Monday, August 14, 2017

Thank you for all your kind birthday messages. The day passed very quietly indeed. How on earth did I get to be 84?

I save all my blog-entries in Dropbox, before posting them here, identified by date. I notice that I saved yesterday's as "130833". I'll leave it unchanged.

I am at least knitting, round and round on what seems at the moment the endless treadmill of Miss Rachel’s initial ribbing. Every time I count how many rounds I’ve done, the answer is the same as the last time I counted, if not one less. However, the circumference now looks reasonable and a couple more days should deliver me to blissful round-and-round on a slightly larger needle.

I’ve heard from the Shetland Trader (=Mucklestone and Johnston) about their tours next summer. No dice, as far as I’m concerned. Their dates overlap with that cruise of the Hebrides which I booked even before my husband’s funeral. AND they require their knitters to be fit enough for a couple of good walks. That’s a very good idea, but I don’t think I could qualify. 84!


That leaves Amy Detjen. I’m not terribly keen on Ireland, and I’m not really sure that that island has contributed much to knitting, but I’m open to suggestion. And maybe she’ll be doing the Faroes or Iceland again next summer.

14 comments:

  1. Minoo Dinshaw is, among other things, the son of novelist Candia McWilliam and features in her searing memoir What to Look for in Winter. Happy belated birthday!

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  2. I just realized that you and my mother are the same age! Don't know why it took me long to see that. Anyway glad you got your bday messages. Mine is on FB. Here's to many more! You are spoiled for choices as they say re tours. How fun!

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  3. Best wishes for the coming year. May it find you healthy, knitting, and traveling! I just finished a wonderful book with an 84 year old protagonist. "Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk."

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  4. The Aran Isles are part of Ireland, aren't they? So lots of knit-related things to see there, I'd assume.

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  5. Happy Belated birthday, Jean! As far as I'm concerned, you're very active and have an incredibly agile mind and memory!

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  6. Happy belated birthday from me, too. Here's hoping you and "Miss Cat" have a lovely year!

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  7. Happy birthday! Treat yourself all week! My mom is 87 and she just signed up for a Columbia river cruise. Her foot hurt last time we were together but I guess she thinks it'll be okay. She decided to say yes to every invitation when my dad died four years ago so she goes to concerts, plays, exhibits (she just returned from Seattle's Chinese terra cotta warriors exhibit). She goes to pub nights, Bible study, church fun nights, and she is glad when it rains on Tuesday otherwise she's in her golf cart heading over to the club. You guys are cut from the same cloth. Go, Jean! Also, it's almost football season and she cancels everything on Saturday so she can watch her University of Washington Husky football 😂!
    Happy knitting! I'm knitting Jane Austen Knits "Hetty's Sunday Cuffs".

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  8. Carol M6:32 PM

    Happiest of Birthdays to you, Jean. I hope I have your wit and zest for learning when I reach 84.

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  9. A belated Happy Birthday from Downunder. Here's to a very good knitting year!

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  10. Anonymous11:09 PM

    Hi Jean, somehow I missed news of your birthday. So a very belated Happy Birthday to you! It is a shock, isn't it, to find yourself unexpectedly older than you ever thought you would be. But then you get over it and go out and have a great time. I love all your plans for the future. Can't wait to hear how they all unfold. Chloe

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  11. Anonymous1:28 AM

    Happy belated birthday, Jean! Very best wishes for the coming year.
    - Beth in Ontario

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  12. =Tamar6:35 AM

    Gosh, what a time for me to have missed a few days on the net. Belated Happy Birthday!

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  13. Happy belated birthday wishes to you, Jean! I have been away visiting my mom, so missed the actual day. You might want to reconsider Ireland. I absolutely loved it there when Kath and I went two years ago. And Morecat is right, the Aran Islands are part of Ireland.

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  14. Anonymous10:04 PM

    Best wishes for a lovely birthday week!
    The festival outings sound very interesting - so glad Archie is able to carve out time to attend these events with you.
    LisaRR

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