White rabbits.

Tim, having found a way of protecting his "personal space"
DDT is effective in such cases!.

DK doesn't eat chocolate........

Number 8 leaned back on this one - not spotted from the thumbnail - I'll post another later.

J is from farming stock

Oscar, awaiting a chocolate bribe.

These are the adults! (+ number 8, to make up)

Where on Earth did the last week go to?

I have now been a pensioner for a whole week &, apart from the first few moments in the morning when I change from horizontal to vertical positioning, I feel no more than thirty.

Since no-one would believe that I was thirty, I may opt for fifty for a few years.

This will also give aj a reprieve!

We have had a delightful few days with W, MK & family staying. On Thursday I had the boys whilst W & MK shopped, then went to Auntie Norah's funeral at Shustoke Church, followed by a gathering at The Plough.

There was a good turnout of locals & guiders; we shall miss her a lot.

On Friday we went to shop for Saturday's party food, which was a bit fraught at times, mainly the long time spent in Morrisons trying to buy a salmon from a geriatric trainee fishmonger who could neither grasp the concept of a whole fish or find one in the fridge.

M&S was brilliant, as usual, providing some excellent fare.

The afternoon was spent cooking - the salmon had to part company with its tail in order to fit in the oven. Granny's fish kettle could have come into it's own had a hole not appeared in the base as I scoured it prior to use, or abandonment, as it turned out.

Aj arrived just in time for dinner (no change there then!) having taken four hours to travel down from York in holiday traffic.

Peter arrived on Saturday morning, shortly after aj & I arrived home from the hairdressers, looking rather glam (us, not Peter, that is)

All of the families arrived over the next few hours, including all nine grandchildren, all but one of aj's family, all but one of G's family, & some close friends.

We had a great day & evening, G still drinking with aj's sons long after the rest of us were asleep.

W & MK flew home on Sunday morning, Tim left after lunch, aj & Peter entertained us until Monday when we let with P&A to go to Lucy & Luke's wedding at Ansty, a beautiful little 14th century church adjacent to the hall where the reception was held.

It was a delightful event, a really happy family wedding.

Today P came with Jessie & we have had a great day with the children/grandchildren.

We hope to repeat his tomorrow but I'll aim for a more inspired lunch.

T phoned this afternoon & we had a really intelligible conversation. That's a first -always fun but usually unintelligible.

I have just been on the Kingsbury School website & find that we start on Friday, not Monday, as I thought.

What a bl0w!