I took a little posy next door for Sue today, Rosemary for remembrance and primroses as they were a favourite of our lovely neighbour Bill Mitchell, who died on this day seven years ago. You can read more in a post I wrote about this very special man here.

It’s been a beautiful, bright and breezy day today and for the first time in months we’ve been able to dry the washing outside. It smells so fresh and lovely.

Table napkins bought in Egypt many years ago and full of memories of a brilliant family holiday on a Nile Cruise.

We’ve been next door this evening with Sue and family to have a dinner in honour of Bill, steak and kidney pie to start and then a Lemon self saucing pudding. Regular readers may remember that in his last couple of months Bill really fancied puddings and I used to make them for him – lemon pud and syrup sponge being favourites.  We ate the pud all up before I thought to take a photo. I got one of the delicious pie though!