Choral society social today in the form of a quiz evening, with fish and chips. I helped to set up the hall this afternoon and attended this evening. Slightly awkward in that I had invited two non-choir guests but tables had a maximum of six, so they ended up sitting elsewhere in another team. My team came last. I think our interests and skills were not broad enough. After all, four of us have degrees in French! My granddaughter and her boyfriend came as scorers, which they seemed to enjoy. It also got me a lift there and back. A fun evening with good company.
No church choir needed in the morning so I hope to have a lie-in.
I was born in what was Kent at the time, but is now part of Greater London.
I lived in Stanmore, Middlesex until I went to university and then travelled ending up in Oz.
I hadn't realised that the rather soullessly named Greater London had absorbed parts of Kent.
@LatchKeyKid, I was born in Bromley, which was once a separate town to London, but is now very much a suburb. Before I moved to the East Midlands I lived in Kingston-upon Thames, which again had once been part of Surrey, but is now a London borough.
I've actually seen some sun this morning which is a rare treat at the moment. The river is still rising, but more slowly. I hope we get less rain in the next few days and it can go back down again.
A quiet, grey, but mild day in Arkland the Dull, where nothing much is happening. Aromatic wood-smoke is drifting lazily from the chimneys of several Arks, imparting a homely and comforting sort of aspect to the gentle melancholy of a winter's afternoon.
Lunch is CHICKEN in MUSHROOM SAUCE, with NEW SPUDS.
The second of Mr D's APPLE CRUMBLES will be devoured later.
@LatchKeyKid, I was born in Bromley, which was once a separate town to London,
I was born just down the road, in what was then called Farnborough Hospital but appears now to be called Princess Royal University Hospital. They seem to have demolished and rebuilt it without asking me.
We went to morning service at Our Place and then went to lunch with some friends and had a most lovely time at their house eating our way through canapés, soup, roast lamb, chocolate mousse and cheese and biscuits, finishing up with coffee and chocolates, and having a good catch up with them. We've known them for years but haven't seen them for ages. They live in quite a rural area, over the road from a delightful little village church, on a lane lined with snowdrops.
My mum had several appointments at the Princess Royal @Nenya. It was all quite swish. I was born in a small maternity hospital that is no longer there at all.
So far we seem to have escaped the rain today, which is just as well as the river is still on the rise. A few more centimetres and we'll have a soggy garden.
We headed out to a garden centre this afternoon which made us feel rather ancient as we didn't think we actually needed anything, just fancied a trip somewhere. It was actually useful as we go some ideas for planting by the long run of fence we have and I picked up some secateurs. The ones we originally had are ancient and not very good and the ones my son bought me as a present were worse. I hope the new pair do the job.
I've had a busy but enjoyable weekend: on Saturday Scottish Voices were singing Evensong for Candlemas in Dunfermline Abbey, which was absolutely baltic, but we sang some very nice stuff. Afterwards had drinks with some of the choir and then v. good supper in an Italian restaurant.
Today would have been my late brother-in-law's birthday, and tomorrow is the anniversary of his death, and there was a gathering of most of the family at my sister's this afternoon, which also included FOOD, in this case a rather nice Indian takeaway. It was the first time I'd seen them since New Year, so we had a nice catch-up.
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No church choir needed in the morning so I hope to have a lie-in.
I hadn't realised that the rather soullessly named Greater London had absorbed parts of Kent.
I've actually seen some sun this morning which is a rare treat at the moment. The river is still rising, but more slowly. I hope we get less rain in the next few days and it can go back down again.
Grey with rain later here. I should really go for a walk but I have at least done the weekly online shop.
Lunch is CHICKEN in MUSHROOM SAUCE, with NEW SPUDS.
The second of Mr D's APPLE CRUMBLES will be devoured later.
We went to morning service at Our Place and then went to lunch with some friends and had a most lovely time at their house eating our way through canapés, soup, roast lamb, chocolate mousse and cheese and biscuits, finishing up with coffee and chocolates, and having a good catch up with them. We've known them for years but haven't seen them for ages. They live in quite a rural area, over the road from a delightful little village church, on a lane lined with snowdrops.
So far we seem to have escaped the rain today, which is just as well as the river is still on the rise. A few more centimetres and we'll have a soggy garden.
We headed out to a garden centre this afternoon which made us feel rather ancient as we didn't think we actually needed anything, just fancied a trip somewhere. It was actually useful as we go some ideas for planting by the long run of fence we have and I picked up some secateurs. The ones we originally had are ancient and not very good and the ones my son bought me as a present were worse. I hope the new pair do the job.
Today would have been my late brother-in-law's birthday, and tomorrow is the anniversary of his death, and there was a gathering of most of the family at my sister's this afternoon, which also included FOOD, in this case a rather nice Indian takeaway. It was the first time I'd seen them since New Year, so we had a nice catch-up.