I’m sorry to have
let you down yesterday. Helen and I got all the way around the garden,
and it pretty well did for me. In the early evening, it seemed more prudent to
get along the passage to bed – it’s quite a long way – than to attempt
blog-writing.
You can deduce
from that. that Helen is safely home. She seems in very good shape. She got to Greece
by taking a train to London and then flying to Thessaloniki. There are no
direct flights from Edinburgh. I didn’t know how she was planning to return. During
Friday’s storm -- it happened all right, after I wrote to you -- the Edinburgh Airport website showed flights landing one after
another; no trains were running north of Newcastle. Indeed they still aren’t. Fortunately,
she did that lap by air. She says the landing was more than a bit scary.
C. came this
morning, and the sun was shining. We got no further than the doorstep, however.
There was a sprinkling of snow and the possibility of invisible frost, and I am
pretty paranoid about falling.
No cheetahs to be
seen, today or yesterday.
Knitting
None has been
done. I hope to polish off a few stitches at least this evening, watching the
Fruity Knitting interview with Kaffe. Tamar, comment Friday, you’re absolutely
right that there’s no use worrying about knitting, That’s why I never knit for
Christmas – although if I happen to have something ready for someone, they
might find it under the tree. I’ve got myself into a bit of a mess, but so
what? I wouldn't wish away either the 2021 Calcutta Cup or the new great-grandbaby.
Wow! All the way around, and that's a big garden. Getting down the hallway counts as a victory lap.
ReplyDeleteYou were very wise to avoid any chance of invisible frost (I gather that's what we call black ice). it can be very sneaky, with patches spotted between clear spaces.
I avoid Christmas knitting as well. Christmas is sneaky, it seems a nice safe time away and then suddenly it's the 23rd, with half a sock and a hat to go!
ReplyDeleteSarah in Somerset.
I'm considering a knitalong through Advent... She says just 8-10 rows of a cowl so that should be possible while watching 'trash tv' (antiques road trip or MasterChef) after supper. It's from buttercup miniatures.co.uk I have no desire to tackle a colour work jumper the size of a penny though, or a lace spread for a doll's bed, but the photos are amazing!
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