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Choir-Baby, Decorations and Best Butcher

1   Our own GrandBaby B was one of the choir-babies today which was delightful. She thoroughly enjoyed the singing.

2  We had a good walk around town with her this afternoon in her wonderful three wheel buggy. I found more of the children’s decorations in shop windows. Many of the decorations had the children’s names on. That must be lovely for them and their families to see.

Cameron's decoration

Cameron’s decoration

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3   I thought it might be hard to get Halal meat in Cornwall but our own butcher here in Redruth, Morgan’s Meats, can get me what I want which is brilliant We’re sorted now for the visit of our Senegalese daughter-in-law over the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Morgan's Meats, Redruth

Morgan’s Meats, Redruth

 
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Posted by on December 5, 2013 in Beauty, Food, nature, photography, Uncategorized

 

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Senegal 5th April – Pikine Apartment, Pikine Market and Meeting our Senegalese family

Senegal 5th April – Pikine Apartment, Pikine Market and Meeting our Senegalese family

1   Our apartment in Pikine is very close to Ami’s family home, has rooms all opening onto a central courtyard which is smothered in palm trees, huge cacti and beautiful bougainvillea in pinks and reds.

Sunlight through the leaves

2   Took a yellow taxi to Pikine market – bursting with bustle, noise, colour and smells – to buy fabric for me to have made up into a traditional boubou for the Wedding on Sunday. The most colourful bus took us to the tailor’s where I was measured up and chose a beautiful blue thread to go with the emerald green fabric. It will be ready tomorrow!

3   Met Ami’s lovely family at her home – her parents, her beautiful daughter, Ndeye Marie and some of her aunts and children. We managed to understand each other pretty well with some shared language (French), lots of body language and  Daniel on hand to translate from Wolof when necessary. The family has known Daniel for 15 years and spoke of him with pride and warmth and welcomed us into their family. We were able to say how pleased and proud we are to welcome Ami into our family too.

Lucy with some of the children

 

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