Friday's Fave Five is hosted by Susanne over at Living to Tell the Story. It's where a group of bloggers share 5 things we're grateful for from the previous week. Pop over there if you want to join in.
Here are my five this week:
1) A coffee out with hubby last weekend. This was the first time I'd been to one of our local coffee shops since we moved here. I know, how bad is that! We've been here 16 months now but of course during the pandemic made things difficult, especially my anxiety. It was a new place that has only just opened and it was ok. Nothing special but it was a case of one coffee shop ticked off, plenty more to try.
2) Good news from a family member. One of Hubby's SILs had minor surgery recently but the results were good.
3) More walking this week - yesterday I managed to get down to the lake just before sunset and took some photos.
4) We celebrated our youngest son's birthday last Sunday so we had his family and my daughter's family here for lunch. It was hectic but the little ones loved it. We had a roast beef dinner followed by apple strudel and custard and of course a chocolate birthday cake.
Unfortunately the only photo I took was this one:
Birthdays are not as exciting once you have children.
5) A lovely walk today with Hubby. We took the train to Chingford, just one stop north of us and then we walked to a place called Connaught Water. I remembered to take some photos.
We came across this rather fearsome looking cow and decided to edge past it to the left
and then spotted a few more! Fortunately they didn't seem the least bit bothered by us.
We made it to the lake despite the pathways being very muddy.
Oh I'm so glad you got to get out in nature...God's creation does marvelous things for one's soul and mind not to mention our bodies!! Glad your anxious thoughts are going away.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your son! I love birthdays with children!! they're so much fun...i miss my daughters being little and making me all those little homemade cards :)
I hope you have a wonderful weekend full of restful things ....like coffee and walks!
Thanks Faith. Definitely going to be a fairly quiet weekend.
DeleteI love your pictures of your outing. So glad you were able to get out. Happy Birthday to your son. Yes, birthdays are as exciting once we grow up. Great post. Looks like you had a very nice week. Have a good weekend. See you again soon!
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DeleteYour little outing looks and sounds wonderful. It's so nice to get out in nature and just enjoy the peace and your surroundings. Love the pictures of the lake by your home. Looks like a lovely area. Nice that your family could get together to celebrate a birthday!
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ReplyDeleteI am SOSOSO late commenting on FFF. Better late than never, right?
Any walking you do is a good thing! I'd be a bit leery of those cows too.
Love the photos of the lakes. You live in a beautiful place!
We love finding coffee shops in our area too.
Thank you. The cows didn't seem in any rush to move anywhere thankfully lol
DeleteI am even later than Willow commenting this week. :-) Your outings sound fun. Even though I like being home, it does do us good to get out now and then. So glad the S-i-l's surgery went well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Barbara
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