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100 and 75
Yesterday we had a zoom call with family for Mum’s 100th. We raised a glass, and had cake. Elspeth made pancakes. The commemorative whisky which was my father’s, from the Russian Consulate, was finally broached. It being the 75th anniversary of VE Day, it was deemed appropriate. Some of the whisky will be decanted into…
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Mon petit chou
Update 14.05.2020 – Was NO-ONE going to point out the grammatical error in the title? Biggest surprise of this week though was the delivery of advance vegetables, in advance that is by about a week of when they were expected. Nothing daunted*, I have been farming out chunks of cabbage and leek, with some lovely…
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April 2020
Went for my daily walk earlier. The express bus to Edinburgh (empty except for the driver) passed me by, and I noticed that it now shows a scrolling message thanking all the key workers. Walking down a deserted suburban street in early spring, trees in leaf and growing daily, birds shouting for all they’re worth, …
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Down the rabbit hole
Today is the bicentenary of the birth of John Tenniel, artitst and cartoonist, noted for Punch and of course Alice in Wonderland. From the entry in Wikipedia:- “Tenniel’s “grotesque” was one reason why Lewis Carroll wanted Tenniel as his illustrator for the Alice books, in the sense of imparting a disturbing sense that the real…