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Today we visited Shelly and Ron’s at Walkford for an excellent lunch and an afternoon spent in convivial company and reminiscence. The other guests were Helen and Bill.
Before lunch I joined the three sisters in laying the annual wreath on their mother’s plot in Walkford Woodland Burial Ground. This was a pleasant visit.
Back at Shelly and Ron’s home we drank mulled wine and consumed nibbles followed by a meal of tender roast lamb served with roast potatoes and parsnips; red cabbage, broccoli, green beans, and multicoloured carrots. Red and white wines were drunk.
This was followed by a splendid trifle enhanced by the sharpness of cranberries.
Plentiful cheese and biscuits, coffee and after eight mints completed the meal, even though, as Helen pointed out, it wasn’t quite five o’clock. Conversation continued into the evening.
On our way to Walkford we diverted for a short drive through the moors around Wootton.
I decided that a sprinkling of vegetable peelings in the forest was unlikely to be someone starting a compost heap, but rather food some kindly individual had laid out for the absent ponies. These creatures were keeping a low profile.
The morning mist, even at lunchtime, had not yet completely cleared. Nearer trees were quite visible,
but greater distance led to obscurity.
Naturally we needed no more sustenance when we arrived home.
How like Pepys? A delightful post!
Lovely comment, Sol. What we had for dinner is my equivalent of ‘And so to bed’
🙂
Thank you for the sustenance of this post, Derrick.
Thank you, Ann
Right … time to dig out the ingredients for trifle, I reckon.
Enjoy it, Yvonne. Thanks a lot
What a great last line, Derrick! My Derek and I were salivating over your colorful meal. I LOVE that first shot of the trees…stunning.
Many thanks, Jill
So you had a delightful delicious meal..
make me feel hungry ? and hungry for company..
nothing like finishing off the evening with Coffee ☕️…
Thank you, Nita. May you have good company
The pictures are beautiful, worth painting.
Many thanks, Bridget
From the Two Ronnies: A train carrying fruit salad has collided with a truck carrying sponge cake. The railways advise that the train will be a trifle late.
Classic. Thanks, Bruce
I love that the three sisters still visit their mother’s grave annually. That is quite a connection and a commitment to have. The mist photos are beautiful. The meal and company, also beautiful!
Our Mother loved Christmas and gave us all the same affection for it, she and Dad made it magical. We were blessed.
I think it is just lovely!
Many thanks, Pauline. I had loved her, too
Oh, my – The comments here made me cry. So sweet.
You really didnt eat that lot on the plate; did you? It’s just a photo op isn’t it?
‘fraid so, Brian. 🙂
Looks like another nice day. I like the mist and fog.
Thanks, Lisa. It is very atmospheric
Love the misty photos.
Thank you, Sherry
I adore the images of the mist!
Many thanks, Elena
That trifle looks delicious 🙂 and all the photos are beautiful.
Many thanks, Lakshmi
Nice mist shots…
Thanks a lot Louise
Very eerie and moody, except for that roast lamb dinner. That sounds divine. ?
Thanks a lot, Miriam
I would like that meal for Christmas !
Thanks a lot, Sylvie
If I ate everything that you do, I would weigh two tons. It would be a happy two tons, though. You must have a humming metabolism.
Many thanks, Brenda. It is slowing down now I don’t run any more 🙂
Beautiful misty captures!
Thanks very much, Amy
That meal was something – and I LOVE that first tree image especially – Stunning!
Many thanks, my friend, Jodie
I like that. : )
It looks like a splendid day! (And that trifle looks delicious!)
Many thanks, Merril. It was.