No games,no visitors,no distractions..............bliss! We seldom have a real family Sunday so when we do they are precious ans special to us. I awoke quite convinced that it was Monday,the glorious feeling I had on discovering my mistake stayed with me throughout the day.
We lazed about for a while then I cooked a real Sunday breakfast of eggs ,bacon and mushrooms and we took our time over the meal revelling in having nothing much to do. After clearing up I made a few preparations for dinner then went for a buggy ride.
The pure pleasure of having a day without a house full of people was heady stuff and we all began to realise just how tired and drained of energy we were.
Pa pottered about feeding the birds,the reward for his daily care of the feeders is a steady succession of Woodpeckers,Nuthatch. Black-cap,Robin,quantities of Chaffinch,Greenfinch and almost every member of the Tit family. My Collared doves come early in the morning and again just before dark,I love them for their gentle beauty and their sweet faces.
Wrens are now increasing in number and come daily to bathe in the fountain and the quarrelsome starlings who also love the water fight each other noisily over every crumb. Pa loves his birds and they repay him by loving him in return,not even the smallest fledgling fears him and older birds vie for his attention,actually coming into the house or tapping at the window;when he feeds them they fly about him like a cloud and the robins take food from his hands.
Today we actually managed to have a Sunday roast and it was such a treat ,I normally have to put on a roast in the week when other tasks are pressing and it makes things rather stressful. Today we had roast beef,roast potatoes ,Yorkshire pudding,mushy peas and diced parsnip and swede,it was a lovely relaxed meal and we all enjoyed every morsel.
Twiggy arrived towards the end of the meal and was given a small plate of beef snippets which she loved.
Now our lovely lazy day and our home week is over, tomorrow it is back to the grind,on with the motley,yet it is this which makes our family time so precious to us all.
Back to work tomorrow my son is looking forward to his retreat in Derbyshire on his next week off for a well deserved break. He will be pampered and cosseted by the sisters who run the place and this will,I hope help him to get through the final weeks with his current employer,I swear to God when he finally walks out of that place for the last time shall raise a cheer that will be heard on Tower Bridge!
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