Thursday 14 February 2013

MY FUNNY VALENTINE

There was a mix up with the hospital booking today, and so, instead of being hooked up to an IV drip for my Valentine, I had a day all to myself to make as magical as I wished. On my younger sister's clever advice, I went to the Fitz and drank in Quentin Blake's exhibition of pen and inks, and then next door to glazed Jingdezhen Porcelain, exquisitely crafted.
Continuing with sisterly advice, I stopped by Kings and sampled some (ok, fine, bought some) fudge from the Fudge Kitchen...
then visited the Haunted Bookstore where I ignored the ominous bat, offered the shop owner some fudge (she said No thanks, I'm a cheese woman)...
and went in search of Cicely Mary Barker's Heart's Ease fairy instead... you know the song? Come away and seek me when the year is young, Through the open ploughlands, beyond the garden wall...
While waiting for the ward manager to sort out the mix up, my companion in the waiting room shared both grisly and endearing details of her life. The operation, the cancer, her Bucket List and her cat. Her cat, who was abandoned on Valentine's Day by her previous owners. The cat, who responds to Darling now, and has the power to turn her new owner's cheeks blush pink with joy. Who needs a boy, anyway?

4 comments:

Mary Helen-Art Saves Lives said...

Happy Happy Valentine's Day from one woman living with lupus to another woman. It is so nice to have a free instead of the technical regiments we have in our daily lives! I wish you sunshine and peace. Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Your day sounds LOVELY. I am craving chocolate myself tonight. Tomorrow I will go into town and get some! We dont have the lovely kind of establishments you frequented today, however, we are a gray little mill town. But if I look very hard, I am sure I might find some fudge!

Oya's Daughter said...

Many happy returns of the day! I ordered fudge for V-Day for self and son as well. Fudge makes many things well and right in the world. Many blessings to you

Jeanne-ming Brantingham said...

Can anyone actually "catch up with you?"
I feel a little caught up, reading over your poems and posts since last visited. But only a tight hug and a look into your face would tell me I had caught up with you.

I wonder if are healthier in Singapore, Malaysia, Bali?
I know I am. I am returning to Chiang Mai soon.

My life goes into a new chapter now. Bunnies are sold, but I still linger on....like relics from old colonial times...I am needed to keep the trains running on time.

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