Pages from a notebook .....



Phone call from Parcel Force I can't locate your house ......

I collect the parcel at the gate, the driver is parked directly opposite .......

Am I so difficult to find .......

Received an email from an Australian in France ........

So much of what is claimed to be new is old hat .........

I left the room thirty + years ago but  I have returned to the same conversation .......

It seems that progress is an illusion .......

A catchy name doesn't make things new .........

Haven't seen my Grandson in over a year  ........

When we opened the hive the Bees had swarmed ......

There are so many flies in this humidity ...........

The Cockerel attacked me again this morning ...... 
the last time I was attacked by a Cockerel I was five years old and terrified .........

Picked the Landrover up from the Garage, new prop shaft and rebushed differential ...... 

The Sweetheart Bakery is excellent ...... 

Steak Pies, Salted Caramel and Chocolate Tart ........

Charcoal Foccacia is a speciality .........

The waitress admired my new glasses .......

I recommended the Old Glasses Shop .........

All I do is leave messages on answer phones, there are no replies ......

It seems that I make little progress .......

Today is the Bishop's Garden Party, thunder is forecast .........

The forest Sunday School will soon be  launched ........

I must invite the children to write a liturgy for the dedication .......


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