read (and enjoyed) a book called Still Waters (Jennifer Lauck) smiling at the title being the same as my blog.
And look at what I found in an op shop……another one with the same title- a debut novel (2008) by Australian author Camilla Noli
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But I do wonder if someone would be interested if they only saw the very brief blurb on Goodreads……see how it’s described on Fantastic Fiction. Guess I’ll find out once I begin to read it
Hot weather rabbit hole time meant I discovered there are over 50 books listed on Fantastic Fiction with those two words as the title – many more with them included in the title. I lost count on a couple of other sites😊
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Come take a walk…..
(I’m still feeling a bit crook so here’s a little something for you to enjoy)
Then sit awhile and smile….
A man of many talents…..don’t you just love those boots!
When will it end…..
A few things I’ve been thinking about……
I have missed my weekly walking in water exercise- it’s now about 3 months since the ‘pool’ was closed for what was described as ‘essential maintenance’ which has turned out to be a much larger undertaking than anyone expected. I’m sure I’m not the only one wondering ‘when will it end’
It’s been revealed reopening is now planned for the end of March which can’t come soon enough for me. I’ve been happy enough to use the gym facilities for the active adult’s sessions but it certainly doesn’t seem to have the same effect as the gentle fluid movements in the water does.
I realise it’s a case of muscles being worked in a different manner but I’m a bit like the toddler who wants the red cup and not the identical but different coloured blue one in that I know what I like and won’t be happy until I get it 😊
When will it end…
I was muttering those words to myself after finishing this couple of rather long books. Both historical fiction – both 2024 publications
The Wartime Book Club – 512 pages plus extra information .
The Fallen Woman – 448 pages
I seem to have had a knack recently of finding things to read that ‘seemed like a good idea at the time’ mainly because others had said ‘they’re a great read, you’ll love them’. With these two, apart from not being able to connect with any of the main characters (all female) in either book I got the feeling that if the authors had researched something then it had to be included. Sometimes Less is more although I’m sure some publishers would disagree.
When will it end…..
I have been wondering when will we stop worrying if we have something more than we actually have?
It would appear all I’m suffering from is a common old cold!
My headache- runny nose – weepy eyes – sneezing- some coughing…..are just that……symptoms of a cold.
One of my very expensive antigen tests – well I certainly didn’t think $38 for 5 of these newfangled all singing all dancing ones was cheap when I needed them for The Golfer last December – has reassured me that (at that particular time yesterday) I wasn’t suffering from Covid or RSV or even Influenza A/B.
That will certainly make life a little easier – hot honey&lemon with the odd paracetamol and maybe a slug of cough mixture now and again should see me through……..unless things turn nasty 🙁
How about you….what are you wondering about today?
Going up….and down….
I’m beginning to wonder (like just about every other person) when will these horrendous price rises end.
Remember the lemons ($9.90 kg December 2024) – last week they’d risen to $14.99 kg – almost double the price. Which is why little bottles like this one are flying off the shelves……you do wonder who’s making the money though
Also….I will admit to having a big grin on my face as I drove past the petrol station recently. There’s one thing we can’t get away from and that’s the ‘fuel up and down’ cycle that goes on here in many of our cities……unlike food prices that never go down after they’ve risen the cost of petrol will slowly fall a few days after what seems like – well actually is – an enormous jump in price.
The big sign said ULP 91 was $1.97 litre……I’d filled up the day before at $1.69. 😊
A 30¢ jump overnight can be horrendous for some drivers – especially those entitled ones who drive whopping great gas guzzling vehicles……so it’s best to be aware of how long the price has been low and top up before you discover It ended yesterday!
petrolspy – an easy to use app to keep an eye on prices Australia wide
https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/petrol-and-fuel/petrol-price-cycles-in-major-cities
I noticed it didn’t take long after the Reserve Bank announced (today) it had lowered the cash rate (which had been rising for several years) for some of the big banks to lower their interest rates on savings accounts. Not much has been said about when mortgage rates will actually drop (and by how much) which is probably uppermost in people’s minds more so than what they’d get on their savings (if they had any)
There is one group who won’t be too pleased about the cuts though and that’s self- funded retirees and those on part pensions. They are dependent on interest from savings and investments so will be looking at a loss in income.
I wonder if it will please the ‘cafe owners’ who have complained non stop about not being able to make ends meet……rising mortgages meant some regular customers were cutting out their ‘daily’ takeaway coffees – now some retirees who became regular customers won’t be able to afford them either.
Us…..well having no mortgage has meant no worries and the extra interest on savings has been good but we’re more interested in the currency exchange rate. Some of our income is from overseas pensions which can vary due to the exchange rate. If we receive more – our Aus pension is cut a fraction – so we never know exactly what we’re going to get . It’s been a constant amount recently- let’s hope it stays that way.
🧶 Is there an end in sight……
(Long post – skip to the end for the short version 😊)
I took this very early in February – thinking I was being clever by beginning a Christmas gift (at the end of January) ……one of my favourite knits – for little Mia. (Born Nov 2024)
Her mother has what you might call a shopping problem which means there is a full 12 months worth of clothes in the wardrobe just waiting for her to grow into so I’ve sized for 18/24 months……hopefully she’ll get some wear out of it the winter after next.
(reminder – Winter in Aus is in the middle of the year not at the end😊)
And the state of play now – over two weeks later……exactly the same🙁.
Well apart from reading the book – that’s finished
Actually there was a lot going on that day…..it was a scorcher, one from the heatwave that crossed the country that week – more fires were cropping up in the Grampian region (western Victoria) and in Far North Queensland towns along the east coast were being flooded – such strange weather.
Since then it’s been all fun and games (not) and being glad each of us has been there for the other – we’ve had more scorchers (which knowing my love of warm weather you didn’t hear me say I’m glad to see the back of)…..the rains seem to have to have eased off up north but the effects of flooding will linger for quite a while……and fires have been appearing in other places. There have been cooler days (one extreme to the other last Saturday when it was cold with a high of 11°out our way) but Summer really has been full bent on letting us know who’s the boss!
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Anyway I was certainly glad The Golfer was there the day I stood up and went whoopsie – not quite flat on my face thankfully – because he happened to be standing there right beside me when my leg just gave way under me. Oh lor did it hurt, swollen knee, any attempt to walk on that leg resulted in a tippy toe awkward hobble – much sitting around until I had an X-ray plus ultrasound.
- Result ~ Small knee joint effusion. Bulging of the medial meniscus. Small amount of fluid in the deep infrapatellar bursa…..probably age related!
The Golfer was glad I was able play designated driver before that happened..….the car park at The Golfers eye specialist was full so I dropped him off, took my book and waited in a shady spot elsewhere – expecting a surgery date for cataract. He has a date but for injections in one eye. Not for macular degeneration but something that showed up during an X-ray (OCT) so that’s on the back burner for now until this problem is sorted.
- Here’s hoping all is finished before June when the ‘long drive up north’ begins.
But wait – you know that saying about things coming in three…..yes, there’s more but I don’t think you really want to hear me moaning and groaning about the male of the house (there’s enough bloggers like that out there)
- So let’s just say the panel beaters couldn’t fit The Golfer’s repair in for another few weeks….. thankfully the car is drivable so seeing the damage each time he gets in during that time should remind him of how close you can drive next to an immovable object without making a dent in your bank balance. Insurance covered it but there’s that rather large 💰💰💰excess to be paid.
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How are you all?
I’ll admit to not doing the ‘blog’ rounds – I needed a break from everything.
I don’t have a book on the go at the moment but I did read loads during the time I was offline…..I’ll tell you about them sometime soon
Short version says – it’s been rather (a bit too) hot here, hotter still with consequences somewhere else and rained a lot up there.. ……I haven’t done much knitting but have read lots, stuffed up my knee (much better now) The Golfer ‘put a dent in both his car and bank balance, plus will get a jab in the eye soon 😊
Sign here please…..
Reposting another piece written by me and published elsewhere a few years ago .
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Here comes the delivery man, she said to herself.
She could see him getting out of the truck, steadying himself before he jumped down onto the driveway.
Such a polite young man, always willing to bring large boxes right inside the front door. Not like the previous one who would hardly give you the time of the day apart from saying, ‘sign here’ – not even a please or thank you from him.
And with that he’d drop whatever it was on the ground at her feet.
She was suddenly conscious of someone standing beside her in the hall.
And what have you ordered now Mum?
Oh, just something for a project I have in mind
But Mum you promised!
It’s not all for me silly one, it’s to share with others in the craft group
You know that Gloria next door is having some work done at the back of her house, well, she’s got this really nice labourer doing the jobs on an ad hoc basis. Nothing definite arranged, just when and if she needs him
Such a lovely young lad, very outgoing and chatty, so polite and courteous, just like the delivery man. Has a beautiful voice and is always singing. Lovely melodies and love songs, not bawdy ones like some of his mates come out with when they’re round there waiting for him to finish up.
I’ll introduce you to him sometime.
Mum, we’re supposed to be discussing this yarn problem you have. Always buying more when there’s still loads in the boxes up in the bedroom
Oh, I really do have plans for it.
You see Gloria’s worker and his friends are always complaining about their cold hands and ears, so I’m going to share some with my crafty friends and we are going to knit them beanies and fingerless gloves to wear while they’re working outside!
Oh, there’s the door bell. I need to go and answer it
Hello Mrs B, how are you today?
I bet this is another delivery from the online wool shop…..
Sign here please!
Still Waters 