Lyulph amd Lindsay enjoy a bit of washing up

What a lovely party

Three children, three grandchildren!

Dear little Lyulph joins in

Dear little Victoria appears for the first time

Vanessa thinks about a lollipop

Here they are, with Pam on the sofa behind. And Rubab's lollipop tree!

Dear little Vanessa and Alex

And here is dear little Alex, who came down specially from Edinburgh

He's a dear little boy

He rests after his hard labours

 

Alastair harvests the quinces; Alan supervises

Lunch today with the Chief Minister of Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik;  Senator Hasil Bizenjo; Mr. Khalid Majid, Counsellor from the High Commission, and Rubab Mehd Rizvi

Haematology

Bloods
	Hb	WBC	PLT	Neutrophils
August 12, 2013	10.2	2.91	554	1.25
September 23, 2013	10.3	4.45	523	1.70

Blood test September 23.  All values slightly better than last time, though only WBC within normal range

The prison kitchen was taken over by the Thai community, who generously provided  a Thay dinner for the prisoners, staff and guests as usual.

A record number of monks attended the ceremony

The ceremony was very well attended in spite of the weather, Distinguished guests included two former Governors of the prison, the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, and the Minister from the Thai Embassy, a member of the Thai Royal family.

The Ven Khemadhammo Mahathera OBE, Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy Angulimala, speaking at the annual ceremony to commemorate the inauguration of the Buddha Grove at Springhill Prison, Buckinghamshire, September 15, 2013

At the conference on Gertrude Bell, a life and legacy organised by the British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial) September 11-13