Month: July 2020

Oscar’s 10th Birthday! The years seem to be flying by.

Thankfully Ellie had bright shiny eyes again and back to herself, she has looked so miserable the last couple of days. We walked along by the river and we are sure more new ducklings.

Midday we went to Lou and Rhys’s for Oscar’s birthday BBQ. Of course Ollie made his birthday cake and very good it was too. So was the BBQ!

We chatted about going away somewhere as we missed my 70th Birthday holiday but fear it is still risky to leave the country. We will see.

We had a lovely day in spite of the 3 minute downpour just before we arrived!

Thought for the Day – “Just sitting watching the TV and had a great idea. Next year instead of giving all our MP’s a pay rise, let’s all clap!”

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It was 1.00 am and Ellie still wouldn’t settle and so I ended up waking Mal , who needless to say had slept through all this, and he dressed and took her across the road with his torch! Well, I wasn’t going over there in the dark! She evidently made it more than obvious that her tummy was still bad. After that she settled down.

I gave her scrambled egg and rice again for breakfast.

We took her for a walk around the orchards. It doesn’t look as though the apricots will be a bumper crop, some trees had a lot but only about 25% of the trees had fruit on them.

There are plenty of apples. Two of the orchards have new trees planted. On the way back we stopped in Elgar’s field as Ellie does love a ball game in there.

In the evening I cooked Lamb Khoresh, I used to make it a lot in Cyprus. Of course followed by fresh fruit from the allotment.

Thought for the Day – “Those who spend their time looking for the faults in others, usually spend no time to correct their own.”

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Ollie and Oscar entered a Food Technology competition at their school. They came joint first in their college. BUT I fail to see how the overall  school winner just baked a cake when they each cooked a complete 3 course meal! Yes, I am biased!

A rainy day but we did have a dry walk with Ellie. She had an upset stomach so I gave her scrambled egg and rice for her dinner. She seemed very sorry for herself.

We went to bed but she wouldn’t settle. She was up and down the stairs and I let her into the garden three times. She is a very clean dog and if it is more than a wee, she won’t do it in the garden but wants to go to the field opposite. She paced backwards and forwards out there but did nothing.

Thought for the Day -“Look at all the beauty in your life and be happy.”

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We walked to Gazen Salts and along the river. It was the perfect walking weather. We saw another new duck with 11 ducklings. All the other ducklings we have been watching are nearly the size of their parents.

I have a long list of things to do around the house, so ticked off a couple more in the afternoon while Mal went to the allotment.

So many repeats on the TV but I found ‘Scottish vets down under’ and so watched a couple of those.

Thought for the Day – “Your eyes show the strength of your soul.” ~ Paulo Coelho

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I went to Westwood to buy more poles for the grandchildren’s runner beans and also some spring onion seeds. I also bought a much bigger water bowl for Ellie. She has three bowls but seems to like drinking from the smallest one and she does drink a lot of water!

I have suddenly started with hay fever. I haven’t had it for years but always used to get it around Wimbledon time. I have never had it in Kent. Weird!

Mal went to the allotment alone and I cleaned out the fridges and freezer.

Thought for the Day – “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” ~ Paulo Coelho

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Lou and Rhys’s 10th wedding anniversary. The plan was they were going to Cardiff for the weekend. Not happening because of the present situation but we still had Ollie, Oscar and Josie to stay now they are allowed! It’s been a long time!

We took them for a walk to the park in the morning, of course, having ice creams on the way home as is tradition.

After lunch we all went to the allotment and the kids cleared some of their patches and they also planted some peas, carrots, runner beans and beetroot.

After working so hard we took them for fish and chips in the evening. The plan was to sit by the river and eat them but it started to drizzle so we took them home and ate them there.

Thought  for the Day – “You always gain by giving love.” ~ Reese Witherspoon

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