75 Today, 75 Today, I've Got The Key Of The Door,

no wait a minute that was the song for when I was 21,

but yes today the 14th. April I am three quarters of a century old, the time has just flown past, it really has, back to Sunday morning I played with a few panoramas, the problem being over the years I had used 3 different cameras, which meant that when I enlarged them they were all the same length, but all slightly different heights, so I started to make them all the same, also in the one above I did not want Diana and the beach huts open doors in the picture when we hired a beach hut at Bournemouth, 

so after a lot of trial by error I arrived at a print, that still needs a few tweaks, 

the same for this shot of a lavender field at Castle Farm near Sevenoaks in Kent, 

I changed the sky to give the appearance of late afternoon, but it still needs a few tweaks, 

it was then time for our Sunday morning walk, 

we made our way towards Stumps Hill in the park,

on the other side of the road, what we were looking for, the first of this years bluebells, 

along the way a cherry tree putting on a good show, 

more bluebells, 

lots of them on the other verge, 

as it happens it was a nice warm day, 

looking to the right at Westgate Road, 

we walked past the barrier to keep cars out of this side of the park,

and there the first showing of bluebells, 

although to be fair I think another week would see a better showing of them, 

we decided on a trail we had not walked before, 

a robin called by, but before I could give him some nuts he was off, 

many to look at here, 

we made our way towards the mansion,

looking over one of the places we had a picnic a few years ago, 

the refurbished stable block next to the mansion across the fairway, 

we were into the valley if you can call it that of the River Ravensbourne that flows through the park, 

we carried on down to the gate, deciding that we would call beck next week to see if more bluebells had opened up, 

the homeward stretch, 

Kai had beaten us home, she was having a Sunday roast with us, so first a read of the latest Private Eye and a sherry, before our starter of chicken liver pate and toast with a lettuce and onion salad, 'Cheers!',

and another one for our beef main course, 

Kai had kindly bought a card as well as bottles of wine and some beautiful roses that I will make room for later, 

after our meal we watched a afternoon of Columbo, then Kai made a move for her home, she is now sleeping by herself at her home, for us it was feet up for,

 All Quiet On The Western Front, the 2022 version, a great movie, especially at the end of the film, where man's vanity cost so many needles lives, after which we were off to bed.