pics from the hothouse in botanics
two 'old' friends had got in touch to be met up with; one living up north; we had lunch at the place her son is head chef - mmm - with a 3rd one of us.
meanwhile the next old friend to meet - come from abroad to visit. we met at botanics, had lunch and a walk. so lovely to see her, we were close in the '70s/80s, before she went to live abroad.
a funny time with a few people from 'those' days been popping up again!
its nice - finding them again, and god! look at us all! so much older, so much happened, and yet here we all are.
that is a strange thing about getting older - you get used to (eventually) their children growing up and having partners and children, (in my case my siblings), and then - suddenly - you realise you dont actually look like the person you think you look like in your head; you start looking at younger people and think - god what happened?!
next, you start to take on what you have done in your life and what you didnt do and realise you need to work out if and how you can do whatever it is, and you also realise - as most of your current 'pals' or contemporaries are so much younger than you - that you can no longer 'keep up' quite in the same way energy-wise; and they dont believe you, they think you are shirking; and you think 'just you wait'... (although i wouldnt really wish age on people, it is rather inevitable).
what else? the sun has been shining all week - it is sunday and the sun has just stopped - the clouds are out and thats a shame.
early mornings, dust, miscommunications, still squished into one room, work still not finished.. but hopefully will be next week.
i no longer have a window box; the builders had to bring the long bits of wood up through the window! so i had to take it out. i am still camping out in one room. i have started to clean up the kitchen, a long process i think although i have just got use of fridge and cooker again, and i have ripped all the lino up into small bits into bin bags - as it was totally ruined.
anyway, it could be like a new room in a way by the time i finish, just might take a bit of time to get it together. i saw an old carpet in the Bethany shop the other day - didnt get it tho it was big and affordable - but it means it would be possible to get something.
still getting letters and phone calls from elderly people - friends of my uncle. it is a shame but i am starting to think that there will not be many of them at all at the thanksgiving service; they are all too elderly apparently. still, i will let them know when it is when i know as they would like to know.
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