tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post311737867551147751..comments2023-10-25T09:52:12.026+01:00Comments on la petite-presse: Charles Darwin and the point of no return…GaynorBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-61574853076395591192014-07-11T19:27:19.516+01:002014-07-11T19:27:19.516+01:00Thanks. I have great hopes for my replacement.
Ho...Thanks. I have great hopes for my replacement.<br /><br />Hope the hip recovery is going well. See you soon. GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-14417953497236846782014-07-11T19:25:31.473+01:002014-07-11T19:25:31.473+01:00Thanks for these wise words, Janice.
One week fro...Thanks for these wise words, Janice.<br /><br />One week from now I shall be sitting in a restaurant with my good friend and former colleague, Barbara, and her husband who retires when I do. We shall no doubt celebrate the occasion with some sparkles... ;o) xGaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-62322568531996501892014-07-11T10:32:48.982+01:002014-07-11T10:32:48.982+01:00It sounds like they are giving you a superb send o...It sounds like they are giving you a superb send off with loads of special moments :-) Great photos. Like Susan the first thing I noticed was how relaxed you look. Just think of it as a new adventure, different yes .... but I reckon you're going to be just as busy.<br />On the down side, I know the teaching profession is going to be poorer one fine and inspirational teacher.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-70478288320526076652014-07-10T08:52:08.503+01:002014-07-10T08:52:08.503+01:00It sounds like a wonderful do, and having these ce...It sounds like a wonderful do, and having these celebrations of your time as a teacher...not of celebrating retiring ( you'll have plenty of time for that in the next few years) is a wonderful way to mark the end of an era. I also think you will look back and be pleased you didn't use your speech opportunity to make too many political points. I remember wanting to do the same thing when I left the LA, but was pleased, that in the end, the important thing had been working with great people who had, on the whole, made my working life a complete pleasure. I hope you enjoy your last few days.....there will be tears Gaynor ! But they will be a sign of a wonderful career, enjoyed and appreciated by many many students...never mind working out the miles travelled....how many kids have you influenced ???? Congratulations on a great career, congratulations on making it to retirement, still focussed in the classroom, not like us that deserted it for what we thought might be better things.....and wishing you an incredibly happy retirement. JxxxxJanicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-77428457502232648932014-07-08T12:41:34.792+01:002014-07-08T12:41:34.792+01:00Again excellent advice, which we will try our best...Again excellent advice, which we will try our best to heed.<br /><br />I haven't got an artistic bone in my body, but Tim has! <br /><br />7 working days of which only 1 is a full day!GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-18670960866678964672014-07-08T08:36:24.805+01:002014-07-08T08:36:24.805+01:00Life and Living is an experiment ... we move from ...Life and Living is an experiment ... we move from one scientific finding to another... one dictum allowed us to spread butter on the bread and the next moment we were advised to resort to probably GM margarine... yuk .. and I once used the olive variety! So... Butter your bread, put loads of jam on it, enjoy each day and see if a door opens! Treat retirement as an experiment and if you don't like the job it is easy to change! That lab coat will be great for sanding, gardening or even painting of the artistic variety! Or to hang as a reminder of the importance of your past career and what it taught you! Go for it! REALLY enjoy the last few days!!!!!!! You can always choose to return! RestlessinFrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12652742945021720660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-64885105602042593112014-07-08T06:31:11.852+01:002014-07-08T06:31:11.852+01:00I don't mind the painting. It's the rubbin...I don't mind the painting. It's the rubbing down that I detest!GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-32988199057826001992014-07-08T06:29:47.572+01:002014-07-08T06:29:47.572+01:00So everyone tells me! Only 7 more work days to go....So everyone tells me! Only 7 more work days to go...GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-26408844784186670862014-07-07T21:36:11.095+01:002014-07-07T21:36:11.095+01:00Enjoy the last few days of work. I am sure that yo...Enjoy the last few days of work. I am sure that you would not have spent the last 35 years hard at it if you did not really enjoy it. Soon you will wonder how you found the time to go to work.cheshire wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944869219641386387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-9879459515452003482014-07-07T18:11:09.710+01:002014-07-07T18:11:09.710+01:00Thanks. Wise words that we won't forget!
I...Thanks. Wise words that we won't forget!<br /><br />I'm now down to seven work days but have sorted just about everything at school that there is to sort. I'm still a bit jittery but this is tempered with eager anticipation and the desire to move on.<br /><br />There are still a few hurdles and 'last suppers' but these are to be enjoyed.<br /><br />See you soon xGaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-80358203540599819782014-07-07T18:05:42.169+01:002014-07-07T18:05:42.169+01:00Thanks, Jean.
I'll be following your lead, bu...Thanks, Jean.<br /><br />I'll be following your lead, but without the house bits!!GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-75895059213044734512014-07-07T18:04:09.654+01:002014-07-07T18:04:09.654+01:00I am, and hope to become even more so.I am, and hope to become even more so.GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-28700643741929224282014-07-07T18:03:28.726+01:002014-07-07T18:03:28.726+01:00Thqnk you, and they say the camera never lies!!!Thqnk you, and they say the camera never lies!!!GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-22023586229357639432014-07-07T08:49:12.085+01:002014-07-07T08:49:12.085+01:00Will it be hard for you to adapt to retirement????...Will it be hard for you to adapt to retirement?????<br /><br />It will certainly be different. It will bring with it surprises and opportunities. It will give you the time to develop all those projects you've had on the back burner for so long and the ones you haven't even thought of yet! <br /><br />It will give you time as a couple to be get up and go when the mood takes you, or to sit and watch the world go by with a good book and a glass of something refreshing in your hand.<br /><br />It will be all these things and more besides and, if you're anything like us, it will most certainly be the best thing you ever did! <br /><br />So will it be hard for you to adapt? Knowing you, Gaynor, you'll take to it like a lab bench to a bunsen burner!<br /><br />ps. I wouldn't throw away the lab coat and goggles yet; you may need them for all the painting jobs Tim has lined up for you! xxxColin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-61534578696544748452014-07-07T08:15:39.563+01:002014-07-07T08:15:39.563+01:00There's no changing your mind, now that you...There's no changing your mind, now that you've had the send-off at school!<br />I hope your last few days at school are happy ones, to round off all those good memories of your career.<br />I'm sure that before long you will find it's all a dim and distant memory and wonder how you ever had the time for the lab coat and goggles!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-66597008110598076892014-07-07T06:52:22.538+01:002014-07-07T06:52:22.538+01:00You do look happy and relaxed :-)You do look happy and relaxed :-)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134320310335085001.post-67799869685535411782014-07-06T23:10:41.581+01:002014-07-06T23:10:41.581+01:00Is it the hair....
is it the glasses....
is it the...Is it the hair....<br />is it the glasses....<br />is it the thought of some relaxation....<br />but, you seem to have lost some years recently.<br />Be careful, they'll be checking your birth sirstifficate to make sure you are really qualified to retire!!<br />Congrats from us both!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com