delicious

Delighted that Mother and Brother drove all the way here for a visit and many fine decadences. I brought the wine, champagne and whipped up some (use up old) bread pudd, she treated us to spicy meals, and we all shared in the wizardry of producing a lovely picnic for the sunny water-side rocks of Lemoine Point. Getting out there pleased me muchly - especially since my last visit yesterday to the community garden that I've loved (where I've been taking my compost for 2+ years) found me long faced: the heavy machinery is there, a fence up, and rubble strewn about the erstwhile Queen Anne's Lace-rich field. Big things are coming, and they stink more than my weeks-old kitchen waste!



I never really got the appeal of the big long week-end trecks home, but I see now that Family is good. And when I've two visitors, guess who gets the hammock??

With the rest of my day, I vacuumed up mouse shit from my pantry, packed (m)any foods in bags away into plastic mouse-proof tubs, and now sit with fingers crossed in hopes of avoiding more drastic anti-vermin measures. Oh, and in celebration of spring, we re-potted a few plants, too. And I've adopted a stunning new giant Jade plant that they brought from my grandparents in London. I'm delighted. Now how to avoid killing it, as 4 months of infrequent home occupancy approach...