Thought for today
I don't think I thought about anything...
I had a zooms in the morning to do with being an executor and coping with inheritance tax and probate stuff - how I hate of admin, and this type of admin is the kind that makes me very tense...
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Knitting
Oh me oh my. I spent a good deal of the two hours 'tinking', that is 'un-knitting'; a few stitches here, several rows there...
Then there were the dropped stitches to be picked up... But the job is done.
No pictures yet, but I promise I will take pictures of the results soon, holes and all. I suspect I shall be doing a fair bit of remedial darning before I even wear the sock, but hey, it's the heel - it's hidden inside my shoes...
For technical info, it was my first ever short row heel, with wrapped turns. I've done a couple of other sorts of heel turns but not this one.
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Sewing
For a change I did some sewing on the Cover Story Collaboration. Different needle, different fibre, different scale. Another hour passed by.
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Surprises
I had unexpected visitors today. I was upstairs when the first one arrived, so I was very slow answering the door. I'm always half humming Joyce Grenfell's song 'Stately as a Galleon' as I sit on the stair lift. It takes a whole minute to go up or down; it doesn't sound like much, but it is ages!
The first friend brought news and chat, the second flowers from church and a world day of prayer service booklet, which I promptly lent to friend no 1 after friend no 2 left, and in the evening friend no 3 came with daffodil, pushy willow and - a service booklet for the world day of prayer! No good deed goes unrewarded...
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Music
Here's Stately as a Galleon
Years and years ago I saw Maureen Lipman's One-Woman-Show in Brighton performing all the Joyce Grenfell sketches and songs; she was marvellous. Well, they both were, JG and ML.
And after all that ravelling and unravelling of my knitting (actually both words mean the same thing!) here's one of my favourite calming piano pieces to play;
Oh you made me smile! The first time I wore a cassock and surplice my Rector walked behind me at the end of the service singing the words of "Stately as a galleon" to the tune of "Jesus Christ is risen today" whilst the congregation was singing the proper words.
ReplyDeleteOh deep joy, deep deep joy!
DeleteStately as a Galleon, K rises up the stair
ReplyDeleteSmiling so benignly, she doesn't have a care
She's eating chocs, and knitting socks, and looking oh so cool
But the elegant journey is ruined
When she drops her ball of wool!
That's brilliant 👏 😀 👍 thank you 😊
ReplyDeleteI felt very emotional listening to the piano piece, I thought I would still be playing at this old age, but this broken arm stopped all that.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many things that we have to let go... some by choice, and others are just taken away. I've arrived at the point where I can look for other things - not so much possessions as interests to fill the space. It could be hard if I let it take me that way.
DeleteCongrats on the sock completion no matter how much unravelling was involved I admire your tenacity and skill I have neither. Joyce Grenfell was a delight, have you ever read her autobiographies they are great? Much recommended. She was a woman of strong faith. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteKnitting socks has certainly retaught me patience and perseverance over the last few years. I hadn't really used these attributes to any great degree since preparing for my piano teaching diploma over 30 years ago!
DeleteStately as a galleon brought up a memory of one of my mum's neighbours. She was the grandma of one of my best friends and used to walk in a very slow dignified upright way, mum used to say that she walked 'stately as a galleon'. Not thought about that for years!
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how something will trigger a memory from years ago
DeleteIt sounds like quite a busy day! Being an executor takes quite a bit of work. I was so thankful for my sister to do it with Mum's will as I wasn't close enough to do it. Glad you had a good visit with your friends.
ReplyDeleteLooking back over the it was definitely full of things
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