MAN AT WORK

Hello Everyone,   I`m cross with myself....... I forgot to take my camera with me to the park.  There were so many photo opportunities to be had too....so yes, I`m very cross with myself!   We met up with our friends M and M and Marshall the GSD at the park, and the two dogs ran straight over, obviously overjoyed to see each other...that`s when I realised I had left the thing at home !   

 I decided to take this photo of Jim building the brick wall for the edge of the patio area he is building.  I didn`t ask him if he minded but I`ll let him read the entry later when he isn`t covered in dust and mortar.  He has wanted to do this for a long time even though he hasn`t done any bricklaying before.  But he has done his `homework` and is taking things very carefully as usual....he has to get things just right, and I`m really proud of him for doing it.  

The chinese meal was lovely.  Mr. Lai`s was not as busy as usual and the air-conditioning was very welcome too.  They have stopped the music and entertainment though because they say it costs too much to pay the DJ.  But never mind, the food was great, we had prawn toast, spring rolls , crispy duck pancakes, egg-fried rice, spicy beef with vegetables, lemon chicken  ( VERY yummy!), sweet and sour pork with vegetables and prawn crackers.  The whole meal was a set price each, £10 or approx $15.  We all had a nice evening with great chat with lots of laughs.  We`ll do it again, somewhere else in about a months time.  It`s so nice to be able to leave the men behind and us women going out together.                                           

The weather yesterday was somewhere in the 80`s. It`s cooler today thankfully but very windy again.  I do hope the sunshine will last at least until tomorrow just so Jim can finish the wall.  His mate, S, has come round to give him a hand , which is really nice of him.  Two pairs of hands should make life easier! Kerry came over to peg some washing on the line, she then decided to come walking with us and then on for luch at the garden centre cafe.  While there we met a couple of friends that we haven`t seen for at least four years.  It was so lovely to see them and to hear how their family are.  They were sad to learn that we`d lost Hannah, (our old lab) but very pleased to hear about Jake, and they want to meet him. They haven`t seen Kerry since she was about  22 and had just got her first singing job on the cruise ship, and they couldn`t belive she was now married with a baby on the way.  How time flies by, where does it go?   We have agreed to look after Marshal when M and M go on holiday in the future. It will be a mutual arrangement as they will have Jake sometimes too.  We always looked after their old lab Barney, who was a really big lab, but a great softy too. Our house was like his second home, and he fitted in well with Hannah and Rosie ( our Basset hound) As Jake and Marshall are such great friends it makes total sense.  

 I think that`s it for today. Enjoy a restful weekend,  Bye Bye and take care. :-)    

 

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