Late Home

The weather was atrocious when I got home 

It was 8.30 pm and Albert, who instantly recognises Bluebell’s engine noise was already in the lane yowling his welcome. 

He stands on the garden wall and we rub heads.

It’s lovely to have a proper welcome even though the cottage is quiet and cold and dark.

I feed Albert first and in the gloom of the lane street light I light the fire, and  minutes later 

When I turn my head in the wintery lane the wood smoke  flew horizontally towards the church .

Fifty steps later ,when  I collected the dogs from Trendy Carol’s  Trendy conservatory , I was treated to a socially distanced preview of her newest VERY trendy sofa.

Loved it too.......expensive leather! 

I fed the girls and checked my mail ......a council tax bill, a vet bill and a lovely lavender gift from Donell 

a kind email from Gentleman Farmer Ralph’s son was waiting to be read too ....Ralph will be leaving his farm for the village graveyard on Friday at noon . In this covid driven world this couldn’t be officially broadcasted but the blog isn’t “official”  in the truest sense of the word and I hope the lane may be filled in a socially distant way with villagers wanting to pay their respects .

It’s half nine now. 

The cottage is warm and Almost cosy

The slow cooker is bubbling away with another fantastic soup and Dorothy is already asleep on my own trendy sofa 

Mary is asleep with me

I’m knackered. 

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Know it.

 God

You are 

Forcing me

To grow

And I 

Don’t even

Know it

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Possetting

They say that you learn something new every day. I believe that to be true. This week I have learnt a new word. It's "possetting" and it relates to the feeding habits of babies. Shirley and Frances were jointly amazed that I had never heard of the term before. Feeling ashamed of myself I researched the concept, visiting an array of websites aimed at mothers. Clearly, the world of possetting is not one which men are encouraged to explore. I found the following in "Made For Mums":-

Your baby will probably regurgitate a bit of milk and saliva when she burps, which is called possetting. A muslin nappy or square draped over you while winding is a good idea to save your clothes.

I have observed that our adorable little granddaughter Phoebe - who is almost two months old now - has a special talent for possetting. She gulps so much of her mother's nutritious milk that there are regular overflows - not so much cheesy mama's milk but cloudy saliva. I wonder if there are international possetting tournaments because if there are Baby Phoebe would surely bring back a gold medal for Yorkshire.

By the way, I have taken to referring to the muslin squares as "muslims" and I apologise if this causes any offence to Islamic brothers and sisters who may be reading this blog. There are muslims all over our house now as Stewart and Frances are temporarily living here. The boiler in their rental house has broken down and needs to be replaced. It's too cold over there for an eight week old  possetting champion.

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