It was really hot today.....first of all I went to the usual keep fit class at the Village Hall meeting up with chums from the village. First of all we have a warm up and then go around the hall doing various activities of a keep fit nature. Now this is where you catch up on what's happening in the village - having quick chats doing bits and pieces. Then it's a bit more seriuos with no time to talk! A bit of relaxation to finish off and more chatting!
Then I went to Sara's house and sorted out her wires to her telephone and computer which had got in a bit of a muddle and then back home where I met John walking Rory.We had a good chaton the village trail with Gary, a retired fireman and now a sculptor, his son and doggie aged 16. John may have a potential sailing partner.
Phone call from Su in France to see if we can arrange to meet up when she and the children come over to England in a few weeks time.
John had the day off today and we had intended to tame our riverbank which is very overgrown but it was so hot we decided to clear a bedroom instead which had been rather neglected too and had lots of stuff to be sorted out.So items are in the car for charity shops and several boxes of paper ready for recycling.
Later on we went round to Ruth & Colin who lives next door and had a celebratory glass of champagne as Ruth retired from work today. John rustled up supper (which was very nice indeed) and we all watched Wimbledon on the telly, the amazing match between the American and the French guys which still hasn't finished and will be continued tomorrow. 50 odd sets -amazing.
Good evening at book club - great discussion and plans to have an outing in August at a special cafe at Eype near Bridport that Christine enthused about.Here is the link
www.downhouse-farm.co.uk/
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Count down to winter
Today is the day after the longest day of the year. It's beautiful, sunny and warm with a gentle breeze. My one and only follower has reminded me that I haven't continued blogging and that I should - all in the sake of creative writing!
I have just been to the garden centre to buy some wigwams for sweet peas I bought ages ago, so this is not going to be long as I must plant them. There are lots of weeds to be pulled too and general tidying up.
We have a new puppy, a border terrier called Rory who is very sweet but has become a bit wild.We have started taking him to classes and there is one tonight but I am going to ask John to take him as it's book club tonight.
We have been reading "Deaf Sentence" by David Lodge. This is a Times review of the book.
"Lodge's hero, Desmond Bates, is a former professor of linguistics four years into a gratefully taken early retirement. Lately, however, the activity with which he had imagined that he would fill his freedom from academic servitude has begun to languish. He misses the structure of the university calendar that spared him for so long from waking, as he does now every morning, to confront the question: what shall I do with myself today?
There is more: Desmond's second wife, Fred (short for Winifred) has undergone a middle-aged renaissance - launching a successful interior-design business and simultaneously subjecting herself to a radical makeover. The effect on Desmond, he records, is “an unexpected onset of... late-flowering lust”.
Something beside his vague sense of purposelessness is bothering Desmond: the eight-year age gap between Winifred and himself seems to be widening, his sense of it intensified by the contrast between his increasing deafness and occasional impotence, and Winifred's newfound vigour. The scene is set for catastrophe and it duly approaches from two directions, embodied by Desmond's elderly father and a disturbing young American student, Alex Loom, who is determined that Desmond, rather against his will, should supervise her PhD thesis on the stylistic content of suicide notes." It was an easy amusing read, rather poingent in places especially when dealing with his father and the ecentrities of old age. So I am looking forward to the discussion tonight with my group of girlfriends from the village.
In the book club we meet once a month and we choose books opnce a year and that time is coming up soon. So any good reads anyone? Last month we read "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peeling Pie Society". This was a fun read too but sad too in places. Read it if you can.
Well I had better get out into the garden now!
I have just been to the garden centre to buy some wigwams for sweet peas I bought ages ago, so this is not going to be long as I must plant them. There are lots of weeds to be pulled too and general tidying up.
We have a new puppy, a border terrier called Rory who is very sweet but has become a bit wild.We have started taking him to classes and there is one tonight but I am going to ask John to take him as it's book club tonight.
We have been reading "Deaf Sentence" by David Lodge. This is a Times review of the book.
"Lodge's hero, Desmond Bates, is a former professor of linguistics four years into a gratefully taken early retirement. Lately, however, the activity with which he had imagined that he would fill his freedom from academic servitude has begun to languish. He misses the structure of the university calendar that spared him for so long from waking, as he does now every morning, to confront the question: what shall I do with myself today?
There is more: Desmond's second wife, Fred (short for Winifred) has undergone a middle-aged renaissance - launching a successful interior-design business and simultaneously subjecting herself to a radical makeover. The effect on Desmond, he records, is “an unexpected onset of... late-flowering lust”.
Something beside his vague sense of purposelessness is bothering Desmond: the eight-year age gap between Winifred and himself seems to be widening, his sense of it intensified by the contrast between his increasing deafness and occasional impotence, and Winifred's newfound vigour. The scene is set for catastrophe and it duly approaches from two directions, embodied by Desmond's elderly father and a disturbing young American student, Alex Loom, who is determined that Desmond, rather against his will, should supervise her PhD thesis on the stylistic content of suicide notes." It was an easy amusing read, rather poingent in places especially when dealing with his father and the ecentrities of old age. So I am looking forward to the discussion tonight with my group of girlfriends from the village.
In the book club we meet once a month and we choose books opnce a year and that time is coming up soon. So any good reads anyone? Last month we read "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peeling Pie Society". This was a fun read too but sad too in places. Read it if you can.
Well I had better get out into the garden now!
Monday, 5 April 2010
A photographic exhibition in Bere Regis
This afternoon I visited a photographic exhibition in Bere Regis in their Drax Hall. There were loads of people there looking at the old photographs of the village, watching old videos of drama performances, old photograph albums and slide shows of old photos. Anyway it gave me some ideas about the display we want to put on in our village hall this coming autumn as part of our "Memories around Winfrith" project. I had a cup of tea and a rather nice slice of chocolate cake and I broght back a coffee and walnut sponge for John. However I have a feeling that he doesn't really like coffee cake, certainly he doesn't like coffee creams, so maybe I'll delay the diet until the cake is eaten....
Jessica went home this afternoon on the train, hopefully there won't be too many delays or engineering works. It was lovely to see her and although she had to do some studying we had time for a good few chats and I appreciated her help with the house!
The sun has come out so I'm off to have a little potter in the garden.
Jessica went home this afternoon on the train, hopefully there won't be too many delays or engineering works. It was lovely to see her and although she had to do some studying we had time for a good few chats and I appreciated her help with the house!
The sun has come out so I'm off to have a little potter in the garden.
Sunday, 4 April 2010
Easter Sunday
Daughter came home for the weekend and managed to set me up again on my blog so I have another gin and tonic and off we go!
The simplest things set you back on the computer but gradually I am getting better at controlling it.
This Easter weekend started on Thursday for us when we went down to Cornwall to open up our caravan in North Cornwall for the season. We can use it from Easter or 1st April whichever is sooner until the end of October. As we have a booking in a few weeks time it was very necessary to go down and see what it was like despite the awful weather. Luckily all was in order apart from loads of flies which happens every winter. Friends from Winfrith who also have a caravan there joined us for a fish and chip supper and we had a good time catching up with all the news. The weather was apalling and as Jessica was travelling down to see us on Saturday we set off home in the poring rain.
We visited Axminster Carpets to see what sort of carpets they have and Su, if you are reading this they have big bags of wool for about £4. I'll find out if they might be suitable for "felting" a new interest of yours!
The simplest things set you back on the computer but gradually I am getting better at controlling it.
This Easter weekend started on Thursday for us when we went down to Cornwall to open up our caravan in North Cornwall for the season. We can use it from Easter or 1st April whichever is sooner until the end of October. As we have a booking in a few weeks time it was very necessary to go down and see what it was like despite the awful weather. Luckily all was in order apart from loads of flies which happens every winter. Friends from Winfrith who also have a caravan there joined us for a fish and chip supper and we had a good time catching up with all the news. The weather was apalling and as Jessica was travelling down to see us on Saturday we set off home in the poring rain.
We visited Axminster Carpets to see what sort of carpets they have and Su, if you are reading this they have big bags of wool for about £4. I'll find out if they might be suitable for "felting" a new interest of yours!
Saturday, 13 March 2010
A G & T and my First Blog!
Daughter brought up in a small village but now living an exciting life in London, has arrived home for the weekend. She has set me up a blog and also created a history group for our village on Facebook. So here we go! Where do I start? What shall I say?
Think I need to top up my G &T....and then I will start.
I moved with my husband and baby daughter to a small Dorset village some 26 years ago. I like it here - the village and its inhabitants are like my family now. A cousin who now lives in France said I should create a blog as the things I get involved with and the tales I tell about my village are funny and interesting. The daughter tells tales of what we get up to here in the countryside which cause amusement to everyone. She is standing behind me now trying to edit what I say so come back another time to hear my musing of village life.
Think I need to top up my G &T....and then I will start.
I moved with my husband and baby daughter to a small Dorset village some 26 years ago. I like it here - the village and its inhabitants are like my family now. A cousin who now lives in France said I should create a blog as the things I get involved with and the tales I tell about my village are funny and interesting. The daughter tells tales of what we get up to here in the countryside which cause amusement to everyone. She is standing behind me now trying to edit what I say so come back another time to hear my musing of village life.
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