Wednesday, December 30, 2020

A QUIET DAY

 I was born 77 years ago today in an English winter.  It doesn't seem possible - the years just fly by.  I said I just wanted a quiet day and it started with phone calls from the Welsh border, Canada, Australia and Auckland and messages from around the world.  We decided that we would drive down to the Town Basin as we have not been there for a while.

The gardens around the large sun dial were looking good.


as were the gardens next to the Fudge Factory which sells delicious ice creams as well as fudge.


This was the view as we ate our ice creams



and the view of the new Hundertwasser building taken from the river with the large crane which has been there for over a year.


After that we came home and cooked lunch between us and then put our feet up to read.  I was just about to make a cup of tea when a neighbour turned up so the three of us have just had a cuppa and now it is time to water the garden.  

Every night, at the moment, we have a new episode of the English Repair Shed so after the News we will watch that.



14 comments:

  1. I find that programme, Repair Shop, fascinating. Not only the actual repairs, but also the history behind the objects themselves.

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    1. Yes, that is what we like - who would have thought a programme about fixing old things would be so fascinating.

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  2. Happy birthday and many more of them. I love that now we get instant messages from all around the world.

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    1. Yes, I often think about when I first came to New Zealand in 1965 (and for a long time afterwards) it took at least a fortnight for an aerogram to get to u.K. and one to get back here. Phone calls were only for emergencies.

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  3. Sounds like you had a lovely birthday!

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  4. Happy Birthday!
    I too have been watching The Repair Shop and enjoying it :)

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  5. Happy birthday, Susan. I have a lead of ten months on you! It is always amazing to me, and a source of great pleasure, that the blogging community contains so many of us old timers!

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    1. David, I am not yet ready to call myself an "old timer". I don't feel it so I can't be.

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  6. A lovely birthday. Good to see progress on the Hunterwasser building.

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    1. It is coming on well but, apparently won't be ready until end of next year.

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