5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

'Crowland Abbey' just mentioned in Josephine Tey's 'The Daughter of Time' on r4x, to which & is listening, still au lit and post-brekkie.
A great-grandmother of & was married there(post passim), pre-dating major farmland plunder.
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1. Being glad to be warm and have choices. Might have a 2nd hot drink after this.

2. Time-consuming debadgering appt. Didn't matter. New-last-September apprentice took lots of care. Tutor helped and supervised. Students now have electronic portfolio assessments and &'s permission was sought/granted for 'proof' photos. Lass is 16. & told her she was well over half a century older! A 'goodness me' moment for & too!

3. Appreciated fresh-laundered, soft, snug, long sleeves of new2& White Stuff lambswool jumper, ex Trumpy carboot of day before.

4. RTC Ashford emporium drop-off(post passim): dandelion+burdock, nix and kix
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to village friend, who was delighted. Our usual cuppa, & grateful for hands around hot mug. Huge catch-up and she was amazed by a pack of love letters & found abandoned at Magic World, Hyères, depuis 4 samedis. Pristine condition, clearly carefully kept since received, early '70s onwards. Perfect handwriting. Catherine>Christian. She was away (more studentry/teaching) in Wurzberg for over a year. Now, & was also living there, in the Var, then. &'s Danish side has several chaps 'Christian', but no Monsieur Orard. Lock of her hair. Exquisitely couched intimacy. Promises/Imaginings of forthcoming 'vie à deux'. So glad to have found/saved them. Friend agrees and & said 'so glad you feel same'. :-). Just a remarkable find and set of circumstances. Can guess at a clearance after loss of Monsieur Orard? Also, & wonders if Catherine ever became Mme Orard?

5. Quick subsequent call>town of horse emporium, hoping young friend on duty. Yes. Emporium near deserted. Osp 4 friend had given same cat+van Gogh card to her son, bday just before crimbo. They all loved them. Even more, osp 4 friend had just rcvd delayed crimbo pressie socks, also Beaux Arts themed: Botticelli's angels, Munch's The Scream etc. Young emporium friend now determined to obtain some for her Papa's bday on Friday.
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Around goes our world...
Yes, bop....nearly leapt onto your last baited post:-), but instead have just been listening to &'s great young PM, Jacinda Adearn. She's terrific. Careful, bop. Centenary of wimmin's suffrage all over airwaves today, with many mentions that &land Enzed was first to give it: 1893. & probably voted then....:-)
p.s.>Raffles and lady bopsie. Live crimbo cake still available chez &. Gorgeous stuff it is too.

Morning all

Pleasures for Sunday

1. Hangover from Saturday night was not too bad. i rarely drink so much these days and it's a good reminder of why i don't :beer:
2. OH has 'almost' finished the painting. the never ending clear up from 'drain gate' (which happened at the beginning of September) is nearly over..
3. Lamb cooked 'sous vide' in the slow cooker - with left overs to be had tonight
4. Washing hung on the line - not dried but had a good airing
5. Call the Midwife

And yesterday


1. Excellent interview with a former student - and my first man. Good to get a different perspective
2. Lunch with friend after
3. Good walks on a bright crisp day to and from the station. The first daffs are blooming
4. Soup and pud for tea - pud was chocolate bread and butter pudding leftover from Saturday and was even yummier
5. Bought a new shirt from white stuff - used my 15% off code and a voucher i'd got from my MiL for Christmas 2016 so it was 'only' £17 :T

Marscapone lime torte recipe (courtesy of Mr Sainsbugs from years ago)

Marscapone lime tort
200g pack ginger snaps
2 oz butter
2 x 250g tubs marscapone
1 ½ oz icing sugar
Zest and juice of 2 limes

Crush biscuits add melted butter, bottom of a 7 inch tin, fridge
Put remainder in a bowl and beat and spread on base. Put back in fridge
Decorate (I use grated dark chocolate - sainsbugs did something faffy with chocolate and the leaves of roses, but who has time for that?)


Have a good day all - another bright and sunny one here, but I have no washing to hang out...

A few little uns for yesterday, while I'm waiting for the insurance assessor.

1 Just back from DF!!!8217;s having taken photo!!!8217;s of all rooms before starting to clear.
2 1 car load of 3 boxes of art books going to MIL and 3 boxes books to CS.
3 I!!!8217;ve bought flowers back here and the smell is amazing, however DH is apparently allergic!
4 Just hoovered the whole house.
5 Just had a healthy surprise freezer meal, it was apparently a massive chop that fed us both with veg and grains.
6 Completely engrossed in Silent Witness, I!!!8217;ve never seen it before.
7 I!!!8217;m internet window shopping in Thompson and Morgan.

Back with todays pleasures later

Hello. It's blooming freezing here. Woke up to snow this morning which was beautiful.

Fabulous doggy walk first thing in the snow. Stunning hedgerows. Lovely birds and a well beagles dog.

Took the bus to Glasgow this morning with DD1 and we had just the best day. A mix of charity shops and nice shops, people watching , lunch which was my treat and she queued and girl at till gave her a voucher so it was even cheaper.

Got a nice top/ dress in one shop. DD1 got a dress in another and a few books in a few shops. She's taking home a library-ette. Just as we're leaving I spied with my beady eye a Cath K travel bag in a beautiful duck egg floral , checked it over and it's original ( I had a disappointing purchase from ebay once) I think from the code on the tag it was just in today so I was delighted! Having already been in the proper Cath K shop for a mooch and gasp at the prices ( I've only ever bought in the sales)

Didn't have to wait for a bus home and a warm welcome from my doggy boy.

Dinner was indian food which was very tasty and a treat for all of us but especially DD1. Nearly farewell time

A good day .

Well we are hoping to receive a bit of good news that we are covered on insurance, ironically one of DH’s friends put it into perspective, ours is a very very small claim, where as she has a pair of earrings worth most of a house!

1 The insurance adjuster was hooman, so here is hoping.
2 I am clawing back at normal today – the animals went loopy helping me while I pondered around the garden.
3 About 40 closed yellow crocuss coming up. I also planted up 5 pots with any bulbs.
4 Planted DFs bulbs out in memory, he no doubt had them many years, but you never know they may grow.
5 Haddock and veg for dinner before a volunteer meeting tonight.
6 A few minutes bird watching the various birds on the feeders and around.
7 2 more hours achieved in our own tidying, I cleared and made some space, buy which I mean gathering all things that class as animal bedding together to dig down to what is lovingly called the spare room. Moved caravan stuff out to the caravan, I am shattered, and I have nearly cleared down to the bed. Next step tomorrow still a daunting amount ahead. But so much to do, meanwhile DH got on with cabling for the CCTV system - an epic.

What is up with the forum at the moment it seems to have a lot of bugs.