She worked hard today, you know there is much to do, potatoes to be planted, grass to cut, the last row of the asparagus bed to weed, new beds to be dug over, fences to mend, so at half past five of the after noon clock, she decided she had done enough. For she was very cold, very hungry and very tired.
Oh drat, the little 190 whizzed by as she was locking up the main gate but she was much too tired to walk to the next stop, so waited patiently for the next bus.
And thought about what was in the chilly white larder, supper was ok, she had cooked a chicken on Saturday and there was a bag of just-picked greens in the big old Lidl bag (which travels pretty much everywhere with her). But what was she going to eat to break that norty fast with tomorrow morning?
SpinyApple was what she needed, she was going to be too late for Karen, so it would have to be the small Tesco shop at Hammersmith Bus Station.
Off the 190, down the escalator to Tesco, up again with ripe SpinyApple and three, reduced in price, tubs of Mint, one for home, the others will be planted at the allotment, ants and mice hate mint!
Just in time to catch a 211 that would take her to Fulham Broadway from where she could catch either a 14 or a 414.
As she got on, she smiled wearily at a smartly dressed elderly woman and sat down in the seat directly in front of her. The combination of being tired and, now, warmer made her dozy and she kept nodding off. Only to awake with a jolt now and again.
The bus pulled into Fulham Broadway and she stood up, there was a stream of people coming down the bus stairs and suddenly a woman, who had been sitting beside the other elderly woman gave her a nudge.
The woman, at whom she had wearily smiled, had her hand outstretched towards her, in her hand were two loosely rolled up £10.00 notes.
"Here" the elderly woman said "take this".. she said "but why, why should you give me money?".. "oh lass, don't be proud, you look as if you need it" the woman replied.
She laughed and said "That is just the sweetest thing but I am ok, I just look like this because I have been working on my allotment", waving her (very) grubby hand at the woman!
She bent down and kissed the elderly woman on the cheek, then reached into her 'bag lady' bag and handed the woman her bag of freshly picked green leaves and said "here, this is to thank you for that lovely gesture" and got off the bus.
Waiting for her on the pavement was the other woman, who hugged her and said "we were both worried about you, for you look so terribly tired, your hands are so dirty, we thought you really were down-and-out".
So she explained that the water to wash muddy hands with was turned off until April 1st and the coat was old but oiled and windproof. They laughed, hugged and went their separate ways.
She came home thinking of the kindness, that spontaneous gesture of support to another human being, it had been such a very lovely day.
GeeGee Parrot.
March 24th, 2014.
Oh drat, the little 190 whizzed by as she was locking up the main gate but she was much too tired to walk to the next stop, so waited patiently for the next bus.
And thought about what was in the chilly white larder, supper was ok, she had cooked a chicken on Saturday and there was a bag of just-picked greens in the big old Lidl bag (which travels pretty much everywhere with her). But what was she going to eat to break that norty fast with tomorrow morning?
SpinyApple was what she needed, she was going to be too late for Karen, so it would have to be the small Tesco shop at Hammersmith Bus Station.
Off the 190, down the escalator to Tesco, up again with ripe SpinyApple and three, reduced in price, tubs of Mint, one for home, the others will be planted at the allotment, ants and mice hate mint!
Just in time to catch a 211 that would take her to Fulham Broadway from where she could catch either a 14 or a 414.
As she got on, she smiled wearily at a smartly dressed elderly woman and sat down in the seat directly in front of her. The combination of being tired and, now, warmer made her dozy and she kept nodding off. Only to awake with a jolt now and again.
The bus pulled into Fulham Broadway and she stood up, there was a stream of people coming down the bus stairs and suddenly a woman, who had been sitting beside the other elderly woman gave her a nudge.
The woman, at whom she had wearily smiled, had her hand outstretched towards her, in her hand were two loosely rolled up £10.00 notes.
"Here" the elderly woman said "take this".. she said "but why, why should you give me money?".. "oh lass, don't be proud, you look as if you need it" the woman replied.
She laughed and said "That is just the sweetest thing but I am ok, I just look like this because I have been working on my allotment", waving her (very) grubby hand at the woman!
She bent down and kissed the elderly woman on the cheek, then reached into her 'bag lady' bag and handed the woman her bag of freshly picked green leaves and said "here, this is to thank you for that lovely gesture" and got off the bus.
Waiting for her on the pavement was the other woman, who hugged her and said "we were both worried about you, for you look so terribly tired, your hands are so dirty, we thought you really were down-and-out".
So she explained that the water to wash muddy hands with was turned off until April 1st and the coat was old but oiled and windproof. They laughed, hugged and went their separate ways.
She came home thinking of the kindness, that spontaneous gesture of support to another human being, it had been such a very lovely day.
GeeGee Parrot.
March 24th, 2014.
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