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Brother-in-Law, Photographs and the British Library

1  We spent the day with P, my favourite  brother-in-law, who was over from Poland for yesterday’s funeral. We see him so infrequently; it was lovely to be able to have the day together.

2  The Natural History Museum has an exhibition of photographs. What a fabulous and inspiring collection! I’ll post some photos when we get home.I want a really good camera and some lessons in how to make really good photos.

Gargoyle on The Natural History Museum

3  Our next visit was to the British Library. I love that place! We saw the Dickens exhibition, the Ritblat collection and it gave me such a thrill to know that every one of Dad’s books is in there. It is Dad’s birthday today so it seem most appropriate to be thinking of him and his writing today.

4  Cherry blossom, the Natural History Museum building itself, the busker in the tunnel from the tube to the museum, coming home to the delightful Grandbabies – all in all  brilliant day.

 
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Posted by on January 13, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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Kashmir Lilies, Being Three and Bookcases

1  Sent a photo of the Kashmir Lilies to Shelagh in Vermont. They feature in one of the Cornish songs I sing with her sister-in-law, Sue. It’s The Cadgwith Anthem.

Kashmir Lilies

2  It’s our Grandson’s 3rd Birthday today and when we rang to sing Happy Birthday he was in the Thai restaurant for a birthday lunch. At the end they brought him an ice cream cake with candles with which he was delighted but later he was so full of sugar he wouldn’t go down for his afternoon nap!

3  We have worked all afternoon on putting books back into our new bookcases built by Jo who finished them just 4 weeks before her baby is due! We’ve not finished yet but they are looking good!

 
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Posted by on December 6, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

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Friday 4th November

1 Had my first piano lesson for 8 weeks! Hadn’t been able to practise much but it wasn’t a disaster.

2 I had thought it would be impossible to bring the 4 new (very heavy) bookcases upstairs ourselves and was all for calling in help from our lovely neighbours but with Mr Smith’s usual ingenuity, we got them all up without too much effort and they fit!

3 Went to the Hall for Cornwall to see comedy stand ups, very funny but the best thing was meeting a friend I hadn’t seen for a couple of months and being able to catch up.

 
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Posted by on November 9, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

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Wednesday 2nd Nov

1  Heard that L from choir has had her baby and that all is well.

2  We’ve got some new bookcases coming soon so had to unload the old ones and stack all the books up. Found so many old friends among the covers – now I need some time to read them all!

3  One of the piles of books was of all the books Dad had written. What a writer he was and what a lot of pleasure he has given to so many people. A few tears here too. I miss him…

 
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Posted by on November 9, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

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