Its a flower - isn't it?

Despite the amateur photography with the mobile phone, 

you would say that this was a flower wouldn't you -

- until you were told that a few minutes previous to the photo being taken ...

 ... it was a vegetable

All in a night's entertainment for the WI!

Look who's on the bill!

In case you are struggling - I meant Keystone Acoustic

Middle Eastern Meal

Well, this was a first for us - eating in a Middle Eastern restaurant

 While we enjoyed the experience as a whole - we did not enjoy all the foods

The restaurant is called Tarboush - which apparently is another word for Fez - and so at the end of the meal we were each handed a fez to try on for a few minutes.

Jubilee Memorabilia

Well, we have come to the end of the Jubilee extended holiday weekend and this is our collection of 'official' memorabilia.

Battlefield Railway

On the way home from the tea party we passed signs for the Battle of Bosworth historic site and also the Battlefield Railway

 Jane seemed to take us on a SatNav special down country lanes all over the countryside, but we eventually arrived at Shackerstone station via half a mile of un-made-up road

Not much sign of life or engines - but a tranquil spot.

Jubilee tea party

Against all the odds, the bank holiday Monday weather was OK. An effort was made in the morning to tame part of our garden and catch up with some planting. In the afternoon we rested from our labours.

As a member of the Gardening Club, Mum had vouchers for BOGOF tea at the Woodlands Garden Centre so off we went for a tea party.

Southwell Minster

We decided to make our way to Southwell Minster because we heard about the exhibition of paintings loaned by HM the Queen

As it was our first visit to Southwell we were just happy to explore

Is it an optical illusion - or is one of these towers leaning?

A proper sweet shop selling sweets by weight!

There was a Folk Festival going on in the town.

Because it was the Diamond Jubilee weekend there was a lot of bunting - but we thought this was very inventive and amusing.

The main part of the minster was occupied by a craft fair and someone spotted a vase and decided that her Mum would give it to her as a birthday present.

The craft fair was cleared out and the exhibition of paintings closed and then a visiting choir from Leicester sang evensong - we stayed for a bit and heard some of the chanting - you can listen to the Doxology from the end of the Magnificat.