Woooh... Hello Dear Reader.
WELL, here in deepest Knightsbridge, WE are snug as bugs in rugs, now this is a very good place to be as outside has been very wet, wild and windy, there has been no gardening for HER this Easter Holiday. I hope YOU didn't have plans to do gardening if YOU live in the UK, as I gather it was more of the same everywhere.
Despite rainy weather, it has been a pleasant few days, SHE had an early supper with BiBi dearest on Friday, went through the market on Saturday, tried to barter with HER Fishmonger but he wasn't in the mood, SHE only took a kilo of Mussels and told him that he would still have his over priced Clams on Tuesday but that they would be dead, he then looked very concerned, SHE left laughing and went next door into HER lubbly jubbly Butcher where SHE bought a boned and rolled shoulder of Pork.. delicious it was too! Yes Joanna, cooked with plenty of Sage!
Vegetables from Carol and some fruit from Geoff's Sally. Back home to empty ole Wicker Trolley and off to Library to borrow books.
Back home to tea.. yumYUM.. Lapsang with a slice of Rye and Sunflower, oooooh, SHE surely knows the way straight to MY heart.. through MY tummy! Lots of Goaty Milk in freezer as Debbie, purveyor of Ellie's Goat Milk, is at Wye Farmer's Market this weekend, so there is NO chance of Mister Woe tumbling down OUR steps.
SHE is looking at this dismal weather and has a big happy smile, rain is a'raining, this is exceedingly good news for everything growing at the garden, especially Asparagus! During the sunny spell WE had in March, SHE hand weeded big Asparagus bed on hands and knees, a very boring and time consuming job as it has to be done by fingers only as YOU don't want to damage the baby spears. WE need a lot of rain to get down to all those poor dry roots.
When SHE does the first big pick of this delicious green spikey stuff, SHE and I have a date to go to supper with Leigh and Ossie, the threat is that the menu will be Stuffed Parrot and Roast Cat, they have two. Leigh is as passionate about Feline people as SHE is about Avian folk. So 'menu' is a joke, well, I hope it is a joke?
SHE has lots and lots of work at garden, one plot was fallow last year, this has to be dug and planted up, SHE has to mulch fruit, rose trees and the vines but the next ten days it looks as if it will be wet.. goody, this means I won't be 'Home Alone', well, not every day.
SHE is in 'culture-vulture' mood and after half term, when the children have gone back to school, SHE wants to see the new exhibition of, mostly, Peter Lely's portraits, they are on view at Hampton Court Palace, SHE has a clever pass for a year that allows HER to go and take a friend to visit several of the Royal Palaces. BiBi dearest is going with HER to look at the Lely's. They are of the Ladies of King Charles 2nd Court, mostly women he had babies with!! He was a very norty man... he had lots and lots of babies!
And Kensington Palace has had a make over, it has new exhibitions, good stuff to look at on rainy days! And there is always something wonderful to see at Kew, in fact, SHE thinks London is a marvellous city if YOU want to look and learn about all sorts of marvellous things.
The other place SHE wants to revisit is Greenwich, especially SHE wants to see the house that was started by Anne of Denmark, the mother of Charles 1st, this beautiful house was the first classical house to be built in England, designed by Inigo Ones, it is white and was nicknamed The White House. It was then used by both Queen Henrietta-Maria and Queen Catherine of Braganza.
So life is pleasant, SHE called and friends HER called over the weekend to exchange "Happy Easter" greetings. And SHE had the very best surprise call from a friend called Susan, who has been away for many months in Denmark looking after her brother, they made a date to have supper and do a BIG catch up on April 24th, Susan makes BISCUITS.. the most SCRUMMYDUMPTIOUS biscuits, oh my ears and feathers, topped in chopped nuts!
I can't eat chocolate as it is not good for Parrots but I could have made a lovely mess with all those little bits of shiny paper!! The only trouble is.. SHE hid the bag of eggs and has not found them! Heheheeee, fancy hiding a bag of Easter Eggs from yourself!
Supper is calling.. cold roast meat, steamed carrots, salad of Radicchicio. Did YOU know that as YOU get older YOU should eat things that increase the production of bile, this helps break down YOUR food, as humans get older, the weakening of bile causes digestive problems, that is why, in this house, WE eat Dandylion, Sorrel, Endive and Radicchicio leaves.
Off WE go Dear Reader, WE hope that YOU have had a pleasant time like US and have spent time doing things that YOU wanted to do, rather than what YOU felt YOU should be doing?
GeeGee Parrot.
April 9th, 2012.
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