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2024-09-05 21:24:01

Thursday, 5th September 2024 - Clarke Gate
I had a changeover to do this morning. Damn I missed out on two outings. One was painting outside but that was rained off. Another was coffee with Pippa, Linda and June. I didn't have the morning free to join them. I expect they missed me.
Fable and his whistling frisbee, Tim. Tom and I went for a walk this afternoon. The torrential rain had reduced to a drizzle. The view through a tunnel of trees is the subject of today's postcard.
This evening we had pizza and drinks, I like the Kriek cherry beer, with Steve and Angie at a quiet McCanns. I found out lots of news about Benenden movements. I am off to bed to read my book.
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2024-08-18 20:52:37

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2024-08-18 00:22:42

Saturday, 17th August 2024 - Saturday Market
Steve and Zoe drove us to Casseneuil. Beautiful town but it was deserted. AND no charging points for their car. We had a wander and a very salubrious coffee at canoe hire place. Looking for something a bit more vibrant Steve drove us to Villeneuve sur lot which was much more buzzy. We strolled through the market and found a lunch spot with a fixed price three course menu with wine and coffee. The market was dismantled by the time we had eaten our peaches and cream. Charging points came available so Steve charged off to plug in. We tourist around churches and bridges and returned to a charged car as the rain bucked down. A supermarket gave us refuge and provided us with party wine and sea urchin nibbles.
I am drinking a last glass of wine with Steve and Zoe at 1.30am ish, Tim has gone to bed, before they leave us tomorrow. Now Steve has gone to bed. We have spent a fabulous evening at Mike and Pippa’s French house warming party with their friends, neighbours and family. Now Zoe has gone to bed!!! I am all alone.
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2024-08-13 20:51:44

Tuesday, 13th August 2024 - Verbena bonariensis
I woke up at 3am to find Tim beside me. I waited for his return. After a while I went in search of him. He was in the garden. We watched the Perseid meteor shower then went back to bed with wet feet.
The weather was perfect for a trip out in the MG. I didn't have to snuggle my knees under a blanket. It wasn't too much of an adventure as we had letters to post and a bit of shopping to do.
I have made soup and cheese scones in preparation of our grandchildren visiting tomorrow. I am so looking forward to playing with them.
Our garden has Verbena bonariensis sprouting up all over the place. It glows in the sun. A fabulous plant. The temperature went below 25 degrees so I ventured out into a shady spot and did some much needed weeding.
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2024-07-23 20:57:48

Tuesday, 23rd July 2024 - Whitstable Groynes
I am drinking a gin and tonic whilst reminiscing on a wonderful day in Whitstable. Harriet hired a beach hut. Tim, Natalie, Brett, Harriet, Raffy and Herbie - oh and me - celebrated Hetty becoming a teenager. We had bacon fried by Brett on the gas stove in the little hut and made into sandwiches with ketchup, beer, Monster Munch, fizzy sweets (Raffy sorry I stole your chocolate covered honeycomb, it was delicious though) and a pile of chocolate brownies topped with 13 candles. The weather was grim as we set out, drizzling and grey. As the tide went out, sand appeared along with the sun and ice-creams. I got rather soggy playing with Herbie in the sea. Harriet saved me from total immersion and with the girls played in the waves. I retired to the beach. It was the best time to see the family messing about in the waves. Happy birthday Hetty. Your grandparents are so very proud of the person you are. Thank you.
One question for you from Herbie.... Why is the sea salty? Five adults and two clever children did not know the answer. Do you know?
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2024-07-22 21:13:47

Monday, 22nd July 2024 - Prosperity and Health
Today's postcard is inspired by blackcurrants. Tim and I are eating yesterday's blackcurrant cheesecake.
We are watching The Jetty. I love it apart from being a little jealous of how gorgeous Jenna Coleman is!!!.
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2024-07-17 22:21:16

Wednesday, 17th July 2024 - After the Dancing
It is late. I am tired. I am eating a ketchup sandwich at 11pm. Don't judge me? It is 'organic' tomato ketchup.
Adriene helped ease my stiff back. I love her very much.
It was one of those days that go by in a whirl of work, stuff and emotions. Thank you to my sister. I spent the afternoon with her. She made me tea, fed me biscuits, cherries and raspberries while we proudly chatted about the wonders of being grandparents and the delight our grandchildren bring us.
I made rice and tomato soup and felt a pang of loss. It was my mother-in-laws recipe and a favorite of hers.
I wasn't feeling much in the mood for going out this evening but I am so glad Tim whisked me off to The Halfway House. It was good to chat with friends, watch the dancing, listen to the music and song while drinking rose wine.
I did today's postcard while listening to music and singing. It doesn't quite catch the energy of the evening. They could be waiting for a bus! I loved drawing it evenso.
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2024-07-14 20:07:51

Sunday, 14th July 2024 - A Bunch of Buddleia
I had two bnb rooms to turnaround today. I worked my little socks off to get them done. My reward was ironing the sheets while watching Wimbledon. Tim brought me an Aperol Spritz and cooked me pizza for dinner which was a good way to end the day.
We have buddleia shrubs flowering all around the garden. It smells of honey and is lovely in a vase. A good subject for today's postcard.
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2024-07-14 20:06:29

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2024-05-03 20:48:47

Friday, 3rd May 2024 - Day Five - Bristles
I have scrambled and fried eggs for guests, made their beds and cleaned their bathrooms.
Another delivery of plants have arrived. I plugged my ears into an audio book and potted up fifteen aquilegia, five day lilies and three hydrangeas that were free as I spent so much!!!
I did a bit of therapeutic lino cutting which I love before meeting Tony and Wendy at The Eight Bells in Hawkhurst. We were delayed due to three-way works traffic lights, followed by normal queing at the lights at the crossroads and ending with traffic lights at road works. I enjoyed my Big Tom spicy tomato juice very much.
Day Five of the Inchie Challenge and Amy has given the prompt of Bristles. That got my little grey cells working. I ended up doing a Google search and found that crows have bristles near their beaks. One purpose is to prevent insect legs getting into their eyes. I love facts like that.
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2024-05-01 20:23:04

Wednesday, 1st May 2024 - Day Three - Love
It was a traditional 5.31 am start to May day on the streets of Goudhurst watching the Morris singing and dancing in the start of summer. I always get a bit emotional listening to the singing I think it is being with the grandchildren and thinking of their future.
Today's prompt from Amy is 'Love'. I have painted a postcard to show the love of Sean and his dog and the love of his dog for chocolate birthday cake.
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2024-04-30 19:43:48

Tuesday, 30th April 2024 - Day Two - Patience
As I drove into Cranbrook to meet Sarah for an americano and half a bacon roll I pondered on how to fulfil today's prompt from Amy. Patience!!! Tough one. Then it came to me. I planted a tree peony in the garden and had to wait 'patiently' for years before it flowered. Now I wait for over 11 months of the year for it to burst into bloom for probably a couple of weeks at the most. I never thought of myself as patient or not. Now I think I am.
To those who commented on the Morris fertility cake I will enlighten you....I have no idea apart that for the last 36 May Days the Weald of Kent Morris have danced a fruit cake has been speared on a sword and shared with the adoring audience. The getting up at 5.31am on May Day to dance and sing marks the beginning of summer and the fertility.
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2024-04-28 20:05:10

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2024-04-27 21:13:16

-Saturday, 27th April 2024 - Montana Broughton Star
Yesterday we had a wonderful day. The afternoon was spent in Wickhambreaux. Harriet and Brett have transformed an apartment they bought a few months ago. What an amazing team they make. Brett with his workmanship, Harriet with her artists eye and bargain hunting. They have worked their socks off scraping it back to the bare bones to start again. It looks stunning. So proud of them. Raffy and Herbie both got headteachers certificates this week. Hetty's beetle linocuts were beautiful - so proud of all my grandchildren too.
My late night was caused by having dinner at Ewan and Kath's. We haven't been to their home for ages or seen their daughters who have grown and changed. I managed to button my lip and not tell them. Always embarrassing to be told by your parents friends how much you've grown as a child. So good to relax with a delicious curry and charming friends. It's uplifting to be in the company of a good looking couple. Thank you for a great evening.
Today has been quiet.
This climber was part of my many and very thoughtful birthday presents from The Evans family. I will find a delightful spot in the garden for it to clamber up to its full potential of 10 metres!!!
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2024-04-26 23:29:37

Friday 26th April 2024 - Abstract with Fern
I left home at 11am this morning. It is now 22 minutes past midnight. I will tell you about today tomorrow.
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2024-04-26 00:27:31

Thursday, 25th April 2024 - View from Little Rock
It's Nick's birthday today. Happy Birthday. I love a birthday celebration. Tim and I battled through Folkestone's bracing wind and sea rain and met him with Alli, Si, Lesley, Lucy and Mick in The Ship Inn for a pre lunch drink. We missed having whelks and cockles at Chummys - not so keen myself. We had a table at Little Rock with a great view over the sea that was a threatening green colour with wild white horses. I want to go back and explore - when I have finished my lino cuts that are coming along slowly but surely. What a great place Folkestone is. I can see why it was voted the best place to live in the South East.
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2024-04-21 20:38:06

Sunday, 21st April 2024 - Wonky Berries
My guests didn't want fruit salad for breakfast. Tim and I ate it.
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2024-04-20 21:05:33

Saturday, 20th April 2024 - Trees and Bluebells
Hopefully Tim has done the last grass cut with the sit on mower before the robot is allowed out.
I have been gardening. Potting on my rampant seedlings, getting rid of exuberant weeds and planting out mysterious plants as the labels I wrote in the autumn are now blank.
Tim added a prawn curry and homemade roti breads to the two curries I made last night.
The bluebells are looking lovely in our hornbeam woods. I have been inspired by the Impressionist pointillism I saw at Musee D'Orsay for today's postcard.
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2024-04-19 21:42:02

Friday, 19th April 2024 - A Symbol of Long Life
My thoughtful sister came for coffee with a box of Macarons just in case we were missing Paris.
I seem to have expanded. My jeans are just a bit tight around my wobbly waist. At least I know the reason and thoroughly enjoyed my almond croissant, Aperol spritz, baguette, roast pork in a cream sauce, wine, apple tart with caramel butter and more.
I pruned my mint and put the cuttings in water. They have sprouted roots and a caterpillar. The caterpillar and it's mint has been put in a jar with compost. I am keeping it for Herbie to look after. He loves an insect. I have just had an internet explore to check they are insects as they have many legs but according to the Woodland Trust site they have six legs which class them as insects and up to five pairs of stumpy prolegs with useful hooks for hanging.
We have come home to a garden with an abundance of fruit tree blossom. So pretty.
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2024-04-17 21:38:58

Wednesday, 17th April 2024 - Pavilion de Flore
I woke to my husband bringing me an almond croissant. Perfect with a mug of tea. I bring tea bags wherever I travel. Lindsey understands the importance of tea particularly in the morning. He was up and out while I slumbered and showered. We packed our backpacks and headed downtown. It was a beautiful morning for a Parisian walk. Just adore it here. We spent the afternoon in Musee d’Orsay amongst the Impressionists. So many paintings I had only seen in books and some I had never seen. There was a Monet of white turkeys I particularly liked. It chucked it down while we were immersed in paintings. So lucky with the weather. A Metro took us back to Monmatre. A brief freshen up, a cold glass of rose then back out for an evening of food and exploration.
We went for an aperitif. I was confused by Tim ordering two grand beers!?! Steve and Zoe were there. What a lovely surprise. We had dinner at Ma Biche which was good apart from a toilet fiasco. A wander back to the bar below our apartment to finish the evening with a Cointreau. I have heaved myself up over 100 steps of a spiral staircase to bed. Good night lovely people.
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2024-04-16 20:06:44

Tuesday, 16th April 2024 - View from 19 rue Gerando
Tim has taken me to Paris as an addendum to my birthday celebrations. What a treat. Springtime in Paris. The Eurostar took us to Gare du Nord. We had a picnic on the train. My cranberry and vodka Cosmopolitan went well with a tuna and gherkin roll. What a fine way to travel. We are staying in Monmatre in an apartment on the 6th floor.
After unpacking our undies we had an explore. Loads of bars and restaurants. We took the advice of bnb host. Dinner in Les P’tits Gros -translates as The Little Fat One!!! Wine, bread - why can’t we have bread like the French make - delicious food. After our meal we clambered up the steps to Sacre-Coeur and watched the lights dim over Paris while the Eiffel Tower lit up. Just stunning.
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2024-04-15 20:31:01

Monday, 15th April 2024 - Tom and John
We have had a new flue and woodburner fitted today. Tom and John battled through wind and hail. It was a rather dusty process. The end result looks great. We look forward to many nights of warm toes.
My lovely sister came for tea this morning. We chatted about our love for our grandchildren. The rest of afternoon I spent in my studio lino cutting a fish.
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2024-04-14 20:16:50

Sunday, 14th April 2024 - Clive and his Singer
We were five minutes late to the beer festival at The Bell & Jorrocks due to the broadcast change in time of The Archers. There were many many sides of Morris. Steampunk in black with leather, many bells and rainbows of ribbons. A lovely way to spend a couple of hours on a Sunday.
Tim has printed a map and we are planning our few days in Paris. I keep forgetting we are going and then get excited when I remember. Paris in the Springtime - so romantic.
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2024-04-13 21:40:34

Saturday, 13th April 2024 - Punch Club Finding Inspiration
The punch embroidery Harriet and I did yesterday was a course held at Water Lane in Hawkhurst. I chose something we had never tried before. What a wonderful way to spend a morning with my daughter. There wasn't even too much frustrated swearing. I can't really explain how you do it much more than it involves wool, canvas and a needle. Ian from Water Lane took us for a tour of the garden for inspiration. We were set up in once of the glass houses where Alice Liptrot - great name - led us through how to punch embroider. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Today has been a catching up day. I haven't caught up yet.
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2024-04-08 23:54:49

Monday, 8th April 2024 - Happy 60th Birthday to Me
I am 60!!
I am typing drinking sparkling wine with my son listening to Dexys Midnight Runners - loved that band - what happened to them?!? Moving onto Rag and Bone Man - loving my birthday.
I have had the most glorious birthday. It started with a hot shower followed by croissant and coffee in the garden. It was the most sunny weather and a I had a walk with my son, husband and sister with dogs around Sissinghurst.
I was opening presents outside when Elizabeth and Keith dropped by. We opened a bottle of bubbles - it's my birthday!!! I AM DOING TO PARIS The most beautiful present from my husband.
Harriet, Hetty, Raffy and Herbie turned up with birthday cake.
Thank you to all my glorious friends who came this evening to The Bell and Jorrocks to celebrate my birthday. I think I like being 60.
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2024-04-07 21:20:29

Sunday, 7th April 2024 - Auricula
I have started my birthday celebrations early. I have had a wonderful day with Harriet, Hetty, Raffy, Herbie, Tim and Tom at The Rare Breeds Centre in Woodchurch. I wanted to celebrate my 60th birthday with the grandchildren doing something that we would all enjoy. The greatest joy is watching them having fun, exploring and learning. Harriet made an amazing and thoughtful picnic. I felt very spoilt. Thank you my gorgeous family for sharing my 'big' birthday with me.
I planted auricula tiny plug plants back in the autumn. They are now looking big, healthy and flowering in my greenhouse waiting for a theatre. I love an auricula.
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2024-04-06 21:18:23

Saturday, 6th April 2024 - Wild Purple Orchid for Happiness
I have prepared and cooked the same breakfast for guests for the past four mornings. I will probably be up frying eggs tomorrow as it has become embedded in my daily routine. I need to find some exercises to strengthen my back. Bending cleaning the rooms makes my back grouchy and spasm.
Tom has arrived for my birthday celebrations that start tomorrow. Fable needed a walk after being sat in the car for over two hours. I wore wellies and strode happily through the mud and puddles until I remembered I had not fixed the hole in my right boot! We posted my latest postcards, spotted a coterie (new collective noun for me to learn) of purple orchids and walked past The Bull. We opened beer and wine back at home. I reduced our egg mountain by making cheese and mushrooms omelettes. Well done hens.
There are load of entries on the internet about purple orchids. A lot to do with the double tubors. You can look that up yourself as I can't bring myself to put it in print. I will stick with the more pleasant symbolism of purity, prosperity and happiness.
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2024-04-05 21:02:07

Friday, 5th April 2024 - Wild Violets for Healing
A lovely friend bought me coffee at Water Lane this morning. Thank you lovely lady. I popped by my sister's but she wasn't home so I went to the supermarket and got breakfast provisions for guests. Tescos had pots made from recycled fishing line and nets which looked perfect for Harriet's flourishing plants. I messaged her and while waiting for a reply went back to Lindsey's who had returned home. We sat in her summer house which seems to be a nursery for queen wasps and drank tea and ate digestive biscuits watching the wind blowing Fritha's ears about.
There was a message on Instagram saying that the florist at Hartley wasn't open today due to being unwell. Today's postcard is going to Sophie. Wild violets are good at healing sore throats, coughs, inflammation and yin deficiency. The leaves are full of vitamin A, C, rutin and quercetin. Not knowing what was wrong with Sophie I thought maybe she had one of the ailments.
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2024-04-04 20:53:38

Thursday, 4th April 2024 - Chancing the Traffic
I have been catching up with 'stuff' today. It is very satisfying to get to the bottom of the laundry basket. Simple pleasures.
Tim and I called into Mike and Pippa's for tea. Mike suggested a walk up the road to The Print House. At 5pm I wondered if it seemed too early to be having a white wine spritzer. I had two and they were thoroughly enjoyable.
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2024-04-03 21:20:02

Wednesday, 3rd April 2024 - Driving Home
Happy 29th birthday to Harriet. Wow, where did those years go.
Tim and I drove to wish our amazing daughter a happy birthday. Tim donned his work clothes and painted doors and walls in Harriet and Brett's flat. Harriet served us all coffee and pastries. Herbie delivered Harriet's birthday presents. Tim and Brett were painting at such speed they ran out of paint. Harriet, Herbie and I took to the shops to find more paint and more food. Conversation in the car was varied from handbrakes and gears to emotions and adventures. I was very pleased with my purchase. I bought a whole salmon reduced from £35 to £3.50. It is now chopped up and in our freezer. Herbie helped me choose a plant for a friend who very sadly has recently lost their very much loved dog. It has been a good day.
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2024-04-01 20:43:35

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2024-03-31 20:53:07

Sunday, 31st March 2024 - Chicken Inspection
Raffy and Hetty were up at 6am in the garden searching for a pheasant that had woken them up. They found him and his two female friends. We have had a lovely day. There has been an Easter egg hunt, Tim fixed up a bike for Raffy. She did circuits of the garden and church. Herbie and Hetty helped with with chickens, pulled rhubarb and weeding, watering and entertaining their Grandma. Tim built electric circuits with Herbie. The dining room has been turned into a hive of activity. Raffy is making a board game, Hetty crafting cards and found a box of Barbie's and a couple of Ken's that she found very amusing. An old box of Duplo littered the kitchen floor and still has hours of play appeal. The weather has been perfect for spending time in the garden. I feel very privileged in many ways. Tim and I are shattered!!!-
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2024-03-31 20:51:51

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2024-03-30 21:21:14

Saturday, 30th March 2024 - Den Building
Happy birthday to my brother. Your card is in the post!!! I could blame the delay of the manby bank holidays ... but ... I admit it is to my negligence on my part that your birthday will not drop on your doormat for your birthday day. I do love you though.
We have the grandchildren staying tonight, possibly tomorrow. We are having a wonderful time. The weather has been sunny and dry and the garden has been explored, the chickens cuddled and a new den being built. How privileged are Tim and I. It maybe an early night as the bloody clocks change!!!
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2024-03-29 18:28:11

Friday, 29th March 2024 - Tending his Flock
Tim and I dropped our bnb guest at Benenden School to continue with his film making. The roads to the market in Tenterden were unusually quiet. No schools. Bank Holiday and it was before 9am. I was hoping for a floriferous encounter. We did get some polyanthus but otherwise I was disappointed. The fruit and vegetable stall was a much more successful venture. We came away with cauliflower, garlic and enormous oranges. We had coffee and biscuits made by Pippa at Caxton Cottage. Coming home a shepherd was checking on his lambing ewes. Such a lovely scene for today's postcard.
I am heading upstairs shortly to change into a skirt. We are going for a 'pot' supper at June and Barry's. I will let you know about the 'pot' tomorrow.
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2024-03-28 21:39:02

Thursday, 28th March 2024 - Cats and Dogs
I took advantage of a brief interlude in the rain to cut some daffodils, selecting ones that hadn’t been ravaged into frilliness by slugs and snails, for a last minute guest’s bedroom.
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2024-03-27 21:42:14

Wednesday, 27th March 2024 - Bottle Ducks
We needed a wedding anniversary card and a wedding card. Rather than send shop bought ones Tim and I spent an hour or so printing and making our own. We had many failed attempts with wonkyness being our main nemesis. The final cards were straightish and lovely. We make a good team. They are now addressed, stamped and in the post.
Lindsey and Fritha took me for a muddy walk (thank you for the wellie loan) past goats, into the Magic Woods and by a pond with ducks. I love a duck. Lindsey has her Easter Tree up and decorated. It looked beautiful and I left with Easter Tree envy. I came home, got my secateurs and now have some twigs in a pot ready to be decorated while I watch Dragons Den.
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2024-03-25 20:51:57

Monday, 25th March 2024 - Shelf Building
This afternoon The Viridians met at Wendy's. Clive and I sat at the kitchen table. Leelee and wendy set up their easels. Oils, watercolour pencils, Indian ink and lino cuts were produced over a few hours. I love my afternoons with my art friends.
At the weekend Tom's friends Steve and Andy helped build some shelves. They are now holding Tom's cycling 'stuff'. It good to have good friends.
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2024-03-24 21:43:01

Sunday, 24th March 2024 - Dinner on a Box
We are home from our weekend in Northampton. It's a long motorway drive and the Dartford Crossing was crawling slower than snails pace. The hedges on the country lanes were full of clouds of blackthorn blossom - so pretty. It has been a wonderful few days. We met some of Tom's friends. It's good to put a name to a face. Tom made us all spaghetti with beany bolognese and a less spicy tuna version for three year old Robin. Tom's table is still under dust sheets. Robin was very happy to have a box for a table. I felt suddenly emotional and sad as we left - it was quite painful.
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2024-03-23 23:04:43

Saturday, 23rd March 2024 - Happy 80th Birthday Terry
It's been a good day in Northampton. Tim has done loads of DIY, clearing, shelf building, wiring and painting. I have done some interspersed with walking with Tom, Fable and shopping in an International supermarket that was crammed with fruit and vegetables I have never seen before. Tom and I bought garlic and mushrooms. I hope to return tomorrow for a deeper explore and take Google translate with me for the ingredients lists.
As I type I am drinking tea with Tom and his mate Steve mulling over the pro and cons of social media. After a couple of glasses of wine it makes for interesting discussions. Earlier shelves were built that fit into an alcove to be filled with, no not books, bike 'stuff'. Fair enough it's not my home. Tom cooked a very delicious beany bolognese that fed
Tom's good friend was 80 today. We met him in the park this afternoon with Charlie and Jack. Happy 80th birthday Terry.
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2024-03-22 22:09:41

Friday, 22nd March 2024 - Nine Chimneys Lane
We have spent a good many hours on the road today. First
a stop in Balsham near Cambridge to collect a couple of radiators from ex student and colleague of Tim's. We had lunch in a very pretty pub called the Black Bull. The butchers is now a bakery and sells lovely cakes. We got a variety of four and headed into the county of Bedfordshire to see Dave and Josie who added tea and coffee to the cake. Back in the car to Northamptonshire.
After an excellent take away curry I am sitting typing at a fold out table in Tom's house in Northampton. Tim and I are spending a weekend doing DIY a bit of decorating and gardening.-
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2024-03-20 21:41:31

Wednesday, 20th March 2024 - The Mill
I collected a basket full of eggs from our hen house. Two I poached for my bnb guest. While he was at the breakfast table I packed the car ready for a day in Wickhambreaux. Tim settled into The Mill snug for a meeting. Harriet and I collected a very cuddly Herbie from school. We took him to The Ivy Barn for refreshments. We topped up our vitamin sitting outside. It was lovely.
My postcard today goes to my son-in-law Brett. He has done an amazing restorating No 6 The Mill and now working on No 5. What a talented man. I am so proud of what Harriet and Brett achieved and look forward to their next chapter in life.
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2024-03-19 21:42:13

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Tuesday, 19th March 2024 - Phoebe and Gay
What a delight to wake up to a day without rain. I met my friend Gay and her granddaughter Phoebe for coffee, tea and croissant in Cranbrook with Peppa Pig. I always carry a drawing pen and paper with me. Phoebe did a lovely energetic drawing which included some serious dot making.
Tim had just finished strimming our grassy tufts when Sarah-Jane and Beachie turned up for a mug of tea. We haven't seen them for ages. We caught up on health and family news. I love a medical matter.
I have been getting some lovely messages from people I have sent my postcards. So pleased they are being well received.
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2024-03-18 21:18:15

Hi nostr