R's rue

Friday afternoon was good. 'Twas a lovely summer's day. We drove over to Bakewell with Frances, Stewart and Phoebe. After parking, we headed straight to "The Woodyard" pub-restaurant where we had reserved a garden table overlooking The River Wye. Great food. Good beer and good table service too. Phoebe gurgled peacefully in her pushchair as we tucked into our nosh - served on wooden bread boards. Afterwards we meandered into the town crossing a pedestrian bridge that is now festooned with padlocks. You know the ones I mean - where people have locked in their devotion to each other. It has become a worldwide phenomenon. The first time I ever noticed it was on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy several years ago. I guess that the first couple who ever did this with a padlock were doing something quite unique and endearing but when you see many hundreds of padlocks clipped to the handrails of a bridge it seems a little irksome and rather odd. The uniqueness has be...

My sister Janet had her beloved dog Jess put down today. We were meeting up with our elder sister Ann for dinner tonight  That dinner carried on without her… It was understandable she couldn’t attend. and We missed her. I felt better that I gave Janet some flowers yesterday, I sort of preempted today’s decision… And as I left Ann’s today SHE gave me a bunch of sweet peas  Too and fro  Back and forth … Ann and I and the family talked about songs and memory tonight Songs that spark memories that are everlasting  I have one such memory from decades ago My sisters and I were driving home after a concert or a theatre visit and it was dark on the country road,  We burst into a spontaneous version of   drink drink drink  And as we sang the main words my sister Ann who can’t sing a note burst into an operatic “ arrrhhhh” an acomptiant  to the libretto…It was so bad that we laughed and laughed  until we cried. Such memories make a f...

 Sandy beach Warm heart  Cold toes A picnic Of charcuterie  And wine To make  My day  Complete from R's rue https://ift.tt/3kqkFOJ

I got caught speeding on the motorway... Why do car manufacturers produce cars that can comfortably  travel at 100 mph? I slipped over on an icy pavement... Why didn't the local council spread grit there? I was late for my appointment... I knew it should have been scheduled for a later time. My instant barbecue caused a small woodland fire... I didn't see any warning signs at the picnic site and besides who left all those dry pine needles lying around? The doctor told me I have got lung cancer... The British American Tobacco Company knew about the carcinogenic dangers of smoking their products long, long ago.  I was outed for posting comments about black English footballers online... It's not my fault that social media providers don't vet respondents properly - they are just asking for trouble.  I was charged for storming The Capitol Building... President Trump had called for a response so as an American patriot it was like I was obeying his command. I lost the...

 In the graveyard there is an ancient prayer cross.  It dates from the 13 th Century and was a focus of prayer and the sharing of news long long before the church was built. Yesterday the amiable and rotund Vicar with his sexy young curate in tow held a meeting around the cross to discuss the future options for St Michael’s. I thought they looked a little like Batman and Robin in their black. I was worried that few people with turn up, but was pleasantly surprised that in addition to the smattering of regular worshippers many of the non practicing residents of the village turned up.  A good thirty to forty people were stood or seated in between the gravestones and the cross.  I looked around from where I sat on the grass, my bare feet itching on the clover, Affable Despot Jason with Liv, Mrs Trellis with her surgical mask firmly in place, Pippa from the Rectory, many of the members of the Community Association and the Women’s Institute were there, Sailor...