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Calendar! Never thought of that Persie! Hmmmmm just thinking of where they could pose........


There are some cakes I cannot see without remembering Calendar Girls.........


:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Form an orderly queue for the firemen please..........



Going back to the tree theme again, I think it just confirms the fact that some people just grab at any old leaves and add them on. Maybe they think that 'their' John Jones is the only John Jones in the world.... :-S :-S


Just be careful looking at those trees from every angle Jonesey......you know you have difficulty in standing up again after checking the roots ;-)

I was a bit scathing about a public member tree yesterday (not the poster's own). The tree had connected births in 1825 and 1847 to the same couple who had not married until the 1840s.

Thinking about it later, I did wonder whether it is tricky to show stepchildren on those trees - the 1825 birth could have been the wife's child from a previous marriage.... but I checked it out again, and it was nonsense - the second wife had only been born in 1820...

As you say Jonesey, worth looking at these trees from every angle.

I don't about the protocol over there but here the fire department have a programme they call "Home safe home" where the firefighters from the local fire hall go to different neighbourhoods every night checking smoke detectors and replacing batteries etc. They also inform the residents on fire safety.

Whilst on these "inspections" they are always "In service" and able to run to a fire or medical call. This is why they require a full complement of firefighters on board the truck at all times.

Even when they are attending parades and events they are "in service" and provision must be made so that they always have the ability to be able to take off without obstructions (I always place them in the last position in parades).

Basically the only time a truck is not in service, and not fully staffed, is when it is taken out for service and it is replaced with a back up.

I know that I criticise people on Ancestry who download incorrect records and attach them to unconnected people in their tree but just once in a while their mistake can lead to you discovering something.

Yesterday I spotted that someone had downloaded amongst other things the 1861 census which included my 2xGreat Grandmother and some of her children including a son, Frederick, born 1857, who I knew had emigrated to the United States with his own young family in 1882 remaining there until 1930 when he died.

The Ancestry member was obviously attempting to work backwards from one of their own ancestors born in 1899 in England and had assumed incorrectly that my ancestor, Frederick, was their ancestors grandfather. A quick bit of online research easily proved that this was not so and I have now politely pointed out the error to the Ancestry member.

What their error did raise however was the fact that I had not fully followed up what became of one son of my ancestor who had emigrated. The son was born in Twickenham on 2/11/1877. In 1900 he was still living in Massachusetts with his parents but I had lost track of him after that. I decided that I should look into things a bit further. As a result I have found out a great deal more about him and his life via resources including US Naturalization records, WW1 and WW11 Draft cards (Don't you just love American spellings?), US Passport applications and later US census records. From very humble beginnings, his father was working as a cowman in 1881, the son went on to become an Ear, Nose and Throat physician. The United States truly must have been the land of opportunity in the early twentieth century.

Lucky lucky Cyns ;-)


Do you want me to pop over and keep you company!

Maybe they will do next years calendar at your place... :-) :-) :-) :-0 :-0 ;-) :-S

I was warned that they may have to leave in case of an emergency. I thought it would just be, maybe, a retired fire officer who would call round for a chat. We used to have talks by such folk when we did our annual Volunteer training at the hospital.


Certainly wasn't expecting a full team of, possibly, hunky firemen to turn up.

Mind you, with my luck, they will probably be 'past their best'..... :-(

Are you sure F by G hasn't put them up to it Cyns... fancy sending around a fire engine what a hoot... you could give the neighbours some burnt offerings and that would really set them thinking...

I am not that enamoured with horse racing either as in the gallops.. but I quite like watching the trotting... I remember my mother and I going once when I was about sixteen and she kept picking winners all evening but we didn't bet... she just liked the names of the horses. A chap behind us said to her, I think I should've listened to you, he went home with less than he had when he arrived.


And Happy Birthday :-) to the 14 year old.. It's amazing having teenage grandchildren Maia (17) has just flown down to Dunedin taken her best friend from College with her to meet her best friend from primary school. Esme and Maia have been friends since they were five.

Persie

Happy birthday to your grand-daughter Cynths x

Well, that sounds like a waste of fire service resources doesn't it ??

I don't mean them coming to give you advice, which is extremely useful, I just mean them arriving in a fire engine !! Surely they have access to cars?

The fire engine will be effectively 'out of action' while it is sitting outside your house and may be needed for more urgent matters. If so, unless they are going to bring along the full 'team' with them, ready to respond, it would have to return to the station to pick up the fire-fighters if required for an emergency!

Sounds a little strange to me but I suppose you had better be prepared and set out enough tea and biscuits to cater for them all ;-)

Dea Xxx

Wow Persie - that will keep us going all week, not just all day :-D :-D :-D

I thought your shoulder must be bothering you when you didn't arrive but I am very sorry to hear that I was correct :-( :-(

You mustn't worry about us - we won't starve ;-) You just get yourself all better <3 <3 <3

Now - as you have gone to all that trouble, I am going to waddle off and find my way around that food-laden table - SO much to choose from I don't know where to start :-D :-D

Dea Xxx

Will it do?? Good heaven's Persie, that is a wonderful spread and I haven't a clue where to start..........thank you for all that especially as you are having a bad time with your shoulder :-D <3


Sounds as though you are a bit hassled so I will volunteer to wash up afterwards.....or, at least, load the dishwasher for you.



A lovely morning here............and our granddaughter is 14 years old today. Hope to see her later - after the Liverpool/Everton match is over. Won't get any sense out of that household till then....... :-S


If we get there and the Grand National is on, they will find me in the garden admiring the view. I cannot stand that race and refuse to watch it. I have read all the Dick Francis books and understand about horses and jockeys and the adrenalin rush etc.....but I just cannot, cannot, bear to watch it. :-( :-(



A few weeks ago, I filled in a form re having the house looked at in regards to fire prevention - and thought nothing of it.

Yesterday, I had a phone call to say that someone from the fire service will be calling round on Monday evening between 7.45pm - 9pm. to check and give advice about escape routes etc.

Fine....no problem.....except....


They will be coming in a fire engine!!! :-0


I will have to warn the neighbours not to panic or I can see we will have folk peering round curtains and standing on doorsteps........... :-)

sorry my shoulder has been giving me gip and then other things happened..

need to have a quick whip around so this should cover you or feed you for the day.

Fruit smoothie – blended banana and yoghurt w passionfruit or berry
Toast selection w butter and conserves
Toasted gluten-free bagel w cream cheese and smoked salmon
Home made muesli topped w yoghurt and mixed berries
Free-range eggs on toast – scrambled, fried or poached
Free-range eggs Benedict – wilted spinach, rib eye bacon and homemade hollandaise sauce
Free-range eggs Royal – in-house smoked salmon w wilted spinach and homemade hollandaise sauce  
Vegetable Benedict – wilted spinach, balsamic mushrooms, poached eggs and homemade hollandaise sauce |
Sweet corn fritters w bacon, grilled tomatoes, rocket leaves, avocado and chilli salsa
Open-faced omelette w slow roasted tomatoes, caramelised onion, fresh herbs, feta cheese and toasted focaccia
Full breakfast – streaky bacon, Nurnberger sausage, grilled tomato, field mushrooms, crispy potatoes, scrambled eggs and toasted focaccia

Vegetarian full breakfast – grilled tomatoes, field mushrooms, sweet corn fritter, wilted spinach, five grain polenta, scrambled eggs and toasted focaccia
Mushroom and bacon on thick cut brioche toast w balsamic reduction
Pan-fried snapper fillet on toasted focaccia w wilted spinach, poached eggs and streaky bacon |
Blueberry and coconut pancakes w streaky bacon, clotted cream and maple syrup

extras


Sausages
Bacon
Roasted field mushrooms
Grilled tomatoes
Wilted spinach
Hash brown

Coffee latte Flat white Chai latte Long black Moccachino Short black

Hot chocolate

assortment of teas...


light menu
Sandwich platter
Gluten-free sandwich platter
Almond croissant served w jam
Sweet muffin served w butter and cream
Savoury muffin served w home made chutney and butter
Savoury plate – selection of petit savouries
Duck rillettes w apple, fennel and walnut salad, pickled watermelon rind
and brioche croutes
Mediterranean antipasto – a selection of cured and air-dried meats w roasted vegetables, olives, dips and croutes

desserts :
Dark chocolate fudge brownie w vanilla ice cream and berry coulis
Crème brûlée
Sultana steamed pudding w butterscotch sauce and mascarpone

Chocolates and biscotti

cheese 
Creamy blue – cream blue vein cheese w glazed figs and grain crisps
Brie w balsamic mushrooms, mixed leaves and ciabatta croutes
cheeses served w homemade chutney, dried fruit and nuts and quince paste |

Hope that is not too messy to read and hope it will do.

Oh well, I had better make a start...............

Cereals all set out! Fruit chopped and I found the yoghurts !

Porridge on...........

Tea, coffe and juices at the ready.

Some tomato toast on the go for me (and anyone who wants to share).

I will nibble on that until someone comes. :-(

Dea Xxx

Is there anybody there ?????

It's all dark and empty in here............ :-0 :-(

Dea Xxx

Have you ever tried to explain about NK to a teenager!...

Hes orf to work soon........sigh

Cyns........I av no idea, all I know is, I NEVER forgot the photos




.....................very graphic and close up :-S

Did her parents ever find out though Gins? :-D

It must have made for interesting neighbourhood summer barbeque's :-D

Dea Xxx

I KNOW Dea!

I did tell my mom and dad..................it was a tale to dine out on for many years after :-0