Mix of excitement and shock here - my BH has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE!). She kept it secret until the list was published last night when we were in the pub. She got an urgent letter from the Cabinet Office about a month ago and she made up a story about it being a request for last minute details for someone she had nominated before retiring this year. That was plausible as civil servants are regularly pressured to come up with nominations of the great and good they deal with on a daily basis. I joked that the Cabinet Office were recalling her from retirement to work on Brexit!
I hope no one minds if I start the New Year's Day Flower Count thread today ... we're off to MIL's tomorrow for a few days so I've just been out during a dry spell and done my count ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Mix of excitement and shock here - my BH has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE!). She kept it secret until the list was published last night when we were in the pub. She got an urgent letter from the Cabinet Office about a month ago and she made up a story about it being a request for last minute details for someone she had nominated before retiring this year. That was plausible as civil servants are regularly pressured to come up with nominations of the great and good they deal with on a daily basis. I joked that the Cabinet Office were recalling her from retirement to work on Brexit!
How lovely Steephill ... many congratulations to your BH
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
She now has a new nickname - OBE-wan (to be said in a Glaswegian accent)
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Steep hill , congratulations to BH
That's given me the giggles
I hope no one minds if I start the New Year's Day Flower Count thread today ... we're off to MIL's tomorrow for a few days so I've just been out during a dry spell and done my count ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well done to Mrs Steephill - what an honour
well done Mrs Steephill for both the honour and the ability to keep it secret.
steephill - congratulations to your BH.
Hosta - the sun is beckoning
Joyce says
"Hosta - the sun is beckoning
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and not a moment too soon. I think trench foot will set in here before too long.
Spend the rest of the weekend with your feet up Hosta