Forever Autumn Forever Crepey

[cremolafoam]

The summer sun is fading as the year grows old,
and darker days are drawing near,
the winter winds will be much colder,
now you're not here.
I watch the birds fly south across the autumn sky
and one by one they disappear
I wish that I was flying with them,
now you're not here

Or this is available at The Mulberry Bush which is located at 89 Upper Ground, Southbank, London,

I can book the Green Room space on Saturday 11th October from 7pm for you.

There would be no need for a deposit. The private upstairs bar would not be open however on that evening so you would need to order any food and drinks downstairs at the main bar.

The Kitchen closes at 9.30pm and the Green Room must be vacated by 10.30pm. The main bar however is open until 11pm on Saturdays.

Do let me know if you have any other questions.

Regards

Alex Lawrence
General Manager

The Mulberry Bush @mulberrybushbar
89 Upper Ground www.mulberrybushpub.com
London

BTM I dont think it would matter, as long as we covered the £400.

Well either is fine by me, though WB&K is tried and tested and very easy to get to from Waterloo train/tube. Well done, Cremo!

A Room Of Our Own does sound good.

My hangover has just about gone! Hurrah!

Mum saga continues. It will, for the foreseeable.

Ok in the interest of fairness, The Mulberry Bush have come back to me and confirmed that we could pre-order platters on the Wednesday before @ £10 per head. And then just order up drinks to bring upstairs to private room.

Menu
triple cooked chips • mini quiche assortment
London bangers w wholegrain mustard • garlic bread
Five spice beansprout, pepper and carrot spring rolls • Indian vegetable samosas
mini chicken & pepper skewers • sweet potato & beetroot wedges
allotment salad
£10 p.p

There would be no deposit

Just woken up - fortunately the hangover has gone. Apologies to MI for sending her unsolicited photo of me and Snoopy, would never have done that if I had been completely sober.

We're off to a Redwood forest today and then Bodega Bay, followed by a "thank you" meal for our friends this evening - 200 miles to Lake Tahoe tomorrow.

MI, chicken meal looks lovely - how long is it in the oven? The recipe gives a strange number for me.

MU sounds great.

That looks a very good price, Cremo - not too far for you to walk - actually about 10mins from Waterloo!

NU, that sounds fab.

MI, yes, it will continue.

Re elderly parents, my DM wished me Happy New Year on my birthday Well, I suppose it is a new year age-wise!

Mulberry sounds great - perhaps more mingly having platters? Thanks for doing all the research Crem.

You won't be interested in printers MI, they just give you something dull and concrete to worry about in the build up to a chick leaving. I am moving on to over-radiator clothes dryers now. Oh yes.

Rose, I deteriorate when I attempt too much domesticity too. That's a really good way of putting it.

ok have secured The Mullbery Bush with the nice manager. As there's no deposit and we can pay on the day afaik, it should be no hassle.
If you happen to wandering past it and it looks like a sh*& %Y dump, do let me know.

Well done Cremo - you're a star!

Maybe we can have a pre-Mulberry drink mid-afternoon (for Rose, if you can make it?) somewhere either nearby or on a route that suits? Strictly coffee/tea, of course!

Mulberry sounds fab.

NU, it takes aaages....you stir it after 45 mins and then give it another 45 mins.

I have offered to go with my mother to her meeting on Tuesday. I feel I should do this but everyone including my sister is already annoying me about it.

I will probably be in Sussex but am hoping to take the train up to Waterloo (change at Clapham, I think) for the earlier part of the evening. Glad you've chosen a sort of platter/roving buffet thing rather than a sit down meal. Thank you Cremo, Tilly and others for arranging.

Links arms with Crepeys who have curtain challenges. New ones are now hung and very nice they are too…they should bloody well be…cost an arm and a leg.

Tilly re golden oldies….its hard to see where the line is between average forgetfulness and developing confusion. DDad was delightfully eccentric for ages before dementia obviously set in. I get worried as I think I forget peoples' names much more than I used to….

lalsy interesting. I actually used to enjoy domesticity when I had a better work/life balance. Dunno what happened in the meantime!

MI why annoying? Are they trying to get you not to go?

DS1 is coming for Friday night dinner. We haven't all been together on a Fri night for months.

Awww, Rose.
And exactly, about the oldies. And forgetting names, etc!

Rose - on rare occasions when I had a really good balance of work and domesticity, so interesting decently paid work but flexible from home, I really enjoyed the home stuff ... as soon as the work started drying up and I lost my confidence I felt really dragged down by home.

Mulberry looks great, Crem, thanks! and always good to find somewhere new.

Wow - 20 Crepeys going round the Mulberry Bush!

Yeah, domestic achievements don't bloody last do they? When I write or edit something, I leave a footprint on the world (a rather pedantic, faltering one but still).

and wot addle said.

I fear we need to pay more attention to domesticity. We eat nice enough food if you count posh pesto as nice but our house is reaching a level of squalor that would have Quentin Crisp raising a well-plucked eyebrow.

My sister is annoying me because having first launched into guilt-inducing tirade about how we have to go and stay after my mum's op, she sounded utterly wet when I said I was going to the hospital, saying vaguely "oh, does she want you to, it's up to her" (she does, she's v keen) and sounding most unconvinced when I said I'd be able to get solid answers out of the professionals. All of which makes me wonder if it's worth my going at all. . OTOH my mum annoyed me by trying to insist I went to their house and was driven to the hospital from there (I'd forgotten the hospital has moved site ) because my father is the world's worst driver and I don't want to be driven by him. DP, who has returned to sanity about all this, says just go for the day (thus avoiding staying overnight) and will I think say robustly just take a taxi from the station.

But mostly it's my sister's vague wetness that is annoying me. I might talk to her partner next time, who is a woman of great sense and intelligence.

This process is all horribly fraught and aggravating to families IME, MI, so going just for the day sounds sensible. I personally wish HCPs would have greater awareness that not ALL families are full of loveliness and light, and some are really quite strained at the best of times, let alone at the worst.

Going round the Mulberry Bush sounds fab, thank you so much for organising it, Crem and BTM. I can't wait to meet y'all. Crem, we can have a neekiest dh contest if you like. (Not suggesting for a moment that we bring them along in person though. )

gawd no Molly. The whole idea is to get away

MI I am very sorry about the family diffs. You would think your mum's illness would bring everyone together, but ime it can be just the opposite.
I think the taxi plan is a good one. And sadly, for your sister it's all about your mum, and not her. You are being tremendously supportive of your mum in difficult circumstances, and you should be proud of that MI.

Wot Crem said.

It sounds very difficult, MI, so I'd ignore as much as you can the ifs and buts and helpful suggestions from family, and do what you think is right (for your mum and dad and for you) - and briskly, so go for the day, get a taxi. You can't know what is ahead but it sounds as if staying a little detached will be important, and allow you to use your energy (emotional and practical) to help them.

I third what Crem said, MI. To me you sound as if you are doing the right thing.

We've had another lovely day - the redwoods are magnificent, awe inspiring. The forest is so quiet, almost a religious experience. Then we drove through Bodega which is where Alfred Hitchcock filmed "The Birds" - it looked exactly as in the film. Bodega Bay is stunning - shame it was too early for whale watching.

200 miles to drive to Tahoe tomorrow.

MI much strength.

Bathroom (aside from film on window) is complete!!! Hoorah.... So I can come to The Mulberry Bush! Love the idea of a private room and some mingling......

Meanwhile full of cold so cancelled Wales and tidying house instead which is probably a wise move..... I seem to have a surfeit of towels

NU - gosh that sounds incredible. What an extraordinary experience.
Enjoy the drive up to lakeTahoe.

BD hurrah! I bet you're delighted. Instead of wales you can luxuriate in a tidy house and long bath. So pleased for you it's done at last.

MI thinking of you today.