Here we are again...all good pals and jolly good company.
Enjoy the celebration buffet. Please continue to make our kitchen a special meeting place.
A group hug awaits every Granspal.
and LOVE.
Hello kitchen people. The boys are not yet reconciled
OH is much better today! I spent the day in n London at the V&A attending a study day on Textiles. It was brilliant. I’m worn out now though and went to bed at 9 pm,
Just seven sleeps now, Grandmarie! I’m busy getting things organised, mainly in my head, if I’m truthful, but it’ll all get done. Your Sunday sounded lovely. I hope your Dh is feeling better now and there’s good news for your other loved ones.
GMbatty I think every child we saw in town today was wailing or having a tantrum! There must be something in the air. 🤔
Good luck in the quiz, Jax! 
Your visit sounds delightful, Brook though maybe without the early morning wake-ups. 
We’ve just agreed to have both our GC overnight later this summer. We’ve not had them both at the same time before. 👀
I hope the Soops weekend has been fun for everyone. Looking forward to hearing about it all.
We had an enjoyable visit to the garden plant sale on Saturday and I came away with some treasures including Hawkshead fuschias. I intend to go back as they were selling three or four foot tall rowan tree saplings for £5! Unfortunately we were in dh’s sports car and it wouldn’t fit inside. 😂 I met a new friend yesterday for coffee and it was lovely getting to know someone new. It’s heartening that we can still make connections even as life moves on.
Today was all about preparing to go away, buying presents (I’ve resorted to jazzy socks and t-shirts as my imagination has gone awol.) and bits and pieces such as sunscreen as mine had gone out of date. I also took a phone call about the repairs on our house. They’ll start in June, almost six months since the flood. It’ll take about a month 😱 and at the moment I still don’t know exactly how it’s going to be tackled ie the order of things.
There’s been a bit of rain this evening, enough to dampen the soil but that’s all. I may have to water the garden but that’s tomorrow’s job.
Sweet dreams, everyone! Xx
Yet again a flying visit from me. Today has been full on. After traipsing around several furniture shops and sitting in lots of chairs MrB and I have made a final choice, placed an order and these rather lovely Italian leather chairs will be delivered in early July. I’m so glad we took our time and looked at all the options.
I also signed a few documents and read lots of paperwork from my financial advisor. My eyes are so tired I am struggling to read. Love and virtual hugs to you all, the warmest people in social media ❤️
Ta da! I am back with you lovely lot here in our kitchen.
I shall need a lot of catch-up time, as I see that there are numerous visits since I left for the family gathering
What a wonderful, noisy, eventful few days we've spent in sunny Rutland. This morning, in the post, a book arrived containing all the photos that were taken during our visit. We haven't stopped oohing and ahhing. I could not be more thrilled.
Mr Soop has motored approx 900 miles. The journey to Rutland was peppered with long tailbacks on the busy motorway. The return journey was less stressful.
We were treated to days out and visited some delightful locations. One of the best was Barnsdale Gardens which Geoff Hamilton was inspired to create. Both daughters-in-law went to a great deal of trouble to host parties.
I have returned home with a wicked sore throat and hacking, chesty cough. No family member appeared to be unwell. We have stayed in two Premier Inns and also had coffee at busy motorway stopovers. So, there have been plenty of people who may have passed on a germ or two. 
The weather during our visit was hot and sunny. The last hour of our journey home was through a deluge of rain and road spray.
I have about thirty photos and have selected just one to share with you. Grandson Will and his partner are absent from the shoot as they needed to return to London. Torben was seated in the shade as he felt a bit off colour. I shall share photos featuring them on another occasion.
There is a mountain of laundry to deal with. Mr Soop is cutting the grass.
Forgot to mention that I fell on the driveway of the cottage in which we stayed. I could not get upright. Mr Soop asked the lady who owned the cottage to assist him. Between them, I was rescued from having to remain prone for the remainder of the day. 
Good evening dear Kitcheners. I have been busy today having a paperwork clear out. I can’t work out why, when all my accounts are online and supposedly paperless, they still send me enormous loads of bumf through the post! It’s physically and mentally tiring.
Hope you’re home safely now Brook.
Lovely to hear from you Soop, sounds like a successful gathering and that’s a beautiful photo of you all.
You must be exhausted Grandmabatty, I admire your resilience.
I’m not looking forward to my Covid jab GrannySomerset.I haven’t had a call yet so maybe I’m becoming less ‘at risk’!
Lovely to catch up with a friend Jax. MrB has been out watering and fussing over his plants, though he calls it ‘nurturing’. I just wait for the pretty flowers to appear . Joking aside, I have had a few nasty falls in the garden so I just sit in it now.
Early night for me, review with my financial advisor tomorrow.
Love and best wishes to you all ❤️
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