Dear Heidi,
I have had so many photos from you and we have spoken too, and I am really enjoying all your adventures.
In the meantime Pappa and I have been to fetch W from school, and we had a lovely visit with lots of people and in many places! First we went to Wisley, and Pappa bought so many bulbs we had to buy another suitcase to put them in! We then drove to visit Aunty A, and had supper in a proper English pub. Yes, I had venison sausages, cabbage and mash! That night we stayed at the same hotel in Midhurst that we had our honeymoon in! We even got the honeymoon suite, which is actually three rooms, where the first Queen Elizabeth is supposed to have slept. It was really lovely. The next morning we went down to see Grandad for lunch and then the men went to the Mazda dealer to buy car parts, whilst I went to the shops....I was looking for a dress to wear for W’s confirmation. No luck.
We were supposed to drive on to Wells that night, but decided to try our usual rooms near the school and were able to get our favourite rooms there too. We actually had supper in the farmhouse kitchen that evening, a la famille, which was fun. (Ham, eggs and chips, and pear& peach crumble for pudding).
After breakfast, various errands in town, and a trip up to Wells to sort out the menu, tables, decorations and rooms at the hotel, ready for the big day next month. Pappa sensibly located the most useful car parks for all our guests, and then we did buy a nice black dress for me, with a jacket and scarf. I just hope and pray it doesn’t rain!
On the way back down to Cannington we stopped at a real cider Farm, and watched the apples being pressed, and tasted (and bought) some different ciders to bring home. Then we had to buy some towel s from Dunelm to wrap the cider in in case it leaked in the suitcases;) Fish n chips Friday that evening!
On Saturday it was time for the Harvest Festival at st Mary’s. The cross country race was cancelled because yet another hurricane was fast approaching the SW of England. We finished our supermarket shopping, yes, more cheese, and the suet, currants and sultanas I need for Christmas baking, then whizzed up to see Aunty S in Wiltshire. Whilst she and I chatted, Pappa and W stacked two pallets of logs for her. Another yummy pub supper and off to the hotel at Gatwick for a 6:30 am flight the next morning. We were all pretty exhausted on Sunday, and D and the animals were all glad to see us home again.
Since then it has been raining again. Pappa has washed and oiled the harvester, and tucked it up for the winter. I have been catching up with laundry and grocery shopping as usual. W has finally got his birthday present, and I think he is pleased. (I don’t know for sure, but he is sitting 100% of the time in front of the screen with his headphones on!!!)
So now you are off to Rome, and We have been sent the planned activities for your very busy few days. Have a fabulous time; keep an eye on your purse and phone, pick pockets are professional in Rome. Take care of yourself and your friends, and if you need to stop and write, phone, hunt for a pen or whatever, stand against a wall, so you are safer!
Lots of love and hugs,
Mamma.
tirsdag 24. oktober 2017
mandag 16. oktober 2017
October 16th
Dear Heidi,
How lovely to see all the photos you sent! Thank you.
Here at home, our hunters have cleaned up nicely, and dumped all their smoky clothes into the laundry basket for me. It has been a lovely day, warm and sunny and I was able to get two loads dry outside on the washing line. The sweet peas, marigolds and roses still have a few blossoms and the dahlias are going strong. I have done a bit of tidying up in the garden and planted all D’s seedling trees for him. Pappa has been continuing his spraying on the fields, but they are too wet to start ploughing still.
W sent me a photo of “the moon” which he took at 14:30 today. I saw the BBC news this evening and apparently all over England the sun turned red today, because of the hurricane in the Azores and the forest fires in Spain and Portugal. I suspect his Moon was in fact the sun! I am so pleased that he thought to photograph it and send it to me!
I forgot to tell you that the ice cream truck is still coming around, ever hopeful; and that on Sunday Bella howled and howled and howled at him! It’s funny how she has always hated that truck!
Now the rain is beating down on the balcony and I need to close the door.
Lots of love from us all here,
Mamma
How lovely to see all the photos you sent! Thank you.
Here at home, our hunters have cleaned up nicely, and dumped all their smoky clothes into the laundry basket for me. It has been a lovely day, warm and sunny and I was able to get two loads dry outside on the washing line. The sweet peas, marigolds and roses still have a few blossoms and the dahlias are going strong. I have done a bit of tidying up in the garden and planted all D’s seedling trees for him. Pappa has been continuing his spraying on the fields, but they are too wet to start ploughing still.
W sent me a photo of “the moon” which he took at 14:30 today. I saw the BBC news this evening and apparently all over England the sun turned red today, because of the hurricane in the Azores and the forest fires in Spain and Portugal. I suspect his Moon was in fact the sun! I am so pleased that he thought to photograph it and send it to me!
I forgot to tell you that the ice cream truck is still coming around, ever hopeful; and that on Sunday Bella howled and howled and howled at him! It’s funny how she has always hated that truck!
Now the rain is beating down on the balcony and I need to close the door.
Lots of love from us all here,
Mamma
lørdag 14. oktober 2017
October 14th
Dear Heidi,
You are finally arriving in France! Bienvenue!
I am nearing the end of my week home alone, although I am lucky and have had more company than usual. D was of course here in the evenings Monday through Wednesday, and on Thursday he joined the hunters again. E and I enjoyed a misty almost spooky drive to Sweden on Thursday. I bought more tea, and a few groceries but not a great deal. It was the tea I really wanted! On Friday I drove out to see my friend A, and then drove her daughter E to work at SFO . C has finished his studies in the Uk and returned home reluctantly, to begin looking for a job. It is three years next week since their brother T died, so all is a bit solomn in that home at the moment. However E is learning to drive, and I am expecting them here this afternoon. I have baked a blackberry and apple cake to celebrate if she manages to make it this far!
I also made welsh cakes this morning because uncle BA came over with his friend K for morning coffee and to discuss their trip to England in November.
I am expecting the boys home tomorrow evening, but have no idea when...it all depends on the weather and the moose. So far the team have not got the full quota of animals, and they think that this is because there are so many more wolves in that area than in former years.
On Wednesday Pappa and I are off to England ourselves, to attend the harvest festival at Cannington and collect W for his half term holiday. We are going a few days early to have a little less pressure on the schedule and perhaps enjoy the trip a little rather than just belting along the motorway there and back again! I would like to buy a new dress for the Confirmation service too.
Well, maybe you are anchoring up by now. I hope that you have some interesting activities to undertake in Toulon. Don’t forget to buy lavender bags to put into your clothes chest! I look forwards to hearing from you soon,
Love always,
Mamma.
You are finally arriving in France! Bienvenue!
I am nearing the end of my week home alone, although I am lucky and have had more company than usual. D was of course here in the evenings Monday through Wednesday, and on Thursday he joined the hunters again. E and I enjoyed a misty almost spooky drive to Sweden on Thursday. I bought more tea, and a few groceries but not a great deal. It was the tea I really wanted! On Friday I drove out to see my friend A, and then drove her daughter E to work at SFO . C has finished his studies in the Uk and returned home reluctantly, to begin looking for a job. It is three years next week since their brother T died, so all is a bit solomn in that home at the moment. However E is learning to drive, and I am expecting them here this afternoon. I have baked a blackberry and apple cake to celebrate if she manages to make it this far!
I also made welsh cakes this morning because uncle BA came over with his friend K for morning coffee and to discuss their trip to England in November.
I am expecting the boys home tomorrow evening, but have no idea when...it all depends on the weather and the moose. So far the team have not got the full quota of animals, and they think that this is because there are so many more wolves in that area than in former years.
On Wednesday Pappa and I are off to England ourselves, to attend the harvest festival at Cannington and collect W for his half term holiday. We are going a few days early to have a little less pressure on the schedule and perhaps enjoy the trip a little rather than just belting along the motorway there and back again! I would like to buy a new dress for the Confirmation service too.
Well, maybe you are anchoring up by now. I hope that you have some interesting activities to undertake in Toulon. Don’t forget to buy lavender bags to put into your clothes chest! I look forwards to hearing from you soon,
Love always,
Mamma.
onsdag 11. oktober 2017
October 11th
Dear Heidi,
I am sorry to hear that one of the sailing crew has a leg infection and needs medical attention. I hope that the person is able to continue with the trip afterwards. So you will be visiting the north shore of Mallorca too!
Everyone here is well, although it is rain rain raining again! How quickly the sunny days flew by and how easy to take them for granted. At least I got some laundry done and dried outside. Each time I peg things out I think this must be for the last time this year, so each added time is a wonderful bonus.
Pappa is still up at the hunting cabin. So far the team have shot five moose, and they hope to get the full quota with another four, but Pappa says they are not as easy to locate as they used to be, because of the wolves. Around here, (Aurskog Høland) newspapers report that there are so many wolves that it isn’t safe to hunt moose with loose dogs anymore, and people are starting to put bullet proof vests on the dogs to prevent injury from the wolf bites! Perhaps they should think more about taking the Barnehage children out into the forest too!
I am kept very busy trying to help everyone that finally decided to come to W’s confirmation in Wells. The rooms I have booked at the hotel are now all full, and I still have people wanting space! Others want help arranging train or car journeys, and I am trying not to get them all in a tangle and put four people into one room....or have people arriving in Wales and looking for the Cathedral!
D is working most days now, a big property that he has been to several days already, and will finish up tomorrow. Then he will join Pappa for the weekend. I am having a day out tomorrow, off with my friend E, and we might do a loppemarked at the weekend! W has obviously been doing something right, because I had a note today from his housemaster to say he has earned 22 house points so far this half term.
Otherwise back home, I have put out just a few things to decorate for Halloween 🎃 and the fire and candles are lit every evening. Today D helped me to sort through the hats, gloves and scarves, and tidy away the summer shoes. I even got around to doing a little mending with my sewing machine!
We had a delicious lamb navarin for supper, followed by what was left of the pumpkin pie (a certain young cat who’s name begins with a D was the culprit there!)
I am still looking for the Petit Prince book you asked me to find...I think I need to venture over to the stabbur one of these days! I have started to listen to a BBC production of Hamlet on the radio. It is well done, and I hope the one I sent to you is as good. I don’t recall if it was a BBC one.
Good luck with writing your English notes on the City of Thieves and with your Mandarin test. I am so proud you did so well in your maths test!
Lots of love, always,
Mamma.
I am sorry to hear that one of the sailing crew has a leg infection and needs medical attention. I hope that the person is able to continue with the trip afterwards. So you will be visiting the north shore of Mallorca too!
Everyone here is well, although it is rain rain raining again! How quickly the sunny days flew by and how easy to take them for granted. At least I got some laundry done and dried outside. Each time I peg things out I think this must be for the last time this year, so each added time is a wonderful bonus.
Pappa is still up at the hunting cabin. So far the team have shot five moose, and they hope to get the full quota with another four, but Pappa says they are not as easy to locate as they used to be, because of the wolves. Around here, (Aurskog Høland) newspapers report that there are so many wolves that it isn’t safe to hunt moose with loose dogs anymore, and people are starting to put bullet proof vests on the dogs to prevent injury from the wolf bites! Perhaps they should think more about taking the Barnehage children out into the forest too!
I am kept very busy trying to help everyone that finally decided to come to W’s confirmation in Wells. The rooms I have booked at the hotel are now all full, and I still have people wanting space! Others want help arranging train or car journeys, and I am trying not to get them all in a tangle and put four people into one room....or have people arriving in Wales and looking for the Cathedral!
D is working most days now, a big property that he has been to several days already, and will finish up tomorrow. Then he will join Pappa for the weekend. I am having a day out tomorrow, off with my friend E, and we might do a loppemarked at the weekend! W has obviously been doing something right, because I had a note today from his housemaster to say he has earned 22 house points so far this half term.
Otherwise back home, I have put out just a few things to decorate for Halloween 🎃 and the fire and candles are lit every evening. Today D helped me to sort through the hats, gloves and scarves, and tidy away the summer shoes. I even got around to doing a little mending with my sewing machine!
We had a delicious lamb navarin for supper, followed by what was left of the pumpkin pie (a certain young cat who’s name begins with a D was the culprit there!)
I am still looking for the Petit Prince book you asked me to find...I think I need to venture over to the stabbur one of these days! I have started to listen to a BBC production of Hamlet on the radio. It is well done, and I hope the one I sent to you is as good. I don’t recall if it was a BBC one.
Good luck with writing your English notes on the City of Thieves and with your Mandarin test. I am so proud you did so well in your maths test!
Lots of love, always,
Mamma.
onsdag 4. oktober 2017
October 4th
Dear Heidi,
I hope you are well and enjoying the warm weather. Here we are promised a fine day tomorrow at last, but also falling temperatures. It is getting close to zero in the nights now!
I did write to T, in Canada, and he wrote a nice letter back and also an Update newsletter to all the parents.
I hope that everything is going ok now and you are making progress both academically and actually...I see the Ship is still tacking back and forth!
Amazon are still being difficult about poor W’s birthday book, everyday they send a new estimation on when it will be delivered!
Other than that, I had a lovely visit from E this afternoon. She came for tea and banana cake and we had a jolly good catch up. I haven’t seen her for ages.
All for now, my darling girl,
Love, Mamma.
I hope you are well and enjoying the warm weather. Here we are promised a fine day tomorrow at last, but also falling temperatures. It is getting close to zero in the nights now!
I did write to T, in Canada, and he wrote a nice letter back and also an Update newsletter to all the parents.
I hope that everything is going ok now and you are making progress both academically and actually...I see the Ship is still tacking back and forth!
Amazon are still being difficult about poor W’s birthday book, everyday they send a new estimation on when it will be delivered!
Other than that, I had a lovely visit from E this afternoon. She came for tea and banana cake and we had a jolly good catch up. I haven’t seen her for ages.
All for now, my darling girl,
Love, Mamma.
tirsdag 3. oktober 2017
October 3rd
Dear Heidi,
I see on the map you are tacking back and forth, and probably getting in lots of sail training!
I also see the film on the sail: Jaws! Now who chose that?
We continue to have wild October weather, with the leaves being almost torn off the trees. It did clear a little this afternoon though, and I was able to get a line of washing dry, whilst Pappa washed his machinery! I have put away the outside cushions now, and am waiting ( and waiting) for a trailer to take the furniture away. There is still so much to do in the garden, and never anyone to help! One thing that T did before going home was to completely clear out the swamp that used to be a pond. One day it will get a new liner, and be replanted.
Over on the Farm, the top floor flat of the yellow house is now empty. The family there moved out this week. Soon an elderly lady will move in, just until her new flat in the village center is completed...probably after Christmas.
Bestemor has moved on in her war against the Iberian slugs. She is now focussing on digging up their nests, and getting rid of the eggs. I hope that it is of some help to her next year. She tells me she has destroyed over 150 batches of eggs!
I have frozen the last of my runner beans (the boys are very glad) so there are lots to look forwards to when you get home next year. I am still using up the zucchini and have a lot of beetroot that U brought me from the farm at her school...
On Friday the boys are going hunting, so I shall be quiet, home alone for a while, but my friend E has her belated birthday party on Saturday night and Pappa says he will come home for that, so not quiet for very long! Then, on Sunday, the new Chaplain starts at church; so I will definitely be going to meet him.
How are you getting on with the book you are reading? I was supposed to read along too, but got sidetracked by another book altogether. I will have more time to read next week.
With so much love,
From Mamma
I see on the map you are tacking back and forth, and probably getting in lots of sail training!
I also see the film on the sail: Jaws! Now who chose that?
We continue to have wild October weather, with the leaves being almost torn off the trees. It did clear a little this afternoon though, and I was able to get a line of washing dry, whilst Pappa washed his machinery! I have put away the outside cushions now, and am waiting ( and waiting) for a trailer to take the furniture away. There is still so much to do in the garden, and never anyone to help! One thing that T did before going home was to completely clear out the swamp that used to be a pond. One day it will get a new liner, and be replanted.
Over on the Farm, the top floor flat of the yellow house is now empty. The family there moved out this week. Soon an elderly lady will move in, just until her new flat in the village center is completed...probably after Christmas.
Bestemor has moved on in her war against the Iberian slugs. She is now focussing on digging up their nests, and getting rid of the eggs. I hope that it is of some help to her next year. She tells me she has destroyed over 150 batches of eggs!
I have frozen the last of my runner beans (the boys are very glad) so there are lots to look forwards to when you get home next year. I am still using up the zucchini and have a lot of beetroot that U brought me from the farm at her school...
On Friday the boys are going hunting, so I shall be quiet, home alone for a while, but my friend E has her belated birthday party on Saturday night and Pappa says he will come home for that, so not quiet for very long! Then, on Sunday, the new Chaplain starts at church; so I will definitely be going to meet him.
How are you getting on with the book you are reading? I was supposed to read along too, but got sidetracked by another book altogether. I will have more time to read next week.
With so much love,
From Mamma
søndag 1. oktober 2017
October 1st
Dear Heidi,
Now you have been away a whole month. Here we have blustery wet weather, and I see you are having beautiful warm sunshiny days! Over near Kristiansand they are having floods and landslides, but here it is simple raining again.
Pappa and D brought all the pumpkins over, they are stacked around the pillar in the front yard. I have put a few cornstalks in the greenhouse to dry out, then I will add them to the pillar too. The Halloween calendar is up, and I shall put out the black and orange china on the dresser this week.
Finally they are finished with the harvest, all but the cleaning and greasing and putting into the barn again! It never ends! Then on Friday Pappa is going hunting for a week, and D will go with him when he has the day off from work. He is still only doing about 50%.
Tomorrow, of course, is W’s 14th Birthday!! Aunty S is going to visit him, which I’m pleased about. He will have to wait until half term for his present. At least he will have his HP book 3 on Tuesday. Sadly his mackerel fishing trip today was cancelled due to bad weather.
I hope that you have pleasant sailing weather, and enjoy all that fresh fruit I SAW YOU loading on the video!
Love and hugs,
Mamma.
Now you have been away a whole month. Here we have blustery wet weather, and I see you are having beautiful warm sunshiny days! Over near Kristiansand they are having floods and landslides, but here it is simple raining again.
Pappa and D brought all the pumpkins over, they are stacked around the pillar in the front yard. I have put a few cornstalks in the greenhouse to dry out, then I will add them to the pillar too. The Halloween calendar is up, and I shall put out the black and orange china on the dresser this week.
Finally they are finished with the harvest, all but the cleaning and greasing and putting into the barn again! It never ends! Then on Friday Pappa is going hunting for a week, and D will go with him when he has the day off from work. He is still only doing about 50%.
Tomorrow, of course, is W’s 14th Birthday!! Aunty S is going to visit him, which I’m pleased about. He will have to wait until half term for his present. At least he will have his HP book 3 on Tuesday. Sadly his mackerel fishing trip today was cancelled due to bad weather.
I hope that you have pleasant sailing weather, and enjoy all that fresh fruit I SAW YOU loading on the video!
Love and hugs,
Mamma.
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