Thursday.

Picture below is of doll mentioned in mid October as having been repaired. She belongs to friends, and has recently been completely dressed by owner in period costume. Said doll owners gave us lunch today at the farm shop in Semer as a 'thankyou' for work done on doll. Home and bought dollars to pay for tinder box recently purchased on ebay. Posted dollars to States where I believe they are legal tender. In past have sent money to States by International Money Order. Bank employee said they had stopped supplying those at the end of last year as there was no demand for them. I do wish shop assistants and bank people wouldn't use this as an excuse . The very fact that they have just been asked for an item gives the lie to their statement that 'There's no demand for those'. What they usually mean is that there wasn't sufficient profit in it for them. This was indicated today by the bank teller's further information of two different means of paying money abroad both of which cost more than twice as much as the international money order used to. My bank seems to charge more and more for doing less and less. Very annoying. Much more of it and I shall become curmudgeonly !!!!!