This is what Family Search tell me, but I am somewhat suspicious of their research. In fact, downright sceptical! View the tree HERE. It is a nice thought, to be his 11th cousin. The name Clotworthy Skeffington is wonderful . . .
Well, progress has been made on the quilt and in the garden. Yesterday, I finally sewed the first bit of sashing in and I have to say, the inaccuracies have backed off now and aren't so visible (except to my eagle eye!) Hoping to make more progress today but it's childcare day today and tomorrow, so I'm not holding my breath. I have promised baking and sowing some seeds. I need to make another super-calorie rice pudding and Potato Dauphinoise too.
Emma and Danny put the staging together yesterday, so I'm ready to go in the greenhouse (though I fear not much progress will take place for a while as it's currently minus 3 C . . .) They also got cracking with the Summerhouse and Danny put some easing oil onto the screws and managed to get the jammed door off, and then sanded it top and bottom where the winter damp had swelled the wood. We managed to get Emma's heavy massage table up the steps and not fall in the pond with it :) So things are taking shape and they will start decorating it next weekend, inside and out. They cleared away leaves from the pond and we had a tidy up that end of the garden. They bought two packs of wildflower seeds from Tesco to strew in the bottom paddock, so that should look pretty this summer. It was sunny all day, and warmish despite there being a covering of snow on the hills round about here. All in all we got plenty of fresh air, and little "I" had great fun outside.
I managed to force myself to make jam on Saturday, but the strawberry had to be boiled up again - did it in the microwave as a small amount, and then of course, it exploded, so ended up an even smaller amount in jars. I also did Jumbleberry jam (had an order) and that hasn't set as I had a conflict with it being apparently ready for the jars, and Keith's lunchtime. So I will need to boil that up again today.
Keith is looking forward to warmer weather and has asked Danny to wheel him out to his workshop for half an hour or so when the weather is warmer and it's dry. I have been grateful for Danny's help as sometimes it's a struggle getting Keith out of his chair (hoping that Jon will be able to manhandle into the car the riser chair we are buying from his mum - delivery on Saturday if so). Mealtimes are taking longer and longer and I always end up feeding him at some point. We have a phone call from the Dietition on Wednesday afternoon. We've also had an NHS letter which says we note you are waiting for an appt., in Geriatrics, please let us know if you still need it . . . What use is that, no details of what the appt. might be for!
Right, onwards and upwards. Hope everyone has some welcome sunshine.
