Well... what a lovely holiday weekend we've had here weather-wise...
Saturday and Sunday were particularly good with temperatures in the low 70s, so yesterday - as I previously mentioned - we had a simple but relaxed bbq lunch in the garden
Today, I sat in the garden with my Mum and helped her with some of the puzzles in her competitions magazine - always fun, and more difficult than you'd expect, largely because she doesn't always read out the clues properly, or write the results in the correct boxes... a puzzle that should take 15 minutes can take an hour or more
I made a light-ish lunch of pseudo-Mexican-style rice with onions, peppers, beans, garlic, cumin, paprika, chilli and crispy fried chorizo. I thought I'd gone a little heavy on the chilli, but my Mum & Dad finished every last bit. Mum said it was her favourite meal this year, but nine times out of ten she says that about every meal I cook
Anyway, no-one was ill afterwards, so it mustn't have been too bad. I enjoyed it too.
Once my lunch had settled, I mowed the lawn at the rear of the house... just a medium cut, in case we're lucky enough to get more of this weather in the coming week or two (though I think that's unlikely). The buds are coming out on various bushes and the garden's starting to look inviting again after the Winter...
It's much cooler this evening (9.4C / 49F), but still dry and pleasant. It's supposed to be sunny but cool tomorrow, so my Dad and I are thinking we might visit the local air museum (
North East Aircraft Museum - just a few miles from home). It's a pretty small and basic enthusiast-run affair, apparently (I've never been before), but it turns out they have some very interesting aircraft. I'll take "the camera that must not speak its name" with me and see if I can't get a few photos for the image library...
Last edited by BigMackCam; 04-22-2019 at 02:49 PM.