Holiday Fun

Having a great time in St Ives our most favourite place. Plenty of sunshine, sea and gorgeous pasties.

It's a blooming long journey but well worth it.

Fresh tea in a tin mug on the beach just can't be beaten. (Unless it's cider in the tin mug of course!)

Let The Baking Begin.......

In honour of the new series of " The Great British Bake Off" Lucy has baked a Mary Berry signature bake of WHOLE SPICED ORANGE cake .......

Holiday Baking

It's all very informal around here during the hols.

Meals are often not at the usual times and sometimes not the usual fare......

so when there's a cry for pancakes, it's time to don an apron and make your own.....

and very tasty they were too!

All the Fun of the Farm

An overnight sojourn to my brothers farm to celebrate his littlests 4th birthday and a chance for a catch up.

Here is the birthday girl rounding up cows in her party frock.

 

 

Here are his beautiful multi award winning brown and white ladies (Ayrshires) coming home for milking....

 And here are the cowhands.....

...a bit different from my day when you walked around the field, usually with a dog.

I can vividly remember lying in the grass when a cow got up from lying down and feeling the grass warm against my cheek where her big body had lain.

Great fun to be had feeding the numerous new calves.

Even more fun having a go on some of the boys toys....

All very nostalgic.

School's Out For Summer

At last the holidays are here, with holiday weather to match.

And holiday haircuts are the order of the day.....

Bring on the holiday fun!!!

A Wonderful Wedding.

One of my sisters tied the knot last weekend.

Here she is getting ready..

Admiring family as she comes downstairs....

Proud brother to give her away in the absence of our lovely dad...

Giggling bridesmaids....

My own handsome pair of James Bond lookalikes...

The grooms carriage....

 ....which actually broke down enroute to the church and had to be pushed to the nearest garage for a jump start. It couldn't have been better scripted in an episode of only fools and horses!

The happy couple....

The sun shone, the wine flowed, we danced our socks off...

shared a few secrets...

and generally had a ball...

I love weddings, such joyous occasions and most of the family gathered. All the more poignant as Mum and Dad are no longer here. I suppose the next weddings will be the next generation, ( we have 20 children between us!) And we will be the dowagers.

Bring it on I say.

Brand New Beaver

Our littlest man joined the ranks of beaverdom last week.

and celebrated with a beaver made biscuit...