New Year's Day concert from Vienna was as always a delight. Tribute to Bruckner born 1824 in the interval from Vienna. This is fun! To St John's for midday Mass and then to the Westow pub for lunch with Andrew, Danny, Michael and Tom. Interesting sermon from Fr Tom on the circumcision. Trout and chocolate brownie. We were sitting in front of Jim Jelley at Mass and I asked if they were coming to lunch. They said they were going to visit someone celebrating 100 years old today called Ada. We got a card and flowers and went to visit her. She looks frail but Sylvia has an excellent setup to get her in and out of bed. Nice cake. Met her son and granddaughters. Only connect, University challenge, Mastermind, Wild Scandinavia, Bake off.
Tuesday windy and wet so no swim. A lot of time getting my laptop linked to the printer. The Vortex play by Noel Coward - Hamlet influnce. Margaret Leighton excellent. Mr Barnes and the Post Office very disturbing. Wild Scandinavia. We both saw mouse in the lounge. Peppermint spray.
Wed took Liz for blood test and on way back to Post office to post parcel to Jersey. Bruce's phone was playing up. Storm Henk blew table and chairs over in garden. Lots of twigs for the compost bin. Swim. Had not been for over a week! Put together photos for framing from my birthday but cannot get the printer to print them in colour. No family calendar this year.Excellent Epiphany carols from Royal Holloway. Assembled first wooden planters for garden. Mr Bates vs the Post Office exposes corruption and lies. Shocking. Digging for Britain.
Constructed the second 3 container wooden planter for garden. This time I assembled it outside. To Graham Spalding's funeral which was splendid. Durufle and Kontakion. Nice to see people again. LSi UK zoom. Digging for Britain and Mr Bates vs the post office plus the real people involved.
Friday lie-in so no swim. Cleared up the garden and twigs cut up and leaves into the compost bin. Father Brown. Finished A death in the parish by Richard Coles. An odd book - he seems keen to include C of E material! Best of DGG on you tube.
Saturday Sm from Scotland. To Precious Blood for Ian Shaw's interesting recital. I thought his own tribute to Richard Lloyd sounded better there than on St John's organ. Bach, Dubois, Durufle, Janacek (very odd). Met Bishop Philip and he talked about Dan Higgins setting up training for young organists in Hertfordshire.
To Mass and David thanked me again for offering to be on the readers rota. Kings not in the crib and the wrong collects. Sentences omitted and priest did not clean hands. Finished the 500 piece jigsaw Grandad's workshop - a delight. We now have TV working in dining room again. Cost £20. Good Life tribute programme.
Epiphany played Buxtehude and Gade on How brightly shines and we sang Brighest and best set by Malcolm Archer. This is a lovely setting - there was a horrid version on the service on radio 4 at 8. Sorry to hear of the passing of John Parkes and surprised that the funeral is at St Mary’s on the 22nd at 12. John was a stalwart at St John’s for many years. Burdette's mother died on Christmas Eve aged 94 in Cardiff.
Lovely Epiphany carols. Tommy Hewitt-Jones What child is this, Ian Shaw St John tells us which was written for Lionel and Jill's 40 th wedding anniversary, Paul Edwards Small wonder all new to me. Had a chat to Jim Jelley. Call the midwife and pottery throw down are back.
Monday woke at 9.30 after being awake at 4. Chat to Ann - they are off to Melbourne for 2 weeks for the tennis. Swam 16 and aerobics - back was twinging a bit. To Phoenix centre and joined for a year. The speaker was a replacement Christopher Bowden a local author. He was dull and boring! Nice to see Miles's Mum and Sylvia Dibbs. To West Norwood. Luckily Liz had gone before me as the party was not at St Matthew's nor at Trinity Baptist. It was at Chatswood Road Baptist. L'arche and celebrating Fr David Standley's 88th. I do not think he has long to go because of the cancer. Elaine Matthews rang in the middle of it about John Parkes' funeral. Snow showers.
Tuesday swam 20. Liz served at Beckenham funeral Victoria was on duty and it turns out it was a Catenian Paul Carr. I enjoyed the LMP zoom about Parry and the centenary concert. It sounds like we the 100 faces may be involved in Ligeti's 100 metronomes. To quiet time and Briwn leant me two books and we had a good chat about the climate vigil and the Post Office scandal. Lazy day at the beach jigsaw. Organists association recordings on 3 zooms including Daniel playing Cockaigne and S-S 3 at the Fairfield. It is good to hear of how well Bromley musicians have done.
Wed took Liz to Penge to go to serve at funeral at Beckenham and she did shopping. Swim. Two programmes about Sir Nicholas Winton and Cambridgeshire crucifixion archaeology. Repair shop. Very cold. Interesting programme on 2 Turners stolen from Tate.
Thursday Liz to see s.d. Swim and art and good progress on the background. Nice chat to Aileen. Mother Roxanne has left South Norwood to become director of ordinands. 6 local parishes are in interregnum. Cheltenham group with Magda. Digging for Britain. Outside Christmas tree put away. Nest box fixed to shed. More on jigsaw. Nature in Norway. Vespers from Belmont.
Friday jigsaw finished. St Aelred. Sent appeak against 2 fines Hammersmith and Fulham Could take 55 days for a reply. Took Liz to gym too late to swim so to Unacc and Trinity back. 3 people interested in 100 Faces of Croydon so I rang Flyn and sent an email. He was delighted. Claire came and brought Roses chocs! Andrea Chenier from Bologna. Digging for Britain very good series. Put up hooks in shed. Beethoven DGG concert from Berlin. Tablet came on time!
Saturday SM Regents canal at King's Cross. To Pret to meet Louise, Ciaran and Sean and to see David Hockney at NPG. Very busy. White and Case sponsored it. His early sketches are brilliant. Do not like the Normandy portraits. Lunch at St Martin's cafe and booked for Life Feb 2. To National Gallery to see Pesselino - exquisite. Bought 2 tree decorations. To Mass and a new young server. Fr Damian is moving on. The Effect a most disturbing play from NT at home. Orpheus Offenbach semi staged Elbphilharmonie.
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