Surprises........

 
Last week Hubby had sealed the deal on buying his new car and paid the deposit on Thursday. I'll tell you all about it when we have it which should be about a month's time. He decided to not even tell our children so it's a surprise for them too. 

At the weekend Son came for a visit.... in his new car! He collected it on Thursday too and also kept all the planning as a secret to surprise. Like father like son eh? 

Hubby has told our children about his now. 

I'm still astounded at the coincidence. 

With another heatwave imminent I thought I'd buy two more fans and I was going for cordless for so many benefits, we have solar panels so charging is free when the sun is shining and we can plonk it anywhere there's no socket and of course no wire to get caught in hand or foot. This one advertised also as being very light weight and almost silent. Delivery was also promised as quicker than a lot of others online. Local retailers had all sold out of fans. 

I ordered two and they did arrive Tuesday as promised. I did pay a bit more than they are probably worth but overall quiet enough for Hubby to agree to have in the bedroom which he never had before and a full charge has lasted from 11pm till about 4:30am. During the day I've found it light enough to carry into the kitchen when I'm cooking. E has made good use of the second one and likes moving it to where she is. 

Wednesday evening at our usual pub we laughed a lot for all the wrong reasons. It took so many trips for the men to the bar and back to check what alternative drink would be accepted when one after the other had been discovered to have run out. It happened again when food was ordered. It started with advice that there was only one fish and chips left which was ordered immediately and everyone chose and changed each time until six of us had meals coming. Then just before they all arrived a member of staff came over and apologised that fish and chips didn't actually exist and was an error on the stock sheet, thankfully swapping for scampi was OK. This is a seaside pub and it's now school holidays so high season and pub lunches with children are very popular so I guess their deliveries got out of sync with stock control, thankfully it happens to us rarely. 

Something else that made us laugh which I'm sure wasn't meant to, was during our regular Thursday night quiz. I'm playing along with Hubby and E when there's a round on People and the question master worded one question as "Who was the mother of Edward, Charles, Anne etc?" Answer was obvious but it made us laugh that he didn't know if he should include the disgraced Andrew or not.

Earlier in the year we saw an offer from Thompson & Morgan for a large collection of mixed bulbs and tubers at a really good price so Hubby bought one. When the time was right for each thing (by their instructions) he'd planted and nurtured them since. He can't remember what he'd planted in this pot, just that it was five bulbs. 

 

Imagine our surprise when a pot full of tomato plants emerged! 

There are tomatoes on the vines too. 

Tomatoes don't grow from bulbs only from seed so we are guessing it was in the shop bought compost (we have three compost bins in full use and he still buys shop bags) or the seeds were a gift from a visiting animal. We will never truly know. 

So another hot week and shocking news reports of all the wild fires caused and spreading fast on such dry land, mainly France and Spain and this week also local to us on Dunwich Heath, very scary! Can happen anywhere so please be extra careful, maybe avoid fireworks altogether, throwing used cigarette ends on the ground, having bbq's on grass and not on paving or even leaving rubbish after your picnic especially a glass bottle which could magnify the sun and cause flames. More important than ever while we are in drought and don't have the water to spare to put fires out. Sorry lecture over. 

Stay safe.

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