Bloomin'

Took custody of some orchid plants from Mum earlier this year - repotted, and yay - one at least has bloomed!

Jen's Hen

And on to the second girly weekend of October - this time my sister's hen do 'Girl's Night In' . . .






Stayed in a very nice cottage in Norfolk -  food, cake, snacks and drink (they even provided 'emergency wine' cover!) - a log fire, massage and manicure (and of course, Jen's favourite films - cue Love Actually and Mary Poppins).

We did have a day out in Norwich - including an 'escape room' experience in the old Guildhall - so nearly 'escaped', but were timed out on the final lock.  Great fun - topped off with dinner and cocktails!

All in all a lovely weekend.

Jammin'

Mixed fruits from the garden - grape, raspberry, strawberry - sucking in the sugar . . .

Sweet!

Archive Girls On Tour: The Return

Time for the unintentionally biennial archive girls reunion - this time basing ourselves in the Forest of Dean.

A different cottage - a different location for our main 'day out' (from Ludlow to Ledbury), but the same great company!

Good food, a few drinks (of course), and the traditional evening of Strictly.

Finished our trip with a visit to Westbury Court Garden  - a restored Dutch water garden, with some interesting old trees, and lots of carp to feed . . .

The question now is whether we can actually manage to keep the diary date for next year, or whether I'll be reporting back again in 2021!