Go On A Picnic

Without realising it Michelle helped me achieve this with very little effort. Michelle organised a picnic for this weekend and we all went to the park near her and Pierces -Norbury Lake which is very pretty. Michelle had made lots of sandwiches and brought drinks and fruit. Ellen made cakes, Tom bought a limited supply of crisps- his words and some yum, yums and I had made some cornish pasties and brought hot chocolate which everyone thought was funny and no-one drunk except me when I got home.

We had seats and blankets and it was lvoely that everyone came children, partners and grandchild.

David had a walk around the lake and then David, Ellen, Pierce and Geri played "frisbee" with the lid of Ellen's caketin.

A lovely time was had by all and I hope it can be repeated again soon.

Outdoor Cinema

I remember once when we were in Greece somewhere we saw some people sitting out in the sun watching a film. It looked like such a nice thing to do I decided to add it to my list.
So... I saw an advert for Wimbledon film club short film festival at Merton Abbey Mills so myself and David duly attended.

Unfortunately it was not a bit like my rosy idea of a warm summers evening watching a lovely film.

The people running it were all a bit- how can I say this politely- dozy. "Now you want 2 tickets and they are £3 each so thats..." Didn't feel like helping out a grown man with 3 plus 3.
A few other organisers were fiddling with the projector trying to get it to line up with the screen for about half an hour. In retrospect this was the best bit of the evening.

Once the films started they were just in the main unintelligable to us any rate. A man sitting in front of us was laughing madly at a film about Virginia Woolfe but maybe it was just over our heads. Another film was a line drawing of two conjoined people dancing and I'm sure was very meaningful to someone but not to us. I didn't even understand the notes about another film about a Russian which seemed to consist of lots of people standing around wearing scary and scarier make-up.
We decided to leave after this point in case I got nightmares so although it is an experience I can cross off my list I am hoping to repeat it at Dulwich picture gallery where they are showing Mamma Mia- sounds like it will be a much better night for it couldn't have been worse but at least it was an experience.

Blackberrying

Had a very successful and enjoyable time blackberrying with David, Geri, Emma and Catrina.
Pierce and Michelle were on their way to come but as there were 4 of us we had finished picking before they got as far as Morden. David showed us where there was an apple tree and David and Geri climbed the tree to pick some apples. Then Emma got on Geri's shoulders to get to some hard to reach ones.

When we got back I made lots of jam after a quick call to David's Mum to ask her how to make it and she had a great suggestion for the lack of jam jars. So in the end I made 8 "mugs" of jam and 2 blackberry and apple pies. Will add Peggy's recipe for jam to the family recipe book although this is going a bit slow owing to the lack of response so will have to chivvy a few people along

August- Update

Have not had a very good month this month having had sinusitus and generally feeling a bit blah.
However am going blackberrying tomorrow hopefully with a few helpers and maybe to outdoor cinema. Am having bit of problem to finding enough jam jars but will improvise with tupperware or something - who cares-lol
Not done soap making but have done a lot of cooking as we are trying to eat a bit healthier and have a bit more variety.