Morning everyone..It's a new week...11/08/2014

First topic message reminder :

I think when cumber is peeled it looks nicer sliced up.  

I have a jar of Cranberries Bond and I put a spoonful, teaspoon, to a salad, just my salad, or in a batch with chicken, every so often.   but grapefruit I've not had any for years and years,

Avatar.....St Mary's Warwick Don't know who the woman in pink is......

05:08:15
Morning had a bit of a sleep in as Blaine does not have
O/T today as he was waiting on some thing to finish the part
he was doing
Spencer it seems stayed over SOMEWHERE .not sure where
or with WHOM

I see the TV is reporting the  Republicans in government did NOT come to
and agreement yesterday so the government will SHUT DOWN at 12.01 Sunday
leaving all  3 MILLION military personal  government employees  etc with out getting
paid and what we call "Wick" here that helps those with lower income
money every mouth to buy groceries none to use
Parks museums will close as well
WHAT A CARRY ON  

The      yesterday caused a LOT of PROBLEMS
in New York LaGuadia /JFK airport had FLOODING in parts & streets looked like
rivers and cars were FLOATING in one borough of the City as they got 10inches
And yes Vicky hopefully by November when your daughter comes lets
HOPE all the damage has been corrected

Here in Connecticut towns in the west where we live got the largest amount
Norwalk that is 15/20 mins from us had so far 5.40inches  and there is
still a little that will fall before it leaves us around 2pm  

Nice patio furniture and puppies grow so FAST don't they  

Looking forward to seeing this spinning wheel Bond ,but I thought again
it was Sleeping Beauty you were doing didn't she eat a poisoned apple
from the bad witch and the prince has to KISS her to awaken her  
Or was that Snow White
I am SO CONFUSED  

Weather for you two I see its saying showers coming around 2pm
let me know how right it was  

They have a BIG musical festival "Sound  on  Sound" that is supposed
to start to day and tomorrow here in Bridgeport down at Seaside Park
right across from the sound 54f right now climbing into the high 60's

The Red Hot Chilly Peppers are one group playing  
Lots of bands      etc and food tents

Its still going on according to the news but they have pushed back the
opening today because of all the rain we had opening now will be 2.45pm

OK so hope the ladies had a good night and Marge that you got the
quote from the roofer √
Good also that Ian found covers so the animals cannot get under
your house √

I shall look in later as I only have to pop out briefly today
 TOMORROW

         

Good morning all from a bright Atherstone a bit
Of condensation on the cars this morning
Yes I can see the photo today of the patio furniture,
I don't understand alot about the painting only it's
The story of Richard 111 ,I know there is stories about him and the Area even the the Battle of Bosworth wasn't were it's been said all these years but closer the Stoke Golfing, we also have
Dick's Hole what's that all about,
Back in the garage on the spinning wheel but first
Breakfast and it's cornflakes and warm milk coffee tea and a large lemon and lime for later
Back later

Don't know what is wrong with your phone Bond, you never seem to see any photo of mine.

Right speak tomorrow.......not sure about the painting Bond, now are you saying it was painted about Richard 111 or it was painted around Richard 111

Changed avatar......Dawn  sat at their new garden furniture,  April  2022 and the puppy is there, not a puppy anymore.

New avatar this is a painting around the history of
Richard 111 ,by a local artist every part of the picture tells a story
It will be on a tour of the area with talks

Hi well I'm not seeing that and I've been around the back door but nothing so I'm seeing a country pile
It's been a long day with just some bits of wood
Glued and screwed

Avatar......is Dawn, Laura and he 2 dogs,  remember when Jasper was smaller than Coco?     well look at him now,  the black dog.   Dawn, Rob and Laura were at Black Rock in Wales,  gosh we used to take the boys there when they were about 3 and 5.

Hope it clears in New York soon Carole for November. at least..

So glad alls going smoothly Marge
Well done Ian ,tell him to pop up
to CT and do our gutters

Yes Bond and 60 miles to the east of NEW YORK
we here in Connecticut are still getting
SOAKED almost 3" and this is still on going
all night into Saturday morning before it ends
Hope Blaine got into work ok as where he works
now he said it's prone to flooding in NORMAL times

They have declared a State of emergency in New York now
I see

I think Bond we all need a good *clear out* at times

I see it's looking like we are going to be in a Government shutdown
Military personnel all not being paid among others

Just asked Lily if they've heard from Jack she's put "" Hi, yes he’s doing really well. He came back on my birthday and I think he’s coming back for this weekend. He says he’s really enjoying it xxx "   So that's good,  I know Laura is really enjoying  it....so that's good.    

Good evening all, I did get out of ylthe garage for 6:00
But the spinning wheel frame noe stands looks
Odd as it's all bits of odd wood but when it's had a coat of paint and brown stain it will be fine
I must get to have a sort out and get rid of stuff
Too good for the tip in my mind ,we do have a local junk shop I need to go and have a chat
It's just shown the floods in New York very bad very quickly flooded , underground
Chicken on brown as we went to the Blue Boar .
Steak and chips ,peas tomato mushrooms
Cream of mushroom soup for starter
So I'll get some drinks

Ian seems to be enjoying being there Margaret.

We are moving on a pace .
This morning at 9:30am a roofing contractor
is coming to give us a quote for fixing the roof.

Ian found some replacement vent covers for around the
base of the outside walls, So no more pesky critters
under the house.
Ian cleaned out the rain gutters on the front of the house.
Even with covers on them, the dirt builds up in them and clogs
the down spouts.
We went down to try our new B of A cards at the ATM.
Mine worked OK but Ian's got shut out.
After having one of the nice ladies who work there,
get on the phone to check that all was in order, I
went out with him to the machine and noticed he
did not press the green button. On doing so, it worked
and he got his money.
It was hard to see as the machine is on the west side of the
bank and the screen was almost unreadable with the sun on it.

The lady banker was from Nigeria originally and has relatives in the UK.
She picked up on Ian's accent before mine.
We managed to make her laugh when I said my children and I
have an easy relationship with money, I've got it, and they need it!
We set things up so we can wire money from our accounts to each other
when needed. Me for paying for something and they paying me back.

Debating whether to call the 1-880- got- junk to come and pick up the studio
sleeper unit. The charities won't take mattresses . We have had it for a couple
of decades now and it served us well but its taking up a lot of room in
this bedroom and I could get a fresh new sleeper chair for in here.
They hide a single mattress inside what looks like a lounge chair.
(Thats for a bit later though.) Lazy Boy brand make nice ones.
(Big popular brand here)
While Ian was on the roof, I waded through the mass of paperwork.
I filled two paper sacks full just in a couple of hours.
Ian left here a bit early so he could take a dip in the ocean after being on
the roof in the afternoon heat.
There is a get together for a BBQ at Jeffs house this weekend for what we called,
The "California Mafia". This was the group that went to Ian's wedding in London.
All wore Hawaiin shirts and sunglasses on the Grooms night out.
They looked like mobsters in their tail suits wearing the dark glasses on the
wedding day! That was 22 years ago now. how time flies.

Its cloudy again this morning and only 66f but it is early yet.
High is expected to be 70f Later.
High for this date was 96f in 2005, Average for this date is usually about 78f.
Ian has arrived so better stop waffling and get cracking here. XXX

Afternoon........or lunch time.

The best tea for two is at Coombe Abbey.....though Palmers do a lovely "Tea for two" and yes we've been a few times at Dobbies.    {before Covid.    oh talking about Covid  Rachael's  got it.....you take care Bond  it's going round.

Susan & Matt are going to New York in November,  Andy, Hannah {Matt's sister} is her Partner, they did get engaged the year after Susan & Matt got married but that's as far as it's got.   Like Rob and Dawn.  anyway Andy is doing the New York Marathon  and Hannah's going to cheer him on, and look round the shops in the days after. they asked Susan & Matt to come with them, Matt said he didn't think they'd be able to, work wise, but they spoke to their bosses {they've got different bosses }  and so they're going.

Avatar.......Susan, Cornwall, April 2022. aged 42. almost 43.

05:55:17
Update
Weather man saying Bridgeport has already had just over 1" of
and the are predicting 3" for us 6" for Danbury just to our east
Warning drivers about hydroplaning on the roads as there is so much
water ,also we have a lot of viaducts under bridges that flood in NORMAL
amounts of rain
Glug glug

Back later

04:37:28
Morning from a VERY VERY wet Bridgeport
they are saying its going to POUR ALL DAY and so that could mean FLASH FLOODING
we have ALREADY had almost an inch since it started during the night
and they are telling us we could get a possible SIX INCHES before it all ends
Last time we got THAT much rain was when we lived in Stratford when we
got 8ins all in one day I had just mulched the garden out front and it
washed it ALL over the lawn as we had a small POND out front

When I looked out through my back door when I got up there were TWO
baby raccoons on my deck about the size of Benjie walking around and
under the chairs and tables they looked like TWINS and when i tapped
the screen door hardly took  ANY notice until I banged a little harder
then they TOOK OFF RUNNING  

I am seeing you are in for a nice day possible rain Saturday afternoon
glad its also dry  in Plymouth as Wendy and Derek are going to some
award for their grandson today

Well I know where I will be today ....HERE doing the

Funny how people love the cream teas back home ,but its never
been one of my favorite things to eat ,so Bond YOU could have MINE
and I will have your ROAST dinner that you said you would rather
have the tea for

Marge hope all is still going good I do not want to bother you with
Ian being there  glad he is working his list down though has he looked
in the garage yet for where you THINK your wedding album could
possibly be high on the shelf ?
I DO HOPE SO
Also that he got your portable A/C working and you are finding out
things you did not know about your dryer
I have never seen one like you have

Well my boys may have to  their cars to work today glad they
do not have to GO THAT far ,actually Blaine now goes the furthest  
but still only 15/20 min drive from home mostly through local streets
glad as the highways in this kind of weather can be a NIGHTMARE

OK so I must away
will pop back later  

Good morning all from Atherstone it's a bright morning
Yes out in the garage this morning looking how I
can make a spinning wheel out of scraps of wood and paint
I love a cream tea I think more than a roast dinner
But I know a lot of them are not good for you
The last one I had was taking my sister in law
Out to Dobbies last year before she died at Christmas,
First breakfast and it's cornflakes and warm milk coffee tea and a large lemon and lime for later

1953 I'd only be 9  I don't want to go that far back.  No Sir.

Be more green and not get rid of Props  

See you in the morning

New avatar......Susan and Matt had gone to clifton for tea for two

Hi Vicky,I'm seeing a bluebell wood
A lovely picture,I have gone around the
Back door and have seen the coast
shot lovely too
No 1953 I would only be 4 so no it was another boy
I'm well on the way to making the spinning wheel
All from recycled materials from old shows
Very green

Afternoon......and yes it missed us Bond.

I suppose the one boy was you Bond?

If I had my time over I'd be 19,  and not give my virginity away to someone who said "If you're saving it for him, you're never going to meet him,  so I thought,  after weeks of  "Oh please" I thought "Oh what the hell.....then I did meet him, but when I was 21 I was billies into giving him up.....wish I'd stood up to them.   In fact my Gran did the same with my Mum and bullied her into giving my Dad up and not telling him she was pregnant.   What a silly pair we were.

That's good that you don;t have to buy a new microwave.     And gosh Margaret don't try and stand on the stool.

Ah so it's a spinning wheel Bond.......well hang on to that because lots of Nursery stories has a spinning wheels


Avatar.....when Susan ans Matt went to Cornwall in April 2022

Good evening all,just in from the garage
I've had enough for the day
Making the wheels for a spinning wheel one very good one three to be used as to
the burning of the wheels before the last one in the land pricks the princess finger ,
So now I've just to make a look like spinning wheel

Well, certain things are zipping along but others are not.
Still no Roofer in sight but have a lead on another one.
Through our local neighborhood hardware store, ACE.
They have good connections to all contractors in my
local area. Should have thought of it sooner.
It's only a repair job after all.
Cannot be on top form all the time.
Woke 3 times during the night and not for the
usual stroll to the pink throne.
We went to In N Out burgers for lunch yesterday,
a very popular place in one of the very large parking
areas near Home Depot DIY place.
Ian has the portable A/C working again, after buying a new
extension bar.
I finished off the main bathroom after he left to go and visit
one of his friends yesterday.
I do not need a new Microwave as the one I have, seems to be
working OK now.
 
I just need a cap for the old exhaust pipe for the dryer.
No one explained that it was a new type with no old type
exhaust needed. It collects excess water from the clothes
and puts it in a small tank. The "Fluff" goes into another
area and it only needs cleaning out every month or so.
The water tank and internal Fluff collector I empty after every load.
Ian replaced both kitchen ceiling bulbs with new ones for me.
I still do not feel strong enough to stand on the step stool and reach
over my head to do it.

Sorting makes more mess but its the only way to find what can be donated
and what needs to be thrown away or kept.
I have been doing it one box or container at a time.
It's a slow way to do it but I need to just focus and not get distracted.

He has problems at home as his wife is supervising a contractor rebuilding
their boundary fence between their garden and the public pathway to the school.
It's not going as fast as she would like but sometimes you have to wait for the concrete
base to set. before putting the wooden fence back in place.
A tiny section in their property documents says the fence is their responsibility to keep
repaired. So another 6,000 pounds of their savings gone.

Their city has declared bankruptcy so all city offices are closed down and no one
is answering the phones or emails. Ian's wife was in a panic because the workers left
early not realizing that they had other jobs going at the same time while the concrete
sets. This was the only time on his calendar to fit them in.
I know Ian is getting frustrated with me at times, but I have not been in any shape
to cope with anything more than what needed to be done everyday for about 4 months.
he forgets he has not been here for 2 1/2 years now.
Melanie has had health problems and her husband has had health problems too.
She wants me to move up to where she is. but I am not moving with a 16 year old cat!
The trip alone just might kill her!
Ian has been able to do so much so far that most of his list is crossed off.
Its all small stuff individually but looks big when on a long list.
I have to work in small patches and not try and do it all in one day.
Ian just arrived so time tp stop waffling and get cracking.

05:09:23
Late this morning could not sleep after waking up around 1130pm so I was tossing and turning all night after
Well as I see you guys are writing the full width of the page again I will do the same , Bond 2953 ... HOPE you slipped and MEANT 1953
Good photo though looks very familiar to how I looked back around then at age 11 yrs ahhh to be 11 again and KNOW what I KNOW NOW

Well we have another nice day on tap before getting MORE Friday into Saturday and then it will clear out for Sunday with the next week BEING GLORIOUS and in the middle to HIGH 70's reminds me of the year Gil's sister came over in the early 2000's after we remarried as Gil had been telling her every Saturday when he used to her how nice our weather was ,so she packed a bag with SUMMER clothes and over ,unfortunately the DAY AFTER she arrived our weather changed so I ended up having to give her MY warmer clothes to wear for the remainder of her weeks stay

Well looking dry today for your weather but possible tomorrow Bond and Vicky I have a question your doing Beauty and the BEAST right ? where does a CAKE come into the story

Marge hope all is going well with Ian glad he arrived safe but silly you no Dr's appointments till NEXT MONTH and your right Gil always had a problem putting the month FIRST over here OK so I must away need to run to the bank this morning and also pick up AGAIN MORE cat food and treats
So all that is left to say is
MORNING LADIES

The avatar is a group of girls and one boy getting
ready for a trip out and picnic it's thought about 2953 for the coronation
One I'm faintly in touch with now living in Melbourne Australia,I sent her this picture and she says she can still name every one
Right cars loaded up and I'm having five minutes before the off

Good morning all from a grey Atherstone
Well the bins didn't go sailing down the road like ships in the night and the gales that could have possibly arrived here didn't we seem to have side stepped it as we have a couple of times lately
It's leading Players today and running through the pantomime,my task is to make a spinning wheel
The big cake has come along the body of it is
finished just a small area to hold a crazy foam
For someone's face to be dipped into
First breakfast and it's cornflakes and warm milk coffee tea and a large lemon and lime for later
Back later

We were hoping to get our COVID
At the same time as the flu but no
So it's wait untill we get the calling
I've just got to put our bins out
But do I or don't I with the winds on the way
So I'll wait until just before bed

Oh gosh we've had our next Covid  jabs ......another  jab and we only had our last one in June.  our 6th one.

Avatar.....coach house

Have to say National Trust is showing itself up, it's gone Trans and Lacock being connected to Harry Potter and the writer JK Rowling saying "Only real women can have a womb" they've stopped looking after Lacock, they used to make sure they always got a tenet for the houses, but they've stopped, so the gardens are being looked after, well the neighbours mostly do but if the neighbours don't the National Trust do nothing. Talk about childish.

Sometimes you don't SEE something until it hits you in the face.
I looked at my erasure board again yesterday to check on the
appointments I had written there days earlier and the penny dropped.
My Appointments are NEXT month not today!
it the 10th month not the 9th!
(You do know that America puts the month first ahead of the date
and year!)  It still throws me after all this time.

Ian arrived earlier than I expected yesterday. He says the
international automatic check worked very well so slid through
the usual hold ups which can take a couple of hours usually.
I was napping, good job he knocked on the door instead of letting
himself in with the key!
I messaged Cindy yesterday and she is tracking down the roofing man
she trusts who is just starting on a similar roof repair for one of her friends.
She can also recommend an electrician who she has used before.
These guys are all local as well.
Some of the bigger firms would bump up the costs including the
cost of petrol used to get them here and back every day for however
long the repair took.
These people like whole roof repairs as it makes the most money
for them. I do not need a whole roof redone. I only have one
spot where there is damage. plus the rain gutters need to be cleaned out.
They do have covers on them to keep out the leaves but the dust and dirt that
comes down with the heavy rain clogs up the down spouts.
Ian will be here shortly and he can work his magic on the computer while I carry on
sorting things that I started a few days ago.

Its 64f at present with high humidity levels and poor air quality and high pollen count.
The high should be 73f today and partly sunny.
Record high for this date was 106f in 2010. The average temp is usually 78f for this date.

It's a shame that all the old mansions and castles cannot be saved but the places
like the National Trust cannot take on more than a few at a time.
Thank goodness the cottages in Priory Row came under their care but to turn them
into B & B s has meant that the inside has been altered in many ways not in keeping 
with the outside. Its someone's idea of what it might have looked like but with
modern things like showers and a proper kitchen. I wonder if the privy is still
at the end of the patio garden at the back.

G. G. grandfather was a silk weaver so he must have had a loom in the top shop.
It's a space that runs the width and breathed of the floor below.
It was where my grandfather made my child's high desk.
He also bred canaries up there.
He was wounded in WW1 and got sent home, so he took to breeding canaries for
other wounded soldiers as company and their lovely singing was very soothing.
It helped his recovery I know.
G. grandfather was a watch maker who became a watch engraver.
He had his workspace in the little parlor at the front of the house.
Both men held offices with Holy Trinity church.
Clerk and Sexton I believe.
Time for breakfast here so TTFN XXXX

Afternoon and it's just started to rain.

Yes Bond I've seen  the inside of Atherstone hall, and the history, ok to walk round and see the lovely carvings etc but I wouldn't like to live there.   Luckily Shenton Hall is still still there too.

Carole yes I did tell you a few times that you'd stretch the page but only because you'd told others they'd stretched the page, so I was just saying you'd done the same.  

Later.

All done
We just sat talking about yesterday and even even had a second cup of coffee
It's dry at the moment but it looks like the
Wet stuff is on the way ,
I've seen photos of the inside of Atherstone hall
That had some fabulous plaster ceilings
And fancy wood paneling all gone for housing in the early 70s
So I'll just have orange juice thanks

Sorry no problems just running late
So breakfast and it's cornflakes and warm milk coffee tea and a large lemon and lime for later
Back later

04:16:58
 Ello Ello where's Bond today?
No  or  on for the
and no L & L

I am not familiar with this Shenton Hall Vicky
its a shame though the way ALL over they pull down
buildings that are well built and have a history to
replace them with houses or buildings that do
not LAST as long etc

As to you telling me I had stretched the page ,YOU
DID a FEW times especially if I had copied something
and posted it
Then we had to wait until it went back to normal

I hope Ian arrived safe and sound Marge and that you get
good news from your eye test today and let the GAMES BEGIN
 Ian helping you

Weather here  46f FEELS LIKE 42f right now but will
at least be today

Looks like showers for Atherstone this afternoon  highs in the upper 60's
but cloudy right now
same for Nuneaton

Well I had better get cracking and tidy up in here

 BOND WHERE ARE YOU

Yes I bet those in those houses didn't like  having  our houses built.

Though I remember 2 of our neighbours  going to the Hall and taking off all the things they could before it was
knocked down.

Not the same as Shenton Hall Carole and Margaret ....this was a different Hall. that was knocked down.

Shenton aqueduct,
Strange to see narrow boats going above your head

Hi well I do remember when there was houses only on one side of Clay Avenue
and nothing up towards the A5:
Hot chocolate then miss

Can't remember me saying that Carole, once the page goes it goes back to normal. Doesn't bother me. As the ads don't either.

Gosh Bond 56 no age at all.....never seeing her grandchildren grow up.

You'll be saying "I can remember when is used to be all fields when I was retired"   when they talk about  this area.

I'll have a hot chocolate please Bond..

Avatar which I'm sure Bond knows....Shenton Hall. We'd gone for a drive and found this.

Its been the same here believe it or not.
When we first arrived here, Los Angles was surrounded
by Orange groves and one area was nothing but dairy farms.
They ran their own places for buying milk, butter and eggs in town.
All moved further away as more space was needed for housing.
This state was the dropping off point for all the military coming back
from the Pacific after the war.
There were a lot of manufacturing plants here and the climate was
more to their liking after being in the tropics.
There was a housing boom like you would not believe which lasted into the
late 50s. The tract that we live in was first built on in 1947.
It's etched into the curb in places. Our area was started in 1954.
There were some self built houses at one end which you could buy the plans
for from the local catalog of the times.
Sears was selling everything the settlers needed back in the old days
of train and horse wagon days.

Good evening all,
I hope things go well tomorrow Marge
Death is sad at any time but this lady was only 56
So a lot of young grandkids,
We didn't go to the wake we knew her but
Only for a couple of hours one day a week
The Crem was packed with standing at the back
We were with a woman who also helps with the leading Players,
She comes from Birmingham
she was saying how wel it all was set out ,I felt like a old man saying I remember this when it
Was all fields ,and over the bridge to the Co op laundry the road ended at a farmer's gate
And all this had been built since
So drinks then tea for nurse Peachey
Coffee I've just made a Cadbury hot chocolate and a large lemon and lime

Well spoke too soon it's pouring again here
Happy birthday to Lily then

Vicky I mentioned it to Bond because trying to read
his ,I had to keep going to the END of his
sentence in order to read it as it was WAY OFF THE PAGE
I will show you if you want me to by typing a line all the WAY to the right before turning

I remember a time when you USED TELL ME that I  had
over STRETCHED the page

It's Lily's 15th birthday today.      And my other 3 grandchildren  have gone to Uni.    Heard  Laura's settled in already,  Matthew's 2nd year of course.  Not heard how Jack's getting on.....I suppose it's early days, but as I said  Laura's really settled in.

Yes  it rained about 11.30am   but then fried up.

Oh no Carole I just asked for tea didn't say I as taking it upstairs.

BTW yes you can stretch the page if you do an ad link but not  until you get to the end of the line.  that's the way Bond and I always did it, you and Margaret take small lines,  why are you now telling Bond he's stretched the page when all he's done is type to the end of his sentence?

Avatar......Christmas 2021 present from David to me ...Victorian Sylva nurses belt.

Most of our state autumn fairs are over now.
The Burning Man festival in Arizona was well attended,
although it got a lot of rain which created deep mud which
kept everyone from leaving as no real roads into the area set up
for it.
Well, Ian should be at Heathrow by now, he usually messages me
to let me know he is at least at the airport.
It's a later flight than he normally takes.
He should arrive on my doorstep around 7pm tonight here.

In our neck of the woods there are 3 main chemists shops
almost on every corner, CVS, Rite Aide and Walgreens.
The corporations that own them are closing the ones
that are under performing.

A lot of medical clinics are going over to mailed prescription
services. I was offered the choice but my pharmacy is
so close and one cannot trust the mail these days to get
a new prescription to you before the old one expires.

Did a really dumb thing last night.
I was putting laundry detergent in the washing machine
and the jug slipped out of my hand and took a dive behind
the dryer, Luckily the cap was on but in trying to retrieve
it, I had to move the dryer slightly which disconnected the
vent from the back.
It such a tight space that the washing machine needs to be pulled
out to reconnect the vent and then the washing machine can be
back in place.  I have small apartment size machines but are too
heavy for me to move around.
It will have to wait on Ian.

Tomorrow will be very busy as I have a doctors appointment at 9:30am
and an eye clinic appointment at !:20pm.
The offices are only a mile or so away from each other.
So can come home between appointments.
I will wait on having lunch until I find out if I need more eye
drops in my eyes.

It's one of the saddest parts of growing older, Losing more
friends and neighbors.
I lost 2 relatives and 2 friends last year in just over 8 weeks.
All in their 70s. Most were from cancer of one type or another.

Our Usual suspects are not into
organizing a get together but we may do one at Thanksgiving.
It's been very quiet on the street I guess we are all getting ready for
what our winter weather pattern will be this time.
I just want the hole in my roof fixed.
I think the rest of the roof is fine for now but the gutters
need seeing to.
If I do not appear tomorrow, do not fret.
It's just Ian pushing to get as much done as possible.
I guarantee I will sleep well tomorrow night.
XXXX

10:56:12
Was that Vicky i saw ?
Well glad she was not sick then 

Bond funerals are always sad to me 

Dry right now so that's an improvement

Made dinner so watching tv 

Bond are you making drinks ?

Happy to see you in Vicky
Just back from the funeral
Four children must of had half a dozen kids
so loads of grandkids
Something I've never seen the whole family
Gathering around the coffin at the end before
Leavingach
I'll just do some drinks and malted Milk chocolate biscuits

Morning,  it's bright out there.

Yes we had a very handicapped  Man in the Stroke Club,  was in a wheelchair, couldn't use one hand, so his meals had to be cut up and he couldn't talk but he was so jolly.

Later then. great photo Bond.

Hi Carole, lovely rose
Just after I typed that this morning
The heavens opened and the rain fell out the sky in bucket fulls no good for a funeral
But now a couple of hours before
The sun's out on a clear blue sky
Yes the career that died used to look after
A very handicapped man sadly he died two years ago ,he couldn't talk but he could
laugh and giggle and loved it with the players
He had to be fed but liked half a pint of Guinness
We have planted a tree in his memory in our quiet garden at the centre

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HOW I WISH you could smell its fragrance  
My Crimson Glory rose
Its petals are like VELVET

04:49:49
Morning Bond
Umm yes I see Vicky was last seen taking her
up stairs at 936pm Sunday

Sorry to hear of yet ANOTHER helper passing away
as you say they soon get over it or seem to

We should hopefully get some dry weather coming down
from the north as yesterday was SOAKING  
ALL DAY long ,but NEXT WEEK is looking DRY WARM AND
with temps in the middle 70's
I am seeing RAIN for you and Vicky Bond ending around
1130am

A  lot of organizations here have had to either shorten the
time or cancel as a lot of "fairs" are on this time of the year
farm animal fairs food fairs etc etc all happening in fall
One last week was for Chrysanthemums and even though
they opened a lot of the food venders etc lost  out as the
people did not come

I only have to run out briefly today but that is all as no washing
having done it yesterday
I was POOPED so slept but STILL woke up every two hours
so not getting a proper nights rest

Alright so I should away as Blaine will be up in a few minutes
will look in later and maybe Vicky will be in

MORNING ANY WAY LADIES

Well good morning all from Atherstone
it's a grey morning here and no miss Vicky yesterday
So let's hope things are ok in their house
We have a funeral to go to later
Another one of the support workers
One that brings a Player so got a wage
and was her job but
The players were really upset but soon forget
Breakfast and it's cornflakes and warm milk coffee tea and a large lemon and lime for later

A doco/play about Sutcliffe the ripper well more
About his victims
I didn't know Sutcliffe died in prison of COVID
So almost time for bed

Good evening all,it's dark here now
the nights are drawing in ,
Heatings on
So lock up and settle down
I'll put the kettle on
Maybe Vicky will smell the brew
Avatar playing with odd shape balls

12:39:58
Well what a miserable day ,rainy and cool
Got all my chores done early even a
of all done
Now it's watching my recorded programs on


Marge did you see Rite-Aid pharmacys are closing hundreds
of stores here in the
I think I have only shopped in one here in Stratford Ct
a few times years ago ,so it will not affect me ,but people
who get their prescription drugs from them it will ,not sure
who the news said would be taking over that

Hope Ian gets here safely but also that he helps you
with things you need doing

Bond that's much better thank you

Where's Mrs P today ?