Sunday.

 Today we went, just before midday, to our friends Sue and David's home, to a ninetieth birthday party they were holding for our mutual friend Coral, pictured above.  It was a very pleasant, relaxed, get- together, with a buffet lunch. A good many of the guests were contemporaries of Coral, who has retained a very sharp mind, together with an excellent memory, and mostly we all knew each other, so that it became rather a party game, guessing how we all came to know Coral. Coral is very well travelled with a wide variety of interests.  The buffet lunch was light, but excellent, accompanied by a pink, effervescent (not sure I've spelled that right- so 'sparkling'), and pleasantly dry wine, that David had provided called Cava (Spanish I think).  I've had it there before. David has rather a taste for Southern European wines, and this one went very well with the lunch.

The above photo was taken by Sue using my camera. Thank you Sue.

We wandered down their lovely garden to thank Sue and David for their hospitality just before we left. Although the day was just like the 3rd of June, 1953 (wet and miserable) there must have been a few minutes break in the weather at this point - the garden was reasonably dry. Sue and David gave Coral a lovely and memorable birthday party.
  Driving home the High Street was closed for 'a street party'. I can just remember the street parties at the end of the Second World War, and today's street party here was far more like a street fair.

This evening friend Hilary came and had supper with us. She lived next door to friend Eileen, and did a great deal of the nursing during Eileen's last week or so of life. Hilary also took Eileen's funeral service last Wednesday, so she's had an awful lot on her plate of late. I think she was glad to come out for a quiet meal - just the three of us.
Time to knock off now, I think, So - Good Night All.