My feet have hardly touched the ground. quick recap -
Monday: to West Yorkshire and back for the funeral of our friend Christine. Memorable for the stress induced by the Satnav taking us through the traffic light hell that is central Harrogate for no discernible reason, which had me giving vent to the memorable phrase 'I did not get up at half past s*dding five this morning to be late for a midday funeral'. Also for my Dorothy Dunnet reading friends all agreeing that I looked much happier since the move back to the mainland, and one telling me it had taken fifteen years off me.
Tuesday: to a small village the other side of Stirling for a talk at their Heritage Society ( a friend helps run it) on Scottish Arts and Crafts Silver by someone who is a silver expert on the Antiques Road Show. The OH and I both went and it was very good. Afterwards there were refreshments -
there aren't any of the delicious homebakes in the photo but the tables all had these pretty teapots with lovely silk flower arrangements in them.
Wednesday: a friend came for lunch and she brought the beautiful spring flowers in the picture at the top of the post. A very enjoyable occasion, with much laughter.
Thursday: i.e. yesterday I took myself off to Dundee and met up with my friend S. We went to see the Palestinian Embroidery exhibition at the V & A Dundee followed by a visit to Dundee's MacManus Art Gallery for their new exhibition 'Curtain Call' which features costumes from film, theatre and television, with an emphasis on those created by people with a Dundee connection. A more detailed blog post on this coming shortly.
It should have been knit group this morning but I was too tired to even think about it; however after lunch we went off to a local garden centre. Treats were consumed
(three cakes because Son No 2 has been with us this week) and plants were bought, but again more about the plants with photos when they've been potted up.
We have no plans for next week, but I daresay it will fill up!
Sounds like a great week!
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