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Bumping Into Prince Philip
Early this morning, once again in steady rain, Jackie and I transported another Modus-load of soggy garden refuse to the Efford Recycling Centre, and continued on a damp forest drive. A pair of wet donkeys at East Boldre with little leaves adhering to their spiral-patterned hides hopefully raised their mournful heads as I disembarked to […]
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Crocheted Memorial
Before Ellie was born, Becky knitted her a matching jerkin to one she had knitted for Jackie. Yesterday Flo photographed them, with her daughter also wearing her contrasting pumpkin hat. Today Dillon photographed me with his daughter in my arms. This morning’s steady drizzle increased its speed in time for our trip to the Recycling […]
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Road Blocks
Early this sultry late summer morning, Jackie and I transported a few items to the Oakhaven Trust Charity shop and emerged with two Thomas Webb crystal wine glasses. When I quipped that we never came back from the Council dump empty handed I received the riposte: “so you are saying we are like the dump?”. […]
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Elizabeth Meets Ellie
This afternoon, while Jackie drove Flo, Dillon. and Ellie out shopping, I watched a BBC recording of yesterday’s delayed start of the final cricket Test Match between England and South Africa. I then took a walk round the garden with my camera. We had given up these gladioli in the heatwave. They have revived nicely […]
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Broadlands, Breakdown, Burger Bar
Jackie and I set off late this morning in our apparently healthy Modus, bound for Broadlands in Romsey. When younger, our King Charles III was very close to his Great Uncle Louis Mountbatten whose home this was. On 27th August 1979, their relationship was ended by an IRA bomb. Details of the event can be […]
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I Will Have Known Three
As our nation and the rest of the world reacts to the death of Queen Elizabeth II yesterday afternoon I am prompted to publish this link to https://derrickjknight.com/2021/09/06/a-knights-tale-28-three-monarchs-in-quick-succession/ which tells of my headmistress bringing the news of the death of King George VI; the story of how he ascended the throne; and of 10 year […]
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One For Tootlepedal
Jackie and I drove through a succession of heavy showers on a trip to the north of the forest and back. Manic windscreen wipers fought to keep pace with raindrops obscuring vision and sliding across the glass; roadside ditches were filling up and ever increasing circles spread around every drop striking the surfaces of pothole […]
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Birth Announcement Card
The fairly regular substantial showers of heavy rain that we are experiencing this week has really freshened the garden and perked up flagging flowers such as Japanese anemones which are somewhat stunted; solanums both blue and white like this one that cascades over a tall dead elm; various dahlias had been dried up and hanging […]
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Meeting The Grandparents
Dillon has sent us all a number of photographs from his daughter’s first week of life. He and Flo happily brought her home when she was just 14 hours old. Grandparents Becky and Ian drove them. Our great-granddaughter was then introduced to Jackie and me. Naturally we jumped out of bed and came downstairs in […]
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The Thunder Storm
This afternoon I posted https://derrickjknight.com/2022/09/05/moll-flanders/ As we sat down to dinner this evening flashing lightning, crashing thunder, and a precipitation tattoo on the Velux window overhead heralded relief from the pressure headache that had beset me all day. The threatened storm had broken. Dinner consisted of Becky’s tasty linguini Bolognese with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. […]