Morning apologies, let's just pretend that its Friday
So last Friday I had a lovely day visiting my cousin, she doesn't live far and we have children (albeit they are now adults) of a similar age, she has always been an absolute rock for me at times when life has been challenging and I hope I have for her in turn helped when life has been difficult. She lives in a beautiful home with an utterly gorgeous garden and we whiled away hours chatting about life the universe and everything, we had tea made by her lovely hubby and caught up, the downside no photos, you'll just have to take it from me that it was a wonderful catch up.
On Saturday my sister came over and we made mid-summer wreaths together. We had collected some oak leaves and mod-podged them to retain their colour it will be interesting to see how long they last, we also gathered some rosemary and some lavender, so it smells lovely. I bought the grapevine wreath and had ample ribbons to add to it with the colours of midsummer. The jangling bells rattle when we come through the door which is lovely and it made me feel happy.
My sister was equally happy with hers albeit that it looks very different.
Outside I noted the beauty of the courgette flowers
and the pinkness of the sky
hubby fancied something 'sweet' one evening which is a rarity so I created this apple and sultana muffins, we had little in the way of oil so I substituted apple sauce and reduced down the sugar content.
On Sunday it was Father's day we met our son, daughter-in-law and grandson at YSP for a lovely walk we didn't take many photos as trying to be present in the moment, but I did get these two of my grandson being very giddy with his new toy
When we got home we ordered in Dominoes as a Father's day treat, so no one had to cook (plus it was mighty warm).
When it arrived we served up and this sequence of photos had us all giggling.
We had ordered a little garlic bread for our grandson, he's teething so chewing on the crust was much appreciated.
The look on his face
and then he had us all giggling, he couldn't work out which bit was food and which bit wasn't, and I'll be honest with a UPF tea, we feel the same quite often.
Hubby got a cup on Father's day from Grandson which goes nicely with mine from Mother's day
and this from our son
I bought him this which amused him
and this was the goodies from son and daughter-in-law which were much appreciated but far too much, including a few beers which he's enjoyed this week.
Monday I was back to work as normal, with meetings with the auditors which added to the to do list, so I was busy and it was a long day but making progress which is always good.
Tuesday our son, d-i-law, and grandson came for tea as normal. Our Grandson has been struggling with what is potentially a summer cold so he was off his food and it was way too warm for all of us. They didn't stay too long had their tea and then headed home which I thought was sensible, I also sent them with our second fan which can have water and freezer blocks in it, to help at home, thankfully our grandson is apparently much better.
Wednesday night and we headed to Cast at Doncaster to see the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by the Reduced Shakespeare Company which was a really good evening.
We saw three of the cubs inside the theatre as part of the Pride of Lions trail for Sheffield Children's Hospital
the set was simple but with a touring show and the subject matter it wasn't surprising
Selfie of the two of us.
then on the way out we photographed two more lions
We have yet to do a full day looking for lions but are enjoying finding the odd one on our travels.
I'm going to leave our weekend (and the reason I was late) until next week's post.
I hope you've had a wonderful week and that you've managed in the crazy temperatures if you are UK based.
Hugs
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