A Fun Day Yesterday
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debris4spikeWednesday was a day for getting some parcels packed up ready to post ... I then walked up to the post office, only to find they were closed for the day!
Yesterday Christine and I went to Killerton, our local National Trust Property. It is not far from a bus route, so although I am really paying for it today I was able to get there - to see the Christmas Decorations. However their big display was Red Dress Project It's not something I had heard about, but in hearing the DVD nearby, and looking at the assorted internet links, I have learned about it. Some of the individul pieces are truly spectacular ... and the overall effect is stunning.
So, this morning started with a walk back to the Post Office ... and this time they have gone (hoorah!!).
My leg is not sore, but certainly feeling very week today, after all the walking yesterday.
Sadly, later, I have to walk up to the hospital as I have to do my annual "police" check ... I have filled all the forms in & sent all the photos in, online, but they still all have to be verified. So I don't know why I bothered, I should have just taken everything in, and saved myself the bother of the internet forms.
So that's a task for after lunch ... I want to get photos sorted by then, so hopefully will post some more photos, if not, tomorrow.
Until then ....
10. Do you have a blanket you can snuggle under on your couch/sofa?
I have 2 on my settee at present - one a crochetted one, that someone gave me as a gift ... the other, also a gift, is a yellow fleece covered with images of giraffes.
11. How often do you chew gum (or bubble gum)?
Never do
12. Do you have a range of different glasses for different types of drinks or just one type?
I have loads of types of glasses, and use 3 or 4 assorted ones when it's just me ... but if I have guests then always use different ones.
My regular one is a pint glass that I use to drink water from ... but any alcohol is in assorted galsses!!
Right, let's get some photos sorted out!
Will try and catch up with you all, as well.
Yesterday Christine and I went to Killerton, our local National Trust Property. It is not far from a bus route, so although I am really paying for it today I was able to get there - to see the Christmas Decorations. However their big display was Red Dress Project It's not something I had heard about, but in hearing the DVD nearby, and looking at the assorted internet links, I have learned about it. Some of the individul pieces are truly spectacular ... and the overall effect is stunning.
So, this morning started with a walk back to the Post Office ... and this time they have gone (hoorah!!).
My leg is not sore, but certainly feeling very week today, after all the walking yesterday.
Sadly, later, I have to walk up to the hospital as I have to do my annual "police" check ... I have filled all the forms in & sent all the photos in, online, but they still all have to be verified. So I don't know why I bothered, I should have just taken everything in, and saved myself the bother of the internet forms.
So that's a task for after lunch ... I want to get photos sorted by then, so hopefully will post some more photos, if not, tomorrow.
Until then ....
10. Do you have a blanket you can snuggle under on your couch/sofa?
I have 2 on my settee at present - one a crochetted one, that someone gave me as a gift ... the other, also a gift, is a yellow fleece covered with images of giraffes.
11. How often do you chew gum (or bubble gum)?
Never do
12. Do you have a range of different glasses for different types of drinks or just one type?
I have loads of types of glasses, and use 3 or 4 assorted ones when it's just me ... but if I have guests then always use different ones.
My regular one is a pint glass that I use to drink water from ... but any alcohol is in assorted galsses!!
Right, let's get some photos sorted out!
Will try and catch up with you all, as well.
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Date: 2025-12-12 02:17 pm (UTC)Three cheers for fleecy blankies!
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Date: 2025-12-13 11:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-12-12 04:44 pm (UTC)Our post office keeps closing every now and again, unexpectedly. I suppose it's probably an issue with staff numbers.
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Date: 2025-12-13 11:03 am (UTC)It's annoying when the Post Office is closed ... mind you, last year it was even odder ... they were open, but were out of second-class stamps!
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Date: 2025-12-12 10:33 pm (UTC)And we have mislaid our original wedding certificate too, when we moved house, although we can find the official copies we got especially to send off when we claimed our pensions (to make sure the original didn't get lost somewhere!), are not acceptable either.
(The most recent one was done by zoom - again the verifier refused my birth certificate, but only asked me the date of our marriage, not the date on the certificate - and didn't notice, thank goodness, that the two didn't match.)
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Date: 2025-12-13 11:06 am (UTC)The lucky thing is I have a passport they accept .... because the only time I ever saw my birth certificate was when I was 15 and Mum and Dad ordered my original passport.
Maybe it means I was never born!! Mum always said the Stork brought me, and maybe they don't provide certificates to go with their delivery!
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Date: 2025-12-13 03:47 am (UTC)THAT DRESS! A work of art. I actually studied a lot of fashion history and design. One time I read about Charles Worth, the American couturier who designed gowns for society ladies, and how one dress he made for a Vanderbilt took over 800 hours to embroider.
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Date: 2025-12-13 11:08 am (UTC)I love Charles Worth's work ... some of the fashion design of his era was truly special, wasn't it?
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Date: 2025-12-13 11:55 am (UTC)I love looking at fashions from different eras!
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Date: 2025-12-13 12:03 pm (UTC)no subject
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