Thoughts of a Soo

Today was a digging kind of day and these pink fir apple potatoes were a 'free harvest' as they had grown themselves from last year instead of being planted. A lucky find amongst the ordinary potatoes I had planted this season. Excellent. I have enjoyed washing them to ready for them eating soon! I also had my first ever go at making chutney this week and it is rather delicious. It ranks up there with soup making in my kitchen favourite things to do. If it stores well I may well have found an extra hobby. I love this time of year which is lucky as I do not like winter,

Nice to see my brother and his family during our summer breaks. I like the fact that they holiday in North Wales and we can visit them. This year we got to spend two lovely days together while away from the workplace and this was lovely.

 and Ronnie seems to be trying the food and drink now as well as the scenery. Half a pint with lunch can result in sleepiness though...

and checking words on departures and arrivals boards such as cancelled, delayed, diverted... supposed to be perfecting the art of mindfulness, but not succeeding tonight. Twitching until the plane lands in the right place and all is good with the world. Might need to listen to MCC's Transcendental Reunion to get myself grounded later on.

Lots of driving this weekend and for one of the stops we chose to pause at a National Trust property instead of a service station. This bed of tulips caught my eye. There aren't many tulips in our garden, but I think they are the perfect stately home and park flower.

This brings back a whole heap of memories...

For bakers, for brothers, for sisters, for lovers, for friends.

This is my lovely mum. We took her out for lunch to celebrate her birthday. I was so pleased that my break from work coincided with her birthday this year. And glad of this photo which captures the moment...