Yesterday the Meeting House was well used. There were two Quaker meetings as usual, for both the room was comfortably full, and then we had our monthly teenagers group who stayed on to lunch. I made a healthy vegetarian stew plus jacket potatoes, and then they hung around and banged away on the piano making up a song to sing at the Q Christmas party. Before they had even left, G and H arrived with their daughter who was having her 4th birthday party here. G and H, Japanese and Italian respectively, are ex residents, and were married from our house with a wonderful Buddhist ceremony some years ago. 21 children came , plus a few babes in arms, H had asked the entire class from L`s nursery school as she did not want to hurt anyone`s feelings. She had made the most beautiful and healthy food, the sandwiches were a work of art and the cake a masterpeice. The children were given Origami animals which she had painstakingly made and they all did craft work and decorated little books to take home. I loved it all and they left the house immmaculate.
I am waiting for Eddie, the pest control officer from the council (otherwise known as the ratman) as we have all seen a rather long tail disappearing behind the boiler, the dresser, and elsewhere in the house. It is very worrying, as there are no sign of anything being gnawed, and the cat has not shown any interest. G who is a vegetarian and very soft hearted waited up late on Saturday night hoping he could catch it in a trap he had devised from a plastic box and some cake crumbs. then he was going to take it out to the water meadows, but no luck. It will have to be Eddie with his sinister blue powder.