This and that

 I really loved this book, for most of the tale the boyfriend was the narrator, nearer the end it became the girlfriends tale with a unexpected twist in the last chapter, I could not put it down. Book 51 read this year.

This was set in a baby birthing unit following the doctors, a good read, but not as good as the above book. Book 52 read this year.

We did not get any rain whilst we were away, i checked each day on our security cameras, so my garden was parched, I gave it a good soak on Thursday evening, the flower beds looked immediately better, the veg beds took longer.

I did have a small harvest, my first big tomato, plus lettuce, potatoes and a small cabbage not in my photo. We made a blackberry and apple crumble, for years I picked blackberries in September, always an autumn desert, they are really early this year.

Going home to my Somerset village was very mixed, we drove the first day into Devon to see hubbies brother, who decided to meet us at motorway service station, not the best place, he was chatty about anything other than recent events, which is OK as we would not want to upset him in anyway. Hubby was still unaware of funeral details other than its an 11am start, hubby finally found all the details in a Facebook post. Later we met up with hubby's son, they decided we should meet in a pub for a meal, which was lovely, we chatted for ages, catching up with all the news. 

2nd morning I went with Martin my brother to see our older brother in his home, it was a good visit, older brother took me around the gardens, I don't think he knew who I was, but was contented for me to be there, he was very happy with the photo book. I also popped onto see my sister, who was not in the greatest of moods, she had wanted me to go out for a day with her, which had to be postponed because of other visits. Both car journeys were much longer due to so many closed roads for roadworks, happily no traffic accidents. 

I'm not very sociable at this time, I'm a bit irritable with people, far too much going on, so I'm staying at home, I just don't have the energy to be polite to anyone. I'm sure I will get over it,  I have plenty to keep me busy.

Lilly is in disgrace, she hissed at the owner of the cattery for two mornings, she settled and the owner went to give her a cuddle and Lilly bit her hand. The owner was OK, put it down to the heat, Lilly has has all her injections so there should be no issues. The owner is happy to have Lilly again, but it is marked on her card she can bite.