18:30 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad og derefter bruger vi aftenen på at
se lidt fjernsyn. De viser Top of the Pops fra januar 1981: endnu flere John Lennon sange i den
sentimentale bølge, der fulgte sangerens død. Du godeste! Kom så mennesker, det
er tid at komme videre med livet! Januar 1981 må have været en lang måned – det
ved jeg med sikkerhed!
Derefter viser de ”The Good Old Days” fra april 1973, et program der prøvede
at genskabe stemningen af den victorianske og edwardianske ”music-hall” eller
”vaudeville” (dvs varietéteater).
Det er interessant, at programmets vært, Leonard Sachs, hilste en dansk
familie, der sad i balkonen. Familien havde rejst fra Danmark specielt for at
se showet. Jeg undrer mig, hvor disse familie er i dag!
Da Lois og jeg oprindeligt i 1973 så dette show, var vi begge to 26 år
gamle, og vi havde været gift kun i 8
måneder. Vi boede i 1973 på Kroningsvej, i et hus, der ligger kun 300 yards fra
vores nuværende hus – du godeste, det føles som i går! Tiden flyver virkelig af
sted – det er jeg ikke i tvivl om !!!!
1973 - Lois i England (Bristol)
1973 - Lois i Wales
Mig i Skotland - Lois og jeg i 1973 på 26 år.
Du godeste – det føles som i går!
22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzz!!!!
03:30 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på Facebook. Jeg ser et
charmerende foto af vores 2,5-årige børnebørn, Lily og Jessica, som vores
svigersøn, Francis, forleden tog i Australien. Jeg undrer mig, om tvillingerne
stadig vil huske Lois og mig, når vi senere på året besøger familien – du
godeste!
Vores 2,5-årige ”australske” børnebørn,
Jessica (til venstre) og Lily
Jeg ser også, at sneen for tiden næsten er forsvundet i København. Vores
ældste datter, Alison, har lagt det følgende foto op på sin Facebook-side.
Fotoet viser den internationale skole, som hendes 3 børn, Josie, Rosalind, og
Isaac går i. Sneen er næsten forsvundet, men nogle elever bringer stadigvæk
deres slæder med for at hygge sig under frikvarteret. Du godeste! Sikke en skør
verden vi lever i!
Nogle elever bringer stadig deres slæder
med i skole, selvom sneen er næsten forsvundet – uha!
07:10 Det begynder at blive lyst, så jeg beslutter at tage en kort tur i
nabolaget. Min rute: Bouncers Lane, Priorsvej, Halesvej og tilbage igen.
Klokken er 07:10 og jeg går en kort tur i
nabolaget
Steve, min amerikanske svigerbror, fortalte mig forleden, at Simpsons,
en lokal restaurant i Cheltenham, har igen vundet prisen for Englands bedste
fish-and-chip shop. Jeg beslutter at gå forbi butikken nu for at se, om de allerede
har opdateret deres skilt, eller ej. Jeg opdager, at der stadigvæk står ”2013”,
den sidste gang, restauranten vandt prisen. Kom så, Simpsons! Skynd jer! Gå i gang!!!!
Klokken er 07:29. Jeg
går forbi Simpsons, Englands nuværende bedste fish-and-chip shop – hurra! Men
det står stadigvæk ”2013” på skiltet – uha!
08:30 Bob, vores nabo, ringer
på døren. Han giver os to ænder-æg – nam nam nam!
11:00 Vi kører over til Stoke
Orchard-genbrugscentret for at smide nogle af de ting, Sarah og Francis
efterlod i vores garage, da de for 7 uger siden flyttede til Australien. Vi
kører hjem og slapper af med en kop te på sofaen.
12:00 Jeg går i seng og tager
mig en lang lur – zzzzzz! Jeg har for tiden besluttet at eksperimentere med at
tage en lur sidst på formiddagen, i stedet for først på eftermiddagen. Hidtil
går eksperimentet meget godt!
13:00 Jeg står op og vi spiser
frokost: Bobs to ænder-æg på toast – nam nam nam!
13:30 Bob ringer på døren
igen. Han præsenterer for mig sin ven/slægtning, Phil, der er interesseret i at
købe Sarahs og Francis’s bil (Saab). Phil undersøger bilens karosseri, og
bemærker, at bilens udstødningsystem er meget rustent – uha! Han beder om en
prøvetur. Vi kører alle tre (Phil, Bob og mig) i bilen næsten til Winchcombe byen
og tilbage igen. Phil kan lide bilen, men han tilbyder desværre væsentligt mindre,
end prisen Francis har angivet. Han giver mig sin email-adresse, så Francis og
han kan prutte med hinanden – hurra! Jeg ønsker ikke at blive involveret, det
ved jeg med sikkerhed!
14:00 Vi ringer til Sarah. Vi
diskuterer hvornår det vil være bedst for os at besøge dem. Lois og jeg ville
hellere besøge fra september til november, men vi fornemmer, at Sarah og
Francis hellere vil have, at vi besøger fra marts til maj eller fra april til
juni. Vi har været lidt bekymrede over, om vores baghave bliver en sand jungle,
hvis vi i foråret er væk hjemmefra, men vi er blevet klar over, at vi kunne
betale en gartner for, at han kommer med jævne mellemrum og luge den, klippe
græsset osv. Vi ved ikke for øjeblikket, hvad det koster at ansætte en gartner
– uha!
Sarah vil i februar måned
prøve at finde et job i Perth som revisor. Hun og Francis er glade for, at de
har fundet i nabolaget en god legegruppe, som tvillingerne kan deltage i
startende fra den 1. februar.
16:00 Lois og jeg slapper af
med en kop te på sofaen....
English translation
Friday,
01/22/2016 at 1630 till Saturday, 01.23.2016 at 1629
18:30 Lois and I eat dinner and then we spend the evening watching TV. They show Top of the Pops, from January 1981: even more John Lennon songs in the sentimental wave that followed the singer's death. My Goodness! Come on people, it's time to get on with life! January 1981 must have been a long month - I know that for sure!
18:30 Lois and I eat dinner and then we spend the evening watching TV. They show Top of the Pops, from January 1981: even more John Lennon songs in the sentimental wave that followed the singer's death. My Goodness! Come on people, it's time to get on with life! January 1981 must have been a long month - I know that for sure!
They then show the "The Good Old Days" from April 1973, a program
that tried to recreate the atmosphere of the Victorian and Edwardian
"music-hall" or "vaudeville" (ie music halls).
It is interesting that the program's host, Leonard Sachs, welcomed a Danish
family who sat in the balcony. The family had traveled from Denmark specifically
to see the show. I wonder where this family is today!
When Lois and I originally in 1973 saw this show, we were both 26 years old and we had been married only eight months. We lived in 1973 on Kroningsvej, in a house that is only 300 yards from our current house - my goodness, it feels like yesterday! Time really flies - of that I am in no doubt !!!!
1973- Lois in England (Bristol) (aged 26)
1973 - Lois in Wales (aged 26)
1973 Me in Scotland (aged 26)
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!
3:30 I get up early and take a look at Facebook. I see a charming photo of our 2.5-year-old grandchildren, Lily and Jessica, which our son, Francis, took the other day in Australia. I wonder whether the twins will still remember Lois and me when we visit the family later this year - my goodness!
Our 2.5 year-old "Australian" grandchildren, Jessica (left)
and Lily
I also see that the snow currently has almost disappeared in Copenhagen. Our oldest daughter, Alison, has put the following photo up on her Facebook page. The photo shows the international school, which her three children, Josie, Rosalind, and Isaac go to. The snow is almost gone, but some students still bring their sleds with them to enjoy themselves during recess. My Goodness! What a crazy world we live in!
I also see that the snow currently has almost disappeared in Copenhagen. Our oldest daughter, Alison, has put the following photo up on her Facebook page. The photo shows the international school, which her three children, Josie, Rosalind, and Isaac go to. The snow is almost gone, but some students still bring their sleds with them to enjoy themselves during recess. My Goodness! What a crazy world we live in!
Some students still bring their sleds to school, even though the snow
has almost disappeared - oh dear!
07:10 It
starts to get light, so I decide to take a short walk in the neighborhood. My
route: Bouncers Lane, Priorsvej, Halesvej and back again.
The time is 7:10 and I go for a short walk in the neighborhood
Steve, my American brother-in-law, told me the other day that Simpson's, a local restaurant in Cheltenham, has again won the award for Britain's best fish-and-chip shop. I decide to walk past the shop now to see if they have already updated their sign or not. I find that it still says "2013", the last time the restaurant won the award. Come on, Simpsons! Hurry up! Get going!!!!
Steve, my American brother-in-law, told me the other day that Simpson's, a local restaurant in Cheltenham, has again won the award for Britain's best fish-and-chip shop. I decide to walk past the shop now to see if they have already updated their sign or not. I find that it still says "2013", the last time the restaurant won the award. Come on, Simpsons! Hurry up! Get going!!!!
The time is 7:29. I walk past Simpsons, England's current best fish-and-chip
shop - hurray! But it still says "2013" on the sign - oh dear!
11:00 We drive over to Stoke Orchard recycling center to throw out some of the things Sarah and Francis left in our garage when 7 weeks ago they moved to Australia. We go home and relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.
12:00 I go to
bed and take me a long nap - zzzzzz! I have now decided to experiment with
taking a nap in the late morning, instead of early afternoon. So far, the
experiment goes very well!
13:00 I get up and have lunch: Bob's two duck-eggs on toast - nam nam nam!
13:30 Bob doorbell rings again. He presents to me his friend / relative, Phil, who is interested in buying Sarah's and Francis's car (Saab). Phil investigates the car body, and notes that the car's exhaust system is very rusty - oh dear! He asks for a test drive. We drive all three (Phil, Bob and me) in the car almost to Winchcombe town and back again. Phil likes the car, but he offers unfortunately, substantially less than the price Francis indicated. He gives me his email address so Francis and he can haggle with each other - hurray! I do not want to get involved, I know that for sure!
14:00 We call Sarah. We discuss when it would be best for us to visit them. Lois and I would rather visit from September to November, but we sense that Sarah and Francis would rather have us visiting from March to May or April to June. We've been a little worried whether our backyard would become a true jungle, if we are away from home in the spring, but we are aware that we could pay a gardener to come regularly and weed it, cut the grass and so on. We do not know for the moment what it costs to hire a gardener - oh!
In February Sarah will try to find a job in Perth as accountant. She and Francis are happy that they have found in the neighborhood a good play-group that the twins can participate in starting from 1 February.
16:00 Lois and I relax with a cup of tea on the couch ....
13:00 I get up and have lunch: Bob's two duck-eggs on toast - nam nam nam!
13:30 Bob doorbell rings again. He presents to me his friend / relative, Phil, who is interested in buying Sarah's and Francis's car (Saab). Phil investigates the car body, and notes that the car's exhaust system is very rusty - oh dear! He asks for a test drive. We drive all three (Phil, Bob and me) in the car almost to Winchcombe town and back again. Phil likes the car, but he offers unfortunately, substantially less than the price Francis indicated. He gives me his email address so Francis and he can haggle with each other - hurray! I do not want to get involved, I know that for sure!
14:00 We call Sarah. We discuss when it would be best for us to visit them. Lois and I would rather visit from September to November, but we sense that Sarah and Francis would rather have us visiting from March to May or April to June. We've been a little worried whether our backyard would become a true jungle, if we are away from home in the spring, but we are aware that we could pay a gardener to come regularly and weed it, cut the grass and so on. We do not know for the moment what it costs to hire a gardener - oh!
In February Sarah will try to find a job in Perth as accountant. She and Francis are happy that they have found in the neighborhood a good play-group that the twins can participate in starting from 1 February.
16:00 Lois and I relax with a cup of tea on the couch ....
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