foliage even beetroot leaves and feathers make up her palette at this time of year and the results are breathtaking. Wherever she looks she sees possibility and all her ideas are put tougher like a beautiful bouquet in ‘Autumn and Winter Flora’, her book on flower arranging – tips, how to press leaves between sheets of toilet paper, painting warty gourds, wrinkled walnut and crinkled passion fruit. If you think the garden is a dreary mess at the moment, I’d agree with you but Sandra Carson thinks otherwise. His family here have to wait for a year before he gets the all clear from life threatening diseases. We must build on that.Īnd spare a thought for the little two year old boy jabbed by a syringe in Paris airport. They go to dances and they sing along in pubs and they are friends no matter the background of their traditions. Having said all that it must be recognised that there are plenty of young people who are excited by life, who are prepared to seek out employment or set up their own workplaces proving the resilience of the people of Northern Ireland. I’m feeling sorry for myself! Even the chiming clock on the mantlepiece has gone bananas, at five o’clock, six and seven it strikes 11 and I can’t fix it and this morning the squirrel is terrorising the little birds round the feeder but he is very sweet! Hope surfaced again a few years ago, companys from round the world began taking interest, Bill Clinton turned on the Christmas tree lights and people came from all arts and parts to the Christmas markets. Then The Troubles surfaced and the world changed for us all. Growing up in a time of optimism and improving employment figures for most, the contrast of my early days of working in Ulster Television there was good news and bad but there was an atmosphere of hope for the future, the sun shone and the snow was crisp and even.įewer cars on the road, no mobile phones or tablets, freedom to go out at night into town to dance and not worry about attacks, 2/6 bought 20 Olivier cigarettes and the same (roughly 25pence) filled the petrol tank in the old banger shared with my brother. It’s beyond depressing, it’s frightening. I woke up this morning to the rolling news of the world falling apart and, although I won’t be popular for saying so, I feel really sorry for Theresa May, what a poisonous cup she sips from at the moment, and reports that someone plans to murder her, I just wonder where we will all end up. It’s become obvious in chocolate bars, although I don’t indulge in whole nut chocolate any more there was a time last year when there was only three nuts in one bar I bought and I complained! I was told there was a world shortage of nuts! I’ve checked this out with others who confirm there seems to be a concerted effort by manufacturers to save money on quality. I’ve had to buy a variety of boxes and it’s the same with them all, one sneeze and it’s done not even enough of it left to have a good blow. Having sneezed most of the week I’ve a suspicion that tissues are thiner than ever. It’s that time of year when the ‘cold’ strikes to some degree or other. All this and storm Caroline to contend with. However, they have redeemed themselves somewhat by scheduling the start of a three part adaptation of Little Women on the same day. With America waiting in the wings to flex their muscles, Russia wondering how best to retaliate to their sporting exclusion and BBC putting on a ‘gay sex drama’ on Boxing Day just when the family is settling down to relax in front of the fire. Children’s futures are at stake here, wise up and get this sorted. When it comes to Brexit I’ve lost the will to hear more, it seems to me this is a big game being played by very astute or stupid people, I’m not sure which.
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