Half Irish Letter

16 May 2009
Good day to all!

I lost 2/3 of the letter and will not even try to re-do it
What ever went before is gone
The young robins are hopping around from branch to branch , and the mag- pies, not my favourite, they are real scavengers have 5 fledglings. The black birds are only building nests now. We had gold finches and bull finches visiting the hedge sparrows are native to the back hedge and never leaves.
The pigeons are also around but their call is so deceiving and we cannot find out where they are nesting!
2 hours later:
Had the ‘boerewors ‘ BUT it needs a bit of ’ umpf ‘ and the meat was too finely minced , so the next batch should be better , but in the meantime we have 9 packets to eat through ! Hahahaha!
Next week I have 3 nights of work and then I will be on leave for a month, we are looking forward to Isabel’s visit and the weather will just have to improve!
It is time now for good wishes to all who are doing exams, those who are travelling must do it safely and there is always the hope for rain where it is needed, good crops and for those who are planning weddings, may it go well, and those who are recuperating, may all be well!
Best wishes to the only birthday in my book Sandra in Exeter on the 22nd!
Tomorrow is the best day of the week and our own preacher is back, we had visitors from California who took the children’s 10 minutes and because there were not enough children the visiting minister in his broad American accent took the whole congregation into an informal story telling ,question session, and this very conservative group of elderly people responded very slowly and in order to keep going I offered most of the answers otherwise we would still have been sitting there! Big Stephen who was suppose to give the sermon were cut short by a good 15 minutes and he had to rush to be in time for the service in Mullingar ½ hr away!
We are entertained for the next 3 hours to Euro Vision and some would have been in a circus.
I greet you with kind regards
Watch your step
Us in Cranleymore Midlands Ireland.