RESCUED...

Oh dear, oh dear Dear Reader. WE lost all our electricity at 5.00 o'clock today. SHE was taking dictation for today's posts and the light went out, thinking it was the bulb, SHE went to switch on another light and found that didn't work either....

MAJOR power failure in the flat. SHE went to look at the fuse box in the boiler room, none of the switches were down in the 'off' position.

Curious

SHE went outside and the three street lamps that are nearest to our house are out, SHE went up into the main house, they have power and so it is just US and three street lamps.

Very curious.

SHE called Gill-at-top-of-street, GIll had power and very sweetly asked HER if SHE would liks to come up to her flat. I am to be left behind.. in the dark... home alone in the dark, probably better really as I would have had to stay in my small cage but it is rather early to go to sleep at, by now, only 5.30 o'clock on a Sunday night. SHE switched the bedroom top light into the 'on' position for when the electricity starts again.

SHE took iPad and Mobile + their chargers and went off to Gill-at-top-of-street.

Gill gave HER a hot water bottle and made HER as snug as a bug on the bed with HER toes under an Alpaca blanket.. THEY watched a film and loaded HER electrical gadgets with power and Gill got HER onto her router, for you see, Dear Reader, no power = NO Router = NO BLOG!

Gill doesn't say 'mean and snippy' things.. "come in out of the cold" was what Gill said.

I don't know when SHE will be back but it is very nice to know that SHE has a friend who would rescue her from a pitch dark flat, give her a hot water bottle, a cup of (goaty) milky coffee and say the English equivalent of "mi casa esta su casa"... my house is your house.

"Thank you Gill-at-top-of-street, thank you for being HER friend".

GeeGee Parrot. (Home alone... in the dark).
January 29th, 2012