First Thing,

the crows were here,

all tucking into the peanuts, 

it seems a tad strange, 

no foxes again today, I received a message from Decathlon to say my order was ready to be picked up, I had ordered a pair of water/windproof over trousers for my upcoming trip,

so off to the tram stop, naturally I had missed both trams as it started to rain, anyway on to,

 IKEA, that now has a decathlon store next to it, 

and there it is, trousers picked up and a few other bits & pieces purchased, 

as I was so far along the tramline I thought I would take a tram a few stops further on to Morden Park, and take a look at the aquatic outlet there, as it happens it was several stops further on, 

and a long walk from the station,

over the River Wandle, 

and past the weir,

into the garden center, 

through it and out to the outside plant display area, 

and into the aquatic centre, I had a look around, a good selection as it happens, a lot more than Polhill in fact,

then back over the Wandle,

and a walk to the tramline station, 

in 50 minutes I was alighting at Beckenham Junction, 

and walking home past the snail mail box, it was surprisingly late, so I was not in long before it was time for my evening meal, after which I watched a Outback Opal Hunters and a Deadliest Catch, which ended just as Diana called, she had gone straight from work to meet Kai, for a afternoon/early evening in London, and here is their time there, 

and here they are,

in Trafalgar Square, for a pose from Diana,

and Kai, 

a walk into one of their favorite stores,

so walk the walk,

and then downstairs to where the fun/buying begins!

after which Chinatown,

and a all you can eat Korean bar-b-q,

it really was all you can eat! £29.99 each, 

a stop at the bakery, 

for some little fish, 

although a tad early the girls were hoping that the Christmas lights would be on, 

but alas it was not to be,

a pose, 

before reaching Leicester Square, 

and tube to Victoria and home to Kai's for a coffee where I picked Diana up, arriving home we were just in time for a Midsomer Murder, by now Mr. Sleep was starting to catch up with Diana, I had dropped her off for a 04.00AM., early start this morning, so after that Diana was off to bed, for myself a Bangers & Cash before I too was off to bed.

No Foxes Again Today,

but the birds made up for it, 

crows and magpies, 

junior with the growth on his feet, 

no letting them hinder him, 

when it came to the pecking order, 

in the share out for nuts, 

for our Sunday lunch Diana had bought some lovely roses, 

on to my sherry and read, 

for our Sunday lunch we started with vegetable spring rolls, 

followed by pork belly, covered in gravy for Diana,

sans gravy for myself, 'Cheers!',

on to dessert, a banoffee pie with cream, 

eyes down and tuck in!, after which feet up for our Sunday afternoon entertainment, Diana said she fancied watching a black & white film, so, 

Them! it was, we had watched the film before but good to watch again, after which a romp in the jungle with,

The Legend of Tarzan, which we both enjoyed, after a small snack in the evening a double helping of Midsomer Murder, as Diana has a 04.00AM start tomorrow, we were then off to bed.

Diana Was Leaving,

after I left for a walk to the surgery, 

into a bright blue day,

across the edge of Beckenham Green,

and past the front graveyard, 

where I spotted these,

a lovely stand of cyclamen, 

past what was once the Nat West bank,

and then past Papilio,

down the steps, 

to the corner where the Travelodge at long last is now in use,

then a bit of a shock, normally, well for the past 6 or 7 years when I go in for a flu jab, I walk in to the surgery, wait a couple of minutes and then being called in for a jab and off, but not this morning! the queue stretched to the next road and then into the surgery, 

luckily we were all geared up for the cold, except for one chap in shirts sleeves I am guessing he had arrived by car and parked in the car park and then like myself having normally walked straight in did not bring any cold weather clothes, chatting to the people near me we all had the same time for the appointment, a case of overbooking one time slot I guess, whilst being given a jab the nurse looked and said I did not have a covid jab, so I had one of those as well, now two sore arms instead of one!

out of the surgery and past one of the many small homes in the area,

a walk past the rear graveyard,

a small grave, its roof on pillars, 

the church from the rear, 

over the green.

and into the park, in the side garden of Foxgrove Lodge, 

these looked very pretty, 

I carried on walking, 

to the snail mail post box, 

where I got mugged by three crows, 

and then there were four, as always I had a few peanuts in my pocket for them, somehow they seem to recognise me, arriving home time for a couple of Saturday afternoon film, starting with a black & white, 

Millions Like Us, a romantic look, although often using war time footage, at the role women played in WWII working in factories to produce arms and munitions, and of course one of the workers falls for a flyer, 

Red 2, I have to admit I forgot the film was shown on Netflix, until the cuts started, as usual, huge pieces of the film left on the Netflix cutting room floor, thankfully I had watched it before, I knew what had really happened in the film, from the blurb:

"Retired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device".

I followed that with, 

my evening read and sherry, 

and for tonight a chicken korma with rice, 'Cheers', after which it was feet up with a spiced rum or three for,

Without a Clue, a hilarious spoof of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson is the ace detective and has been using an actor to play the part Holmes. Holmes is a drunken actor and gets on Watson's nerves, and then the fun begins! which brought me rather nicely up to, 

 The War of the Worlds, the 1953 version which I enjoyed, the only slight problem was that the book was set in the UK, in Sudbury as it happens, the reason Wells chose Sudbury was that when he did a lecture there he found that he was very poorly receive, so the book being set there was his idea of payback time, I then received a message from Diana to say she had been asked to work late, so I started on a Bangers & Cash, after which she arrived home, so one more Bangers and we were off to bed.