June
The local steam railway had its annual festival of steam over two weekends
in late May/early June. Teresa and Helen
walked over there at the end of May, and Roger and Teresa looked round on
Sunday 1 June, when the event was enhanced by a flypast of the
Pictures
and details of the fly-past
On Tuesday 17, we collected Jay at the end of her first year and after
she had taken her Honour Moderations. A
few treats were prepared for her – a partial revamp of her bedroom, including a
new bed and window blind. The old bunk
bed was dismantled, its wood providing a few useful additional shelves. A bathroom cabinet has been promised but not
yet selected.
She has also been treated to a new BMX bike.
We have been growing potatoes in containers on the patio. With amazing timing, the little flowers
announcing they were ready appeared the very day Jay arrived home. Disappointingly the tubers were very small,
though fairly numerous, providing a helping for Jay and just a taste for Roger
and Teresa. Otherwise we have done
little gardening – some sunflowers and annuals sown in a border, enhanced once
again by some seedlings presented to Teresa by the owner of Jay’s stables. Some of these, at least, are already in
bloom.
On Friday 27, Teresa and
Jay went to