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Sunshine!
Today, it finally stopped raining! Plus, Mike fixed my phone camera, so I've been doubly able to wander around taking pictures.
This morning, we finally sold (almost certainly: it's going to be MoT'd first) the old car. After having it sit around outside for three-and-a-bit months while we didn't get around to it, we had the bright idea of asking the mechanic next door if he knew anyone. Next day, we got a phone call: it's going off to be a lad's first car, which I think it'll be great at.
After that, we went for a nice hack, for the first time in ages. The trees are a lot less leafy than they were, but they're still very pretty in the sun:
We also went past the mysterious bit of the woods where all the trees have numbers on them. Presumably, the Forestry Commission are planning on chopping down some or all of them in the not-too-distant future, but it is very tempting to go out there one night with a can of spray paint and confuse them!
Afterwards, the boys were pleased to get to go in the field: they've not been out there in three days, as it's just been too soggy to risk the damage they'd do to the grass.
This afternoon, Mike bizarrely opted to stay at home while I took the pooch for a walk. We had a nice hour and a half out in the woods, and found The Biggest Puddle Ever at just the point when she was starting too look in need of a drink:
(Given how she was behaving when we saw the (recently-done) boy from up the lane in the woods yesterday, she's nearly done with being in season. Of course, this is now the dangerous bit, but I'll be glad when it's over!)
She's asleep now, and Mike and I are both a bit knackered too, which may be unfortunate: we're off out to see Fascinating Aida this evening, which I'm looking forward to a lot.
(On Thursday, I went to the Big City for a visit to Gauthier with my Gentleman Friend. We had the autumn lunch tasting menu, which was a very reasonable £40 a head, including a glass of fizz, if you pretend to forget about the cost of the two bottles of wine that we also had.... Well worth a try for this menu, if you've never been.)
This morning, we finally sold (almost certainly: it's going to be MoT'd first) the old car. After having it sit around outside for three-and-a-bit months while we didn't get around to it, we had the bright idea of asking the mechanic next door if he knew anyone. Next day, we got a phone call: it's going off to be a lad's first car, which I think it'll be great at.
After that, we went for a nice hack, for the first time in ages. The trees are a lot less leafy than they were, but they're still very pretty in the sun:
We also went past the mysterious bit of the woods where all the trees have numbers on them. Presumably, the Forestry Commission are planning on chopping down some or all of them in the not-too-distant future, but it is very tempting to go out there one night with a can of spray paint and confuse them!
Afterwards, the boys were pleased to get to go in the field: they've not been out there in three days, as it's just been too soggy to risk the damage they'd do to the grass.
This afternoon, Mike bizarrely opted to stay at home while I took the pooch for a walk. We had a nice hour and a half out in the woods, and found The Biggest Puddle Ever at just the point when she was starting too look in need of a drink:
(Given how she was behaving when we saw the (recently-done) boy from up the lane in the woods yesterday, she's nearly done with being in season. Of course, this is now the dangerous bit, but I'll be glad when it's over!)
She's asleep now, and Mike and I are both a bit knackered too, which may be unfortunate: we're off out to see Fascinating Aida this evening, which I'm looking forward to a lot.
(On Thursday, I went to the Big City for a visit to Gauthier with my Gentleman Friend. We had the autumn lunch tasting menu, which was a very reasonable £40 a head, including a glass of fizz, if you pretend to forget about the cost of the two bottles of wine that we also had.... Well worth a try for this menu, if you've never been.)