Hi Suzanne,
I was just saying to Neil, I think the foxes might be under the xmas tree because my pots have been fiddled about with and the fleece pulled away. A large pot was overturned. Hope they are in my garden where it is safe. They’ve eaten the cat food I put out last night. Will take pics if I see them again.
Such a shame about the badger on the road. Hope it didn’t leave little ones behind. Like you say, we destroy their natural habitats. Take pics if you can when you go to see the sett.
I’m so very upset that my sister moved the furniture at the weekend and my niece didn’t let me know. It was a random text yesterday while I was sitting waiting to go into my therapy and I didn’t get her reply until I got home after swimming, saying to collect the fish that day but it was dark by then so I couldn’t. After a lot oif texts I eventually rang her and will go today to pick the fish and other bits up. But my sister, dad and her friend will be at the house clearing all the shit out of the garden (including armchair, large trampoline, all the animal cages, oak kitchen table that I gave her). Don’t know how they’re going to ferry all that to the skip in the cars. My nephew has agreed to get the fish and bring them out to me because I won’t go in with everyone there. I wonder if the fish would just be left to die if I hadn’t texted my niece because nobody told me what was happening. It’s very clear I am excluded from the family. My dad has to pass my house to go there. How can they disregard me like this, especially when I’ve been saying I’ll rehome the fish all last year. I don’t even want to go. My niece is going away to stay with her boyfriend so I don’t know when or even if I’ll see her again or any of them after the move. My sister wants nothing to do with me and I’m sure would prefer the kids not to see me. I really haven’t done anything to deserve this. I’m so upset.
Started sewing again. It was works created and then put away so simple stitching . Sounds easy but much harder than I thought, stitching through layers of bubble wrap, plastics and paper. New series of soft sculptures explores female anatomy sexual independence. I was inspired last year to create so all pinned and ready to stitch. I’ve created quite a volume. Will replace the gardening as a motivation for getting through the day. Still feels like filling in time. There’s no connection there. I have created the work but am missing from it. Everything is hollow. It’s like I’m absent from my own life.
Lots of love xxx
Hi Christine,
I’m so sorry about your sister moving and not telling you. I can imagine how upset and abandoned you feel. But the worse has happened now and you have all of us to help you adjust. Your niece probably will keep in contact with you once things have settled. Did you get the fish in the end.
How lovely you have foxes in your garden, I’ve seen the occasional one late in the evening wandering the streets when I’ve been out and about. But haven’t seen any regularly since I lived on the farm with my mum and dad.
I’m very intrigued to see your new soft sculptures, on the female anatomy. You have such flair and imagination.
I’m glad you got your chimney repointed, I can imagine you dashing about with buckets of water for the cement. Didn’t you offer to make them a cuppa.
Tomorrow is going to be a sad day for me at work, the canon engineer is coming to dismantle my lovely copiers ready to be collected next week. The engineers have become my friends over the years. I always make them a cup of tea with a biscuit when they visit. I’m even friends on Facebook with one of them. There might even be a tear or two.
It’s turned very wet and windy here, I’m really looking forward to the spring. Fed up with the rain now.
Catch up with you later
Love Debbie xx
Hi Christine
So sorry to read about your problems with family again. I too have had my fair share of problems with my so called family over the years and the way they treated my poor Dad.
Also sorry to read you were upset this morning about your Mum. Must admit I’m glad to get the first part of the week out the way as I think about Mum more and the life we had.
My friend phoned earlier and we had a good natter.
Looking forward to my double theatre trip tomorrow but will probably be knackered on Friday. Will hopefully be worth it though.
Speak again soon
Sending love and best wishes
Neil x
Hi Debbie,
It is shocking that nobody told me. And they think that’s ok. I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t randomly texted my niece. Today didn’t happen for me collecting the fish and ,y bits. Sister and dad at the old clearing the garden but my niece was leaving to stay at her boyfriends house and my nephew who was supposed to collect the fish for me wasn’t there like he said he would be. He will be working so can’t do it. So I give up. The fish will be left behind and will die. I cannot put myself through a panic attack having to deal with my sister and dad on my own. So it’s finished or will be by Sunday when everything is cleared to the skip (in the rain). Couldn’t imagine dad having anything in his car from the garden because it’s all leather seats and kept immaculate. I’ve been stressing about getting the fish from the before the summer. Nobody seems bothered apart from me. When I first found out I was having really bad palpitations and was seriously worried about having some kind of attack. It’s never happened before. I thought of Porscha sitting beside me crying and trying to wake me up and nobody would know apart from my awful nosy neighbours (and if they called for help they’d be straight in my house having a nose and stealing my things). I have nobody to help me now. I feel so alone and really frightened. I just want to be with mam. I can’t take any more of this stress and heartache.
Haven’t seen my foxes again. I was watching out for them sitting sewing at the window overlooking the garden as I’d put food out for them. How lovely to have grown up on a farm. We would have holidays in Yorkshire with my cousins. We’d make camps in the hay bales and put ladders across from one massive bit to the next in the barn. So dangerous but such fun! It was lovely when the lambing was on and they would hand feed the babies in the big kitchen with an open fire. Such an idyllic lifestyle. Mam found a tea chest in the barn full of new kittens from the farm cat. That’s how we met Marmalade. He always smelt of perfume. Such a character. He loved going camping with us throughout his life, bringing us treats as we stepped out of the bedroom compartment. I miss being a kid when everything was normal.
Been sewing just to do something that is repetetive to fill in time. My series uses ‘ready mades’, things which I can use to mold into a vagina. Very explicit! Better not show any pics here. Others are abstract but the subject matter is within the same realm. It’s for my Womanhood Collection. I don’t even know why I’m doing it. But it’s better than just sitting.
They were very quick with my chimney and didn’t want a cuppa. I’d asked them twice. Think they just wanted to get it done before the rain started again. I checked for leaks and it’s fixed but will leave the paper in place for now with all the rain we’re getting.
It will be very sad to see your old machine go. And I think it’s lovely to be mates with the blokes. Mam was always so friendly with the milkman and Tesco delivery. They would bring it all round the back and into the kitchen for her. I wish I’d just stayed living at home and not wanted to move out and be independent. I would have had longer with her.
I rang my niece in the end because I was so sick of the texting and felt better for knowing that she wants to meet up after she gets back and that my little nephew wants to go swimming. We facetimed too (for the first time) so I know I can do that when I’m feeling alone. I really don’t think anyone understands how abandoned and alone I feel. But how can they not? I’m so stressed I’m grinding my teeth and I’ve never done that before either. I hate waking up to face another day. I have to pass their old house every time I go anywhere.
I’m glad it’s raining. My neighbours stay inside and I can open my net curtains and look at the garden. Going to turn cold with snow next week.
Lots of love xxx
Hi Neil,
Have a wonderful day tomorrow with your theatres. Will you get a spot of lunch too? Really hope you don’t have another funny turn as the ambulances are on strike tomorrow! Even pregnant women going into labour have to get themselves to hospital. Can’t imagine many cabbies wanting to clear up the mess in the back of the car. I heard that civil servants are also striking in February. Everyone is joining in. Looking forward to seeing your pics, even if it is raining. Glad I’m not helping with my sisters garden. It will be an absolute mud bath.
I’m so pleased you have your lovely friend to talk to every week. I felt better for face timing my niece and seeing her room. I was helping with the layout as she hasn’t sorted it yet. The whole move has been so chaotic and trying to get these fish is impossible. I can’t take any more of it. I was telling Debbie about getting palpitations and being really worried I might have a heart attack. Both parents had stents but I can’t remember at what age. I’m frightened of being alone and something happening to me and having nobody to ring for help. Or conking out and Porscha trying to wake me up. I’m terrified. I really don’t know why I’m so hated by my dad and sister. My other sister still hasn’t phoned me again. I wonder if mam loved me more because she was the only one to love me. I wish she was here so I could feel safe again.
Have someone coming round tomorrow to look at replacing the fence on the other side of my garden. Hope he turns up in the rain. I really hope he can just replace the fence panels onto the posts that are already there instead of digging and cementing into the roots of my plants. And I want to leave space for hedgehogs to be able to come and go as they always have.
Enjoy tomorrow Neil. We all need something to lift us out of the sorrow. Sometimes mam feels really far away and I think I’m ok but I really need her at the mo. I got a lovely pop up card for her birthday (19th). Will post it on the day.
Lots of love xxx
Hi everyone
Just posting about yesterday . Had a great day starting off with my bucket list theatre Donmar Warehouse. Been trying to get there for a few years and at last I made it to see the play Watch On the Rhine. An old fashioned sort of play but in a good way as there are so many jukebox musicals and woke stuff about so good to see some traditional theatre. Patricia Hodge leading the cast. Impressed with the Donmar. One of our most important and prestigious theatres in London and very intimate inside.
Then popped in the National Gallery to use up a bit of time , across Waterloo Bridge to the South Bank Centre where I did a bit of exploring and had something to eat. I think there was a film premiere going on at the BFI for Babylon with several big name stars in it.
Then on to my play I had to miss a month ago and that was Othello at the National. Absolutely packed in there. Not a fan of the Bard but learning all the time and its good to try different things. Thrilling staging of the play with Hamilton actor Giles Terera but the star was Paul Hilton as Iago.
So a busy theatre day and having a quiet weekend .
Sending love and best wishes to you all
Neil x
This is very beautiful and calming, I love this xx
Hi Mel
I like to post pics of my theatre trips out as it can boost someone’s day. Continuing to go to shows has been my saviour over this last awful year and I’m doing it in memory of Mum as she would want me to carry on x
Hi Neil,
Great to see the pics and to know you had a great day with no mishaps. You really are doing incredibly well. Like you say, theatre has been your ‘saviour’, and your mam and dad would be very proud to see you haven’t given up and are an inspiration to us all to keep going. You’ll need a rest after being so busy and to have achieved another one on your bucket list is fab. Do you have more planned soon? I heard on the news the theatres are under threat if they don’t get funding to help with the cost of living to stay open. They add to the economy and so are not just a luxury as many might think. Always love seeing your pics. Especially like the Thames. I miss going into London. And the Donmar building reminds me of working in Old Street, though I don’t miss the commute!
I’ve been settling down into my sewing and have quite a volume of new textiles to work through. Woke up looking forward to getting on with it so that’s a massive step than where I was just filling in time. Wanted to book a swim but I’ve woke up feeling very dizzy again. It happens after I get water in my ear (swimming yesterday). So will have a quiet day sewing looking out onto the garden. Will feed the birds and put nuts out for the squirrel. I see him quite a bit now. Haven’t seen the foxes again but will keep a look out and hope to get a pic. Will get out there now and have a clean up of old bird seed (really mucky job). There’s always a hive of activity when new stock goes out! It’s a scramble for all the treats.
You will have read about my sisters move. She’s still busy with clearing the garden but because my niece is away with her boyfriend she’s not there to give me the fish and my sister or dad has never tried contacting me about them, despite me contacting my niece and nephew. So don’t know what is happening with them. Can imagine she would try rehoming them to not give them to me, even though I’m 5 mins round the corner. This is what it has come to. It’s her problem so I’ll just have to crack on with my own life and hope my niece keeps in touch. Don’t even have their new address so if she doesn’t answer the phone I won’t have any contact at all. But I can’t imagine that happening. But you never know, given how my sister is behaving. All the trips made by my dad to help her ferry stuff to the skip costs him £12.50 a day because of the low emissions charges.
Lovely and bright out there so I’ll go and do the bits in the garden. Going to turn really cold with snow so will have to fleece my plants again and hope the squirrel doesn’t rummage in amongst it all. Caught him digging around in my potted plants. So annoying! But he’s so cute with his little hands.
Had the fence people round to inspect replacing the fence on the other side to the creep. Not sure what they can do because I don’t want my climbers damaged and there’s so many large trees with roots for them digging a trench (for laying cement blocks). Seems they won’t use spikes and wooden posts like I already have. Might have to just strengthen panels as I need to with smaller fencing. The joys of having to maintain a garden! Will be nice getting out there again to break up the day with small jobs
Do you have anything planned for the weekend? I’ll try to swim tomorrow instead of today and just carry on sewing. It’s very time consuming. I’ll take pics of the pile I have to get through!
Lots of love xxx
Hi Christine
Always cheers me up when I see foxes and squirrels which visit here often . Sometimes the foxes will come right over to the window and let me feed them . Beautiful animals.
Taking it easy over the weekend- Jersey Boys booked next with a bargain ticket in the sale in a couple of weeks.
I’m doing a good deed on Tues. My neighbour upstairs is having a biopsy at the Cromwell Hospital in London and is a bit nervous so I said I would go there and meet him after hes had it done and give him some support. He wont be allowed home that evening unless someone is there with him after the anaesthetic. Least I could do. Hes paying for my train fare too. Only one tube stop away from the museums in Sth Kensington so might pop in there before I meet him as he wont be coming out until 6-7pm.
Sending love and best wishes
Neil x
Hi Neil,
You are so kind doing that for your neighbour. He will appreciate it and I’m sure will do you a good turn too if you need it. Kindness is one of those feel good deeds as well, filling you with happiness as well as the person being on the receiving end. Wish my sister had some but it seems not. I’ve kept texting my nephew chasing up on collecting the fish but he’s not there and my sister hasn’t bothered contacting me so I will just have to leave it now and hope she rehouses them. I know they can survive over winter without feeding but the landlord will have a huge amount of work to do to put it back on the market so doubt he’ll be looking after them. Hope she doesn’t leave them to die.
You are very lucky being able to feed squirrels and foxes from your window. You must have a very tranquil nature (which I already assumed you have). I’ve spent all day in the garden, getting lots done inbetween my dizzy spells. Wonder if I have a bug or cold because I have to keep stopping to rest when usually I’m zooming about like a mad woman. GP’s recommend gardening for well being and it most certainly works. I came across mams old bird bath and had never actually read the lovely poem on it (had to photograph in two halves). Just lovely:
So here’s what I did today in prep for the wintry weather and strong winds arriving soon (might get snow).
Winter pots are fleeced again
and I’ve had to weight the fleece down because of the naughty squirrel rummaging in everything leaving moulding fat balls.
I moved and refleeced my strawberries to a more sheltered spot under the climber.
Fences have been secured for the winds
and I moved storage units in prep for the men coming to chop down the tree damaging the gutter and scraping roof tiles. You can see the damp on the outside of the wall where the water is pouring and not travelling along into the drain.
I had a good clear up of all the bird feed that scatters everywhere (so messy), washed feeders and tables and replenished. It was funny watching the pigeons being bullied by the scatty starlings as they swarmed for treats. This little guy stayed when the others flew off because he wasn’t allowed anything when they were there.
I’ve defo got something living in my hutch. Hope it’s the foxes but didn’t want to disturb. Could be the little family of hedgehogs that come back each year.
Whatever it is it’s eating the cat food I’m putting out every day.
Topped up the xmas trees. Still looking healthy. Hope they last until Spring like last year.
Slipped in the mud when I was trying to refleece the eucalyptus and got a very muddy sock. Totally recommend plastic or rubber shoes for the garden as so easy to clean.
When I was up there I checked in on the fairies and there was a gathering checking out the hole (probably the squirrel again. One little guy had lost a wing in his excitement to see what all the fuss was about.
Hope to get out in the garden a bit more now that the rain has stopped. I had planned a day of sewing but really pleased with the work I’ve done. Feel uplifted.
Glad to hear you have another ticket booked. Something to look forward to and taking the opportunity to check out the museums in S Ken is a bonus. Look forward to the pics. If I was able to travel and not go into full meltdown I could have met you for a catch up and a bite to eat. I loved going to Kensington years ago with all the little boutique shops that weren’t mainstream, like Camden and Carnaby Street. The tube is a 10 min drive from here but it might as well be on the moon.
Wishing you a relaxing weekend and looking forward to your pics. Shame you can’t photograph inside the museum. What are your thoughts on giving Greece their statues back? I think we should. They were never ours to take in the first place, along with everything else we thought we were entitled to. Have you seen them? Sure they said we would ‘loan’ them back to Greece. What a cheek!
Lots of love xxx
Hey Neil 
Love the photos and I have been to London many times and I have never seen nor heard of this theatre before so always like to be educated and I remember Patricia Hodge from a tv series decades ago but can’t remember which one x
So pleased you enjoyed yourself and you actually got to see Othello 
x must admit I like A Midsummer nights dream and twelfth night best and remember watching Much Ado About Nothing film but for some reason all I remember is Keanu Reeves in tight leather trousers 
…yes I am that shallow x. I do like Othello too tbh x. I remember seeing a Shakespeare play (can’t mind which one tbh) in the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey a few years back and the whole atmosphere for phenomenal x
Don’t think I’ve seen Jersey Boys but have heard rave reviews about it and I know mum saw it and she loved it x
How did you get on with your UC appt if you don’t mind me asking? I hope you got someone who would listen to you x
I too have been thinking of mum quite a bit lately but think it’s cause I got a text from my friends daughter and she just wanted to tell me my friend had suddenly passed away x we had grown apart over the years but still a shock. I saw her a few months ago and she seemed very optimistic about her treatment but alas 
x
However not to be maudlin back up at the Loch tomorrow so looking forward to it and off on hols for a week I’m a couple of weeks time. Nothing planned but will try and keep my plan to empty cupboards lol x
Very nice of you to help your neighbour and he’ll be very grateful no doubt x just such a lovely gesture, you are truly a caring soul x
Anyway hope you are coping with your quiet weekend x
Take care 
x
Hi Christine x
Although not asking me I defo think the Elgin Marbles should be given back as like you said they were never ours in first place.
What an absolute bunch of 
your sister etc are not to tell you that they have actually moved and the fact that your niece wants to move in with her boyfriend says quite a bit to me and thankfully you have saved the fish so thank you on their behalf x
I’ve been out today with my niece in the learner dual control car and apart from a couple of wee things she did really well and apparently I’m out with her again tomorrow at 9am for 2 hours and then up at the Loch at 1pm so will better not drink too much tonight x
I was looking at my bird feeders as noticed it was at an angle but see the wind has broken a couple of feeders and my plastic water dish so will need to replace all of those especially as it’s the RSPB bird watch at the end of the month x
I notice the nights are drawing out so love it as getting near summer and also have booked my usual hotel in Glastonbury for end of March and hopefully going to meet up with Nic as she lives down that neck of the country 
x
Found this in my garden and you were the first person I thought of to show x
My friend loves to take some and put it in to omelettes lol x
Going to go get my tea so will check in soon 
x
Hi Suzanne
There a lot of big name stars who have performed at the Donmar including Nicole Kidman and Tom Hiddleston to name but two. It really is a very important theatre in London and difficult to get tickets for but got there in the end.
The National was packed for Othello and there were quite a few students there , probably studying the play at college/school.
UC went as expected really . Try not to let it get me down and thankfully I had my shows to look forward to.
Dont mind a nice quiet weekend sometimes as I call it ‘me time’ . Beginning of the week is the worst for me.
Anyway sending love and best wishes for the weekend
Neil x
Thank you for the posting the pics as always Christine.
As a fan of the British Museum I think we should keep the Elgin marbles! A lot of the stuff in there is from places where it would not have been cared for like it has here in London. I havent actually seen the Elgin marbles as the museum is enormous and I’ve seen a bit at a time
Sending love and best wishes
Neil x
Hi Suzanne,
Oh wow to the mushroom! What a splendid specimen. So beautiful with it’s wavy edges. Would make a great textile! Can imagine fairies dancing and hopping about on it, in it, over it. Isn’t Nature wonderful. So clever. There has to be more than just the life that we know. There must to be magic for creations like that to exist.
I’m really sorry to hear about your friend. I know you said you’d grown apart but it must have been a real shock. I still can’t understand how we can be here and then not. And for life to go on anyway is cruel. I hate waking up. It’s my worst time, thinking of mam and wondering if I could have made more of an effort, helped with alternative medicine, anything to help her live a bit longer and have a better quality of life. I just want to be with her.
I’m still in limbo regarding the fish. Haven’t collected them as my sister hasn’t contacted me and she is the only one there (with my dad) clearing the garden until Sunday. And they are her fish. My niece is staying with her boyfriend and his parents (he still lives at home) because they moved house just before xmas and it seems the two are inseparable. This is why she has no time for me. Or for finding a job it seems. Can’t imagine her actually going to uni now. Such a waste as she’s a very clever girl. Don’t think she would have the courage to go it alone. I keep encouraging her about having options in life and not throwing it all away. But I think my sister would prefer her to not go. Anyway, I feel like I should just give up trying to contact her and arrange to do stuff because she doesn’t want to and ignores replying to most of my texts. I really do want the fish but cannot just turn up and have to interact with my sister and dad (the most spiteful people I have ever known in my life). I don’t even know what I feel anymore.
Well done taking your niece out for her driving. She’ll be doing donuts in the carpark in no time! You must trust her to give her control like that.
I think it’s fab that you’re meeting up with Nic when you go Glastonbury. And well done you for keeping up your tradition. Your mam will be proud!
Looking forward to pics of the Loch. You’ll be getting frost again with snow soon so wrap up. Having spent a good few hours in the garden today (see pics already posted) I’m excited for Spring to arrive. When I was fleecing my plants again I remembered Monty saying gardening isn’t about the results but the wellbeing, feeling relaxed and rejuvenated in the open air. I love watching the birds and my squirrel. Even without the kitchen door open my little robin visits me at the window when I’m feeding Porsch and making a cuppa. Intrigued as to what is nesting in the rabbit hutch.
Having an early night. Discovered another good you tube series ‘The Taboo Room’ , interviewing all sorts of people in the UK. I’m fascinated by the human condition.
Looking forward to your lovely pics although it’s going to be tossing it down tomorrow so take a sturdy rain mac.
Lots of love xxx
Hi Neil,
What a surprise! Will you visit the marbles before they leave? Could be a bucket list moment.
XXX
Hi Christine:)
Was out again with Eilidh this morning driving and she did really well and I took her up at the back of the Loch and it was lovely and foggy so she did amazing x
I’m out with her next Friday so have said we’ll practice her manoeuvres as she needs a lot of practice (her words lol) x
These were photos I took this morning on our early morning drive x
The Loch was fun as there were dunnocks and bramblings which we haven’t had up there before x
Will be in touch again later but my tea is being delivered lol x
Hi Christine
I’m sorry to hear about the move and how it went ahead without your knowledge. I agree with Debbi in that the worst of this particular event has happened and you’ll be able to let go of the dreadful anticipation that came with it. It’s been an awful episode for you but hopefully, it can bring about a new gateway for communication to start up again from it. I hope so. I can understand the feelings of isolation though. Recently in the house when there’s no-one here I’m acutely aware of this absolutely awful silence, bleak and desolate. It’s awful.
I’m glad you got your Chimney sorted. I’ve had to get some quotes for him as the guttering is failing and the wall, like yours, is full of green damp patches. For a semi detached house basic gutter replace is £530. Everything is a worry when it’s not rented from the council. It would be down to them otherwise.
Thanks for posting the photos. Like Neil says they brighten up the day. Love the funky shoes! I’ve not been out in the garden for a while, it’s like a quagmire out there! The ground never gets chance to dry out and when it’s summer it’s rock hard as it’s clay. I did get the Medlar Tree delivered that I won last week. I though it would be a cutting or sapling but it’s 6ft! I can hardly hide that away! Think I’ve lost a rose as well in the early Autumn. I don’t think I’m going to replace any plants/shrubs etc once they die off. It’s an expense I could use on other things as lovely as plants are.
Been getting my latch rug kit a bit further but can’t do it when Zoe is on her own with me. Yesterday I had to fight at least 5 different items off her that she had got hold of and got a bite from her in the process.
Might try to get a bit further afield next week. The bus companies are doing something till end of March where you can get a single journey for just £2.00. A lot of people seem to be using the tickets to go to the lake District but that’s not my kind of thing really. It’s good value though.
What will happen to the fish then in the end? It’s sad isn’t it. Maybe there’s still a chance you can rescue them.
Well I’ll just go and get a quick coffee and see you shortly.
Much love
xx
Hi everyone hope you all okay.
Love the photos from Thursday Neil and so glad you got to see the play this time. Must admit I’m not much of a fan of Shakespeare, I remember being taken to see Macbeth at school I was totally bored. I think it’s because I can’t get my head around the language so I just give up. I much prefer a play on the classics, I loved seeing Jane Eyre.
I noticed the Life of Pi is on at our local theatre at the end of January, I’m not tempted though. I do have my ticket now to see my granddaughter in Beauty and the Beast, the first week of February.
Have you found out if the foxes are living in your rabbit hutch Christine. I love the shoes you do your gardening in, and your christmas trees still look fresh and pretty with their bows on.
I hope your feeling better and the dizzy spell have calmed down, and did you manage to get swimming. I feel for you as I get vertigo too. It usually makes me throw up.
I went to my daughter’s church today, my great granddaughter was being welcomed into the church family by a dedication. This seems to be a new idea these days, it means when she gets older she can decided whether to be christened and confirmation or to be baptized.
When my two were babies they were christened at 6 months old. I can still see Doug carrying out daughter out the church, he was wearing the suit he got married in. Such a proud dad and when our son came along he was the first boy in a long line of girls. Not only was Doug proud, my dad was ecstatic, a boy at last.
They had a gathering in the church hall this afternoon, partly a birthday party as she was three a couple of weeks ago. There was a very popular bouncy castle that even the teenagers and one or two adults enjoyed.
I hope Zoe didn’t draw blood Tina. Have you planted your tree. Has you brother noticed it?
We had that bus scheme here, £2 a single journey until the end of March. But I buy my bus tickets on line and get five day travel tickets called Flexi 5 for the price of four and it still works out cheaper than two pound a journey. But half term week I might travel to Bedford which would benefit from these tickets.
Hi to everyone else.
Love Debbie xx