I Was Meeting Diana On Her Way Home From Work,

so out into the park, 

as I walked to the bus stop I noticed these,

a patch of bluebells that had recovered from constantly being trodden on by dog walkers, who park next to the verge and then trample the flowers to death, it used to be so nice before the flowers were killed, 

past the snail mail box, 

and into town, before meeting Diana I had a few things to do, alighting at the florists, there was a good show of plants there, 

the yellow of these in life so much more colourful than the photograph, 

I have always liked fuchsias, but never grown them,

lots to choose from,

but firstly this is where I was headed, to pick up the rest of my bi-monthly prescription,

next stop what was once W H Smiths, a company that sold stationary, I wanted to pick up a pack of 8 x 10 plain white cards, shopping finished, off to the bus stop, 

which was opposite the now finished Travelodge, 

to the left of it the pub, Kelsey House, 

to the right Village Car Care, the 354 soon arrived with Diana on it, so off to Bromley we went,

arriving there a walk past The Partridge, 

Diana was off to window shop, 

I was into Barclays to pick up some pound coins, amongst other things,

then out and past Primark, 

the haberdashery stall, 

and as it was Friday lots of food stalls, 

as well as the fruit and vegetable stall, 

this is where I was heading, stocks of spiced rum had reached a critical level, so a few bottles it was, and some food,

after which we met for our late lunch in The Greyhound,

spicy chicken strips for Diana with rice, 

scampi and chips for myself, 

'Cheers!',

back home on the bus, at the entrance to the park, the wisteria on Foxgrove Lodge putting on a good show, 

and it has such a delightful aroma, 

I just had too! arriving home in the evening it was the usual Outback Opal Hunters and a Deadliest Catch, which we followed with another one in the series Secret Garden, it was a delight to watch, so much happening that the owners of the property had no idea of, I should say each episode is based on one home at different locations in the country, after which a Bangers & Cash, we both try to guess the value of the cart that the team have renovated, sometimes we are both widely out, after which we were off to bed.

First Thing,

we were up and out, 

picking up Kai and heading here, Tulleys Farm for their tulip fest,

we were given a warm welcome,

we also meet up with Mike and Porn, 

group photo!

and this is what we were here for,

tulips, 

these all in boxes near the food and drink tents and stalls, 

and whilst having a snack and coffee,

a couple of summer fairies called by,

next past one of the many Tulleys garden features, 

and on to the tulip trail,

by the fish pond, 

a couple of poses, 

actually everywhere you look, 

there are photo props,

like this one, 

and for entertainment, strolling minstrels, 

into the Secret Garden,

so many things to pose by, 

I got a bit closer,

as we neared the Enchanted Forest, 

then out past one of the butterflies,

looking across the valley, a huge tulip field in the distance,

turning round,

we explored this one, 

the one in the distance we will leave for later,

the one we were in,

was pretty big,

with rows of tulips, 

seemingly stretching forever, 

photo time for the girls,

Porn, Diana and Kai,

looking at the video Kai had made,

one thing there are plenty of here, is windmills, 

I just had to look into this mirror, 

whilst taking photographs of the tulips, 

I somehow lost Diana,

and then,

here she is!

tulips everywhere, 

like these in planted stalls,

we were back to the butterfly, 

as we made our way past the flamingos, 

and Tulleys wheel,

as we made our way, 

to the big field of tulips we had seen earlier,

there were so many, it is a fact that there are 1.5 million tulips here featuring over 130 varieties!

time for rest,  

all of that walking,

no rest for me though!

I just carried on snapping away,

line after line,

almost to the horizon,

another pose, 

or two from Diana,

this line of flowers a tad smaller than the ones on either side of them,

looking further down the hill,

we walked towards the vantage point, a bridge about 3 feet off of the ground, 

just below it a huge wheelbarrow, 

it almost looked like the skies were clearing, 

as we passed the clog display, 

one last look,

as we made our way home, past one more windmill, and a house that somehow reminded me of a horror movie,

first Diana tinkled the ivories, as it started to rain,

a last photograph as we went back out to the car park, after saying our farewells to Mick and Porn, we dropped Kai off at her home, arriving back at ours, it was the usual Tipping Point followed by The Chase before our evening meal, after which another of the excellent series from Sir David Attenborough titled,

 Secret Garden, image BBC after which Diana was off to bed a 05.00AM start for her tomorrow, for myself a episode of Have I Got A Bit More News For You,

and to round off the day a very short video, before I too was off to bed.