Do you remember I told you that one of our quartet of gels was leaving to be near her daughters? She was opening her garden one last time for 'The Cotttage Gardens Society,' so I offered to help with the coffee , tea etc. It was hard work - over 50 of them but fun and reminded me of how I expected the customers in my shop to behave well at all times. When a couple of the Society proffered £20 notes instead of a pound I managed to restrain myself and smile fairly sweetly. I think my days of serving the general public are well over -fortunately for them.
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Malcolm doing a good impresssion of Marco the chef.
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Great view from the hill. It must be hard for your friend to contemplate leaving.
Cheers.
Randall: maybe harder for us - she'll be much nearer children and grandchildren.
A lot of love has gone into that garden Pat. It must be hard for both sides to say goodbye.
I hope all went well with your appointments yesterday.
You made me smile, the story of the day, the photographs ... it seemed like a truly delicious day.
You made me smile, the story of the day, the photographs ... it seemed like a truly delicious day.
Crikey, yes, it's going to be hard to leave a home that is so loved. And the view is beautiful.
I do have a bluebell pic to post at long last so I'll put it up at the end of the week.
Sx
Lovely and amazing! I bet you were a charming tea-girl.
Jimmy: I know Malcolm will create another just as lovely - if smaller.
Thanks for asking - the appointments were both a relief and reassuring even though a small op may be
involved.
Di Mackey: to make someone smile is a nice feeling. Thank you.
Scarlet: everybody loves bluebells especially Kim.
Eryl: now you know that isn't quite true:) They would ask for weak ones and need to be told where the sugar was and walk off with the spoons! And I just gritted my teeth. Charmingly:)
It must be heart-wrenching to leave a garden when every cutting has a tale to tell - I couldn't do it, or so I say now.
I have rashly offered to open mine for the church at the end of June - oh, the weeding I'll have to do between now and then! And I'm not offering reas, unless you want to come and stay to do that, PI?
belleek
belleek: I'm sorely tempted but they would say 'Who's that cross old biddy who grumbles if we don't give her the correct money?'
It's not just old men who are grumpy.
A small op, oh dear, I don't like the sound of that at all.
Eryl: it's fairly straight forward and should improve the quality of life. It's sometimes a temptation to ignore these things and settle for less. I won't make a decision until I see the consultant. It's not comestic BTW.
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