We've enjoyed a quiet and relaxing long week-end. We went to a local open garden on Saturday morning, read the papers sitting in the gazebo, did (mainly Adrian) some pottering in the garden, watched telly.

Today we did some baking too as we invited Lynne and her parents round for tea.

Adrian baked his wonderful Parmesan cheese scones

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The lovely Lynne loves Playmobil and has 3 giants figures in her house.
Also she is a creative designer, so it was only a matter of time before she produced this:


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Lynne and Miranda said that they would call for a cup of tea this afternoon to see us and the lovely Ricardo (bazanges ) who's visiting for a few days ( Read more... )

Among the presents that our lovely Lynne gave us for Christmas there were a couple of 'novelty' adult toys

( Cocky policeman and Cocky fireman - Not safe for work, I presume! )

Miranda and Lynne gave us our very first Christmas present: an evening at the Barbican with Paloma Faith & the Guy Barker Orchestra (and another 2,000 people).


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Some of you may remember the mysterious apparition of a heavy Toby Jug/gnome of extraordinary ugliness/creepiness on our drive a little over a week ago.


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We had a lovely evening with Alex, Lynne, Mike and Miranda.

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A good night's sleep (9 hours for me, 11 for Adrian!) did wonders and we were in top form again this morning.

Well... almost as our backs are still marked!


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This evening we met up with a friend we hadn't seen for 2 years.

Kim is a friend of Lynne's from her university days and we got to know her when she lived at Lynne's for a few months before moving to Thailand where she teaches art.

She's lovely and great fun, and is always a pleasure to see her.

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On Saturday evening we had planned a quiet evening with Lynne, with a fish & chip supper in Beckenham just the three of us.
But as it often happens, other neighbours joined in and the evening ended in Lynne's garden with 13 of us.


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