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In 1964 a young man went to his first dance,not a street wise young man of course not in those days. He entered the dance hall with his best friend,almost 2 years his elder and very street wise. On one side of the room there was a long bar occupied by

A dry day at last and even a little sun for a while.So strapping on my ankle braces and wrapping myself in my lumber support and a couple of layers of top clothes I wandered off walking for a little junk shopping. Junk shopping is when I buy the stuff

A dry morning here so after I put 2 chicken ¼ with herbs,spices,carrots and onions in the slow cooker I headed off for a little stroll to the beach. The sky showed signs of a good day with patches of blue popping through. Down at the beach the wind was

After the traumas of the last month or so I heard two pieces of very good news today. My grandson Carl has been working in the kitchens of a hotel here on the island. He has just come back from a course they sent him on with more qualifications. The

I left early for my Sunday morning shop as I had 4 shops to visit today. I strolled over to Morrisons,Home Bargains and Heron before cutting through the ginnle to the Town Hall square. I arrived at 10:50 just at the right time. In the next 5 or 6 minutes

A busy couple of days here now for a quiet night with my feet up. On Saturday Ellen gave the kitchen a good bottoming ready for vinyl flooring to be laid. I choice an oak pattern in a sponge vinyl,very spongy on the feet. I Emptied the kitchen of

After the floor laying yesterday today I awoke achy as expected but luckily my back is pretty good,just a little tightness. My upper legs were a different story,very tight and sore. I lovely hot soak in a Radox bath and a rub down with baby lotion eased

With my legs and back fully rested it was back to the action today,not a lot just light work. I put the finishing touches to the kitchen floor and modified my fold down clothes maid by putting rubber stoppers on the metal legs to stop any scratching of

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Last night Zazzles caused me some more work as usual. I had a 50litre bag of compost waiting to be used when I start planting my spring bulbs. The bag was laying quietly on the floor causing no trouble when Zazzles decided he needed to see what was

A busy few days here. After Zazzles savaged the compost bag I had to get a move on with planting my Spring bulbs. I started Sunday. I have a large container 20”x14” I drilled drain holes in the bottom and placed it into position. I had to place it empty

Yesterday a pack of Muscari bulbs I ordered arrived to I set to and planted them,they produce bright green stalks with brilliant white flowers. Today I will get round to planting Poppy,Love in the mist,Crocus and Daffodil and that should be me finished

Yesterday Sooty came in and he was in a bad way,limping very badly and crying in pain. I phoned the vet and got an emergency appointment for 15 minutes later,a quick call for a taxi and I made it on time. I thought he had be hit by a car but the vet found

A cold dry day for my Sunday morning trip to town but good for walking with a few layers on. Not much excitement in the purchases just the normal run of the mill items. I strolled to the bus stop and a young woman standing there gave me a double take and