What has given you pleasure today? ( An anti-rant thread).

An extra pick-up of just 10-year-old grandson from school because Mum had to be somewhere else. I don't usually do Wednesdays. I wait for him at the top of Sundial Square and watch for him crossing the quite busy road on the zebra crossing, then we walk home together, although we quite often take a diversion to the Swiss Bakers for a pie or the sushi and wasabi shop to fill an after-school empty space in the tummy.

I drove to Lyme Regis with a friend. On arrival, we had a cream tea at mid day just to keep us going, ‘did’ the shops, late afternoon succumbed to scampi & chips having missed proper lunch 😂, walked to the Cob, then sat on a bench and people-watched in the glorious sunshine until it was time to meander home. Just a lovely day.

My younger son dropped in on his way back to London from a meeting in Manchester. He always brightens the place up.

Silver Swans ballet class this evening. No matter how tired I am I always feel uplifted . 🩰🩰🩰

Lunch in the garden, in the sun, for the first time this year. And the French doors wide open all day

I have booked my flight for October to see my youngest son and his family in San Fransisco ...im beyond excited !

Peeled two hard boiled eggs in an instant, no stuck pieces of shell!
My sunflowers and lettuce have germinated, all go now in the greenhouse.
I read white wine can help prevent cardiac arrest 🥂

Some (well three or four) planted in the garden bed did ok until this year.

Allira

Casdon

My tulips - the Sarah Raven combination attempt didn’t quite work, but nonetheless they are stunning.

Lovely Casdon
I just said to DH that the tulip bulbs I transferred from pots to garden beds haven't appeared. The squirrel may have eaten them but at least he had a good meal or ten. Dear little thing. 🤔

I can’t get tulips to do well for more than one year however I treat them, I wish I could, because at their best they really make the garden glow.

Wandering along a bridleway with tiddler dog, at 7am with birdsong all around and warm sunlight filtering through the trees. There’s a magnificent crabapple tree in full bloom part way and it stopped me dead in my tracks.
A simple little flower but so beautiful.

Took a terminally ill friend out today and he said he had a wonderful afternoon. His wife commented on the perfume in the car as we passed two fields of rape. And the sun shone

Casdon

My tulips - the Sarah Raven combination attempt didn’t quite work, but nonetheless they are stunning.

Lovely Casdon
I just said to DH that the tulip bulbs I transferred from pots to garden beds haven't appeared. The squirrel may have eaten them but at least he had a good meal or ten. Dear little thing. 🤔

Maggiemaybe

Allira
Maggiemaybe
I had a 20% offer through the door from Waitrose. I thought this was a mistake as we haven’t got a Waitrose within striking distance and they’ve never delivered to our humble postcode, but yay, they do now! I feel that our area’s been elevated- perhaps our house prices will be going up?

Rant alert! That's ruined my day 😁 Just put in an online order for Waitrose for Saturday and my offers run out on Wednesday.

Oh no, Allira, how annoying! Mine won’t run out. I’m already working on the order, determined to be the first household in the village to have a Waitrose van parked outside.

Ooh, you are posh!

I only have Waitrose, others have Ocado round here 😁

Sarnia

Getting the box with my summer clothes out of the wardrobe. The pleasure part was short lived as a lot of it didn't fit. It happens every time.

😂😂😂

Got a text from the boss of my job after she had an appointment with her oncologist. The results were brilliantly positive for her tumour which is now barely visible. I am so glad for her

Went to collect our new family member from Cat protection fosterer. He’s a beauty but very shy. Unfortunately with lovely hot weather we have all our windows and doors firmly closed to prevent him escaping!

A productive day in the garden.

I cut the lawns ahead of No Mow May and re-seeded a couple of bare patches. Planted up a new bed of perennials. Sowed some radishes and spring onions. Split up and re-potted some basil mint for sharing. Potted on seed-grown cherry and plum tomatoes. Planted thunbergia to grow up an obelisk. Put out last year’s overwintered pelargoniums that are flowering gloriously. All the time accompanied by a robin and assorted birdsong.

Tired now but looking forward to Mishal Husain’s story on Who Do You Think You Are? this evening.

Sarnia

Getting the box with my summer clothes out of the wardrobe. The pleasure part was short lived as a lot of it didn't fit. It happens every time.

Oh Sarnia, I feel your pain!!

Trying again.

My tulips - the Sarah Raven combination attempt didn’t quite work, but nonetheless they are stunning.

Allira
Maggiemaybe
I had a 20% offer through the door from Waitrose. I thought this was a mistake as we haven’t got a Waitrose within striking distance and they’ve never delivered to our humble postcode, but yay, they do now! I feel that our area’s been elevated- perhaps our house prices will be going up?

Rant alert! That's ruined my day 😁 Just put in an online order for Waitrose for Saturday and my offers run out on Wednesday.

Oh no, Allira, how annoying! Mine won’t run out. I’m already working on the order, determined to be the first household in the village to have a Waitrose van parked outside.

I picked the perfect week to use on my holiday allowance, having a good spring clean!

Washed a big heavy rug and it has dried beautifully.

Have found a home for some bits of Lego that never sell at the car boot sale.

Had some lovely local asparagus for tea.

Washed some throws, cushions and cushion covers today and dried them on the line. They smell lovely and fresh again. I’ll give my halo a polish now 😂😂😂.

Did a stint in the garden, too, rearranging a few pots and rescuing some lily bulbs that something dug up through the night. I’ve put them into another pot for now and removed them to the greenhouse until they get stronger, and hopefully they’ll be safely away from whatever it was that got at them.

I made some coffee ice cream and it turned out well.