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This lovely rose Just Joey just came out.  Lisa gave it to me in May 2024 and it is just now flowering. And this the autumn view from the kitchen. A rather drab painting of a barn in Woolaston from where some Thomas ancestors came. Yesterday a Heron wandering cautiously around the garden.  21st and lunch with Annette and Ellen at the Swan in Swinbrook then driving back along the bottom road through Widford saw this lovely scene.  Little flocks of birds are arriving all the time. In the Ashes an unprecedented 19 wickets were taken in the first test in Perth. In the second innings collapse. Some pictures painted this last week. Bracelet bay and Mumbles lighthouse.  Onion field in France. Otis paints the sea. Heidi and I have fun with card and oil to create a forest. Reeves budget which was completely leaked. She says no austerity but by giving money to those on benefit to en...

Began at Arnos Vale Cemetery then after long traffic queues got to the Archives where I found this. Our great grandfather's signature. How lovely, though it was on a plan for the new Gaol. No photograph yet though. Here is his great grandfather's will. He could not write and his great grandson could design great buildings. And this is his home still standing. Next door to Toolstation. A big house for a big family. Though oddly if you put in the address you get a different house. Be interested to see the garden from Google earth. I then went to the Jacobs Wells baths for the tour  They are keen for a plaque so I"ll get that done. I like to think that Josiah is remembered. When it was used as a dance studio. The Community used these baths until the 50s where there were people who did not have baths in their homes. A tailor shop across the road. Staying at the Marriott ...