Monday 21 August 2017

Last Week Without Hospital Visits

We visited gorgeous granddaughter.......................... and her mummy.

and went to a car boot sale of course!
(Basket of Body Shop stuff £1.50,Christmas cake cases 50p, Kilner spice/diffuser bags 50p, jar 50p)

Then down to Felixstowe and the beach hut, surprisingly quiet there for a Saturday in August
"Dirty British Coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack" probably not, but it was anchored there all day
 Mummy(or daddy) and baby Herring  Gull

 Col gave the funny little shed a coat of wood preserver so it can go to youngest's home.

(That blob must be the sun reflecting on a smudge on the lens)

Co put up the fence as previously mentioned and made a cut flower bed..........details tomorrow.

And he went and saw some friends from 'up north' who used to stay on our campsite and were visiting Suffolk

We had an unexpected visit from some other friends who used to live in the village near the smallholding but now live on the south coast.

I made bread, bread rolls and cakes and cooked from scratch. Did some cleaning and lots of reading.

Back to normal this week - two hospital appointments.



Did you watch the Fake or Fortune programme on TV last night where they were authenticating a painting by John  Constable? Well here's a thing you didn't know - I (and about 500 other people at Stowmarket Grammar School in the 1960's) were taught art for a while by John Constable's Great Great (not sure how many greats) Grandson also called John, I think it was in between two other art teachers. This is his obituary it says 

In 1964 he completed his National Diploma and began teaching at schools in Suffolk, as well as at Ipswich School of Art.
................... and I can't remember much about him except he smelled really strongly of cigarettes!

Returning Forthwith
Sue


22 comments:

  1. It sounds like you've had a good week and your grandaughter is adorable.
    My art teacher used to smell strongly of Alcohol! X

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  2. Sounds like you had a wonderful week. Excellent buys from the boot fair.

    Julie xxxxxxx

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  3. What a lovely week, the Body Shop basket was a bargain. I watched F or F and found it fascinating how they could prove that provenance. Also saw Far from Madding crowd which was filmed in my part of the world, walked over those cliffs at Durdle Door recently, not as good as the original though, Terrance Stamp will always be Sgt. Troy. Have a good week withstanding hospital visits. Sarah.

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    1. The body shop basket turned out not to be a good bargain as the stuff in the bottles had all separated and didn't look good! So only the soap,mirror, talc and lip salve was any good!

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    2. Ahhh - I logged in to say be careful with it - it's very old style packaging from around 20 years ago, sadly.

      Your granddaughter is a cutie!

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    3. If its separated and is soap use it to clean out toilets - so will not be wasted that way - just a thought

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  4. What a eventful time! I would love a beach hut just to sit, read and ponder.

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  5. Lovely colour shed 😁 You are lucky at car boots.

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  6. Glad you had a good week! The fake or fortune last night was fascinating as always wasn't it, so funny that the world is so small with these little connections with you and your teacher isn't it!

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  7. Claim to fame. taught art by a Constable!
    I read your line of poetry and immediately set off chanting the poem. isn't it funny how things stick in your mind and you never forget them?
    Forthwith eh?
    Gill

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    1. Yep def. forthwith!
      That poem is one of the few things I remember from primary school.

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  8. We watched the programme about the Constable. I must say we were quite skeptical all the way through about the painting and still not convinced at the end! They said that his children tried many ways of raising money after his death which made the whole thing very suspicious in my view.

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  9. We watched the programme too and came to the conclusion its only professionals opinions. We then watched Far From The Madding Crowd and I thought about Julie Christie in the same film.

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  10. What a wonderful week. Yes I love the Fake or Fortune prog. Very good. My book has arrived Sue. Thank you so much. Will have to make sure the right one goes back to the library.x

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    1. goodness - the post must have been quicker than usual.

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  11. you bought back memories with the 'Dirty British Coaster' we used to sing that when I was very young, can still remember it now.
    Great car boot bargains,
    Briony
    x

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  12. That drattedbpoem has guven me an earworm all day! I love poetry and had to Google to read the rest of it. Your grandaughter is a wee smasher, as we say up here, and that's a super photo. Catriona

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  13. How lovely that your week included a visit to the beach hut, Sue. It must be lovely to visit there and enjoy the sea. Meg:)

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  14. Florence is lovely. Glad you managed to get to the beach hut on your 'week off'. xx

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  15. What a productive day.
    We love that Fake or Fortune programme, so interesting.
    Lisa x

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