Saturday 17 September 2022

And still they come.

The queues get slightly longer  - last time I looked it was fourteen hours - I do wonder how they are going to control it.   Still luckily it is not my worry and as it all seems so very well organised I am sure 'they' have that worked out too.

It has been so warm in the sun again today and the wind has been a little less strong.   But now that dark has fallen again it is very cold - but set to turn a little warmer next week.

I will try to get my son to take some photographs of my garden and post them for me.   I can no longer take photographs because I have this annoying Benign Essential Tremor which means 'camera shake'.

Yes it was indeed moving to see Her Majesty's  Grandchildren standing vigil.   I do think it has made us all see her in a different light.   After seeing that lovely Paddington Bear sketch where she keeps her marmalade sandwich in her handbag she really does come across as having a much lighter side - lovely to see her like that as well as serious regarding 'affairs of state'.   Her children and grandchildren all seem so very fond of her.

Now before I go to bed I am going on to Amazon - I fancy a heated blanket or a hot water bottle (hopefully the former) and some lavender bags to deter clothes moth. My carer has now also cleaned out my trouser and winter coat wardrobe (she did my jumper one last week.   One new pair of trousers will suffice for now I think.   One very best pair which I rarely wear (because I rarely go out now and will go out even less in the coming months) and four everyday ones which I will for now increase to five.   As for jumpers - I definitely have not room for a single jumper more in my wardrobe.

See you tomorrow.....

 

24 comments:

Debby said...

I love the little video of the Queen with Paddington. I cannot help but think what a precious keepsake that will be for her great-grandchildren who will have only small memories of her.

Anonymous said...

So touching to see the Queen's grandchildren standing vigil. Have not shed a tear until now, but emotions surfaces seeing such a beautiful and heartfelt tribute that generation's much-loved Grannie. - Pam

Anonymous said...

We would love to see pictures of your garden.

Linda from Alabama said...

Linda from Alabama

Susan said...

It is heartwarming to see the royal family holding vigil. The Queen was most definitely the much loved matriarch of her family. An electric blanket for cold winter nights sounds like a good purchase.

Anonymous said...

I love to take macro pictures ( very close up pics) of insects in my garden but my hands aren't as steady as they used to be.
I have several tripods of different heights for my camera which solves the shaky problem. It might be worth a try to have a friend or your son
Attach your camera to a tripod if it wouldn't be a bother.

Best wishes for a happy weekend!
Elsie

Rachel Phillips said...

A book with fantasy and folklore and an 11 year old boy would not be my choice of reading. Your book friends often seem to choose this type of reading. No wonder I was not suited to being a member of a bookclub.

Derek Faulkner said...

Do people actually still suffer from clothes moths, or is it just a throw back to times long ago that you still hang on to. I can remember the smell of moth balls in our cupboards from when I was a child seventy odd years ago but have never experienced clothes moth attacks in my lifetime.
I'm clearly mistaken in that I've always thought that book clubs got together to discuss fairly recent books that have just been published. Like Rachel, I always find your club's choices a bit odd.

Frances said...

I worry about you filling a hot water bottle with your shakes. A wheat bag that you can just pop on the microwave would be much safer!

Rachel Phillips said...

Hot water bottles are so yesterday I wonder at you even considering one. Heat on and the electric blanket to warm the bed. All this constant talk of winter cold amounts to little more than scaremongering and amongst the rich, totally daft.

Derek Faulkner said...

I still use a hot water bottle in the winter, some things from yesterday still have a place in today's life, why, some of us still have landlines as well. An electric blanket would make the bed to warm for me, mainly use the water bottle to warm my cold feet.

Rachel Phillips said...

I still have a landline as I have no mobile signal here.

Melinda from Ontario said...

Something I don't need is a water bottle or electric blanket on chilly nights. For nine years our 100 pond dog has squeezed in between my husband and I on our queen sized bed. Sleeping with a dog is not for everyone, I admit, but it is beautifully warm and at times, comforting.

Ursula said...

Hot water bottle it is. Reminds me of my so very comforting days of early childhood. Though don't sit on one. And replace them every year as the rubber will wear thin.

This morning I made a bet with myself how long I'll hold out before turning on the heating. Ever the optimist . . . don't ask. Once upon a time I had a coat. I think it was Scandinavian. I called it "the duvet". Because it was. Not only did it look like a duvet (dark blue) it kept me cosy as I was pushing the pram down the promenade along the South Coast, mid winter. Mind you, there is always a downside to an upside. Whilst the coat was great you'll look like a roly poly pudding in it - even if you are as slim as I am. Think Tom Kitten (Beatrix Potter) meeting two rats and their dough. Don't worry, Tom did escape; just as he and his cousin Benjamin did Mr McGregor's garden - a minute before being put into the pot. Tom's mother, Mrs Tabitha Twitchit, didn't live up to her surname for nothing.

All the best,
U

The Weaver of Grass said...

Ursula - |I succumbed to putting the heating on this morning - only 18 degrees and it was on all of ten minutes before it switched itself off - so not all that chilly. I have a duvet coat which covers me from neck to mid calf and yes you are right I am a roly poly in it

Frances - thank you for reminding me before I bought one.

I remembered bedsocks - I have several pairs - I put a pair on last night - brilliant.

The Weaver of Grass said...

Derek. a friend
locally has just suffered clothes moth infestation in a big way - it has scared me.

Anonymous said...

It sounds fun the way your book club picks such a variety to titles and genera! Getting people out of their comfort zone is so stimulating.

On the keeping warm front, our 2 best things are a heated bed pad (that goes under the bottom sheet and can be turned on an hour before bed time to get things cozy before we get in) and rice bags to heat up in the microwave. We can't use an electric blanket because the dog sleeps on top of the covers.

We have a few clothing moths every year it seems, I wish they were a thing of the past but perhaps they serve some essential ecological function?

Ceci

Heather said...

It is a perfect autumn day here but I am pleased to be wearing a woollen jumper. I too have no more space for jumpers or anything else which needs wardrobe space. I am scared to throw anything out in case I can't find replacements in my size and fitting.

Librarian said...

I was going to say the same as Frances; filling a hot water bottle with your shaking hands does not sound ideal, you could easily spill it or, even worse, scald yourself.
My Mum lives in one of 12 flats in a large house, the heating does not come on yet and she has contacted the building‘s administration about it as she is really cold up in her attic rooms.

Anonymous said...

After commenting recently how comforting a water bottle is, I had forgotten about your shaking hands, and there is also the balance issue manipulating the process of filling it. Too dangerous, but you've shown you are well versed in making sensible decisions for yourself.-Pam

Granny Sue said...

I was astounded to read that 92% of the world population was born after she became Queen! Which also means they were born after me. A sobering thought.

Hilde said...

We had a moth infestation in spring. It was horrible. We had to completely clear out the store room where we keep the clothes which are not in season and all kinds of luggage etc. And of course all the wardrobes. There were larvae everywhere. And in the evening we went moth hunting with a fly swatter and the vacuum cleaner. All in all, it took us about four weeks to get rid of the beasts. I could repair some of my handknits, but we had to throw away of a lot of other clothes.
When I went to buy moth repellents and moth killers, I was surprised to find there were quite a lot of them, and not in some hidden corner but in a quite prominent place. Obviously it is quite a common problem and not as rare as I had thought.
Hilde in Germany

JanF said...

One of my best friends has Essential Tremor. She was told to take a small shot of whisky just before dinner in the evening, when she is not going out. It seems to work well. The other thing she does, because she enjoyed artwork before the tremor came along, is uses pastels in her pictures. She can do wonderful shading.

The Weaver of Grass said...

Thank you Jan I hate whisky but might try your suggestion - I never go out in the evening.


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