Friday's Fave Five - 10/6/22

It's Friday already so time to link up with Susanne and other like minded bloggers and list our 5 favourite things we're grateful for this past week.  You can find out more here.

1)  Family time.  Last Saturday we had our youngest son and his family here.  We often have them over at some point at the weekend but this time we suggested they stay over until Sunday which they did.  This meant once the little ones (Rory and Vinny) were in bed we could have some adult time together and we played an interesting board game.  I think it also made their weekend easier with the kids entertained and everyone fed without much effort.

2)  On Sunday after the kids had gone home I managed to grab some down time and watched the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Pageant from the comfort of my sofa.  It was certainly a spectacle.  They featured things from each decade she's been on the throne and, thankfully, although it was very cloudy and grey, the rain held off.  It must have been a nightmare to organise as the parade goes down the Mall and then around the area in front of Buckingham Palace and that cannot be rehearsed in advance but it all seemed to go off really well and to time.  The funniest part though was probably the antics of Prince Louis - Prince William's youngest son.  His attention span was clearly too short for the entire pageant and his behaviour was very typical of a bored, just turned 4 year old.  Of course it's embarrassing for most of us when our toddlers misbehave but imagine doing that in front of an audience of millions!

3)  38 Years married!  Our anniversary was yesterday.  We had a quiet day but went out for a meal in the evening.  We tried out a Turkish restaurant in town and it was ok.  It's a nice venue and the food wasn't bad but it wasn't great if you know what I mean.  We can tick that one off the list of places to try but we definitely wouldn't rush back, especially as there are still other places for us to try.

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The bees have landed.  The knitting group I've been going to recently were hanging the bees and bunting yesterday ready for the Highams Park Arts Trail which starts today.  Lots of the knitters have been making bees over the last month or so and then there were requests for bunting which I was able to help with.  The bees are fantastic but I'm not great at making small things like that and as for these:

Definitely works of art.  (They are toppers on a couple of the Post Boxes in the centre of town.)

5)  Sunshine.  We've had a bit of rain on and off this week but today the sun is out and I'm sitting watching the birds feeding on the feeding station and generally contemplating how fortunate I am in so many ways.

Have a good weekend all.