All Set For Sunday Lunch,

when we went shopping,

  Diana bought some fresh flowers for the table,

and nice they looked too,

for our starter prawns on avocado, drizzled with rosemary sauce, which we topped with a splash of lemon, and a real treat, slices of local home grown radishes, these were from Steve and Kai whose hard work in the garden was now paying off, many thanks to Steve and Kai for dropping them off to us, 

 'Cheers!',

 on to our main course,

roast lamb with all of the trimmings, 

 to round off our meal, apple pie with custard and ice cream, 

easy does it! after the meal we listen to music, until we switched on the television to listen to the 7.00 in the evening, news of the latest update of restrictions due to the current crisis, after that a Poirot, one from Sherlock Holmes, 

rounding off the evening with the second version of The Thomas Crown Affair, with the end of that we were then off to bed.

First Thing,

looking out of the window overlooking the back garden,

 Reynard the fox called by, I had noticed in the past he liked the peanuts I throw out for the birds,

 and today was no exception,

 in the afternoon we found a vase for the flowers that Steve and Kai had brought round for us,

 what a lovely display, we normally try to have flowers on the table for Sunday lunches,

we now had 2 vases and 2 pint glasses full of them, in the afternoon Diana busied herself around the house whilst I caught up with a few emails, after our evening meal, a couple of quiz shows and a Poirot, then 2 games of 'lightning Monopoly', it is a quick game as we change the rules slightly, we throw a dice, highest goes first, then once round the board without buying or observing any on the non property spaces, i.e. do not pick up community chest or chance cards, and do not go to jail, then after once round the board you can start buying, but, here is the big difference, if Diana buys one of say a yellow coloured property set, I can  not buy into it, or if I buy one of a red set, Diana can not buy the other 2, and of course all of the chance, community chest and go to jail places come into play, it makes for a quick and exciting game, I will not say who won, but Diana lost twice, 

our film for the evening was Public Enemies, as it says in the revue, 'This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities.' then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes charge putting his best men on the case, the rest as they say is history, and with the end of that we were off to bed.

I Walked With Diana,

to the bus stop,

 as she left for work in the afternoon, I continued a wet and windy walk into town,

 first stop, Boots the chemist for my bi-monthly prescription, 

 next past the florist who had a nice display,

of seasonal plants and bulbs for sale, next stop Lidl and then Sainsburys for our weekly shop, back home I had a lazy afternoon, after my evening meal Steve called round for a coffee and a chat, after he left I watched one from Poirot which conveniently ended just before 01.00 AM as Diana telephoned to say she was on the bus and nearing the bus stop in Beckenham, so into town to meet her, then home, feet up for a coffee and we were of to bed.

Diana Was At Work,

as I made my way past the church,

 and continued to the post office,

 we had a parcel to be posted, next past the florists to the bus stop,

 arriving in the 227 at the dentist, 2 fillings completed,

 and back past the church, 

 next to it in Beckenham Green, daffodils were flowering,

 these white,

 in the distance,

 the more familiar yellow ones,

 and a few clumps of snowdrops still putting on a good show,

 a casualty of the recent storm, after my evening meal Steve called round for a drink and a chat, leaving towards 10.00,

just before midnight Diana called, so off to the bus stop and a walk back home, where it was feet up for a coffee, then for us we were off to bed.

Into Town Again,

I had a letter that I wanted to send by recorded delivery,

 so off to the post office walking past the church,

 next on my 'to do' list was a visit to Bromley, 

 whilst waiting at the bus stop, I noticed a sign above a shop,

 which I guess is going to be renovated,

 I wonder what the business was?

 the 227 arrived and I was soon in Bromley, first stop, Robert Dyas, I wanted to buy a couple of shoe shine brushes and some black shoe polish, 

 I made my way past some of the open air stalls,

 and the balloon seller,

 into Lakeland to exchange our co2 cylinder for a full one,

 then home, 

 where I spent the afternoon playing with the orchids,

 the smaller of the bargain basement ones,

 was putting on a lovely show,

 with three of the four buds now open, 

 the slipper orchid,

 still looking so good, 

 another of the orchids we bought at Hobbs,

 was still putting on a great show, after spraying them all with a fertilizer,

it was time to give the glasses a clean in the aquarium, it is amazing how quickly algae grows on the glass, but there it is, now the fish can look out as well! next a top up of water that had evaporated since the last maintenance day, on to my evening meal, and a real treat, a few more CDs that I ordered had arrived,

this time the majority of songs from Italy,

  mostly sung in the 1950s/60s. but some a little later,

not to everybody's taste, 

but I like listening to them when I am writing the blog, reading or having a meal,

I mentioned they were mainly Italian, but I bought this one to add to my French collection,

if you are wondering what type of songs I listen to, here is one above, from Monica Mancini singing Senza Fine, (Without an end / Never ending), but was portrayed by Francesca Rettondini in the film, the song written in 1961, 

you may remember the song from a film, Ghostship, which incidentally we really enjoyed,

time for my evening meal, starting with a sherry, 

and continuing with a wine or three, I spent the evening listening to music, many of which I had not heard before, by now, just before midnight, Diana had called, and I walked her home from the bus stop, we had a nightcap and were then off to bed.