Month: February 2025

Another lovely sunny day but it was cold. We went around Wingham Orchards.

Of course apples  on the way back at Wingham Farm Shop and also some celeriac which I am struggling to find elsewhere.

Oh dear Spurs(in the evening) but I guess I have to admit Liverpool are a far better team and they don’t have a complete team in “the sick room”.

A morning walk at Kearsney, another sunny day. Of course it was muddy and Ellie loved it and she found a friend to play with!!

I did stop for a bit of shopping on the way home. No, prices aren’t going up, of course they are! ….and things are getting smaller…tins of tuna for example. Recently we fancied fish fingers and haven’t had them for ages. It seems nowadays it is not that simple. There are Omega 3 or cod. The Omega 3 are pollock, not cod! Then £8 for a pack!!

We collected Ellie’s food from the vets on the way home. Part of the “club” we have her signed up for at the vets is that we get every 6th bag free………………not any more, they are going to stop it.

BUT Mal called into Timpson’s seeing if he could get a key to fit one of our conservatory windows.  The man in there was so helpful, gave him a bag of keys to try and told him to bring them back when he had tried them all and pay for whichever one fit! Mal offered his name and address but he said no, it was fine, he had faith in people! What a nice man.

My volunteer day. We weren’t that busy. In the morning I had a whatsapp from Scarlet, saying this photo was taken after their football match at the weekend.

It was so nice to hear from her again. She is fourth from right, back row.

Oh dear, Hammers lost in the evening.

A frosty morning and Ellie loved her walk, rolling in the frozen grass.

Lou, Rhys, Josie and Oscar came for lunch. Mal decided he would do the roast (leg of lamb and a side of salmon). I did the starter and dessert. It was lovely to see them all and hear all about Oscar’s time with the Navy – medical, fitness etc.

Ollie was working but lovely to have the rest here.

 

It seems to have been the longest January ever! I guess it was the miserable weather.

I caught the bus into Canterbury to collect my new glasses. I had a wander around the shops, the ones that are left!  I also managed to find a 16th birthday present for Scarlet. I don’t think I have mentioned but she has been in touch with me, talking about her dad and asking if we have things of his (of course we do, we kept them for her and Jack in the hopes one day we would see them again). She also asked for pictures of his grave, bless her. We buy them Christmas and birthday presents and always have but now I have much more idea of what they would like. It makes me so happy after all this time to be in touch at last. Poor girl obviously is still grieving, I just hope I can fill in some blanks for her. She has sent me quite a lot of photos. Jack is now 5 foot 10!

 

I ordered a new garlic crusher from Lakeland. I was going to collect it from Canterbury but they had free postage, easier and it arrived today!  It came in a HUGE box and the tiny black box that says “Slice & Dice” on it was all there was in that massive box!