On The Island

A walk in Knees Wood, unfortunately we saw the lady with her “attacking spaniel” so we walked in the opposite direction. That poor dogs problem is the other end of the lead. It did go for Ellie once and its owner was in a total panic saying “he does that sometimes”!!

Then a coffee, Ellie was quite tired as it was very humid, so I drove the car up to the cafe!

We heard yesterday that Milly’s mum has sadly passed . Sol asked if we could look after Luna sometime when Milly has to empty her house…of course we will.

Cassidy (hop-a-long)is still living in our garden. He flies OK, comes and has some food and a drink, sits in the Bay leaf pot and then flies away for a while. He is a bit of a scruffy blackbird, bless him. I also found a bush cricket in the garden.

Ramsgate park just a short walk as it was hot again.

Very warm in the afternoon and so we left Ellie with her fans on and walked to the Quay to meet Jem and Dom as there was a Medieval weekend on.

Then back to ours and we sat out in the garden and Mal decided to make a salmon meal for us. Lovely out in the garden with food and a few drinks.

Back to the doctors again for another blood test, this time a fasting one. Good nurse, needle in first time.

I went to get some shopping Dover/Whitfield and a complete road was dug up and traffic lights….nightmare! The reason I didn’t go to Westwood Cross was because one of the roads is blocked to get there… a gas main burst and it is going to take them a long time to sort it! Perhaps I should have tried Deal but that will be full of holiday makers.

In the evening we finished the series of Ann Droid, quite comical!

Another warm day with a short walk around the cricket pitch. Ellie is still feeling the heat. She has three fans and really could she get any closer?

Torin’s birthday which Mal and I have decided to celebrate remembering his life and kindness and achievements. We know that he is no longer in pain. We have had such beautiful messages from so many people who care and remember him and his smile as we do. Also a special present from the lovely Zoe, bless her.

Our walk was around the countryside in Wingham, the walks we did with Torin.

We then went to lunch at Engels’ Paradise in Deal, a Polish restaurant and of course we had a toast to Torin in Guiness as is our family tradition. We sat out in their garden and it was all very leisurely and lovely Polish food. The owner however at the end of the meal told us all about troubles she was going through at the moment, excusing her not 100% attention but we told her it was fine, we didn’t want to rush. So many of us struggling at the moment.

 

Milly and Sol came round with our great grandchildren, Luna and Dalinar. They grow so quickly.

They really are such lovely kids and we had a great morning with them.

A busy day at work again. I heard all the updates about Jack’s 5 week old poorly kitten he has taken on. He is being very well looked after.

I went to the greengrocers in Birchington, opposite our shop and they had runner beans for £11.95 a kilo! No I didn’t buy any but as Mal said, it just goes to show how difficult it has been this year trying to grow any!

I received a really lovely card from Zoe and her family saying they are thinking of us with Torin’s birthday approaching. She really is such a kind and caring girl.