Martin worked in the garden all morning, and Ronan and Craig from Tom Sutton Heating checked faults in two radiators. The latter diagnosis was a blocked pipe which necessitates their returning in about a month’s time with a machine to clear it.
I therefore stayed at home while Jackie went shopping.
Today our gardening friend completed his work on weeding the gravelled Gazebo Path, thereby providing a clear walkway the whole length from the iron urn to the southern fence.
I had not noticed when photographing Jackie studying the contents of this antiques cubicle at the Redcliffe Garden Centre Emporium that there was a row of five cut glasses on the third shelf from the bottom beside her left elbow. Why not a set of six? The answer was because she was holding one. She made no purchase. I must have known.
While out this morning she returned to the antiques centre and came back with these cut glasses.
At intervals during the day I completed my reading of The Saga of Dietrich of Bern which I expect to review tomorrow.
This evening we dined on oven fish, chips, and peas.
Lovely glasses. I hope you get through the upcoming fall/winter without heating problems. It would be a nice change. Hurrah for the esteemable Martin.
Thank you very much, Pat
The garden path looks wonderful, and the glasses are lovely. I’m sure Jackie will find a good use for them.
Thank you very much, Merril
For me, it is such a pleasure to look on a garden path newly weeded. Thank goodness for help and for gardens.
Thanks very much, Crystal
Beautiful pathways in your garden and those are mighty fine looking glasses! Good choice, Jackie!
Beautiful garden pathway, gorgeous glasses and a fine sounding meal! <3
Thank you very much, Donna
Lovely glass, I’d pay £20 for them! Martin did his magic again!
Thanks very much, John
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So lovely to have that gardening help. Such pretty glasses. Does Jackie have a particular use in mind?
Thanks very much, Laurie. Just the right size for Diet Coke or Hoegaarden.
Cheers!
Those glasses are gorgeous – I’ve done exactly the same as Jackie.
Thanks very much, Sue
The gravelled Gazebo Path looks great. Martin is the best!
Thank you so much, Rosaliene
“The glance of Love is crystal clear.” ~ Rumi
“A fine meal…is a delight in itself; add a glass of wine-gleaming red or translucent greenish gold-and delectation will be doubled.” ~ Alexis Lichine
Thanks very much, Ivor
You’re welcome Derrick
The garden pathways really do look wonderful! I know you and Jackie will enjoy them and the glasses!
Thank you very much JoAnna
You can tell from the many comments about the glasses how well appreciated they are. I am drawn to glasses in charity shops – the older ones have far more interesting shapes and designs (and tend to be more robust) than modern ones. Clear paths are a joy to walk along: the gusty winds here have made mine disappear under a carpet of leaves!
Thank you very much, Anne. I guess we have the leaves to come
YAY for Martin’s wonderful work! Everything looks so beautiful!
OH! The new-old glasses are so lovely! Enjoy them!
(((HUGS))) ❤️❤️
Thanks very much Carolyn XX
Love the glasses. I bought a couple of bowls recently. Marc said you don’t need those. Might be something you say to Jackie sometimes 🙂
That is funny. She said we didn’t need them. I said it wasn’t about need. She agreed. Thanks very much, Sherry
Heh, way to go, Jackie. 😀
Thank you very much from each of us, Widders
In another insight into my moral degradation, I realised that we don’t have anything in sets these days. When we move house I may try to return to civilised norms.
Incomplete sets have a story all their own. We knew of a very good restaurant back east that deliberately had such settings. You are in good company. 🙂
🙂 Suddenly I feel avant garde. Thank you. 🙂
Thanks a lot, Quercus
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Those cut glasses Jackie brought home are beautiful, Derrick. Martin has done an excellent job on the garden, and I am glad the source of the radiator problems has been found and will be fixed before cold weather hits..
Thank you very much, Lavinia
My compliments to Jackie for an elegant purchase. I would’ve bought them too.
Thank you so much, Dolly
You are very welcome, Derrick.
Lovely garden and those glasses look great. Are they baccarat?
Not likely, Geetha, but they are handmade and do have pontil marks. They were sold loose – possibly from 1950s
Sterling work all round and a lovely set of glasses
Thank you very much, Sheree
The garden paths look great! Wide enough to skip merrily down.
Thanks very much, Liz
You’re welcome, Derrick.