Eliza! What a great project and grand result!

Country:
R left early this morning to drive to country to pick up stuff he bought at Sunday's auction. "de-clutter" is not in his vocabulary, or anywhere is his concept of life. Charming small roll-top desk needing minor repair has been added to "how many desks DO you have!" OK, not my problem. Beautiful old medicine cabinet - if we ever have a place to put it for real. Good thing he has lots of storage space - 1000s of sf. Not sure if that is fortunate or unfortunate?

I came down also and we met in Huntingdon where a property had been erroneously listed - by a realtor I shall NEVER have anything to do with. Incorrect listing plus non-responsive to both email and phone.

But all was not lost. We stopped at the cafe Racine, where my pottery is nicely displayed. R had a wonderful lunch and we split a scrumptious strawberry tart. Vanessa gave me the remains of a choc mousse cake her dad made. We can have it on the weekend. Of course I bought a couple pastries. They are beyond wonderful. Surely I will settle down after I have had one of each!

The three of us talked a bit about buying a property together so I have spent some of the afternoon looking again. We do have similar requirements and we each have income and R offers a modest down payment. Could we LIVE together or find a place where we can live sort of separately? Possibilities. Dear Emily Dickinson. R went back to the city.

I did have a nice lunch and read a bit before going on line. Now I have two hours before writers' group and am wanting to do something useful. So off to the studio to see.

Smells like SPRING. Close to 40 F outside and thawing like mad! - for another couple days then cold again. Should be seeing some bare ground this weekend!!