Thursday 18 July 2013

Good grief it's Thursday again...

Sandra in her dad's kitchen doing his meat and five veg.
 It's been glorious weather here in the UK since we got back although the humidity is sapping but it has enabled us to get everything just about finished in the garden in record time.  It also means that with the kids breaking up for their holidays tomorrow we will have time to do our duty for them.

Our old veggie patches were in need of clearing
When we lived at home we produced much of our own vegetables but although our tenants used the beds last year they have not bothered since so we decided to remove the rotting wooden boarders and clear all the unwelcome plants out.  We may grass it down again but we'll have to see what time is available as the seed would waste at this time of year, perhaps when we get back over Christmas but then again maybe not.

Wasps nest in our eighty foot ash tree, beautiful!
 We discovered a fantastic wasps nest about 15 feet up our ash tree.  It's amazing how beautiful nature can be, and even makes me think that wasps aren't all bad after all.   They are not bothering us as the tree is at the far end of the paddock so I will leave them to do their own thing.

BBQ time for Jess and 'Lissa
We managed to have a BBQ and invited our youngest, John and his wife Fi to bring down the kids and have a chill afternoon on Sunday.  Melissa was showing off her newly honed talents on her bicycle without the aid of stabilisers but quickly discovered that riding on grass is much harder work than riding on the road.  Fi was designated driver so John managed to help me polish of the available wine.  We left Greece without bringing any more home with us so we bought some on the ferry but it wasn't really any cheaper than buying it here.  We had a lovely afternoon and Jessica and Melissa were totally exhausted by the time it came to going home, thanks you guys for a great day.

We both got a clean bill of health from the dentist earlier in the week so that hasn't cost us an arm and a leg but we have an opticians appointment for next week and I'm sure we ain't gonna get off lightly with that one.
Well I had to have a glass sometime.
Well the pinny is half off!

Oh well I guess that's about it for this week, the car has to go for it's service and MOT tomorrow so hopefully that won't be a real drama



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