Filthy weather, spitting sleet at the windows. However, it was perhaps a degree or two warmer and I may be an inch or two better, despite the lack of new medication.
Knitting went well. I have finished the first ball of yarn — measurable progress. The row is now very long, but it is a considerable comfort that nothing will have to be repeated — I am knitting the whole thing, neck down. And the bit where I leave the shoulder/sleeve stitches behind is now within sight. And the dropped shoulders are pretty low. Lots to be cheerful about.
Anonymous (yesterday): C. Is my niece Clare. My husband’s niece, strictly — his only sister’s daughter. She has been as a daughter to me since her mother died, a good many years ago now.
Have I told you about our carriage clock? Wafa found the key. Many years ago, when we lived in Birmingham, we had a bad burglary. That clock went, although the key was left behind. Many months later I saw it in the window of a jeweller in the city centre.
It was all rather like the evidences for God in Newman’s Grammar of Assent. I couldn’t prove it was our clock. But it said “Edinburgh” on the front — my husband had inherited it from his Edinburgh grandfather. And it had a honest Arabic face — the vast majority of such clocks have Roman numerals.
And the clincher was when I went in and bought it. It had been supplied with a clumsy modern key, which I left behind in the shop, knowing that the key left behind by the burglars would fit. So I was particularly distressed recently when the key couldn’t be found, and particularly pleased the other day when Wafa found it.
Wordle: I was the only three. No glory in that — Alexander scored two. Thomas and his mother Ketki and Rachel had fours. Mark lagged behind with five. Roger and Theo in DC were both four. (C. is a fairly faithful Wordle-doer but not member of our little group.)
Hooray for Wafa's finding the key! I wonder if she will find some of the other things that have hidden themselves over the years.
ReplyDeleteWarmth and knitting progress are a good combination.
Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better, if only a bit. And that the knitting is progressing nicely.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I get Wordle in 5 and am very happy, although my statistics show that I mostly get 3s.
The carriage clock story was good and especially that Wafa found the missing key!
Sarah in Manhattan
Ah, but one question remains: where did the astute Wafa find the key?
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My uncle recovered his father's pocket watch in a similar way. It was stolen in a burglary, and my uncle got in the habit of looking in pawn and jewelry shop windows over several years, and one day he spotted it. He was able to prove it was the one by an engraving and a police report. Now I wonder which of my cousins has it.
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