Well this was the first time I'd encountered a camera shy butterfly. On the front edge of this terracotta bowl is a really beautiful bright orange and black butterfly but you will have to take my word for it, as every time I took a photo it had closed up, eight times before I gave up.
Daughter and Son went for one of their long walks.
With this WhatsApp message came the challenge to "find the dragon".
I saved the pic to my phone and zoomed right in as much as I could.
Told it wasn't what I thought was possibly a dragon statue.
Son did the laughing emoji when I suggested it was reflected in his sunnies. Eventually they sent a zoomed pic of the field way way in the background!
I spotted the lyrics to this song posted on Facebook and tagged SisterP.
This conversation followed.....We shared this with sisterS and thankfully she remembered it the way I did. R is now home from New York. That month seems to have gone quickly.
Collected my new specs on Tuesday and so far so good.
When people say they are just going out to blow the cobwebs away, I doubt they've ever meant it literally. Wednesday we popped out for a short trip to Shotley Marina: very picturesque drive along the river Orwell, not too far from home, pretty walk, interesting activities to watch and a good pub.
Thursday afternoon had a lovely visit from Daughter, R and O and the dog of course. Caught up on the news about O's recent GCSE exams and R's adventure in the US. Os mentioned his next reenactment trip to Kentwell is for'multi-period' and he is part of the 1976 group. Hubby remembered having his dad's picnic box here, totally authentic and O was thrilled to borrow it.
Friday we had a quick trip into town to ask Specsavers to make a slight adjustment to the new frames as the arms were a little tight behind my ears. Seem more comfortable now.
I'll be wearing lots of layers this weekend as it's much chillier than it has been recently, suggest you do the same, well it is still May.
Have a good week.
When people say they are just going out to blow the cobwebs away, I doubt they've ever meant it literally. Wednesday we popped out for a short trip to Shotley Marina: very picturesque drive along the river Orwell, not too far from home, pretty walk, interesting activities to watch and a good pub.
That's the Port of Felixstowe you can see the other side of the river. The yellow boat is the Shotley- Harwich foot ferry.
We watched the loch gates open and close to let a boat through.
It was so windy I had to use hair slides to secure my cap but it still meant our walk was shorter than Hubby would have liked. Still fun though, and lots of pointing and remarking on the changes we spotted as we haven't been down to Shotley for a very long time.
And a drink in the pub gave us free parking.
Thursday afternoon had a lovely visit from Daughter, R and O and the dog of course. Caught up on the news about O's recent GCSE exams and R's adventure in the US. Os mentioned his next reenactment trip to Kentwell is for'multi-period' and he is part of the 1976 group. Hubby remembered having his dad's picnic box here, totally authentic and O was thrilled to borrow it.
Friday we had a quick trip into town to ask Specsavers to make a slight adjustment to the new frames as the arms were a little tight behind my ears. Seem more comfortable now.
I'll be wearing lots of layers this weekend as it's much chillier than it has been recently, suggest you do the same, well it is still May.
Have a good week.
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