Early start Saturday as we were on Doggy Day Care and Hubby needed to take R to work first when he picked up the dog and was going to take O to R's work too so he could walk to the station very soon after, however it was raining quite hard and he was doing an overnight trip so carrying his bag and tent and his guitar. His train wasn't for another hour so Hubby brought him back here and then back to the station at a better time. Bonus for me as I got a good catchup chat and a bonus for him as he helped himself to breakfast.
Tuesday was the first day of the Jewish New Year. With all the conflicts around the world at the moment we ALL need to wish each other good health, peace and 'a life as sweet as honey'.
I didn't use apples or honey but I did make a rhubarb cake.
Yes we had eaten half before I took this pic hahaha.
This little diamond ring was my mum's and I've been wearing it since she died 16 years ago. It's a bit big for my little finger but not big enough to be promoted so I wear it behind my puzzle ring to stop it falling off, but it annoyingly spins round and round.
Over the years I've tried various things to tighten it that haven't worked and knew that one day I'd have to get round to walking into a jewelers.
Meanwhile I had another idea when I remembered I had clear nylon stretchy bead threading cord so I did a bit of boy-scout lashing.
Daughter and Son have both needed their dad this week. Daughter asked to borrow the big hedge trimmer and really appreciated when Hubby arrived and stayed with it so it was done in half the time. Son's problem was his fish pond suddenly losing a lot of water quickly. He felt like he needed to top it up twice a day and all that tap water wouldn't be good for the fish. Adding to the problem is Son is part of an annual fundraiser and this year they have been walking individually all September and coming together on Saturday(today) to climb Snowden, so he will be away Friday morning to Sunday evening with nobody at home to watch the pond. Between Son and Hubby the plan was to transfer the fish, plants and pond water to a temporary paddling pool on Thursday afternoon and re-line the pond properly after this weekend. He definitely needed his dad to help as he was still working and had conference calls booked. As it happened when Hubby and the ordered paddling pool plus nets turned up it seemed to have stopped draining itself (like getting a doctors appointment and the pain has gone). They cleared a lot of the plants and watched for quite a while and decided to leave it as it is.
The charity Son supports is called Elgon Empowerment, which is quite a small charity that really helps women and girls with a basic need they are deprived of that most of us take for granted. They need to fundraise to provide help and also to provide education and the means for the females to help themselves in the future. Please click on the link and read what it's all about and if you can add a little to the pot it will be put to very good use.
Thanks for popping by this week and I'm looking forward to seeing you again next week.
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2 comments:
Happy New Year! Also hope you started it with a much improved foot.
All that baking you've done has made me hungry for cake :-D
Thank you xx
My foot pain wasn't an injury it's a medication side effect which can start anywhere and suddenly (most often my feet) and goes just as suddenly! Thanks for checking.
Must be getting chilly enough for your winter oven and baking to resume in your house?
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