My granny was quite a stern lady, quite Victorian, who presided over the childhood paradise of Nabbs Cottage. My second thriller has what I hope will be a very scary scene set in the dark at the foot of the second staircase at Nabbs.
She was also an interesting lady - great golfer, great bridge player, great cook. And always kept the best sherry in for Occasions. And I hope I amused and entertained the young pioneer sister I was out with Thursday afternoon with the story of what my granny wrote in my Autograph Book way back in the 1950s (when there was a craze for them among us convent schoolgirls).
She first drew a tombstone, then wrote this underneath.
Here lies the body of Andrew Jay
Who died maintaining his right of way
He was right, dead right, as he sped along
But he's just as dead now as if he'd been wrong.
I have to say I have never forgotten it.
Today was busy - Rustington in the morning, Malcolm (hairdresser) in the afternoon - 3 loads of washing done, floors washed, lunch and supper made, including using up the rest of the cooking apples. And the Butterfly paperwork arrived yesterday, so I am in the middle of doing it now.
Another health problem has loomed - will get the results of the tests on Wednesday. I plan to stay close to home tomorrow, so won't go the field service group, but hope to get out and do as many of my local calls as possible.
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