Well it's Friday - just! Time to look back on the week and list the five things I'm grateful for. And then link up with like-minded bloggers here. Thanks to Susanne for hosting and reminding us each week.
1) Family time - we spent Sunday afternoon at my daughter's for an afternoon tea. It was Mother's Day here in the UK. Then on Monday we were back there for a roast chicken dinner and birthday cake - Grandson Nathan turned 8. How did that happen?
2) Summer time! Our clocks went forward last weekend and, although I don't like losing the hour of sleep I do love having the longer daylight hours. It's even begun to feel a bit summerlike with lots of sunshine this week and it's warming up.
3) Following on from that I was able to get washing dry outside this week too. I do like drying it outside when I can and the forecast was for dry weather all week. Nothing worse than getting it all hung out and then seeing rain clouds gathering.
4) The Egyptian goslings seem to be doing well despite the swan attach and the female parent's wing is looking better. I took a walk around the lake this afternoon and spotted them.
5) We had a visit from some children from one of the local schools at the Foodbank this week. They had been collecting food on our behalf and brought it with them. They had labelled everything before they brought it and then helped to put the food which was mainly canned items away in our stockroom. I'm grateful that local schools are collecting for the Foodbank as funding from the local authority that started during Covid has now ended. Sadly the need for the Foodbank continues but we have been fortunate to source some alternative donation points but it will be hard to cover the donations we used to get from the local authority.
Have a good weekend all.
How great that the school children are learning to help by collecting food to contribute to the food bank. Happy Mother's Day a little late! Ours isn't until May. I enjoyed your photos, Wendy. Have a good weekend!!
ReplyDeleteBelated Happy Mother's Day! Sounds like you had a nice Mother's Day. That's great that the children in your area helped out with some donations to the food pantry. I hope you have a nice weekend. See you again next time!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Nathan! It's hard to believe he is eight! And Happy Mother's Day to you!
ReplyDeleteGood news that the goslings are thriving and that you got a walk around the lake to see them.
Have a good week!
Those are nice things to be thankful for. Sounds like you had a nice Mother's Day! Nice that you can see the goslings growing. Have a nice weekend!
ReplyDeleteThat's nice that you could spent Mother's day with your daughter. Nathan is 8 years old ?? can't believe it, time flies by ! I think it is sad that there are more and more people in need. Here too there are "Restaurants of the heart" where people can go when they don't have enough money to buy food, and of course distribution points for clothes. It's almost like after the last war, and now with this "Genius" of Trump it will probably get worse. Not so easy for our grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteWe just turned our clocks back last night, it is sad that foodbanks are needed but it a fact of life and I think it is good that school children learn about such things and learn to be generous and give when they can from an early age
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