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Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts

Sunday 12 July 2020

Better Start On The Apples.....

I can live for two months on a compliment - Mark Twain
We had a little bit of a lie-in....
Hubby and youngest son are having a haircut this morning.....
 Brew and hug↑
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Out for a mini-walk in the sunshine↓
 Back for a much needed coffee↓
&
Christine  Perfect , known professionally as Christine McVie following her marriage to John McVie, is an English singer, songwriter and keyboardist, best known as one of the three lead vocalists and the keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac. She joined the band in 1970. She has also released three solo albums. McVie is known for her contralto vocals and her direct but poignant lyrics, which concentrated on love and relationships. AllMusic describes her as an "Unabashedly easy-on-the-ears singer/songwriter, and the prime mover behind some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits." Eight of her songs appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits album.She is 77 years old 🎈
David Carr, keyboard player in the original line-up (The Fortunes), died in  2011 from a heart attack, aged 67
Hubby and son went off to the Barbers for haircuts.
I caught up with my blog. 
Wow when hubby came back....
He had lost 2 stone off his head!!!
Now to celebrate with a little ride!

Nice and warm!
We are going to visit Burcot Garden Centre.
It is closing down at the end of the month to make way for houses...:( :(
  Oh dear when we got there....
Nothing left...
50% off the Xmas things↓
 
 Table and chairs anyone↓↓↓
 Christmas lights??
Waved goodbye to the garden centre↓
 I got some bird seed, some nice coffee, and some flowers for my parent's grave↓
 Off now to see my parents...
 On March 14th...
I came here to visit my parent's grave.
I got chatting to an elderly man for a good 45 minutes, as he was tending his late wife's grave↓↓↓
(He is at his wife's grave, when I took this photo)↓
It was sad to see, he had now passed away.
I found out from the flowers on his grave, his name was Bill↓

 I told my parents I would be back up in the week, with some lavender plants.
Back home.
 Time for strong coffee↓
 Light lunch time outside↓
We did the Tv themes Quiz from Friday.
3/6 we got.
While I wrote yesterday's blog.
Hubby got some of the apples of the tree↓ 
 Just put my order for some shortcrust pastry, lots of apple pies to eat over the next 12 months!
We had a nice lamb tea..
 Now to break open Series 2 of NYPD Blue↓
 With sleep tea of course↓
 2 episodes watched....
Back on that tiny Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow...


 

Sunday 14 June 2020

Trimming Back The Bush Again!

The trouble with nude dancing is that not everything stops when the music stops. - Robert Helpmann
Welcome to my Sunday Fun🎈
I was up early.
I left the snoring beauty to snore.
Unloaded the dishwasher and loaded it back up.
As soon as the kettle appeared...
Sleeping Beauty appeared in the kitchen.
Nice big hug and wet 💋 followed...
I left him to do breakfast.
I go upstairs to get dressed.
 Brew and hug follows↑
Has breakfast.
Now off for our daily walk↓
 Some scandels left behind↑
 Going under the bridge↑
 Empty water bottle left by the pillar box↑
I see my youngest brother is using my late dad's drive for his use↓
 All of the confers have been cut down by the side of the house↓
 Lots of sawdust to play with↓
 Are they going to same way?↓
 Tracks left in the grass↓
 We get to Tesco Express.
Closed until 10.25am.
Nice walk back.
We walked over 1.5 miles \o/
Coffee time↓
 Off out of to do my neighbour's shopping and pick up my order from Dunelm↓
 Off to see my mum and dad↓
 I found a photo of my parents from 10 years ago.They were at my son's 6th Birthday party.
I miss them so much :'(
Back home to see the clouds forming↓
 Unpacked my Dunelm order↓
 Taking the dog outside↓
I tidied up the things in the bathroom window....↓
Hubby was trimming the bush back again↓
Is rain due?
Back inside as I could feel the raindrops↓
 Light lunch time↓
 Caught up with today's newspapers
Rod Argent  is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Argent came to prominence in the mid 1960s as the founder and keyboardist of the English rock band the Zombies and went on to form the band Argent after the first break-up of the Zombies.He is 75 years old🎈
 Jim Lea
is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, piano, violin, and guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade from their inception until 1992, and for co-writing most of their songs.He is 71 years old🎈
 Time for Tea at 3↓
 Gets a few presents off the internet for my youngest son's Birthday at the end of the month.
Giving it plenty of time to get here for the big day!
Back into the kitchen to start on tonight's evening meal...
2 hours later....
Sausage Casserole with mash is ready!
Four empty plates soon after!
Hubby goes for a bath.
I write yesterday's blog.
Both kids then have showers.
More watching of the final series of:
One episode we were watching was so boring, the worst out of the whole 7 series so far!
We watch the Newspaper Review on the BBC news channel.
Gets things ready for tomorrow trip on the tiny Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡