My Back Garden

8th February 2012

At long last the snow arrived  on the 4th February and the country came to a stand still.  Cars where backed up for 24hrs on  a fairly gentle slope near my house, unable to go any further. The phenomena these days in the UK when snow is predicted, people storm the supermarkets and  buy a mountain of  provisions as though life will be on standby for weeks. If fact that rarely happens here, the roads will soon be clear. The gardens look pretty  though covered  with deep pristine snow especially when the sun shines.

Last  Friday whilst I was  out shopping   I locked my  keys in the car. Stranded miles from home I rang around for help but no one was answering my call. There was a café nearby  so decided to have lunch and try again later. Fortunately some one did ring back and I got a lift home to collect my spare set.  Never has this happened to me before, I felt so impotent and stupid for rest of the day  but now can laugh about it  as another senior moment.

Monday I attended Bolton Speakers Club as my friend Betty was taking her B9  “Audience Rapport” her excellent speech was being used for the Speech Evaluation Competition so I took part and even though its almost three years since I did any evaluations, most of it  came back to me and I enjoyed the challenge. It was good to see everyone again, I will pop in now again to get back into the swing of things, but I don’t intend to take part in any of the events until the session starts again in September.

Busy day up in the loft sorting again which stuff to throw away and which to keep.  I know full well when I pass over, it will all be disposed of but then I won’t know, or I don’t think I will !
My grandson came for tea again this week, he is such a darling and doing so well at school.  I am hoping this will become a regular thing now he is getting older and able to make choices.

Finally decided on a cooker hood for my new cooker (12 months old.) it’s a stainless steel  chimney hood, very superior, I can’t wait to see it in-situ. But we have to move a overhead cupboard to make room for it, how long that will take is another story.

This week it was good to hear for my cousin Pam in Cornwall she sounded great and I had a long chat with Cathi in Perth, that cost me, but was worth it.  I must remember to get a Tesco International Calling Card which allows cheap calls abroad, it’s  recommended as the best deal. I have Skype on my PC but it requires some degree of organisation to work well and we are just not that organised.
Every one is well and  keeping busy which is  a comfort in this very difficult time. I hope that the government will honour their promises and not bow down to  pressure from other governments. Iran is very volatile, Argentina is  threatening we do not want any more conflict and the EEC well that's a constant problem. Now Scotland wants independence !

6th February  1952 marks the ascension day of   Queen Elizabeth 11 she has been  the British Monarch  for 60years and still going strong . I am not a royalist but I do admire her strong dedication to her  role,she is 'dedicating herself anew' as diamond jubilee year begins, so I assume Charles is just not ready.






I have settled into my new  mentoring of PC beginners at St Vincents.   My first session was overwhelming with nine eager learners, but I have been able to reduce the numbers by organising a more structured programme, concentrating  first on those with basic needs and providing a programme of exercises for others with various computer skills.   Looking forward to starting at another Library on the 14th February. I was sad to  finish  at Castle Hill  I was so comfortable there, the staff where my friends, but they  close in two weeks and hopefully one or two may follow me to Harwood..