Angel Treacle & The Final Wednesday Wag.

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Treacle

Thank you to everyone who has left wonderful messages on Treacle’s passing.  It has been a great comfort.  As you can imagine we are still coming to terms with her not being with us and it is very hard, our home feels very empty.

She will always be with us, no matter what, and will live on through our Blog in pictures, on her page and through previous posts and I can’t think of a better way to honour such a faithful and wonderful family member. 

I am sure you are busy playing with Kelly & Kelly and now have your wings.

All our Love Always,

Susie, DH, Eldest & Youngest  xxxx

 

Treacle.

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Our wonderful little girl Treacle passed away yesterday just shy of her Fourteenth birthday.  Youngest had let her out yesterday morning and she had her breakfast and had a play with him and then got in her basket and he left.  Eldest got up at 8.00am and she had passed away in her sleep.  We are all heartbroken. 

Treacle we will Love you Forever.

Hugs & Love, Susie, DH, Eldest & Youngest.

Monday.

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We spent the weekend tidying up from the plasterer being here and the ceilings are drying out nicely.  The weather is still cold here but having the heating on has dried the ceilings so bonus!

DH was out at swimming things and then spent Sunday setting the exhibition up at the NEC for this week.  DH and I are away from Saturday to Scotland for the holiday which was originally booked in 2020, moved to 2021 and then moved to this year!!!  I went and got my hair trimmed today and I have a few other jobs to get done this week before getting packing done.  Usually we have a chaos situation before we go away and I am trying very hard to avoid that this time.

I managed to carve out a little bit of time to read which was lovely and I am busy sorting out the books I want to take away with me. 

Treacle spent the time in the sitting room whilst the plasterer was here and we had moved her basket in there.  As you can see she was not upset at all by the move!

In fact when he had left and I went in to move her basket she would not move!!!!  She loves her basket.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and a good week to come. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Treacle xx

Literary Friday!

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You know that I am a fan of crime fiction and when I was at school I devoured the Agatha Christie books and so too Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes books and stories.  I also think that my Great Grandfather looked a lot like Conan Doyle (I will have to find a picture of him!).

Anyway the show “Elementary” began in 2012 staring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu and I really enjoyed it as it was set in current times with Jonny as Holmes but Lucy Liu as Joan Watson which was a good twist.  The two actors really had a great chemistry and the writers resisted the temptation of writing them as a couple.  Thanks to streaming services I have been able to watch all seven series in order and I again realised how much I really enjoyed it.

When I worked at the solicitors when I first went to work in the 80’s Abbey National Building Society had their head office at 221B Baker Street in London.  Today it houses the museum of Sherlock Holmes.  Alot of people think that Sherlock Holmes was an actual person especially as it was around the same time as Jack The Ripper, there have even been plays and films connecting the two, which is why I think people think he is a real person.  Anyway this is going to be on my list for when we next visit London.

Of course Bookshops abound in London and there really are too many to mention in one go.  One I have been directed to go to, again the next time we are down there, is Foyles on Charing Cross Road.

It was founded in 1903 by brothers William & Gilbert Foyle and in 2018 after 115 years was sold to the big bookstore Waterstones, who bought it to save the high street bookshops from closing because of Amazon and other on-line retailers.

It has five floors covered in books and I will definitely be going to visit. 

Do you prefer bookshops which sell everything or do you prefer bookshops who specialise in one or two subjects?  I personally like to browse along the bookshelves with all subjects in one roof rather than going to different shops.  It is sad to say that a lot of independent bookshops have closed or been bought out by bigger firms.  At one time Waterstones was lambasted for buying local bookshops and closing them down but they are now seen as the saviour of high street bookshops compared to Amazon.

Before Waterstones in Nottingham the above was our bookshop.  It sold all subjects of books and you also went here when you needed any text books for school which they ordered in for you.  I remember going here when I needed all the books for my English Litereature exam. There was a specific desk you went to with list in hand of the books you needed and then they would send you a postcard to say the books were in.  Needless to say when I used to go in to collect school books I always came out with more books to read.

Whatever you are up to this weekend I hope you get time to read, I will be.  Have a great one. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Treacle xx

Thursday Again!

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Not quite had to have a digger in to do the plastering but it was bad enough!  The kitchen has been done today and tomorrow is the Den where I work.  The plasterer is really good and keeps everything clean but it is still a messy job.  DH and I will need to get someone in to decorate after it is all done and dried.  Normally we do all our own painting but we do not have many weekends free. 

Treacle spent the day in the sitting room next to the radiator in her basket and when I went in to see her, she was all curled up fast asleep and looked so, so comfy!

It was quite a shock this morning when we got up as it was snowing!  I mean snowing at the end of March really?!!!!!  It settled a little bit but then melted away but it has snowed on and off all day and it is blowing a gale and feels like the Artic!  The sun has made one or two appearances but it is really cold!

The weekend is chaos as always with DH out on Saturday at swimming things and Sunday he is setting up the business exhibition so I will be clearing up after the mess of these two days and doing other home jobs and if I get on well, some quilting. 

So as it is Thursday I thought I would show you a few #TBT pictures.

Above was two years ago when we were in the first month of the first Lockdown and DH and Eldest decided to take the garden away to increase the parking!!! 

Above is Eldest and Youngest at Glen Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness in 2007.  Eldest was eleven and Youngest was seven.  As you can see it was a bright sunny day but cool.

Youngest, DH and Eldest in DisneyWorld 2010 waiting for the paddle steamer to arrive.  This is on my computer at the moment as my background.  I am busy saving up for a return trip when all the dust settles with the Covid issues. 

I hope you are having a wonderful Thursday you lovely lot. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Treacle xx

#TBT of Treacle from 2012!  She loves lying on the deck as she can see the whole garden and also what we are up to!!!

The Wednesday Wag.

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This was last week, it was lovely and warm and I spent a lot of time outside.

This is this week!  It has gone cold and so I am back in my basket snuggled as I am cold, especially as Mom had all my furs cut off!

Dad also managed to get the lawn cut at the weekend whilst it was still nice so that was one job done but I have not had chance to be out.  Tomorrow Mom and Dad have the plasterer here so I will be moving into the sitting room so I am out of the way of all the plaster dust!  Mom said she will put my basket my the radiator.

I hope you are having a lovely Woofy Wednesday. 

Treacle xx

Ladies Who Lunch!

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Having had a frantic week last week it was lovely today to go out for Lunch with my very good friend, Jayne!

We had lunch at The Joiners Arms in Quarndon and it was lovely food and quite busy for a Tuesday lunchtime.  We sat and had a lovely catch up and got home at 3.30pm!!!  We are arranging another lunch at the end of April after Easter.

Tomorrow is going to be home job day and getting up to date with things as Thursday and Friday this week we have the plasterer coming to do the ceilings in our den, kitchen and laundry.  I am sure I will have to clean again after he has been but at least it will be clean before he starts!

I also have a visit to our dentist on Thursday for teeth cleaning and the weekend is busy as DH is away all next week on another business exhibition which they are setting up on Sunday!  I will be trying to get some more jobs done. 

I hope your Tuesday is going well. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Treacle xx

Where are the Weeks Going To?

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So I started last Monday off with all good intentions of posting something every day and then the week just disappeared and I don’t quite know where to!!!!!  So here is a quick round up of what happened last week!

I did some baking and made two of these, one for us and one for our friend who has had her knee replaced.  However I could not go and see them as her husband had tested positive for Covid!  DH and the Boys have eaten both!

I got three baskets of ironing done and now have another three to do!!!  I am sure it happily breeds in the laundry!!!

Last week we had a few nice days with warm temperatures during the day, although it dropped cold in the evenings.  Treacle enjoyed the sunshine.

The sun also brought out some of the spring bulbs.  I will also get some more pictures of the flowers appearing now we have had some warm weather.  Although it is due to be cold again this week!!!!

Add to my confused brain we put our clocks forward on Saturday night and I absolutely hate losing that hour and never feel quite right until we gain it back in the Autumn.  I love the lighter nights but…….!

Yesterday was Mother’s Day in the UK and I had a lovely day, doing nothing at all which was a real treat for me!!  I had lovely cards from the Boys and some bath bombs!!!  They also very kindly got a few jobs done off my list!!!! 

My Mother and Grandmother!

I didn’t get much reading done last week as by the time I got into bed it was late and I was too tired to read!!!  Hopefully this week will be a little calmer!  I hope you all had a great week and a good week to come. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Treacle xx

National What Day?

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Every day has a different “National Day of …..”.  Obviously Saturday was National/International Quilting Day so I thought I would have a look at what today is.

March 21st

National Poetry Day / International Day of Forests / National Fragrance Day / Harmony Day.

There are also seven more you could choose from!!!

I am not, I must admit, a big fan of poetry and of course we did quite a bit in my English Literature class at school most of which I hated.  However this was a favourite of mine:

Sea-Fever by John Masefield

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;

And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,

And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

 

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

 

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

I have always loved that poem. 

International Day of Forests and of course for me the most famous Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood of Nottingham.  Here is the Major Oak where it is said Robin used to hide from the Sherrif of Nottingham!

National Fragrance Day.  Do you have a favourite scent?  This is mine.  DH bought it for me when Chanel first launched it and I have worn it ever since.  It is quite a warm, spicy scent which I love.  I cannot wear Chanel No. 5 as my Mom used to wear that and when I smell it, it reminds me of her.

Harmony Day: The State of Being in Agreement or Concord

Well we could do with a bit of Harmony in the World at the moment couldn’t we?  Let us hope that a certain person in Moscow is listening!!!!

My Monday did not start harmonously with my trying to talk to the Tax Office (!) as I was trying to set something up and kept going round and round in circles.  However they could not talk to me as I was not on the account, because I needed to set it up and couldn’t!!!!  Irony right.  Perhaps there is a day for irony!!!!

Have a great week you lovely lot. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Treacle xx

 

Other Things I Missed This Week!

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I missed St Patrick’s Day on March 17th!!!!  I hope everyone had a wonderful day!!!

So as well as us donating money to the British Red Cross for Ukraine, Charlie Mackesy got these T-shirts made, money from the sale will go to the Ukraine fund so I bought one.

This is Charlie with his dog, Barney.  He is the author & Illustrator of the book “The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse”.  They are pen and ink drawings and are lovely with words which celebrate kindness and understanding. 

I also follow him on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charliemackesy/).  I just love the drawings they really are magical. 

I am hoping that next week will be a little calmer!  So sorry for no posts this week, I will do better next I promise!!!! 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Treacle xx