Very busy is how to describe our life at the moment. A very important (to us) person has been staying in London and my mama has spent a lot of time with them.
They gave her something that made her extremely wet eyed. She really is a soppy old human mama but it is better than having a hard hearted Hannah, that's for sure!
The shop has been very busy, really really busy. They had an extraordinarily generous donation of the entire contents of a home, the furniture has gone to the furniture branch of the charity but everything else has, and is continuing to, come in to the shop where she works. So she is doing two days a week as there are lots of precious things to sort and price.
Meanwhile the allotments have been getting a great watering! This is, for us, great news as all of September was far too dry and the earth was as hard as rock the last time she tried to turn over a small raised bed.
Today we are experiencing the tail end of Hurricane Gonzalez at the present moment, he blew into town last night but hopefully he won't do any severe damage, however, he is dumping huge amounts of rain.
So now no actual gardening is being done but detailed plans are being made to change beds and alter the lay-out of two of the plots.
Graft paper and seed catalogues are out on the big table, as you know she loves Beets and especially the yellow ones, Kvass made from yellow Beets will be a wonderful treat next year.
Debbie, aka Goaty Mum of Ellie's Dairy, has had more kiddly babies arrive! Fancy that and so late, in mid October. Last Sunday she went off to meet her the market at Parson's Green school.
HoneyPie Bakery was directly opposite and their 'lunch' was two enormous slices of Butternut Squash and Pecan Cake.
Whoooo.. That baker sure can bake, the cake was truly made by fairies, for it was as light as air but substancial, with tiny slivvers of orange peel and a delicious mix of spices was dusted onto the icing.
Not one crumb came home I will have you know Dear Reader, she and I usually share lunch but she waddled home via the library and I had to put up wih eating Parrot food, huh and this Sunday they are 'at it' again.
Their plan is to meet at the Marylebone Market and eat Malaysian Dumplings with chilli.. slurp.. I am extremely partial to this sort of food but doubt very much if I will even get to lick the paper plate.
Meanwhile at home, several doors are shut in the hall, she and a marvellous Bissell carpet washing machine did the carpets and I have been banished from the bathroom and the sittingroom.. sigh.. but winter is a'coming and at this time of year she does her entertaining at home but last week she took our important visitor to lunch at her club in the West End the week before last.
They had had an appointment with a lawyer in the city so Charles Street was the perfect place to lunch afterwards. A civilised drink in the bar was followed by a delicious lunch with NO washing up to be done!
Now she has to get dressed in wet weather gear clothing and brave the elements, there is food to be bought and an errand to be run.
So I am off to my pole in the hall and therefore I say.. PipPip.. and FlapFlap to you all.
Gee Gee Parrot.
October 21st, 2014.
They gave her something that made her extremely wet eyed. She really is a soppy old human mama but it is better than having a hard hearted Hannah, that's for sure!
The shop has been very busy, really really busy. They had an extraordinarily generous donation of the entire contents of a home, the furniture has gone to the furniture branch of the charity but everything else has, and is continuing to, come in to the shop where she works. So she is doing two days a week as there are lots of precious things to sort and price.
Meanwhile the allotments have been getting a great watering! This is, for us, great news as all of September was far too dry and the earth was as hard as rock the last time she tried to turn over a small raised bed.
Today we are experiencing the tail end of Hurricane Gonzalez at the present moment, he blew into town last night but hopefully he won't do any severe damage, however, he is dumping huge amounts of rain.
So now no actual gardening is being done but detailed plans are being made to change beds and alter the lay-out of two of the plots.
Graft paper and seed catalogues are out on the big table, as you know she loves Beets and especially the yellow ones, Kvass made from yellow Beets will be a wonderful treat next year.
Debbie, aka Goaty Mum of Ellie's Dairy, has had more kiddly babies arrive! Fancy that and so late, in mid October. Last Sunday she went off to meet her the market at Parson's Green school.
HoneyPie Bakery was directly opposite and their 'lunch' was two enormous slices of Butternut Squash and Pecan Cake.
Whoooo.. That baker sure can bake, the cake was truly made by fairies, for it was as light as air but substancial, with tiny slivvers of orange peel and a delicious mix of spices was dusted onto the icing.
Not one crumb came home I will have you know Dear Reader, she and I usually share lunch but she waddled home via the library and I had to put up wih eating Parrot food, huh and this Sunday they are 'at it' again.
Their plan is to meet at the Marylebone Market and eat Malaysian Dumplings with chilli.. slurp.. I am extremely partial to this sort of food but doubt very much if I will even get to lick the paper plate.
Meanwhile at home, several doors are shut in the hall, she and a marvellous Bissell carpet washing machine did the carpets and I have been banished from the bathroom and the sittingroom.. sigh.. but winter is a'coming and at this time of year she does her entertaining at home but last week she took our important visitor to lunch at her club in the West End the week before last.
They had had an appointment with a lawyer in the city so Charles Street was the perfect place to lunch afterwards. A civilised drink in the bar was followed by a delicious lunch with NO washing up to be done!
Now she has to get dressed in wet weather gear clothing and brave the elements, there is food to be bought and an errand to be run.
So I am off to my pole in the hall and therefore I say.. PipPip.. and FlapFlap to you all.
Gee Gee Parrot.
October 21st, 2014.
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