Hi- Ho, Hi-Ho,

or to give it it's proper title, Heigh Ho,

it was off to work I go,

it had been raining over night, leaving a few puddles,

off of the number 54 bus by This 'N' That,

in the window, three glasses with a very small measure, or three very tall candlesticks? at the shop a key to the front door was giving trouble, 

so a bus to the locksmiths at the corner to Beckenham Junction station for myself,

key cut a walk over the road to the bus stop by the green,

off of the bus by the florists and over the road to the shop to help out there, at close of play back home,

the rhododendrons in the garden of Foxgrove Lodge looking nice, spring must be here!

a grey evening, more rain on the way I am guessing,

Diana was already at home, for this evening a read and a sherry, out with Jorge Luis Borge for one of his short stories ‘The Garden of Forking Paths’, briefly a Chinese agent or spy named Yu Tsun narrates the story, which is supposed to be his confession written as he awaits execution for spying for the Germans during the First World War, but how can he send the information that he has whilst prisoner?

next a real treat, fish and chips,

eyes down and tuck in, after which as there was not a Endeavour showing this evening it was a double helping of A Touch of Frost on ITVX, after which we were off to bed.

Blog Posted,

and I was out,

into a grey cold day,

before going to the shop I called into the station, I had to cancel Wednesdays ticket to visit Duncan, as I will be in the shop, also I took the opportunity to buy some for the next few weeks, hopefully Graham will be well enough by next Wednesdays that I can pop in to see Duncan,

I walked to the bus stop by the green,

almost next to the bus stop opposite the shop, a timely reminder,

the sign says it all,

after the shop closed back onto the number 54 and a walk home, the sky had that almost it is going to snow look, but it did not, Diana was already at home, for tonight we had a soup, then feet up for a Outback Opal Hunter followed by a Endeavour, then onto ITVX for another episode of A Touch of Frost, before we were off to bed.

All Of The Usual Starts To My Day,

exercises, shower, breakfast and post the blog,

then out to work! as I mentioned yesterday because of helping out at the shop I will for the next few days until Graham has recovered only be making one post a day,

into a grey day and on to the number 54 bus stop,

off of the bus at This 'N' That,

and into the shop to join Carl, Graham's back still not recovered enough for him to come into the shop,

and here I am, when covid was prevalent the staff all had their own towels to dry hands after getting them wet during work, as it happens the practice has continued, just a thought, I have not heard the word covid for more than a few weeks, could it all now be over?

work finished and home, walking past the Foxgrove lodge, 

one of the rhododendrons putting on a good show,

nearly 5.30 in the afternoon and it is still bright, summer is on the way! after my evening meal I watched a Outback Opal Hunters and a Antiques Road Trip, after which Diana arrived home, tonight on one of the cable channels the first of the series Endeavour was showing, so we watched that followed by A Touch of Frost on ITVX, after which we were off to bed.

The Week Starts With A little Bit Of Bad News,

firstly at the shop Graham's back does not show any sign of improvement,

which means that I will have to take his place at the shop, which brings me to the second bit of bad news, this means I will only be making one post a day until he returns to work, and worse of all I will not be able to visit Duncan this Wednesday, which means he will not see any visitors for a couple of weeks, but there it is, I forgot to mention that Steve dropped over some beansprouts that he and Kai had grown, another crop to add to their list of produce they no longer have to buy in the shops,

Diana had to go into work today, so it was Sunday lunch for one, I started the one of the new books I had just bought,

on the Labyrinths by Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, I finished the first short story, click onto the blue highlight if you want to read it Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, as it happens I found it a bit heavy going, 

at times reminding me of of the Great Dangaroo Flood, I made a post about it here, 

for my starter today a prawn cocktail, 'Cheers!',

followed by a roast dinner for one, it looked a lot bigger on the packet!

eyes down and tuck in,

I rounded off the meal with some grapes, in the afternoon I watched another DVD from I, Claudius, which was most enjoyable, in the early evening Diana returned home and cooked herself a meal,

and for myself the bean sprout that Steve and Kai had grown adding some onions and carrots, delicious! we then settled down to one from A Touch of Frost before we were off to bed.

A Totally Unexpected Day For Myself,

just after posting the blog and completing my exercises, I received a telephone call form Graham,

whilst working on his car he had injured his back, so much so that going into work was not a possibility, so could I come in to help for the day? no sooner said than done, I was out and on my way to the shop,

off of the number 54 bus at This 'N' That, I did not call in as Carl had already opened the shop,

so over the road and inside the shop,

I had a look around,

trying to familiarise myself with as many products as I could,

the easy ones,

were the plants and gravel, trying to remember which aquarium held which fish was not going to be so easy!

normally I am on the other side of the counter, but for today this is the view of the shop from the staff side of the counter that I will be seeing today, as it happens there were no problems, having said that I made a mucking fuddle of the PDQ machine, the thing you present your card to when paying, but luckily Carl was on hand, so everything went swimmingly well, at the end of the day Carl cashed up, set the burglar alarm and locked up, so it was home for myself stopping at Marks & Spencer's for a few bits and pieces,

walking home past the snail mail box it was just starting to get dark,

Diana was at work, so for myself it was a read and sherry, 

as it happens I finished the biography by Theodore Wood, titled The Rev. J. G. Wood: His Life And Work, Theodore was the Reverend's son, and what a power house of energy the Reverend truly was, I can not recommend this book highly enough, it was absolutely amazing the amount of work that the Reverend J. G. Wood completed in his lifetime,

so I made a start on the Labyrinths by Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, after 15 pages of preface and introduction I made a start on the first short story, Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, which I did not finish as I was hungry,

I started with some mussels with vinegar, delicious!

which I followed with a M & S bought toad in the hole,

eyes down and tuck in! after my meal I settled down to watch a series I had seen before and really enjoyed,

 I, Claudius, a great BBC series from 1967, over 10 hours long in all, I watched it till late in the evening all of disc 1, I read some where that the incredible performance by Derek Jacobi as the stammering fool actually spilt over into his private life, it took several months after filming had finished for him to stop stammering, a trait he did not posses before filming started, I should say that now it looks very dated with sets that were vastly underfunded, but what a story as Clau-Clau, that many would mockingly call him, he recites his life history to you, the viewer, and what a history! from approximately the death of Marcellus (24/23 BC) to Claudius' own death in 54 AD, he shows what life at the top of society was like, the BBC mini series is based on a book of the same name by Robert Graves, if you have time watch it, but forget about over budgeted film sets, this is by comparison done on a shoe string, and is all the better for it, at nearly the end of the first disc Diana arrived home from work, so it was feet up for a coffee and a chat, then one from A Touch of Frost before we were off to bed.