Very fresh indeed... we waited to go out until the afternoon when the day had warmed up to... about 4°C.... from below freezing and everywhere white with frost all morning.
We only went as far as a nearby tearoom where we sat in the sun and looked at the view. All the other people sitting indoors didn't know what they were missing
Coming home BB dropped me off at the top of our road and I ambled happily along the gentle downhill slope in the last of the sun.
I constructed today's 'to-do't list on the basis of of what would make me happiest to have achieved by bedtime. Accordingly I have changed the water in two vases of flowers, watered the upstairs house plants - actually garden plants that I am attempting to overwinter - and plan to change the pillowcases as we go to bed. Or more likely tomorrow morning.
I've also completely emptied and filed the third bag of papers from my father’s flat. Piano fell by the wayside but we did go out and I went for a little toddle...
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I have a new toy
Ridiculous, I know, but I've wanted a date stamp ever since I started visiting the library as a child...
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Phrase from the Bible for today has been 'the Lord'. Psalm 23, of course.
Sunday's phrase will be 'is my shepherd'.
I love my date stamp. But I've had it so long that the year thing has expired!
ReplyDeleteI never thought to check that! Luckily this one has a decade or so.
DeleteHow has it expired???
DeleteThe years are done as the complete 4 numbers, like 2025, and there are only about a dozen years on the rubber that you rotate
DeleteThe stamp is very cool!!! You could make a birthday card by stamping the recipient's date of birthday onto different coloured bits of card and collaging... Or just filling a whole card blank with them!!! I am glad you enjoyed the sun!
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DeleteHow lovely that you bought yourself something you've wanted and will enjoy having. We should all be kinder and more generous to our selves💖.
ReplyDeleteHear hear!
DeleteThe heart wants what the heart wants.
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DeleteSounds like a lovely way to spend some time out. It was pretty cold here today but I did enjoy the peace.
ReplyDeleteIt did lift my spirit
DeleteWinter sun is a true blessing. Today the sky is a beautiful blue, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMy date stamp has now expired, disappointingly it ran out of year dates. Ah well nothing lasts for ever.
So will you splurge on a new date stamp?!?
DeleteMy gift to myself a long time ago was an electric (battery-operated) pencil sharpener. I love a good sharp pencil.
ReplyDeleteOh wonderful! I remember the turn the handle ones screwed to the teacher's desk at school...
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