Sunday.

 

Been a very sociable weekend. Yesterday went to a birthday luncheon party at Hilary's (she being the birthday girl). It was great fun. As she had over twenty guests, Hilary had hired the local caterers Ros and Simon, who gave us shepherds pie, followed by trifle, then a cheeseboard and coffee, all excellent of its kind. In the evening we entertained our friends David and Allison from Bury st. Edmund's. We gave them loin of pork, done in a cider and creme fresh sauce, with vegetables. Pudding was a dried fruit and jelly recipe made with gelatine. It was from the Delia Smith 'Frugal' recipe book, and again was excellent.
The above photo is of Ann snoozing with her feet up, just before today's scrabble tea, to whom we'd invited Eileen and Doris, both neighbours (and friends of ours). Doris lives nearly opposite us, and Eileen near the Church, in the town centre. Eileen came in with a bunch of red carnations and said to me "It's St. Valentine's day, Mike, here's a Valentine present". I, of course, gave her a kiss, then when Ann came into the hall, I went down on one knee, handed her the carnations as a Valentine present from me, and collected another kiss. "How nice", said Eileen, "Now you've both had a Valentine present". We had two games of scrabble, then tea, sandwiches, cake, and scones. We then had another good game of scrabble. Ann won the first game, and I won the next two (we're very inconsiderate hosts - winning like that !!!!). Our guests went home at ten to seven, and both said they'd had a lovely afternoon. So had we.