Because I’m into genealogy, a friend, E, who’d been watching ‘Who do you think you are?’ was inspired to track down the family of her birth parents and asked for my help. All she had was a death date and the name of the spouse. At first I found nothing. Then E added the maiden name of the spouse. I couldn’t find anything on ancestry.com. But by doing a google search on the two names I found a forum discussing this family. I was able to tell E the year of marriage, the death date of the wife, the sister’s name and death date and the names of the parents. There was also a contact email address for further information on the wife’s family. I forwarded all this to E. She was elated. She even posted on facebook about it, so happy was she. I was pleased for her, but the simple fact was that if she’d done a google search she could’ve found the same information. Never mind – I was happy to help.
After H left to go to a wedding in Wellington, I headed into town to buy yet more paint for the laundry, as well as some more sugar soap and hand moisturiser! I tried two hardware stores but found the first one was the cheapest. I also delivered some old games we’d found when tidying up the spare room. Of six games we were able to find homes for, three were got rid of today.
Once home I had lunch and wondered what to start on first – touching up some skirting or starting on the laundry walls. Then friend HP sent a message to say she was on the deck relaxing and did I want to join her. I thought “bugger it, I will” and did so. We sat in the very hot sun under a cloudless blue sky and had non-alchoholic cold drinks. Although I wasn’t wasting the sunny day being inside, I still felt the need to do something and suggested to HP that we check out a cafe on the other side of the gorge. She was happy to. I should have done yesterday’s trip today as the weather was magnificent.
The cafe was lovely and we sat outside in very pleasant surroundings having cold drinks. We nosied around the place for a bit then took the walking track, which ended up at a play area by the bridge. As we headed back, HP, who has a good eye for photographs, mentioned that she’d like to stop smoking and save the money to buy a camera. She’d been inspired by looking at some scenes and wanting to photograph it. All she had was her mobile camera.
We headed back to the car, returned to my place and had some more cold drinks – lemon, lime and bitters cordial with soda water, which she really enjoyed. She thanked me for the outing today and repeated that she was inspired. She even said she’d like to go on photography trips. I was pleased.
I’d mentioned that the vineyard up the road was open tomorrow and she was keen to visit, so we’ll head up there tomorrow afternoon.
So far, my ‘resolution’ to get out more is going ok. We’ll see how long it lasts, particularly when winter sets in.
I wonder what H will say when she returns to find I’ve done absolutely nothing around the house 🙂 I did do one noticeable thing though – I took down the Christmas tree and decorations.
Yay for you getting out and about! You are being quite an inspiration photography wise 🙂
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