Now the tree is cut back Hubby could see how damp and rotten some of the shed roof is. So after emptying its contents into the garage (only can because my car isn't back yet) off came the top board and felt.
And he's bought the new felt and will wait for Son at the weekend as he can get discount at Wicks for the board and be here to help.
Daughter has been working really hard as a period musician lately, two full days at the Suffolk Show and two full days at the Colchester Medieval Oyster Fayre amongst other things. Lovely picture of her in this local paper.
Monday morning and our usual coffee morning. Our neighbours are so generous bringing biscuits or cakes but this week unfortunately neighbourA, who likes to bake, brought cheese and marmite pin wheels to which all but two admitted to not liking marmite. She assured everyone they wouldn't go to waste.
In the evening five of us ladies ate out to celebrate friendHM's birthday. I'd booked Miller and Carter which is a great steak restaurant and had my favourite rack of ribs mmmmmmm. I also bumped into friendsG&M in there celebrating their wedding anniversary, so lots of hugs and kisses when I arrived and then again before they left.
Tuesday during the day we had Daughter's dog while they were out. Unfortunately she rolled in something horrid so needed a shampoo and hose down, she was not happy.
Tuesday evening eight of us at friendsM&P's house and M cooked a lovely three course fish meal. Lots of chat and lots of laughter. We were there to celebrate friendHB's birthday. HB's partner HS made the birthday cake.
Wednesday evening was with the usual gang, eating at Prezzo then automatically onto The Grosvenor pub even though they've all moaned about it for ages, remember the no ice and no working coffee machine and not getting time on the pool table if football is on the big screens! I thought they'd decided to try the snooker club that we are all members of, apparently not. When we arrived it was heaving, not only was there the Europa Conference League Final on all the screens but there was also a rare pub quiz half way through.
Thursday morning Daughter came over so Hubby could do a booked tip run in her car. My car still isn't back and he wouldn't put bags of garden rubbish and that manky shed roofing in his car hahaha. In exchange she left the dog here for the rest of the afternoon.
This is O and his big brother D on Thursday which was D's 21st birthday.
The story behind this photo started two years ago when O was just 12 years old. He decided that he'd really like to experience gourmet food in a top restaurant. So he did research and found where he wanted to go, costed it all, decided who he wanted to invite and added the cost of taking them. Then he saved. It took him two years and he finally booked Hélène Darroze at The Connaught and it was all he wanted it to be and more.
Friday I met with three girls that were neighbours when we lived in Silver End (40 years ago) and stayed firm friends (NH, VS and MS) we had booked to have afternoon tea at Parkers garden center in Frinton-on-sea. Daughter offered to drive me there so she had a different seaside to walk the dog. The food was yummy and the conversation non stop. We dragged ourselves away after two hours.
I brought home for Hubby the cakes I couldn't manage. I bought enough cakes for Daughter's household plus friendVS who loves to bake had a wrapped lemon and orange loaf for each of us! Mmmmmmm
The rose bed is looking really healthy with strong plants all flowering.
And we were thrilled this week to find our precious 35(ish) year old tulip tree is flowering properly for the first time. Not easy to see all the blooms as their pale green blends with the leaves, but close up we can see blooms and lots and lots of buds just about to open
Sadly the week ended with the loss of a friend. LL was one of our small xBT team and we all worked closely together for about 20 years until they closed our department down 14 years ago, and we've stayed friends since. She was only diagnosed with cancer in April and died this week. Very sad.
Hope you've someone to feast with this weekend.
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