Saturday.

Yesterday morning, after cafe church, we motored to a lovely house a short distance away to look at a very handsome Irish long case clock which has been giving trouble. Found the source of the trouble fairly easily, but had to use unconventional method to put matters right. It worked though, and the clock should give its owner a few more years of service.
 Ann was very taken with an unusual winter flower arrangement made by our hostess, who showed Ann how to do it. The above photo is Ann's first attempt at the method, using hellebores, and two crocii from our garden. I think it's a very attractive result, and we're going to try and find a few more(differently coloured) hellebores before next winter.

 

This afternoon we went to a 90th birthday party for our friend Joyce, a retired teacher, put on by her family, who are a very talented bunch of youngsters; A grandson and a great granddaughter played duets on a flute and guitar. One grandson is an actor, another a juggler. It was a lovely, lively party. The above picture shows four generations, with Joyce holding the baby. Just been called upstairs to supper. So - Goodnight all.