Hello everyone welcome to the garden we have a marquee and heaters, all the garden furniture has been washed and I have put out cushions for your comfort.

Well what do you think shall we chance it . Now as always we have tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.

If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.

Join in !

If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster

If we were having Coffee: Well it has been a busy week and I have quite a lot to report but firstly let me get you all settled down with a drink and something to eat . So far this week I have been to the gym four times ( not as much as usual) I have today off because my trainer is on holiday in Crete and so I don’t have to go to Core Class …Excuse me while I let a whoop of joy! As much as I take my training seriously and I realize that if I don’t go my back will suffer I am always happy to have a day off!

Monday I had to go to the dentist which is not much fun and hard on the purse! We do have NHS dentists which patients do pay for but at a much reduced rate. It is hard to get on to their books so many people including us have to use private dentists who are much more expensive ! But that is life isn’t it.

If we were having Coffee: On Wednesday the husband and I decided to go for a walk along a canal near where we live. The weather was lovely and we saw some cows ducks, swans and lots of narrow boats. We were lucky enough to be at a lock just as a narrow boat approached so we sat on the bench and watched their progress through the lock. We had a chat with the people on the boat who said they had been living on the boat for six month periods but were seriously thinking of making it permanent. They had both given up work and if they were not too extravagant they managed very well. They had a little dog and also a 6 week old duck which they had adopted the day it had hatched ( no parents) and were considering renaming the boat The Dog and Duck ! We had to smile as that is a common name for a pub.

IMG_20150603_125100700_HDR — Deep in the lock

IMG_20150603_130022452 — A gull in flight

IMG_20150603_120036209 — The Cows that tried to block our path

IMG_20150603_121226591 — Two beautiful Swans

IMG_20150603_122935530_HDR-001 — The lock filling up.

It was a lovely day, the weather was fantastic and we enjoyed the people and animals we met, though the Cows were rather large! But I just firmly asked they to move and they did …I think they were just showing off! After we had had our walk we had a lovely pub lunch! It was a wonderful day out with the husband, who all credit to him had planned it from start to finish!

If we were having Coffee : Its time to bore you with the weekly garden pictorial update.

IMG_20150606_135314033 — More of the rockery

IMG_20150606_135235775 — The old white Rose tree

IMG_20150606_135149552 — Potatoes and Beans

IMG_20150606_135115793 — Tomato soldiers

IMG_20150606_135107407 — Beans in the pot

IMG_20150605_102405992_HDR — The roses out the front.

As you can see everything is growing well …. please note I know the names of all my plants NOT!!

If we were having coffee :

I tell you that o Thursday my friend L and I went over to visit my sort of sister ( best friends for 49yrs) to celebrate her up coming birthday later this month. Last Thursday was the only day we could all get together so we went to Windsor and had afternoon tea! Just Like proper ladies!

After tea we had a look round the shops !! Again it was a lovely day so had fun chatting as we walked!

Now If we were having coffee : I don’t want you getting the idea that I am an airhead with nothing better to do than swan around having lunch and tea ( as much as I would like to) I am a normal busy woman with lots of ups and downs in my life. Family , friends, life in general throws all the usual grief and trials my way I just choose to try and keep them off of my coffee days with you my friends. I am aware of all the awful things happening around the world and near to home here in England. I do mention these things on occasion but mostly I hope I can entertain you with the happier side of life like these!

Right Lets go and visit Paul and his friends they are all having fun here too lets see what , interesting, thought provoking and happy stories Paul has for us today. Do all stay and be comfortable we love to see you all.

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