Recently Sue and I have been working hard on our new apiary at Forster Road and have almost completed our shed. Like me it's a just a tiny bit skew-whiff but it works. Sue has been digging for victory removing ancient and gnarled bramble roots while her ancient and gnarled partner is clambering over the shed finding problems for solutions. The ground looks like Sue has been given a treasure map with the vital X missing or has been doing a Saint Sue and visiting with the local moles. She has also dug a dozen or two post holes ready for the screen-fence and in every way has been a dynamo in rather delightful human form. Boy, would the escape commitee in Colditz have been blessed by her; she can mine for England - sorry should be the US but you know what I mean.
Last Sunday morning was raining felines and canines when we went to Hook Farm and set up a cheese 'n' wine party to say thank you for the support the plotholders have given in getting permission for the apiary on the allotments. As we were setting up Sue muttered "we forgot the cheese!!!" With a tight smile on my face I whispered leave it to me and drove off like a loony in search of a deli which, on not-so-sunny Sunday in Bromley Common would appear like wishful thinking. However less than a quarter of a mile away the dear old Co-op had its egalitarian doors open and an amazingly large selection of various cheese in the cold cabinet - so that was a quick thank you to The Man up There and back to the motley laden with Edam, Leicester,Cheddar and some strange but interesting stuff with peaches or something embedded in it - it tasted good whatever it was.
Teddy - the site manager/secretary/procurer of free dung - true to form was bustling around happily wearing a horrible green plastic mac that may have originally been used to wrap nuclear waste. It was tied in the middle with baling twine ( I think.) A dozen or so brave souls came along and were very friendly to us and each other as they always are there. I just munched on cheese and crackers and grinned inanely as usual and everybody was thinking what deep intelligent thoughts that deep intelligent fellow Apianus is having when actually I was wondering if anybody would notice I was snaffling all the little square cheesy biscuits and the Hovis digestives and wondering if I would ever be dry again.
The rain didn't clear much but we still spent a couple of lotus eating hours there and I get the feeling that nothing could ever disturb the peace and warmth of that place.
We are getting there with the website though all this mumbo-jumbo about hosting and megathingys is as meaningful as an Aztec language version of Winnie the Pooh to me. Fortunately the wise Sue has got her friend Johanna on the case and by miracle of modern communication she is building it in downtown California.
And there was I just getting used to using a quill pen. Ah well, onwards and where did you say my phone was?
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