Au Revoir Gladys Emmanuel

Au Revoir, NOT goodbye!

We had been thinking it may be time for our Ford Model T, Gladys Emmanuel, to move on.  She had not turned a wheel since the start of Covid and I had come to the conclusion that my T driving days were, or should be, over.  Neither of our grandchildren wanted her and sale was considered.  Then inspiration struck - might our nephew David be interested in having her?  David loves his cars and is an advanced driver with distinction.  Fords used to be his passion.  Now he's risen to the dizzy heights of top-of-the range Mercedes.  (Never know the plural of Mercedes - if plural of Ford is Fords, might it be Mercedess or Mercedeses?)  Whatever, we are delighted to report that today was the day when Gladys Emmanuel was transported to Lancashire and David became her registered owner / keeper.  Not only does that keep Gladys in the family it puts her in safe hands just an hour or so's drive away.

Not only that, we regain the use of 1/3rd of the navvy hut's total floor space.  A big opportunity to spring-clean and reassess the navvy hut's contents.   Here are some pictures of the (rainy) day:

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One empty garage, in need of a spring-clean:

Delivered, safe and sound

Northern Lights Alight on Settle Station

 This amazing picture is by Mark Charnley and shows the northern lights over Settle station.

Well worth clicking on the image to enlarge it.

and another on the same night, with more sky and less station.  The water tower features well in both

Sleeping Cat and Tulips

 First the cat, Purrcy, caught sleeping blissfully in dappled sunshine on the bed this morning:

Then an uplifting tale of tulips, caught dead or dying for want of water:

Undeterred, I cut about an inch off each stem, added water et voila.  Un miracle:

NIce Backdrop

 Asked to provide a single picture to promote the S&C, expert on such matters Mark Harvey (to whom full credit and acknowledgement) came up with this (click to enlarge):

All the visual tricks we used to camouflage the roof-room seem to have worked.

Lorna and Dad(dy)

 Couldn't resist posting this picture here.  Darling clever daughter Lorna and I had a lovely Dad(dy) & daughter time on the sunny summerhouse balcony yesterday late afternoon.   Suddenly she said smile Dad(dy) as she took this selfie:

(Note to self, must get that black paint on the window frames refreshed)