Privet Ed, spasibo za myshka. I think that you were a F/L friend of Lyuba in Moscow? She was teaching me Russian and I studiously wrote everything down in the notebook that I am referring to now. I also taught a young lad from Russia and he helped me as well. Strangely I did not get to learn colours. I was thanking you for the white mouse (myshka). I must look in the op shop to see if we have a Russian language book.  Re. Charity shop Christmas gifts, it is a great idea. Many of the gifts that my family will get from me came from my shop. Brand new and still in original sealed packaging. I would much prefer that the money I spend on gifts go to charity rather than huge corporations. That could be your selling point for next year. Then they have a whole year to find gifts. It was my last Art group for the year today. Sad. We meet again first week of Feb. next year. I managed to do a lot of my water colour painting. Nearly there. Had to stop to let it dry. I plan to visit Mum on Saturday and take her to her Art group in the village. I will do some more work  on it there and hopefully introduce Mum to wet on wet painting. Kharosheva dnya. (HAVE A GOOD DAY.)

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Morning splash--Dull and only 5 so I guess I dash fromonne door to the next and don't tarry outside today. I start with the vascular surgeon and I think he should be happy the incision is healeed and the last staples can come out. Then on to bloodwork and finally a meeting with the onocologist(thats just to touch base and keep me in the books.I have a feeling that a lot of people will give to the charity shops but heaven forbid they get anything to wear.Puzzles and books are okay and the occasional kitchen gadget but most people that is as far as they go--Unless of course you are in that level that requires you to shop in thos stores. Off to get busy before I go--Have a good day.

Hello Ed, I started to learn Italian when Hope and I went to Europe. Hope was reasonably fluent in French thanks to her education. We, or perhaps I decided that I should learn Italian. Hope and I parted for a little time when we were in Italy. She had fallen for a man and that was not a part of my holiday plan. So I travelled alone in Italy for a while. On the whole most of the Italians that I met were so happy that I was trying to learn their language. A receptionist at the hotel that I was staying in gave me morning lessons. Now I must really go to bed. Buona notte!

Ciao, ED, come stai? Grazie uno Mallard. Haha not sure how to say 'for the'. I could ask Anton tommorrow at the art group. I did  some painting this afternoon. So far I am happy. That is a great idea of yours about Christmas gifts being purchased at Charity shops. Do you have Black Friday sales there in the UK? Advertising here is saturated with it. In fact some retail outlets call it black November meaning that it is all month long. Totally crazy! It is a retail sales promotion that comes from the USA, a retail sale that precedes their Thanksgiving festival. Haha I will not be surprised if in a few years Thanksgiving will be a thing here with retail outlets. Despite my complaining I am enjoying looking at my books re. Italiano. Ciao!

Hello ED, the books I found were in our dumping trailer so I was not happy about them being dumped. My superviser, Jan, certainly steam cleans good items of clothing. Not sure about people working on other days. It is a lovely warm Spring day here and I will soon be working on my water colour painting outside. I am actually wearing a T shirt for the first time in months. Mondays are certainly a favourite day for me. Wednesdays due to art group is another and of course any day that I visit Mum despite hating the drive. I guess that you are asleep at the moment.

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Morning splash-- white mouse and ruby seed ty. It is nice and sunny but  cold this morning.Does this mean you will have a wedding to go to (funny now they seem to get engaged and the wedding is within the year but I guess everything is fast paced now. A nurse came yesterday and the dressing on my leg is dry,I guess the incision was healed thats why no drainage into the vac machine, Have a good day

Sprinkle :-)

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