Weekend Notes

A quick post of short notes as I left it rather late tonight. 

Yesterday TG went over to see H for a while. M drove her over so he could see how H's house is coming on. TG was up unusually early for a Saturday as H had promised her breakfast from Tim Horton's. Food bribery goes a long way! H dropped her home later, and generously donated more bags of rubbish to us as she is still baffled by the lack for a wheelie bin and is still waiting for the council to deliver the right bags. I sent her home with some black bags to use, though she doesn't seem very confident they will get collected. House proudness has now spread to the garden and she has invested in a garden hose sprinkler attachment (cost her all of £5 from Tesco!) so that they can nurture their lawn.  

Meanwhile M and I went for a walk through the woods, where the bluebells are coming into flower, and down the canal. A swan was sitting on the same nest where the six cygnets hatched last year. Her (or his?) mate was preening on the bank opposite, oblivious to people walking along the tow path. 

M was working a late shift this weekend so left home mid-afternoon. TG had extra dance exam prep classes yesterday afternoon and this morning. After she got home yesterday we watched the final two episodes of Wandavision. I cooked curries for dinner - chicken for TG and vegetable for myself (with aubergine, chickpeas and spinach). 

This morning I cooked a rhubarb cake as there had been some rhubarb in last week's veg box and it needed using. The rhubarb sank a bit and the crumble topping was too crumbly, but it tastes good. At lunchtime we walked into town to meet friends in the park - one of them is moving to London in a couple of weeks so we wanted to catch up before she leaves. We were lazy and instead of making a picnic we bought lunch in town - Subway for M and a bacon roll and coffee for me. Assuming things continue to go to plan in another three weeks we will be allowed to meet up with friends indoors again, and pubs and restaurants will be able to serve customers indoors. Both R and H have been out to eat and for drinks with friends since they reopened for outdoor dining a couple of weeks ago, but M and I decided it is still a bit too cold for us to want to sit outside to eat.