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Oh that is so sad yet beautiful and all those memories that brought you to, linked you to, your theme garden.
Your poor Danish friends it has been horrendous for everyone trying to get home, Pirates everywhere it seems cashing in on others misfortune Thank heaven for kind folk like yourselves to help in times of trouble and stress

So sorry to hear of your Aunt, David. How strange the threads that bind us !
The sea seems to be in your blood :) The sails on the horizon verse and the narcissus sailboat linking together.
I'm sure your Danish friends will be forever grateful for your kindness.It's nice to know there are a lot of good people around who will help. Sadly as always there are those who will take advantage too.
ps 'Will your anchor hold' was the hymn of the Boys Brigade.

~lovely hymn David! I am sure your Aunt would have loved it!
~can't believe how people are being taken advantage of when they only want to get home~saw someone crying on tv earlier...

Beautiful picture and beautiful words with the hymn for such a sad occation.

some people stranded in New Zealand were billeted out at private homes and minimal cost.
one English couple found out that their billet was from the same village in England so that was a lovely coincidence.

I am pleased for your danish friends that they are going home safely albeit not as they would have chosen. Sorry to hear about your aunt but the minister or whoever chose those lovely words assuring us of a safe journey and a warm welcome chose well. My daughter and her husband chose the hymn for one of their wedding hymns as the message is so strong. They both sail at a lake near them. My 4yr old g/daughter has been sailing since her 2nd birthday and my grandson could not wait till daddy launched the boat and lifted him in. He launched himself in to the water off the slipway and tried to climb in the boat by himself. He will be 2 in June. The sea and faith are in our blood and we are so lucky to live in uk.

Although there was some sadness in your blog, David, I found it very reassuring. There is such a lot of hope and goodness around although it is often overshadowed by bad news. I know that hymn well - several of my early boyfriends(many years ago!) were in the Boys Brigade! I hope your friends have a safe journey home. Is there no end to your talents, David? How did you come to speak Norwegian?

just what I was thinking Gee!

A most moving and poignant blog David..........

sorry to hear your sad news david,glad your friends are getting home to david, my joe had a 4 night college trip which has lasted 9 days when he finnaly arrives home friday,

My friends daughter is stuck in USA, and daughters headteacher is stuck in New Zealand!!
That was a lovely blog David and although sad very inspiring so thankyou, i didn't know the hymn but it certainly says it all doesn't it?

You know? After I wrote this blog, wondered why I did so, but it was just because of the nautical links to our garden theme. It was not meant to be sad, and am glad that, like me, you found it inspiring (certainly, the last week has made me smile a lot).

Am surprised that my Dad didn't tell me about it being the BB's hymn,Aster and Gee, as he was a member - it was long defunct before my time, though (I had the Cubs and Scouts).

Way to go, Scotsgran! I have to admit that I was a few years older back then, and got into a scrape which put me off the sea for years (now "sorted"). :-)

Amazing. Piersdad, but can well believe it! I remember, a boring Sunday evening in (boring - dare i say this?) Canberra, Australia, waiting to cross at traffic lights. The bloke next to me got chatting, Turned out his parents were from the next town to me, and I knew them!!). A boring Sunday night in Canberra soon became a lively "pub-crawl". :-))

Sandra, did catch some of your news re your Joe. Not until Friday? He will be as glad to be back as you will, no doubt. Did someone do his laundry, or will that be your honour, lol! Who cares!!!!! :-)))

You're welcome, Sk. :-)

Like school, we have had a wee laugh, too, at the places where some of our surgeons (some act like primadonna schoolteachers) are stuck. Not so funny was having to cancel/postpone folks' surgery because of this flight ban, which seems bizarre, given the blue skies and sunshine. Will have to work Sundays now, to catch up. :-(

Ah, Norwegian, Gee and Arlene! When I began High School in the early '70s, my school was offering this as an alternative to the usual French, German and Spanish, due to a language teacher being married to a Norwegian lady, and having spent over 40 years living in Norway. I loved it then, not just because it was "different". That period was the era of the great North Sea "Oil Boom", for one. The grammar is easy, for me, and many words are almost the same as broad Scots. House is "hus" (pronounced "hoos", mouse is "mus", pronounced "moos", "styr" is dust, which is what we would say as "stoor".Learned it for 8 years, and still use it today, as I work with a Norwegian radiographer, also a Norwegian Physiotherapist, We use it to chat for fun, so that the others wonder what on Earth we are talking about, lol!! Works well with Swedish and Danish, but useless for Finnish and - dare I say it? - Icelandic!!!! :-))

PS. Went on to "cover" myself by learning the French, German and Spanish. Also did Latin, which has served me well, niot just in garden plant terms, but also in my line of work. Not talent, methinks - acquired learning, more like! :-))