A quieter day

 When I am sitting in the lounge now Pandora will occasionally sit on the other chair. If I go out she still disappears under the bed!

I went to the shop to get a jiffy bag as Anya had left something behind, I couldn’t send it until later anyways the counter doesn’t open until ten. I was getting the package ready when there was someone at the door, a lady from the congregation brought some tulips and just wanted to know if all was well.

Bit dark in the kitchen, they are pink and in a temporary vase! I went and got the package sent and when I got home put pencil to paper again!

It was a miserable wet day but after lunch I decided to go for a walk anyway. The cafe nearby is called The Birnam Oak Cafe and this is the sign.

I walked in a different direction along the road and came to a different path.

I walked around a bit but had to turn back when it got really muddy.

A different misty view.

Nice old fashioned mileage markers.

I love this little home!

I have never seen such a tidy graveyard. Even the grass inside the plots are trimmed.

Tina arrived dead on 2pm with only 2% of juice left in the battery. She went straight into the office for a zoom session. After that we unloaded her very full car and tried to get things out of the way for the removal men tomorrow.

I had made another stew and we had that when her call was finished.

A quiet evening to get ready for a manic day tomorrow.

Beatrix Potter is exhibition

 Pandora is obviously a bit more settled as she had settled on the chair a couple of times rather than under the bed! Another wet day so I decided to go to the art centre and get the form for changing the address on my driving license on the way back. I had a drink before looking round the exhibition as it opens a bit later than the cafe. They are having trouble with the lighting so let me walk around within out paying. It is only £4 anyway and I bought a few things in the shop after I had looked round. It is delightful, lots of interesting exhibits and details bout her life, but also several activity areas for children, dressing up, a shop and a school c’est with activities. I will just add the photos now.

I booked a place on a craft session before leaving.

I called in at the post office and he said they didn’t have forms so to apply on line for the update driving license! One misty picture today.

I decided to walk to Dunkeld and get a bottle I found refilled with washing up liquid, had a drink there.. as well. It was raining fairly hard on the way back and there were some mad people swimming in the river with outer clothing on!

I stopped by another burn to take a photo.

I bought a plain notebook at the shop and did put pencil to paper, I haven’t got any drawing pens here at the moment, may not be able to find them when they are here!

The vans are loaded in Hornsea and they will be travelling up tomorrow as Tina will be. She will stay with  Darren tonight as the house is now empty! Hen Thursday chaos will arrive here!

The Birnam Oak

 This morning we were up reasonably early and it wasn’t raining. We drove to Dunkeld before Anya set off for home so that I could get some shopping in for the rest of the week and she could go back to a couple of the shops we had been in on Saturday.

I didn’t stay dry for long, it was a bit drizzly again when I decided to go and find the Burnam Oak, which featured in a Shakespeare play. It was less than a mile but quite a twisty route.

The Birnum oak was amazing but I thought the elderly sycamore was amazing.

This sculpture was just by it.

A couple more of the oak, some branches were supported.

I was more fascinated by the sycamore, the diameter of the trunk must have been six to seven feet.

This next photo has the sycamore in front and the oak behind, they are quite close.

I went over a small bridge above a burn leading to the river.

Then I followed the rather muddy path alongside the river which led to the bridge into Dunkeld.

Then up the rather scary steps to the bridge.

Those amazing views from there.

I had a drink at the community cafe we had gone in at the weekend before walking home.

This afternoon I had a frustrating couple of hours trying to update my address with government departments. I have never been sent so many codes via phone and email!

I filled in my registration form and questionnaire for the local doctors and went out again to hand it in.

At the weekend there had been a bag of veggies left at my door seemingly from someone’s allotment. No big saucepans so I cooked up a soup/stew in the frying pan! It was very tasty.

Feeling weary so won’t be late in bed. Anya arrived home safely after hitting some heavy traffic. It had been a really lovely weekend.

This should have been under the sculpture!