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It's been a pretty quiet day in The Library. I guess the weather didn't help - it didn't really get light until lunchtime and the rain was cascading down the roads on the way to work. I wouldn't have ventured out if I didn't have to. Also I suppose lots of people are off Christmas shopping and doing other things to prepare for the coming celebrations.
We did have the last French class before Christmas - there were around 20 of them - all in pretty good sprits. "We're in the Alps" on lady enigmatically told me when they emerged for coffee at half-time. One thing I will say about the French class - the coffee they make smells divine! I hate coffee - but theirs smells just gorgeous. Definitely not your run-of-the-mill instant.
No lace ladies today - as they finished last week so that this Tuesday they could go for their Christmas Meal. They kept it traditional and went to Buffet Island - the Chinese restaurant down the road from our house.
Talking of celebrations - one of our regular customers (in at least three time a day!!) Mr Coxon had a birthday yesterday - he was 79! He is the one that we taught how to use Facebook - so he could talk to his son abroad - and see what he was getting up to. He came in this morning and told me he had a hangover. His son (now home) and ex-wife had taken him out for the evening. It seems that they got through most of the bottle of Irish whiskey that Tracy and I got him for his birthday. No wonder he had a headache and couldn't think straight :-0
He did make me laugh when he told me that his son had decided to stay over with him - and when he went to close the curtains he pulled the whole lot down on top of him! He described it like something out of Fawlty Towers. I think they managed to get them back up by using the fittings from the bathroom curtains. Sounded like quite a palaver!
He says he doesn't feel 79!
Forgot to say that we put our tree up at the weekend too.
here are a few pictures. Boodle cat was pretty excited - by the empty box that the tree had come out of. Then he got bored of sitting in that and fell asleep.
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| This is how excited Boodle was.... |
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| The Finished Tree |
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| Black tree - Silver decorations :-) |
I am quite excited though :-)
I just want to say what a very special person and librarian we have in Berni. Her colleague Tracy has been brilliant too, but it was Berni who took my breath away when I arrived at the Library for the last session this term with the wonderful 'Keele Poets at Silverdale' group.
ReplyDeleteWould you believe it: "our' room, which we loved for the past 3 years, was already set out with a circle of chairs AND tea/coffee, two full kettles, tiny jugs of milk, suggar in the sugar bowls, napkins, mince pies, Christmas cake - and, as if that wasn't enough, a smiling chocolate Santa!
It reminded us all of the day we rang Berni is some desperation as our other premises had folded. She was so welcoming and cheerful on the phone and promised us that the library was full of sunlight! She was right: the Library is full of sunshine, but not just the daylight sort. She and Tracy have always been incredibly helpful.
Have a great Christmas and New Year - you deserve it after the year you've had!
See you when we all roll up for our special session with John Lindley on January 10 - thanks to Berni's colleague Farida! Lucky us :)
Everything of the best to you and your family.
Caroline x