What a gorgeous day.
Got a good bit done just tidying up in the garden.
New parasol good but the old water filled base is not heavy enough for the new one.
Phoned son re was he well enough to bring my shopping but I was willing to do it myself ,he had been quite ill yesterday.
No ,he was not going to drive ,so I went myself and was OK, Taxi back and all lifted in and out and put at the door for all for £2-50 plus tip
Phoned to say all had gone well ,but no answer , Mmmm I thought this does not bode well.
His wife phoned some tome later.
Sure enough he was in hospital at Blackburn, having ECG ,blood tests etc .
At least it seems to have galvanised Drs in to action ,more tests ,drugs adjustment and then a full assessment at Bolton where they live.
I got his B/day card today but sort of very uneasy, however he feels things are staring to get done now.
A house near the bus stop has got a little “ library “ in a big clear plastic box, free but take any books borrowed back and take any you have finished with to add to the library,
I saw two by Gervase Phinn ,very funny light reading about school inspections etc.
He wrote about the dreaded SAT’s tests and told the story on a TV interview and this really did happen.
Struggling readers could have a reader, an adult.
One section on the paper was recognition of maths symbols,and shapes etc.
The reader had to word carefully ,give no clues ,one section had a square, triangle, rectangle,circle etc.
The reader would say “all these shapes have names ,can you tell me the name of this one, what do you call this shape?”pointing to say a triangle.
“ Well ,” said one girl at our school, “ I think I would call it Sharon.”
He recounted the same thing and many schools said it had happened in their year 2 classes.
Cleaned out the little pond yesterday, the gush are so healthy ,bright colours,just goldfish but pretty.
Ham joint for tomorrow, tender stem broccoli ,Jersey Royals, Ham ,tinned pineapple slices of course and parsley sauce or a concoction I make sort of sweet/ sour .
Well drops time again folks,again ,thanks for your news ,babies ,dogs, ,painting, walks ,gardening etc.
Hope you all sleep well, it is very close here.
Viktoria.