Thursday Trios – Walking Home from Lawn Bowling

trios can pop up anywhere, just keep your eyes open

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If you have any trios to share just copy my link and paste it into your post. I’ll be sure to reply.

Monday Murals – Street Art in Hackney Wick, East London

on our way to see where our son, Brendan, works

Our son works at the V&A in London but he recently was given the job of overseeing the construction of the new warehouse and facility in East London. We weren’t allowed inside but we did see the outside and we passed numerous works of street art and the London Olympic site.

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After lunch we made our way to the new facility but it was very hot that day and I slowly followed our tour guide. I was happy to get into air-conditioned buildings along the way.

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Opening the Cottage – June 21-24, 2024

after making sure that someone I know was going to be close by

It’s getting harder and harder to find people to go up the cottage with me to open up but I have to admit that It’s actually getting easier and easier. I’m more worried about falling and not having someone close by to check up on me.

Of course the weekend I chose to open it rained all weekend. I did, however, manage to set up the BBQ, put out the deck furniture, rack the leaves and sweep the the deck. Inside the cottage there was very little to do. For some reason, the mice stayed away this winter (hooray!) so I just had to wipe down the dust and put away the groceries that I brought along. Luckily I had a new book with me so I managed to get a good start on that.

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A very windy evening last night

Naturally, the sun came out today when I was getting ready to leave. The next visit will be easier and I will actually start the refrigerator. This time I just kept my food on icepacks. Maybe I’ll even go for a swim but I’m sure the water is freezing.

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A New Numbers Game – #146

thanks to Judy for hosting the Numbers Game https://judydykstrabrown.com/2024/06/10/the-numbers-game-25-june-10-2024-please-play-along/

Have you ever typed in a number in the search box when you’re looking at your photos in Photos or wherever you store your shots? It’s quite interesting to see what pops up. Here are some of the photos with 146.

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Whatsoever Is Lovely Challenge – Travelling With My Husband and Date Nights

thanks to Xingfu Mama for hosting Whatsoever is Lovely…https://xingfumama.blog/2024/06/09/whatsoever-is-lovely-challenge-2024-week-23/

We’re coming up to our 49th wedding anniversary and I still get a thrill of going out on dates and travelling with Kevin.

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No. 60 bistro close to our Airbnb in London
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A very fancy Indian restaurant in Edinburgh
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Soaking in the sun in Dundee, Scotland
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Enjoying the photo exhibit at the V&A Dundee
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Sharing a laugh at Brendan’s flat
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At the market close to London Bridge
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Lunch at the oldest pub in London
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Last day in London, sharing an ice-cream with Sevin

The Bread is Better Than Ever

thanks to Debbie for hosting Six Word Saturday https://travelwithintent.com/2024/06/08/old-radar-station-now-strikingly-decorated/?blogid=45569860&blogsub=subscribed#subscribe-blog

The premise is simple….come up with a title for a post using only six words.

For over a year now we’ve been back to bread baking at Montgomery’s Inn. It’s all run by volunteers. On Thursday three of us go in and warm up the outdoor oven for the next day’s bake and prepare four to five batches of bread dough. On Wednesday, five of us do a variety of jobs to get ready for the afternoon Farmers’ Market where the bread is sold. We make two batches of sour dough bread and sometimes focaccia, get fire started to heat up the oven, shape the bread, let it rise and then put it into the oven to bake.

All the money that is made from the sales goes back into buying more supplies and funding projects at the Inn.

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