A supportive thread begun during Lockdown and which now continues to be a daily treasure (even an addiction!).
All welcome.
I hope you had a lovely day out, Grammaretto.
Yes, Cherry, Dear Cousin's daughter is having the experience of a lifetime. She sent me a photo of the consulting room. The side of the boat hung with sheets for privacy, a small Formica table and 3 plastic 'garden chairs'. It'll make her own crumbling hospital back home seem quite palatial. I did send her a Very Nice journal when she was first planning to go, and ditto pen. Unsure whether this would seem an old dear's idea of a suitable gift for a young gal of modern times, I was thrilled to hear that she had taken it with her after all. Just as well with dodgy internet in the swamps. Another day, another tribe.
I looked up Trevor on Amazon UK. Yep, there he was, with only 3 copies left. 🥳. Consequently, I dreamt of same last night. You were at a book signing, Kaimoana, and we were all there behind you, sporting, in a shameless display of promotion, your book, whilst wearing 'Team Trevor^ corporate T shirts. This must have also been prompted by the wall to wall election news, where potential leaders stand before serried ranks of silently nodding acolytes holding up placards of support.
Must away to do my next 7 sets of exercises, set by Aw-Gready physio. (This week's encouraging phrase). Well, only 5 thus far until my resistance band (sic) arrives. According to DS, this is what they are called after my tortuous description. As I didn't know to ask which level of resistance I was working on at the time, DS has encouraged me to buy the full set of 5😳. Won't be wasted, apparently, when I give up, as he will put them to good use🤔
I loved the t-shirt picture ixion and put it into Tin Eye; which locates similar images online; to see where I could buy one - alas it found nothing, even on 67 billion trawled websites! We do have a shop in the Mall which will print bespoke designs but it's not cheap.
You are the 2nd person this week to mention a book launch/signing but no, there never was one, even at our local library where I have been infamous well known for nearly 40 years.
Nor any overt advertising either as the publishers rely on self-promotion.
Fair enough, I guess 99.9% of authors can see to do that and have transport to get to various venues.
Ol' Trev seems to be doing all right without it 
How lovely though if that dream of yours was true. A Lobstar party sounds wonderful. Bring the pom poms and you and Cherry can chant. "Ra-ra Trevor - we are proud of your endeavour!" 
Oooh Doodle jam and cream scones (drool) how delicious.
Very occasonally I indulge in an Orange & Ginger scone, no jam, no cream but as it's wheat, I suffer for it afterwards! 
I hope your picnic went well at the Firth of Forth Grammaretto - are there seagulls there to grab your food?
It's a long weekend here, the official (as opposed to the actual) King's Birthday.
June was chosen because there's better weather for celebrations.
Chosen by UK politicians who had no idea that rain, hail, wild winds and 4 degrees was the norm in some parts of the Commonwealth. Buffoons.
Unexpected visit by my dear boy yesterday; couldn't stay long as he was taking Gubbins for her swimming lesson - but lovely to see him anyway.
Gubbins wanted to FaceTime with me (my first time but she's an old hand) so we chatted.
"We go for ice creams after swimming" I was told.
I sent the pink balloons home along with a Mille feuille I'd just finished making.
Is it bluebell time in the UK yet?
Love to all xxx
What a kindness Mamissimo Thank you SO much. I'll PM you.
And please post more photos of the superb wee Spud
Cuddles with Daddy
Hello lovely Lobstars!
That Trevor t shirt was quite a find ixion!
Reality setting in sounds very sad Doodle. Thinking of you xxxx
The French helper has arrived, she is very nice, and we will begin to clear the sitting room in preparation for a new ceiling. I don't know what we will do with everything. I suppose pile it high in another room or take some things to the charity shop and the tip.
There will be nowhere to sit apart from the kitchen. I'm being forced to live in a smaller space which I'm sure is good for me.
Gubbins and daddy -- lovely cuddles Kaimoana.
Pictures from Saturday's picnic and foraging in the sunshine.
Quote from one of our kaumatua today. "Chocolate makes your clothes shrink"
I did some finger painting which also resulted in table painting, jersey paintin and "How can I get all this stuff off my hands?"
I don't know Doodle. It looks like no work will start until next month but I shall leave a few big pieces of furniture and take the opportunity to move or get rid of smaller stuff and books - at least some books.
The Helper is a librarian who knows what kind of books people borrow -novels mostly.
I'm also taking my shrunken clothes to the charity shop. 😂🤣
I hope you are eating again Doodle and that your family and your friends are looking after you.
Sending hugs.
Ps. The food we ate was hogweed and elderflower fritters and a tea made from sweet cicely and pine leaves.
Here is a photo of the deadly poisonous Hemlock water dropwort which looks exactly like parsley
Good evening 🙂
I was concerned that I was giving you too many Spud pictures but in response to your blandishments I offer a small selection.
He's now cruising around the furniture and into everything. DD2 has been lucky enough to be able to reduce her teaching hours to part time and she goes back to work in July. Spud is going to nursery while she works. One of the pictures is of Spud doing some 'work' and one of him with his 'pay'. DSiL thinks it's important to have a work ethic!
Mr M and I are logging all the plant food we eat and it's surprisingly easy to achieve the new wonder target 40 different plants a week. The dear man wasn't too keen on Jerusalem artichokes but is loving the fruit salads. It does strike me that this may be harder to achieve in the winter!
ITwo more sleeps till we have our bedroom back....and carpet on the stairs!*
Can Jeeves bring me a Horlicks please?
Never too much of Sweet Spud!
What's this 40 plants a week business - surely not another food fad? 
I don't need to count, that's pretty much all I eat these days.
I suppose if I were bothered, I could count all the diferent grains in the gluten free bread
Grammaretto when I was young, we (Mum, me & Auntie) used to regularly gather such foods.
Nettles were good for almost everything, including beer, delicious even before fermentation. Yummy as a vegetable.
Mum used wild garlic and pretty much every edible plant she could find in her cooking and salads.
I notice Borage flowers on my meal at the Filipino restaurant recently. Everyone but me left it on their plates.
I learned early to tell wild Fennel from Hemlock and once offended a woman who most officiously and in public, stopped me gathering the former, announcing to her audience that it was ignorant people like me who caused poisonings.
I mentioned the relatively safe identifying aniseed aroma of fennel which was among us in clouds but she still stalked off saying I'd die and it would serve me right.
I didn't.
There's a Wild Foods Festival in the South Island every year. Very popular.
wildfoods.co.nz
Love that mischievous look and the artistically touseled hair He's adorable.
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