well i'm cross!!

would you believe it!?

i went to look at those croci - and you know what? - they had done absolutley NOTHING!!

unco-operative little beggars!! - i had kindly placed them in a nice warm dark 'place' - filled their little vases up with water to the 'required amount' - wished them well and left them in peace

and when i go and look at them, what do i find?

the lazy ungrateful creatures were in EXACTLY the same state as that in which i had left them!!!

i suppose i shall have to go and 'talk' to them!

huh!! a stern lecture would be more to the point!!

the weather

given that i'm british (and proud of it!!) it's surprising that i have written so little about the weather - after all it is what british people are supposed to talk about all the time! - lol!!

british spring really does seen to have sprung this week - ie it has snowed, hailed and rained, we have had bitterly cold gale force winds, days of brilliant sunshine and days where it was simply 'grey'

Still - 'Better than nothing' !!

my garden is beginning to respond to the sunshine and the rain with numbers of daffodils starting to open and the crocus (or is it croci?) in the lawn are just about to open up - and the grass is growing far too rapidly for my liking!!

i gave pots of amaryllis to several people as presents last christmas and it has been lovely that some have reported back on how they were getting along - s and r's fought its way out of the wrapping before they even had a chance to get it out and put it on the window sill and apparently its now blooming beautifully, o and g's is not far behind and has started to open and now mine (a christmas indulgence to buy myself a present - umm!!) seems to grow an inch every time i turn my back

in the post-christmas sale at homebase i bought a set with 3 tiny vases and a crocus to grow in each one - i set them up in a box and shoved them at the back of the cupboard under the stairs and its only because i am writing this that i remembered about them - am going now to check them out and will report later

happiness is a warm cat

this has been another busy week - and exciting too what with ellen macarthur arriving back into falmouth after her record-breaking round the world trip - l managed to be there on a floating pontoon down by the docks with 'the best view in cornwall' and saw it all - and had her photo in the times the next day!!
its been a week of evening outings for me - aywl on monday at l and d's (i'm so pleased tk persuaded me to join!), a meeting at school on tuesday, reading group on wednesday and f visited last night
i always enjoy reading group but this one was particularly good - we had read 'haweswater' by sarah hall - we were all pretty much in agreement for a change and the voting ranged from 3 to 6 - and i for one won't bother to read anything else she has written!
but the main point of this post is in order that i can sing a hymn of praise for my lovely cat, catullus (tully for short)
when ever i arrive home he comes to greet me and runs up the first 6 steps of the stairs where he is in just the right position for me to stroke him as i hang up my coat and keys - when i went out on wednesday night i didnt bother to take my handbag and had left it on one of the bottom steps - as tully ran up to be stroked he poked his head through the handles of the bag and then, because he was hampered, couldnt get any further - he turned tail and tried to run back down but, poor thing, he just slipped and staggered about and was unable to free himself - he looked so funny - like a sort of substitute st bernard with a handbag instead of a barrel!! - i had to laugh - i just hope his dignity wasn't dented too badly
he is great company - he is very affectionate - is always there when i come home - and there's nothing like a warm cat on your lap when you're watching tv in the evenings - bless!!

first saturday in february

oops!

not sure what happened there!

anyway . . .

first sat in feb is always the day for the 'old girls' reunion at school - though we meet at the pub first (in character or what?) for lunch

this year 7 of us made it to lunch - ann(t)m, veronica(f), pauline(w)w, sue w, margaret w, myself and anne(r)s who had come all the way from vancouver! and whom we hadn't seen since feb 2000!! and frances(n)w and mary m came later to school only - it's always great to see people and catch up on the news - and some of us had news of other ogs who were unable to make this time

school celebrated its centenary last year but in typical fashion (!!!) has only managed to get itself organised for a decent 'bash' this coming summer - 101 years!!! - it will be in july when, hopefully, the weather will be kind to us and we can wander about in the grounds - it would be a goodly thing if as many of our year as poss could make it

met carlene d at school whose brother, n, had been in my class right through primary school - so was even able to catch up on a few hrs

popped round to anne and roland's after the reunion as they only live just round the corner and had cup of tea - they are both well and telling me it is likely that andrew will marry next year - at least that is what everyone else thinks is happening - but he hasn't actually asked benta yet!!!

tonight is the first session of 'at your word lord' at liz and david's house so sign off now and have some food before i go

good times

these last few days have been pretty good!

eric came to stay on tues night - sadly, i had an evening meeting i really couldn't get out of but frankie phoned before i went out to ask if she could come and visit - so she arrived soon after i had left and she and eric kept each other good company - very good company as it turned out! by the time i arrived home at 9.15 they had already polished off one bottle of vino (i had to struggle to keep up!!), had watched 'the cd rom' and eric had managed to persuade fran that here was the holiday she had always dreamed of - in fact eric and i are sponsoring her to the tune of £100 each!! spent what remained of the evening guzzling another bottle of wine, eating tasty morsels gleaned from the freezer and anticipating (or in eric's case reminising) on 'hols of a lifetime'

have paid for holiday and flight

have booked taxi to the airport

and yesterday our tickets arrived!!! yay!!! not long to go now!!!