Halloween and going into winter

4/11/2011

The clocks have changed which is always a bit unpleasant at this latitude. It gets dark unnaturally early and the artificial change of time cuts into the flow created by the passing of the seasons. Halloween is an important festival here on Lismore. A dressing up party in the hall was very well attended. I didn't count the numbers but guess there were about 50-60 people all told. Ages from 2-70, and costumes ranged from the usual purchased scary masks and cartoon characters to medieval damsels in exquisite finery, witches with warts, pirates, zombies and men dressed as ladies. Really big efforts made with the costumes. Sebastian and I had the daunting task of "judging" the costumes in 5 different categories according to age as the participants paraded around to music. Everyone deserved a trophy really! Games like pass the parcel and musical statues entertained the smalls and Dr Katy's surgery in the corner of the stage behind "bloodied" curtains created a scary alternative for slightly older children. Like all event on Lismore the event finished with cups of tea and delicious baking.
Ben left this morning for his long journey back to NZ. Both Leo and Adam (sons) arrived yesterday for a wee farewell dinner for Ben, and they have also left already. So now it's just the two of us again. Work will be slower.
Weather is good in between showers. Very warm for the time of year
The fence around the building/house site is complete, so I can start to plant some trees, at last. Sebastian is working on the old barn to get it ready for the new wooden structure which is

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Jacquie Tosh

8/11/2011 08:12:15

As one who lived through a very long dark winter, working in Aberdeenshire in 1968/69 when the "powers that be" decided that we shouldn't turn the clocks back from BST to GMT, I can honestly say it was the darkest longest winter of my life!! Schools couldn't go in til 9:30 at the earliest as it was too dark in the mornings for the pupils to walk to school and it made very little difference at the other end of the day!! And life when you're not going to work is not governed by clock time anyway, is it? I get up now when I want to and also go to bed when I want to! I don't envy you the cold tho'!! I do like a bit of home comfort and heat!!
Stay well and happy!
Love,
Jacquie xx

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Eva was born in the Hague in the Netherlands, lived in the USA, a registered homeopath she qualified at the NCHM in Newcastle in 1986 and has worked mostly in Edinburgh. She managed Aveva Natural Remedies for 10 years, brought up 6 children and gained a post graduate degree from the University of Edinburgh in Medical Sociology/Anthropology and qualitative research in 2010. Sebastian was born in Sussex, is an architect by training, qualified at Cambridge in 1975. He managed the RIAS in Edinburgh for many years and was a founder of SEDA and the first CEO of Architecture and Design Scotland.

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