She swam in her lake...

Good morning Dear Readers.. Do YOU think reading MY Blog affects your reasoning?

I ask this is because I have received disturbing news from Dear Reader Rosamund, now back in Germany having spent (our) winter in Australia.

She has fond memories of Jungle Book film, apparently it was one of family's favourites.. now NONE of that is strange but this is.. she has swum in lake at end of her garden and water temperature was 16 degrees! She wrote it was so she could say she had done it.. Heavens-to-Betsy, send that Reader a hot water bottle immediately!

Lotta-in-Hamburg.. Is your mama ok? I think she is same age as HER, I know that I have to monitor weird behaviour constantly.. jurst because body is of pensionable age, does not always apply to that soft tissue inside head.. I think BiBi dearest is same, she told HER tales of watching people and pouncing on them when they throw litter on floor.

Our friends, Barbara and Peg are off on jaunt to Bath, Cotswolds and Stonehenge.. long trip but so far WE have sunshine, hope ole Sun shines for them all day loooong as trips can be dismal if weather not kind but cold and wet.

I gave poor Barbara BIG fright yesterday.. if I want to perch in different place but observe going-ons at home, I sometimes sit on top of bathroom door, nice old door, comfy perch.. anyway, Barbara came into wash hands and I saw opportunity for free ride back up hall way, so I jumped down onto her head.. luckily she does not have a heart complaint! She was exceedingly brave and did not panic but walked quickly up hall and into room where Peg and HER were chewing fat on state of nation. Where SHE swiftly removed ME from Barbara's head.. I must remember.. NOT everybody is as dotty as SHE.

Ooooooh, what a few days in European Politics, eh.

Little 'BIG' man of France with his wife have 'gone'.. She was such a pretty woman but did weird stuff to face, now resembles creature I met at Pet Shop, YOU know breed, they stick food in their cheeks and run in wheel. Anyway, his country voted they wanted someone new. Now he will, forever more, be known as second President of France NOT to be re-elected.

Russia has Mister Putin as President again.. Lots and lots of Dear Readers in Russia, sometimes more than in UK.. SHE went to Russia in 1994. I will tell Tale of HER trip in another Post, suffice to say it was trip of dreams come true.

SHE read in papers last week of Talia-Lee Turton, 16 year old English Gurl who has been accepted as a student with The Bolshoi Ballet, one of only 9 English student to join this 239 year old institution.. WHY is SHE 'happily interested'? It is because Talia-Lee was awarded a five year Scholarship to a residential school by HER friend, Fierce Lawyer, of Studio days.

Where Talia-Lee studied Classical Ballet, amongst other methods of Dance, is called Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.. but loooong ago school was known as Arts Educational Trust, Tring Park. There was also a London School, in 1994, the two schools separated and Tring was renamed.

HOW does SHE know these details and WHY is SHE happy to hear that student from THIS school has been chosen to join The Bolshoi?

Because SHE went to Arts Educational Trust, Tring Park.. this was school SHE left without knowing. No, not telling Tale again, YOU must read previous Post to know story.

But now SHE is MY Mama with places to go and things to do.. off to garden to pick Asparagus, home via off North End Road Market to replenish yumyum supplies. Hopefully WE will be able to Post with good news about Asparagus.

GeeGee Parrot.
May 8th, 2012.

.. ps: WE wrote May 8th and realised that it is Anniversary of Dagga-the-Parrot coming to live with HER in 1988. "Greeting Dearest Dagga Parrot on perch in Heaven".