Lilac By Sergey Khamalyan
Gosh what a weekend of weather.
Friday was scorchingly hot, luckily I was indoors and able to hide from the heat for most of it, although Alan downed tools early, we went out for lunch and then he had a sunbathe in the garden. Yes, he's a worshipper and I'm an avoider.
I brought a strange collection of freebies home.
The sugar and biscuit arrived with my coffee and I didn't really need as I don't take sugar in my drinks, and I wasn't in the mood for a biscuit straight before my lunch, but they will be made use of at home and of course they are included as part of the cost of the coffee. The lemon wedge that came with my small fish and chips, for once wasn't on top of the little fish goujons but on a clear part of the plate, so I thought that would come in handy for one of my morning hot lemon drinks.
It was a tasty lunch but I occasionally find myself having to grit my teeth at the cost of eating out, although as it is one of Alan's favourite things to do I don't like to say no too often. But £9 for a 'small fish and chips', basically two fish goujons, a dozen fat chips and a little pot of peas ... I bet I could recreate it for way less than half the price, but then I would have to make the food, wash the pots, pay for the electricity etc etc.
So it is a lovely treat and I am always grateful.
Saturday it was slightly cooler so we went out to Williamson Park early in the morning to take Mavis for a nice doggy walk, there are always so many other dogs there. She loved it, although I usually still struggle a bit on the walk up to the café, which is situated way up the biggest hill and behind the Ashton Memorial, this is the big building that you can see when you drive along the M6 near Lancaster. But these days I am doing it a bit better each time, of course it helps that I know there's a cup of coffee at the top. 😄
Mum's little bungalow on a slightly sunnier day back in June.
Then yesterday it was torrential rain and dark grey skies from first light right until after I fell asleep at the end of the day. Luckily we had already planned to visit Mum to take some needed things, do a few jobs and have our lunches together ... this time a packed lunch made by me ... so we were safely ensconced in the car through a lot of the bad weather, even if some drivers did make the motorway seem like a very dangerous place to be.
Once we got home we relaxed in front of our respective televisions and relaxed the evening away ... and still the rain fell.
I hope you had a good weekend, what was your highlight?
Sue xx