Sun, glorious sun!

In complete contrast to yesterday, today has been beautifully warm and sunny, and we managed to get out into the garden and do some pottering about.

I planted the geraniums I'd bought and Keith pruned the bushes at the back of the garden. I also moved a rose bush against the wall and we tried to train the clematis along the back of the garage. Venturing into the gravel garden we noticed the clematis there had also flowered, which was great to see! We did some weeding and cut back some of the bushes and it looked a lot better!

Sophie went to Castle Ashby with Vikesh for lunch but was home far earlier than I'd anticipated. She'd had a disappointing lunch as Vikesh was worried about his forthcoming trip to Florida next Sunday. I wish I was going instead of him! How wonderful to visit the Sunshine State at this time of the year!

When Sophie returned we sat and enjoyed a cup of tea and an Indian coconut shortbread in the kitchen over a chat and then moved out to the conservatory where we all played cards. It was gorgeous to sit there and soak up the lovely sunshine! A blackbird was going mad in the garden as I think the cats were near to its nest. I had seen a baby up in the rafters of the garage this morning and I think an opportunistic mum had decided to build a nest there. The alarm call was loud and went on for ages as she attempted to distract the cats? away from her babies!

We barbecued this evening and Keith cooked steaks, along with a couple of sausages that had been hanging about, and onion rings. Sophie hadn't planned on eating with us, but had to make do with the leftover baked potato from Friday and the roasted vegetables! 

After eating, we watched a D-Day 80th-anniversary episode of the Antiques Roadshow from both Portsmouth and Normandy and saw Fiona Bruce visit the British-Normandy Memorial! We were there in January!