With A Hint Of Orange

I’ve been busy today

Well I say busy…. I’ve been pottering

I’ve just come back after a walk and ate a sandwich on the way home whilst listening to The Archers.

I missed the Linda Snell/ Justin Elliot scene as Dorothy was barking too much.

Today I’ve finished painted my upstairs landing. I didn’t photograph my work because the landing is just too small.

It’s a gentle yellow with a new lampshade to match. 

William’s bum marks have now been painted over on the bedroom door corner where he used to enjoy himself so much

( for those few that don’t know, William was a welsh terrier and not a disgusting ex boyfriend) 

Hey ho.

My friend Neil , rang me to share that Sainsbury’s had orange glasses at a special offer price 

So I popped down and bought the last one. 

My black and white bathroom , has now been filled with accents of orange.

Too much? 

I’m not sure.

As I was painting Roger enjoyed himself in the garden with Albert . They didn’t play as Albert used to do with Winifred .They just watched each other , daring each other to move first. 

After Albert finally tired, I gave Roger a pink lady apple to chew on.
 

I’ve lit the fire again tonight. 

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Emma

From the brown book. Emma from England's West Midlands was in her early twenties when I offered her a job in my department...

"Well, where do I start? I know that compared to many I have known you for a relatively short time but I can honestly say that you have been more influential in my life than many I have known for all of it. Without wanting to sound too over the top, I will be forever indebted for what I have learned from you. Below are just some of the things I will take from knowing you

1. Obviously the first should be my teaching. I really would have never survived the first year without your support. I will always remember the first time I heard you bellow - telling off a child. I actually felt a little guilty that I sent him to you - but such feelings later wore off. 
2. Your work ethic - I always thought that  I  worked hard before I met you but I have never known someone so dedicated and yet receive so little appreciation for this.
3. The fact that I now have some geographical knowledge owes a lot to the conversations we had in your car when you gave me lifts home.
4. I now think twice about the energy I use at home and always shut down my home computer and refuse to leave the TV on stand-by.
5. Strangely I now find myself checking how Hull City did at the weekend and I am always a little disappointed if they have lost.
6. I am more determined than ever to write my book and in a sense it doesn't matter how rubbish it might be because really it is more for me than any potential audience.
7. I should eat more curry dishes because they really are NOT all the same.
8. Confirmation  that "EastEnders" is the best soap on TV. (An afterthought here is that rather than teaching you could become a scriptwriter  for the show. I'm sure you could do it with your eyes closed!)
9. To say what I mean and mean what  I say.
10. Your holepunch.

I promised myself at the start of this that I wouldn't attempt a poem but in thinking about what you have taught me I find myself imagining sitting in one of your lessons on poetry and hearing you say that I should just try my best so here goes:-

Autumn 2009

Term begins and you are not there
Who will listen to my rants and share
When a child is being rude and unruly
What do I do when I can't call on yours truly?
In detentions students will sit and brace
Should I tell them to  draw a smiley face?
At the end of the day when all have gone home
Will I be left in the department alone?
How will I cope the whole year through?

The answer is simply to think, "What would Neil do?"

I hope this goes some way to showing how much you will be missed. Thank you and enjoy your stress-free future."

Love, Emma xx

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Whiskey sour

 A cocktail of courage

Whiskey sour

Garnish the heart

With style and substance

That doesn’t fade 

As it ages

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Flesh

 The violin

And piano

Go together

In perfect harmony

Fear and worry

Are much the same

It is my desire

That I find strength

To let anxiety

Find the door

And stay away

But I know

He uses everything

He can

To break loose

The chains

That enslave

Holding me hostage

To sinful flesh

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