Tuesday, May 17
May. 17th, 2022 11:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Decent weather. A bit brooding, like it could rain at some point.
A bit of clearing out old plant material from the perennials.
It looks like some of the asparagus survived. Three tenuous little stalks poking up.
I spoke with my brother T and sister S, and they are okay with my staying in Mom's house when I visit later this week. That simplifies things.
I spoke with Mom's care facility, and asked what the current Covid protocols were.
I went to see River, and that was wonderful. His breathing again wasn't great, so we did our groundwork, then more moseying. The Mom of one of the kids getting a lesson joined us, and we had a nice ride in one of the pastures, then her daughter also joined us.
It was really cool, because this is the first time the daughter rode this pony out in a larger space.
River and I are in the foreground.
I came home and did more grass pulling in the garden.
Today I learned that the City of London is a district/borough within the greater London area, that is a square mile (1.12 square miles if you want to be fussy) with about 9400 residents, but about half a million people work there. This region is the original city, back to Roman occupation. It is now mainly a business district.
Back when it was a Roman city, the Romans built a wall around it. The modern district roughly falls within the boundaries of the old wall, but not quite. Parts of the wall remain. The Romans also built a bridge (completely gone) not far from London Bridge.
The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed about 80% of the city within the Roman walls.
Another great fire in 1940 during the war, as well as a lot of destruction from bombing, led to modernization of this area after the war.
This district has the famous St. Paul's cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
Decent weather. A bit brooding, like it could rain at some point.
A bit of clearing out old plant material from the perennials.
It looks like some of the asparagus survived. Three tenuous little stalks poking up.
I spoke with my brother T and sister S, and they are okay with my staying in Mom's house when I visit later this week. That simplifies things.
I spoke with Mom's care facility, and asked what the current Covid protocols were.
I went to see River, and that was wonderful. His breathing again wasn't great, so we did our groundwork, then more moseying. The Mom of one of the kids getting a lesson joined us, and we had a nice ride in one of the pastures, then her daughter also joined us.
It was really cool, because this is the first time the daughter rode this pony out in a larger space.
River and I are in the foreground.
I came home and did more grass pulling in the garden.
Today I learned that the City of London is a district/borough within the greater London area, that is a square mile (1.12 square miles if you want to be fussy) with about 9400 residents, but about half a million people work there. This region is the original city, back to Roman occupation. It is now mainly a business district.
Back when it was a Roman city, the Romans built a wall around it. The modern district roughly falls within the boundaries of the old wall, but not quite. Parts of the wall remain. The Romans also built a bridge (completely gone) not far from London Bridge.
The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed about 80% of the city within the Roman walls.
Another great fire in 1940 during the war, as well as a lot of destruction from bombing, led to modernization of this area after the war.
This district has the famous St. Paul's cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
