We Were Out Of Water,

for our marine aquarium,

 so off to the shop past the church, but first,

 a look into the town hall, as an exhibition was being held there,

 by the Beckenham Photographic Society, what a treat, so many stunning photographs, it put my humble efforts to shame!

 on to the bus stop, The Cosy Kitchen now up and running, I called into Kingfisheries Aquarium and picked up the RO water we use to top up the aquarium and home I went,

 in the evening a sherry,

 followed by my evening meal and a few glasses of red,

as I read a few more chapters of Lanark by Alasdair Gray, whilst listening to music,

towards midnight Diana called, so a walk to the bus stop, returning home it was feet up for a coffee and for us next we were off to bed.

Diana Was At Work,

I was off into town to visit the dentist, 

and for our weekend shopping, passing Beckenham Green, in the churchyard I spotted them,

a few in the distance,

 and closer,

 a few clumps of them, snowdrops, the first of the year, spring is on the way!, 

 a quick visit, crown reglued and I was on my way, 

 to Sainsburys, returning home it was feet up for a coffee, then a nice treat, Steve called, he had seen some Altum angelfish at Kingfisheries and wondered if I would like to join him, as he was driving to the shop, I did not need asking twice!

 decisions, decisions, which of the ones on offer to buy?

 Graham caught the three Steve decided on, 

 this is one of them,

 whilst the fish were being packed,

 I had a look around the shop,

 the plant and gravel selection,

and some of the dry goods, Steve kindly dropped me off home, where later Diana was home from work, after our evening meal, Steve called round and we spent the evening chatting away, after he left it was for us time to be off to bed.

It Was Diana's Day Off,

so out we went,

 first stop, clean the car inside and out,

 next stop, Westerham, so a quick pose,

well, I had to get into the picture as well,

 we were actually here almost a year ago, in February 2019,

 and today decided to revisit the town,

we looked at few of the shops, this one with a decidedly Thai flavour,

and go to the same tea room for our afternoon tea, the Tudor Rose, 

for a pot of tea,

sandwiches and cakes,  

 and of course,

fruit scones with fresh cream and jam, what a way to start the afternoon!

 treat finished we had a walk,

 to St.Mary the Virgin church,

we were going to followed the path around the building,

but first a quick pose,

 and a photograph of the memorial,

 but before the walk we had a look inside,

 the staircase leading up to the belltower,

 and the bells ropes,

inside,

 we made our way,

 to the altar,

 and the stained glass window behind it,

 one of several windows in the building to have stained glass,

 on our way out, a nativity scene,

 in the church grounds there was a small cottage, not the place to live if you believe in ghosts!

 we started our walk,

 past the rear of the church,

 a quick pose by a huge yew tree, as an aside, so many churches have yews growing in their grounds, but why? and no they were not planted for longbow production!, if you want to know the real answer have a look here, it is a fascinating read,

 whilst taking the photograph of Diana, this caught my eye,

 I could not believe it, 

 the first show of cherry blossoms! I just hope they are not caught out in a hard frost,

 around the side of the church,

 and up back to the square,

I had a look in the antique shop where last year we bought a cut crystal flower vase,

 arriving home I had a walk to the bank, I wanted to know if I had a DD for the cars vehicle tax, and not having online banking it was a visit to the bank, and I did not, and rather strangely I thought, the bank could not set up a DD for the cars yearly tax, it could only be done at a post office, so off I went to the post office, where the DD was set up, so one less thing to do this time next year,

 in the evening it was turkey noodle soup for starters,

 followed by a lamb casserole,

 with broccoli, and for dessert? 

 the lady loves Milk Tray,

 a Christmas box that we finally decided to open,

well I like them as well! we listened to music for most of the evening, finishing with another episode of The Witcher, and with that we were off to bed.