We went to visit a friend who has recently joined the Hippie Club, having had his hip replaced a couple of weeks ago. We took a little bunch of Sweet Peas with some Pittosporum from our garden.
Sweet peas
In their garden is a beautiful blue-flowered Hydrangea bush.
Blue Hydrangea
We came home to the excellent news that our Senegalese family have been granted their Visitors’ Visas and so can come to our Golden Wedding Celebrations in August! We will have all 15 of the family here! You probably wouldn’t believe the intrusive hoops we have to jump through for their Visas to be granted for a 10 day visit – our income, how many rooms in our house to accommodate the family, our itinerary, our passport details, our driving licences………
valeriedavies
July 3, 2017 at 8:48 pm
Congratulations on your success with visas, and triumph over officialdom… I could almost smell the exquisite scent of the sweet peas…
mybeautfulthings
July 4, 2017 at 7:23 am
We are so delighted, of course! Yes, sweet Peas have a very special scent – I’m glad it could reach almost all the way to you! 🙂
maureenjenner
July 2, 2017 at 6:05 pm
I had to go through the same hoops for friends from Sri Lanka. I suppose it justifies the existence of bureaucrats.
mybeautfulthings
July 2, 2017 at 7:08 pm
I suppose that’s it! 🙂
utesmile
July 2, 2017 at 10:41 am
Glad it all went ok and they can come to your celebration. What a wonderful celebration it will be!
mybeautfulthings
July 2, 2017 at 11:04 am
It’s Pirates of Penzance Day too while they are all here so we will be 15 Pirates to help swell the numbers and regain the Guinness Book of Records for the most pirates in one place at one time! 🙂
commonprose
June 30, 2017 at 8:09 pm
So glad your Senegalese family can come for your anniversary! Hope the whole clan can gather for such a momentous occasion! <3
mybeautfulthings
June 30, 2017 at 9:13 pm
Brilliant, isn’t it? Four kids with three partners and 6 Grandbabies – 15 of us altogether! 🙂