We had a summertime extension around here this weekend and spent some sunny days sitting on grass, picking berries, chatting and having a birthday pint in a pub garden.
Pype HAYES Park (with Mr Hayes)
Yesterday Barry came to visit for the day. And though we failed to take any pictures of him, we did get these shots of Pype Hayes Park while we were out for a walk with Barry, Manda and Mum.
Woo Woo Babies (¡hola guapa!)
Tim & Amy
Weddings
(and if your getting bored of weddings, hopefully there'll be some babies popping up here over the weekend)
A+T The Preview
Here's our first glimpse of photos from Anna & Tom's wedding, which was last weekend. We've only known them for a week, but we've learnt a lot about them. Perhaps most strikingly we learnt that they know how to bring the party!
There'll be more photos from this mega-fun wedding in a few weeks.
OFF TO AUS!
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| Photo: Caro Embrey |
We've just booked flights to Australia over Christmas and the New Year.
We've just booked our tickets for 6 weeks of fun, so we're on the look out for your recommendations! Where should we go, what could we eat and which photos should we get? We're having some time in Melbourne, before going to Somers for a family Christmas and then flying to friends in Perth after New Year.
Off to a wedding rehearsal tonight- plenty new photos coming up soon.
We love bubbles in photos. (and Joel!)
Bring it on Autumn
Summer you've been great- but bring on the crispy breeze of Autumn.
On our to enjoy list for this season:
a good wooly jumper
a chilly scarfed-up walk
stomping in leaves
compiling a top ten tried and tasted soup list
sharing a hot chocolate
going swimming
eating roast chestnuts
rediscovering blankets
new cameras
and visiting a few of Malc's cousins.
P.S See how we did with the summer list:
Walsall New Art Gallery
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| Leo Fitzmaurice- You Try To Tell Me But I Never Listen |
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| Fiona Banner- Be There Saturday Sweetheart |
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| (This and four previous images:) Mark Titchner- Be True To Your Oblivion |
We done London Baby
Cheese and Wine and Kirsty
We've just had a lovely couple of days with Kirsty. During which we visited the ducks, drank tea, went on a bus adventure to Solihull, watched High School Musial and had a hair braiding lesson. Autumn seemed to come with Kirsty (which is good, because it's her favourite season) and we celebrated all this with a spot of cheese and wine.
Cheese and wine Menu:
Marks & Spencers goats cheese,
Marks & Spencers soft and creamy brie,
Snowdonia cheeses amber mist (whiskey) and red devil (chilli)*,
Ben's mystery 18 month nutty cheese,
A bottle of sparkling wine on ice,
A bottle of red decanted,
A jug of mint water
Black olives
Some of Lidl's finest rye breads,
Marks & Spencers posh olive crackers,
and strawberries.
and strawberries.
* which we bought in Llangollen during the Eisteddfod.
[Menu Thoughts] Mixed Seasons
Roast tomato and basil soup (roast together with garlic, salt and pepper, then blend) seemed like a introductory dish for autumn eating. Blueberry and mint lemonade, however, stayed 100% in summertime.
Little guests
I hear its your birthday...
[Menu Thoughts] Italian - LEON style
Coomb Abbey County Park
Autumn seemed to arrive at the exact moment we drove across the threshold of Coomb Abbey county park, a tried and tested venue for bank holiday family outings near Coventry. We normally spend most of our time chin-wagging and don't see much of the wildlife. This year was no exception, though we made some new discoveries, including sheep, an old pet cemetery, and a peculiar wooden carving of a girl attached to a heavily-pruned tree.
[Menu Thoughts] Breakfast
Porridge with blueberries from the freezer.
Manda's Mystery Tour
Our mystery tour landed in our Wales from Wales- the only Cadwalader's Ice Cream outlet outside of Wales. We spent the afternoon in Trentham Gardens.
Pink Gerbera
