Dear BEN

It was lovely to hear your voice this morning, I'm glad I was earwigging next to HER . I see from your Facebook page that you were up early, and already had 15 messages of greeting before 8 am and even been up a wall yourself.

Have a lovely day, my dear friend , I will be good today -JUST FOR YOU

love Samson

And a very Happy Pentecost to all my followers

Here is a picture of ME near the RED poppies in my garden. SHE was really glad that I didn't squash any of her Cosmos, but I did hear an expletive or 2 when she saw where I parked my bum elegant rear for Whit Sunday.  There is a story here.

When SHE was getting married to HIM in 1972 she helped arrange the Flowers for HER big day at ST James ,Sutton -on Hull ,  a village now home to some ODD THINKERS  but then the intellectual spawning ground for the likes of HER also I think an ODD THINKER.

SHE did a lovely arrangement  in RED and WHITE . She was surprised to see that a fellow Constance Spry  had gone up to her symphony of white and red Gladioli and tucked a Yellow one at the back. SHE was told that it was bad luck to have RED and WHITE flowers together and not good for the wedding. When the others had gone home SHE went and removed the yellow flower. Now nearly 40 years later and still married to HIM , SHE remembered this . RED and WHITE are the colours of Pentecost.  SHE did not do red and white for St Oswald's this week.  It was her turn to do flowers, but the Pink ones from last week were not dead, and Pauline was doing the Stone Altar with yellow and red in memory of her daughter who loved those colours.

We don't DO superstition at ST Oswald's anyway now that we have had a sermon about it.

I however knew that SHE wanted really to let people know that Pentecost is very important, and that if we all prayed for the HOLY SPIRIT to fill us then the Church would not have to rely on Rowan Williams and Victoria Coren to tell it how it is.  So I sat near the RED poppies for her, and will do so again when the White Cosmos have decided to flower.

Pigeons Continued

I was a bit peeved that SHE has been talking about me behind my back. I will of course do all I can to help with the smooth running of the house and garden  that revolve around my needs. However I do not engage with pigeons or rats  or  Herring Gulls or other vermin of Filey. Please let this be known.

Dear Ben -My Bank Holiday

I am asleep on the old church pew in the Dining room.
THEY are waxing lyrical about the rain and checking the level in the water butts with glee. HE is gardening , all kitted out in W's*. SHE is planning the rows of spinach SHE  is going to plant when the sun comes out at 4 o'clock.
Ben I have been looking at the Twitter links to your Etsy info. I am well impressed. Clearly all the things I taught you when I mentored you in Brighton and then London, and more recently on the use of Twitter,   have not  been wasted.I love the bear as a Pirate.

Have you been watching Pirates of the Caribbean ?   SHE watched it , or at least some of it yesterday. Your attention to detail is very good. SHE says to tell you  SHE is pleased your Open Studio days went well.
Have you thought about CATS as well as bears? Love Samson


*wellies and waterproofs

This Saturday might be special

I am looking forward to Saturday as I understand its going to be a very special day for me

Dear Geordie

It was sort of good to meet you briefly yesterday. I have been hearing all about your visit from HIM and HER. I know I am going to have to try harder now to get back into their good books after the wounding incident. I have heard that you sat quietly , did as you were asked, stared inquiringly when your name was mentioned and just were all round exemplary in your demeanour.
After you had gone Home with your HER I knew just where you had been in the sitting room, and want you to know that I did not mind.
Love Samson,
we boys must stick together.

I am so sorry

I  have scratched HER.  It was an accident.  SHE was brushing me and I reached out a bit, forgetting for a moment that it was the hand that fed me.