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An overnight thunderstorm had freshened the garden and reduced the temperature to a degree that Jackie could continue weeding, hacking, and planting; and I was able to enjoy the game of wandering around seeking her piles of garden waste for me to gather up and transfer to the compost heap or the orange bags for the dump.
In between times, for the next instalment of ‘A Knight’s Tale, I amended some text and
included these two photographs from ‘Pink Petticoats’.
I then scanned another batch of colour negatives from 1990.
I converted to black and white this image of Lindum House made that May.
These show the colours.
Matthew created a testing improvised seesaw for the ever-game Louisa. The dog belonged to Jessica’s cousin Caroline.
James Bird, who here swings with Louisa, is the lad who found the coot.
Perhaps more cosy in the hammock, Wolf and Luci were another pair of swingers;
more precarious were the Rat Pack – popular little pets, of course.
In July, at the Staunton temple opening, featured in the coot post highlighted above, Jessica shares some amusement with an attractive elderly guest.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s excellent lamb korai, sag ponir, and boiled rice. I finished the cabernet sauvignon. Jackie had consumed her Peroni on the patio beforehand.
Love Hammocks. And what a swing that is!
Many thanks, Alex
The rat pack sure were game. 😀
Thanks a lot, Widders
Is there a story about the plaster cast on the one lad’s foot?
Thanks, Maggie. There is. As mentioned on the linked post, my brother Chris had broken his leg in our garden in Raynes Park.
Ah. I shall check it out.
I love the photo of you and Chris, Derrick. The rats…not so much! Great photos!
Many thanks, Jill. I hoped the rats wouldn’t cause distress.
I was teleported to ‘New Petticoats’ by the link you have offered. It was a pleasure meeting you and Chris as kids! The monochrome conversion adds a mystic aura to the building.
Many thanks, Uma
Looking forwards to the release of your memoirs. 🙂
Has Jackie any plans to write her memoirs? I want to know what she’s thinking every time you photograph her working…
Thanks, Quercus. I’ll put it to her 🙂
🙂
These are quite something! Thanks for sharing
Many thanks, Geetha
Welcome Derrick 🙂
Delightful! Great b&w pictures, and the swing, the hammock and the seesaw — reminded me instantly of my earlier days — but the rats on the swing take the prize!
Many thanks, Cynthia
My son liked his rats, one lived for about five years, we let Argo run through the house (and I may have shared he would return to one corner of his open door cage to ear and another to use the “bathroom.”) Rats are so smart and clean.
I liked all the fun loving family photos are lovely and the house with yard very pastoral. Happy weekend to you and Jackie. Loved your title. . . 🙂
Very many thanks, Robin. Very pleased you liked the title 🙂
Love that photo with the hammock! Thank you for sharing, Derrick!
Many thanks, Sofia
My Son’s rats kept the Mother-in-law away….you never the benefits that may come. Enjoyed your pictures please.
Thanks very much, Annell
Beautiful photos for your memoir! And I love those rats on the swing. My nephew used to keep pet rats.
Many thanks, Lavinia
Those houses always look so great until you see the insides of them in Escape to the Country
It was very great. We lived there for 19 years
Lindum House was your home (or your parents’)?– I now think yours per the above comment! Stately home and such great people pics, as ever–you were so young once, Derrick, how lovely!… weren’t we all and good thing we still carry on, Good to see you doing more for your memoir.
Many thanks, Cynthia. That was, indeed, our home. Mum said it was exactly like my paternal grandparents home in Wimbledon, which explains why I felt it most familiar when we went to view it.
So soothing. 🙂
Many thanks, Micheline