Cloudy Sunday

Hello everyone.  The above shows another part of our garden.

And here is another view of the pond, taken looking back towards our home.  The yellow Irises are out as well:-

We had just had our cup of tea outside yesterday when we were disturbed from our quiet daydreaming in the nicest possible way.  Becky and Nathan arrived.  Dean was working so could not join us.  Nathan was fascinated with the pond. He is already attending swimming lesssons but cannot actually swim yet.  Children are drawn to water like magnets and Mike has not yet finished making the grill that will prevent him from falling in.  So to distract him I gave him a bowl of water to play with:-

Mum keeps a watchful eye

Of course he got absolutely soaked!!! Becky did not mind as it was a beautiful day and we soon took his clothes off and pegged them up to dry.  He is incredibly strong.  There was a lot of water in that bowl and it was quite heavy but he managed to lift it and empty it!

Our garden is quite a long one and Mike "walked" him down to the bottom at least four times and he crawled all the way back.  He was o.k. with the grass at least.  The previous day Becky had put him out on grass at her home and he screamed the place down. Well, due to the weather it has not been warm enough to put him on the lawn before and that was his first contact.  He obviously did not like the feel of it.  Happily he accepts it now:

He got so tired in the end but this is one little boy who does not like to give in.  Around about 5.30p.m. I had him in my arms and I was rocking him and singing to him.  For some reason "Falling in Love Again".  Well, he must have liked that because his eyes closed and he fell deep asleep.  He was not even aware of being carried to the car and strapped in, bless him.

Mike has been over at their home today helping Dean to dismantle a shed.  They have the builders starting work, tomorrow week.  They are having their home very much enlarged and the builders will be in for about three months.  I do not envy Becky with all the noise and dirt.  At one stage they are going to have to move out for at least a week.  Dean's parents have a caravan so they will be living there.  Becky is certainly going to have her hands full what with Nathan who is real livewire and being heavily pregnant.  Still, on the bonus side, we will probably see a lot more of her.  She will escape here for some peace and quiet whilst the builders are getting on with things.

The weather is very cloudy today.  Typical weather for the local air show.  It is the biggest free airshow in the country and it runs today and tomorrow.  For several years now the weather has always been cloudy for those two days.

However, we shall be outside plane spotting.  Although the actual show is about six miles from here, the planes all fly over and we get to see them.  Like to watch them, not so keen on the noise.  Whether we will get any photographs I do not know, they go so very fast.

Hope that you are all enjoying your weekend.  I am off now to put a chicken in to cook.