As I was walking to the store yesterday two young girls/teenagers said Hello to me and I responded with a quick "hello" for politeness as I was thinking isn't that lovely of these two girls to speak to every old woman walking down the street. However, I shall stick to my walking during school time and work time as the sidewalks were very crowded and no point in my adding to all that occupying the sidewalks on a weekend day. There has been a lot of mention of older people being alone these days and loneliness being a problem. For me, not a problem. I have a vast amount of work to do. But it certainly was very sweet of these girls to take the time to say hello to every old person they passed I assume.
Basement all cleaned and the main floor today. But also there are two Church services that I will attend online but all can be fitted into my day. I will not get any of my book writing worked on though likely but soon. The next will is interesting; it is primarily an inventory of Edward Blake of Knights Enham dated 1644. I know who this is and it was an administration. That particular part of the document is about all that I will do but learned already that his wife was Elizabeth and his mother Mary. I am fairly sure who he is but his date of death was not known to be before. No children mentioned at a quick read but will transcribe it next and see if there is mention. Surprisingly Richard Blake who left his will in 1622 had a large family but the number of grandchildren carrying the Blake surname not very large. He was the youngest son of William Blake (son of Nicholas Blake of Enham).
I am surprised that the first two wills are both Blake members known to me but I am in the Andover block so perhaps not surprising. As far as I have been able to determine all the Blake records and individuals up to the latter part of the 1800s at Andover were descendant of Nicholas Blake and his wife Margaret (Blake) Blake who as a widow married Richard Munday so the records show her as Margaret Munday and Nicholas' brother Robert Blake and his wife Agnes (this is not the Agnes whose will was probated in 1617 as this Robert died in 1543) who had six sons. I do not anticipate that it will be this straightforward once I get into the bulk of the wills but I want to review all of them to make sure I have not missed any Andover Blakes moving to other parts of Hampshire. There are a couple who went to the American Colonies.
Conrad Black's Editorial was most interesting today. I too want to see Prime Minister Carney proceed quickly towards the many projects provincially that will support the ability of Canada to take its proper place in the G7 and support our growing population. It is good to see the First Nations so deeply involved in the forward process of all of this. I do not have an opinion on Prime Minister Carney other than he was a very effective Governor of the Bank of Canada; I did not follow nor do I follow his time in the British Isles but I think he has great contacts in the British Isles and Europe and they will stand him in good stead. I think that Prime Minister Carney and the presumptive Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre working together can do great things in the next year. Eighty five percent of Canadians voted for these two parties with a similar platform to get things done. The other Fifteen percent represented in Parliament just have to ensure that they do not get in the way of what needs to be done to bring down unemployment and support the re-emergence of our lost industries (lost to Free Trade because a country as small as ours competing against a country as large as our neighbour does not work well I personally feel). The rule of democracy must flow for sure and for a few years here without being dominated by minority causes. Free Trade can work well but we must be able to protect our industries central to our existence. We all want the environment to survive but our approach has to be more measured. Reducing taxes is a mistake especially the GST (it supports the federal government; that was its intention and we should keep it). Ontario with its Health Tax and graduated Provincial Income Tax sends more money per person to the federal coffers every tax season than any other province per person; other provinces need to keep up with that or stop whining about federal transfers. You can not transfer from the feds to the provinces unless they get money from the provinces (it is a simple fact of life). Ontario has never had a problem helping to support the other provinces when needed.
Teatime and solitaire. Sunday and two services online - a perfect day. Plus I am going to do the main floor cleaning today just to keep ahead on all of that - unusual for me to work on a Sunday. Flowers outside are blooming; spring is really here (no more snow one thinks). It is three degrees celsius and the sun is breaking through.
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