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Dealing with the aftermath of Debbie's party, responding to Norfolk Building Control queries and managing an election campaign meeting at Sally Guinee’s place which saw us behind in Eaton Ford whilst not far ahead enough in Paxton to be able to carry on with so little campaigning effort here.
Debbie's friends had slept on sleeping bags in the lounge overnight (at least for some of the time) and were quite late up this morning. I had a little sleep in but was soon up for breakfast with Diana and Della before going out to work on the swimming pool. Diana kindly agreed to feed the doves and fish, and backflush the pond filter; though it was lunchtime before she got round to it and then she let Della make quite a mess in the conservatory after I had spent time clearing it out! I worked all morning on the building plans, and again in the afternoon, completing the list of technical specifications and then re-drawing two elevations of the new boat-house on the computer. I am left with very much more to do tomorrow.
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Entertaining guests for Debbie's Party and typing up replies to my NNDC council Building Control queries and so very late to bed, but still the peacock was calling, hoping against hope one day to find a mate.
Debbie had invited a number of friends around to stay with her overnight and they gathered after the morning's school and came home with her on the bus. I had spent much of this morning working on the swimming pool and conservatory as well as the normal chores so as to be ready for the influx.
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The world news is of the U.S. Riots spreading from the Californian cities to other ghettos across America so that already at least 30 people have died as I spend time with John Brown attending the Little Paxton Annual Parish Meeting and tussle with Norfolk Building Control with the help of a local colleague.
A new month but the start of which was dominated by the crescendo of the last. The "no peace without justice" riots raged for a second night in Californian cities and spread to other ghettos across America so that already at least 30 people have died, 900 were injured and billions of pounds worth of property damage has been sustained. After the recent earthquakes and with my reluctance for us to go back to southern California anyway, Diana is upset for she knows that this will now stop us for good. The TV views from Hollywood Hills of the building fires with the whole city of Los Angeles ("The City of the Angels") blanketed in smoke was quite dramatic.
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