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Dear crofter, what a lovely letter to find on my computer this morning - I can just picture you in your deerstalker and pipe !!!
and several of your sleuthing answers are right on the money
- yes I'm from down-under, South Oz to be precise, and my name is derived with the Seekers in mind however I was born and bred in Australia [shouldn't that be the other way around?]
and so far have not even managed a visit to the UK.
I believe that many of my values stem from my family and also from the fact that I'm married to a Wiltshire lad and have been for over 40 years so there is a strong link there.
The painting is going along nicely, we're trying to finish two rooms before Christmas when our daughter will come home for a few days -[ she lives and works in Melbourne] and I find that extra hands make light work so will be pitching in again shortly [when the muttering down the hall gets to a certain level that I can't ignore any longer]
But I love to use my mind as much as I can - yes you did see my name amongst the Herculis list, for the first time, I've seen posts about the comp before but not followed it through to read the link words, but this time I'm in there.
I've 'met' Ontarioice previously and he/she seems delightful and I know of 'mohill' from NZ, so there's quite a far flung element to AB.
We have a weekly Crossquiz here on Saturday which is a breeze compared to the Weekly Telegraph and then there is the Generalist [WOW!!!] that really makes me work, but I cannot do cryptics to save my life and wish I had access to more gk puzzles.
I do need glasses to read so am no spring chicken, my daughter will be 40 in a couple of years so there's a very broad hint, along with the number of years we've been married - [to my husband I mean, not my daughter lol lots] and as you can see my sense of humour is a little wacky - I don't feel my age, people tell me I don't look my age