GRRRRR.. We wish we knew who did this, which was to take this letter and withhold it from us. It was sent from California to us nearly a year ago!
If the lateness of its' arrival was not bad enough, what makes it much worse was what it contained, which was a notification of death on July 24th, 2013 of a dear friend, Andrew Wickham Clay. What darling Dorothy, his wife of fifty seven years, must be thinking about us is beyond speech.
His love, apart from that for his family, was for teaching. For more than twenty years he was the principal at Ladera High Jr. High and he returned to teaching 6th grade at Hermosa & Acacia before retiring after a forty-five year in education.
But did he retire? No! He'd accept substitute teaching positions! And he and Dorothy travelled, which is how we met them when they were in London. Tomorrow she will send a hand written letter to her.. oi vey.
I'm sure you know that cruising the aisles is NOT something she does, she is not a 'shopper' just for the sake of it. But she had to go into Sainsburys yesterday as they always sell this great bargain.. White Vinegar at 50p a bottle! which is what she uses for cleaning and lo and behold.. she squinted sideways at the bread section and saw.. not exactly the same as the one Lidl made, I know the label said Rivercote but we all know now that it is their own brand.. packets of sliced Dutch Rye and Sunflower bread.
Not as scrummydumptious as the Lidl one was for it does not have the molasses in. it, but it is rye and it does have seeds it it. We had griddled fish with a slice of it for our lunch.. easy to cook and easy to eat!
We are not dressed, or rather I am, with my bald tumtum, but she is in sweats and doing dusty work underneath the bed and in the bottom of a store cupboard, she would have MUCH rather gone to the allotments but this had to be done sooner than later and with dodgy Bank Holiday buses.. today was the day to do it.
Pale grey sky, warm but it hopefully will rain a lot tonight, April was exceedingly dry.. there were not many April showers but we did have a lot of wind, which has the effect of drying out the top soil, which you don't want at this time of year.
Onwards mes amis.. onwards with dusting, tidying, throwing away, the pile for rhe shredder grows ever higher, vacuuming.. oh.. BIG excitement!
She washed two feather and down pillows.. and they've come up beautifully, Cold water with not too much soap, two extra rinses, a very good shake, into the dryer with a clean tennis shoe to keep the feathers from clumping together. Don't just take our word for it! It is on the web posted by Good Housekeeping or something similar.
She's off to make a cup of amber nectar to fortify herself for the next bit of work.. pippip.
GeeGee Parrot.
May 4th, 2015.
If the lateness of its' arrival was not bad enough, what makes it much worse was what it contained, which was a notification of death on July 24th, 2013 of a dear friend, Andrew Wickham Clay. What darling Dorothy, his wife of fifty seven years, must be thinking about us is beyond speech.
His love, apart from that for his family, was for teaching. For more than twenty years he was the principal at Ladera High Jr. High and he returned to teaching 6th grade at Hermosa & Acacia before retiring after a forty-five year in education.
But did he retire? No! He'd accept substitute teaching positions! And he and Dorothy travelled, which is how we met them when they were in London. Tomorrow she will send a hand written letter to her.. oi vey.
I'm sure you know that cruising the aisles is NOT something she does, she is not a 'shopper' just for the sake of it. But she had to go into Sainsburys yesterday as they always sell this great bargain.. White Vinegar at 50p a bottle! which is what she uses for cleaning and lo and behold.. she squinted sideways at the bread section and saw.. not exactly the same as the one Lidl made, I know the label said Rivercote but we all know now that it is their own brand.. packets of sliced Dutch Rye and Sunflower bread.
Not as scrummydumptious as the Lidl one was for it does not have the molasses in. it, but it is rye and it does have seeds it it. We had griddled fish with a slice of it for our lunch.. easy to cook and easy to eat!
We are not dressed, or rather I am, with my bald tumtum, but she is in sweats and doing dusty work underneath the bed and in the bottom of a store cupboard, she would have MUCH rather gone to the allotments but this had to be done sooner than later and with dodgy Bank Holiday buses.. today was the day to do it.
Pale grey sky, warm but it hopefully will rain a lot tonight, April was exceedingly dry.. there were not many April showers but we did have a lot of wind, which has the effect of drying out the top soil, which you don't want at this time of year.
Onwards mes amis.. onwards with dusting, tidying, throwing away, the pile for rhe shredder grows ever higher, vacuuming.. oh.. BIG excitement!
She washed two feather and down pillows.. and they've come up beautifully, Cold water with not too much soap, two extra rinses, a very good shake, into the dryer with a clean tennis shoe to keep the feathers from clumping together. Don't just take our word for it! It is on the web posted by Good Housekeeping or something similar.
She's off to make a cup of amber nectar to fortify herself for the next bit of work.. pippip.
GeeGee Parrot.
May 4th, 2015.
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