Micheldever

Hello, OK trying to get myself back on the blogging express and have to cope with an enourmous backlog. Summer retrospective from Easter is due and appropriate links will be forwarded as and when.

Todays adventure was to have lunch with regular theatre friends Peter (from Southampton circle originally) and two of his previous work colleagues Anna and Sophie. Sophie is house sitting all week for a family friend in Micheldever. Lovely big house and four dogs! Proper country living. It was a beautiful day and we had wine on the terrace in the sun before a big roast pork dinner.

Peter collected eggs from the garden for a bit of fun. Actually didnt end up using them for lunch.

Handed over carefully to Dinah, Sophie's Mum who also joined us with her husband Russel for lunch.

Post lunch walk with the dogs was nice. Just once round the local field was enough for a 40 min spell. Plenty after such a big lunch.

Peter and Anna check in the botanical encyclopedia to try and find out details of the Chinese lantern plant with bright orange papery globes. Mini quiz... any offers to the genus and species name for this plant? They are all over the garden at the house and are quite brilliant also when cut and brought inside for decoration in a vase.