Saturday, 28 July 2007


I spent the morning preparing the garden and Jackie’s family arrived in force at 1:00 for her father’s seventieth birthday. At his request we dined on Fish’n’Chips and Champagne – a surprisingly good combination.

The birthday boy had recently returned from a holiday in Devon where he had taken photographs of the most extraordinary cloud formations.

Later, we were visited by my Mum and aunt. It all went very well and even Ken the decrepit cat ventured out to share some cake with us.