Saturday

This afternnon the wife bumped into Gaylord, he was with a friend and onthe way to visit Armchiar and Mrs Garden, who wernt in, so they visited us instead. Hi sfriends hinted at illness, i thought Aids, but apparently not, something he picked up while abroad, he was taken home and has been in hospital for a long time and is now in sheltered accommodation and one the sick benefit for at least a few years. When he wishes to travel "somewhere warm". Gaylord asked about the lad and we relayed that he seemed OK but that his dad had only just realised how much it all costs. He seemed comforted by this. He looked after him quite often, our friend said they used to sit in the cupboard listening to the next door neighbour playing the piano. He said he is still "tarting" (being a sex worker) and now has handed the worry of managing the flat to his sister who owns it and has been on his back for months. He said he was relieved to let her worry about it for a change and i have a feeling hes not going to be the best tenant in the world either. Hes also decided to start painting again, but nothing "Meaningful" just "furniture pieces" he is a very good painter in the old mold of English painting. He knows his craft. And he produces some very nice paintings. I'm wondering if hes going back to forgery. He for along time worked for an Antiques dealer" who supplied old canvas/board and paint to knock out fat pig/cow/hen "folk art"........ Also he used the loo and came back down clutching a magazine, asking if he could borrow it, i asked why..... he told me that the Art director's e-mail address was in it and he had lost touch with him. Apparently the art director had picked him up in Hyde Park and they had had sex. And kept in touch till he lost his number..

Gaylord's rich mate is about to go bust, something which worries Gaylord as he gets taken to France in his vintage Bentley. Its jewelry biz and apparently shops just haven't been buying high value jewelry.