A Special Day

Yesterday was a very special day.

I went to the optician to have my eyes tested in the morning. I didn't need new glasses which is a surprise. I occasionally use them for reading.

In the afternoon my friend Lindy came with her 3 children. Lindy is wonderful and has written an article for every Flutewise magazine since the beginning - 1988. She's been very busy recently having babies. Tabitha is nearly 4, Rupert, who is my Godson, is nearly 2 and their new brother, Edward is 4 months old. It was lovely to see them. Our house isn't really that well-equipped for little people these days, but Tabitha and Rupert managed to entertain themselves 'cleaning' my kitchen floor. We went for a walk around our park and we had some tea and a biscuit.

Then my Aunty Betty died. I wrote about her a while ago. She was a very, very special person and I feel very sad. She had been ill for a while. We lit the candle for her in the cathedral in Orlean when we were on holiday and I took the photo to show her when I next went to visit. I was trying to organise to go up there, Newcastle upon Tyne, next week. I will be going now, sadly for her funeral. I'm not quite sure when I'm going yet, I'll find out the arrangements on Monday.

So while I'm away, can you talk nicely again amongst yourselves about the flute, music, the meaning of life and anything else? If you do even better than last time I'll award some more prizes - Aunty Betty would have liked that.