I Left After Diana,

 who was on a evening shift,

into a bright sunny day,

onto a number 54 bus, alighting at the florists, 

that had a good show on, then over the road to Kingfisheries, to pick up some RO water for the Venus fly traps that need soft water, 

and by sheer happenstance who should arrive outside in his car? none other than Mick, who tragically lost his wife Pauline a couple of months ago, he has decided to take up fishkeeping, as you can imagine we had quite a chat before he left for home, after which I too was back home, the forecast was for thunderstorms in the afternoon, so I decided not to go into the garden, and spent the rest of the day playing with photographs, for today I decided on orchids, 

out of the camera, 

like all of the following, I played with the photographs a tad, 

after this last one it was time for my evening meal and feet up for a film, 

a black and white one, The Sound Barrier, a great Boys Own story, and that is what it is, I often accuse films for distorting the truth, and this one is no exception, but fun to watch, after which a Have I Got A Bit More News For You as Diana returned home, so a coffee and a chat as well as some cherries before we were off to bed.

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and I was out,

to visit Duncan, I had called the nursing home and found out that he had been released from hospital so I drove to the nursing home, arriving the rain that had held off started as I walked from the car park, what a change from yesterday!

inside Duncan was not his usual self, he barely ate any of the cherries that I had brought down, and unexpectedly did not want any of his favorite crisps, salt & vinegar, I stayed for nearly 2 hours but towards the end of my visit he was nodding off, I guess it is the result of the medication he was on, I asked one of the nurses but as I am not family they could tell me nothing, hopefully next week he will be back to his usual self, a grey drive home, in the afternoon Alan popped in to say Hi, and brought a few photographs to play with, 

Stonehenge on a grey misty morning, 

with a touch of sky added,

another view from the roadside, 

altered a tad, 

the tunnel in the woods, 

with just a few changes, I printed them up for Alan so he can use them at home, after saying our goodbyes, 

it was time for a beef salad, 'Cheers!',

then my film for the evening, Public Enemies, the Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s, an enjoyable movie, with more than a grain of truth in the telling, for me in real life the role of Melvin Purvis showed just how tenacious the 'G-Men' as they were called had become, as it finished Diana arrived home so a coffee and a chat before we were off to bed.

It Was A Busy Day,

I dropped Diana off at work just before 03.45AM

and picked her up later in the afternoon, 

for a drive in the country, soon slowed down by a tractor in the distance, 

we caught the convoy up, until we took a right turn, 

over this narrow one lane bridge, 

not too far now, 

and this is where we were gong, Chegworth Cherries & Plums, Water Lane, Chegworth, Maidstone ME17 1DE. chegworthvalley.com, 

the cherry picking season was here!

the farms tent ready for the afternoons business, 

but first, 

a quick pose,

then to the cherry fields, 

another pose with glasses, 

and sans glasses take a good look at them, it is the last time we see this pair!

a much better crop than our last visit here, 

bunches, 

ladened down the trees everywhere, 

much to our delight, 

naturally, 

every tree had to be sampled! in no time we had as many cherries as we wanted, 

£10.00 later and we were back in the car, 

what a glorious day, 

in the car the outside temperature gauge did not lie!

we were soon hurtling along the country lanes, 

and arrived home, where after a snack I was out, Diana was so tired she stayed at home, for myself I was off to Bromley, and here my narrative breaks down, I took my telephone with me to take photographs, but it went mustang, I could not send any photographs from it in its gallery to my email address or WhatsApp, so a couple of photographs from my last visit to the Churchill theater,

I meet Mike, Liz and all of the others for this 4 rows from the stage,

 

to watch Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, they were absolutely superb,

 it was just a shame that Steve could not be here with us, after saying our goodbyes we were off to our homes, where for myself Diana was already asleep as the bus took a time to arrive in Bromley and as it happens the show slightly overran, after a Have I Got A Bit More News For You I too was off to bed.

Diana Had Already Left For Work,

as I started playing with the printer, 

a couple of the inks were getting down to nearly a quarter full, so a top up and a test page printed, 

then downstairs to the garden, 

for our first ever bar b q at our home, 

charcoal bricks alight with a touch of bar b q firelighter, 

Diana arrived home, I had started the fire 20 minutes or so before she arrived, 

in no time sausages and chicken were ready to go, Diana had prepared a salad to go with the chicken and also brought home some rolls for the sausages, what a lovely way to spend the afternoon and early evening, meal over and we were back upstairs for a Outback Opal Hunters and a Deadliest Catch, followed by a Midsomer Murder, after which Diana was off to bed, a early start tomorrow, for myself a Have I Got A Bit More News For You before before I too was off to bed.