Today we enjoyed lunch at Woodpeckers with Mum, Elizabeth, Danni and Ella.
Three of us chose roast chicken with all the trimmings; Elizabeth went for nut roast;
and some of her parents’ liquidised spaghetti bolognese found its way into Ella’s mouth. Danni’s delightful photograph demonstrates that her daughter still has to learn to feed herself while the infant’s great grandmother continues to manage the task. The four youngest adults chose pineapple and almond sponge with ice cream for dessert. Mum settled for the ice cream.
After the meal Jackie had a squeeze;
then G-Ma Elizabeth held Ella while Great G-Ma played ball with her.
I was pleased that Danni e-mailed the photographs.
Later, Jackie and I drove to Annie’s in Barton on Sea to drop in a print of a photograph I had taken of her with Frances a couple of years ago. We travelled on to Waterstones in Lymington to collect a book, and I took the opportunity to photograph some street scenes.
There was much evidence of mobile phones being implemented for conversations of which
others took place in person.
Shoppers passed up and down the street;
some had difficulty crossing the road in charge of a buggy;
one young woman appeared to be contemplating that she may have made the wrong choice between ice cream and a cream tea.
On a lane leading to Church Lane, Boldre raiding group ahead of us – in particular one young lady on a very frisky animal – were demonstrating excellent control of their horses. They pulled over to allow us to pass and I waited on Church Lane to take these shots.
Once more they paused to allow us to pass, and we stopped for me to photograph cattle, a horse, and a red plastic trug in a field of ragwort.
They soon caught up with us and I felt the need to claim that I wasn’t stalking them.
Even the normally full flowing stream beneath the road bridge seen above is looking rather shallow.
This evening we dined on scrambled egg on toast with which Jackie drank Hoegaarden and I finished the Malbec.
Good Morning Derrick! I’m sure it was a ‘riding’ group, not a ‘raiding’ group that pulled aside to let you pass – or have things gotten out of hand in the UK recently? I love the shot of the woman with the ice cream in contemplative mode, I wonder if she went right on in and had the cream tea also…….
I do hope it was a raiding group though! 🙂
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Thanks very much, Pauline. That is one typo I’m not going to correct 🙂 I think I may have got the woman’s thoughts wrong – she was probably contemplating just that. I took the photo from the opposite side of the road and didn’t notice the cream tea sign until afterwards – serendipity, I’d say.
Glad you aren’t going to change the typo. Somethings have to stay put.
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I’ll take both! 😉
Hardly surprising, Laurie 🙂 Many thanks
After all, I am a good eater. Sometimes too much so.
Great photos and looks like a fun time
It was, Cinnamon. Many thanks
You’re welcome
Judging from the bare arms and ice cream cones, you appear to be having some lovely weather in the UK! Certainly seems nicer there than here, where ‘the skies have been cloudy all day’!
It is lovely here at the moment – but no rain for a while. Thanks very much, Diana
It’s so nice to see your Mum enjoying time with Ella. I always love your people watching photos, Derrick. I think they’re great for story prompts. I find myself wondering what they do for a living, what heartache they’ve endured…things like that. Thanks for sharing!
Very many thanks, Jill
Your mum seems to delighted to have luncheon guests. Once again you have shared some lovely photos with us. I know it happens every year but I’m always surprised when everything shoots up that couple of weeks earlier in the south. No ragwort up here yet, though after saying that I’ll
probably go down the lane tomorrow and find the fields are full of the wretched stuff!
Thanks very much, Sue. Jackie thinks it is poisonous for cattle
Definitely poisonous for horses. Not had any in our fields, but next door had it on the edges of their fields and the horses appeared to keep away from it!
Thanks, Sue. I hope that is what these animals were doing
Lovely day out and about–always great to see you two enjoying yourselves!
Thanks very much, Cynthia
A fine variety of shots today. As to the dilemma, why not both?
🙂 Maybe that’s what she was thinking, Tootlepedal. Many thanks
A full and fine day. I like the photo of the parents with the child walking down the sidewalk, looking at him with interest as he says something.
Thanks very much, Lisa
Ice cream surely.
Yep. Thanks a lot, Gary
To answer your question, it’s sadly neither. I can’t eat dairy.
That’s a shame, Sheree. Thanks very much
Always the ice-cream for me Derrick…..
🙂 Thanks very much, Ivor
Such a wonderful variety of photos here–the family photos were a delight. Your mom looks like she is doing well.
I don’t know if we have cream teas here–ice cream for now, but maybe that when it gets a bit cooler. 🙂
Thanks very much, Merril
Ice cream, always!
Me too, Linda. Many thanks
That is fascinating street photography complete with running commentary and paparazzi-like chase of the horseback parade.
Thanks very much, Uma
I love the photo of Ella sharing a meal with her Great Granny! So lovely. ?
Thanks very much, Lesley 🙂
Ice cream, please! 🙂 What is your favorite flavor, Derrick?!
Those first 3 photos brought joy-tears to my eyes! 🙂 Those sweet-babes certainly bring joy and entertainment to the rest of us folk! 🙂 Your Mum looks good and so happy! I’m so glad! 🙂 And it’s so wonderful she got to spend time with Ella! 🙂 Ella will treasure those photos as she grows up! 🙂
Ha! Love the ice cream/tea cream contemplation photo! 😀
Watch out for raiders and riders! 😉 😛
I was thinking of fixing roasted chicken for our dinner tonight.
HUGS!!! 🙂
Thanks very much, Carolyn. Ginger for me. Enjoy your roast chicken X
So good to see your Mum looking so well, and enjoying her time with the younger generation! 🙂
An excellent selection of ‘country life’ in rural England.
I do love a good cream tea, or a Devonshire one for that matter! 😉
Thanks very much, Bob
I especially like the picture of the horse riders!
Thanks very much, Andrew
That was a cute typo, Derrick. It certainly added mystery and suspense! Such an adorable baby, she’s going to grow up and be a heart-breaker, eh?!
Thanks very much, GP. Maybe we’ll be around to see it
I like Ella’s expression in the spoon feeding and the grandmotherly expressions in the ball photos very much!
The street scenes are interesting, but I particularly like the mother with three children. Something about the angle of her arm…
Thanks very much, Jean – my Mum’s name, in fact. That mother is trying to restrain children and look for cars at the same time
Your photos bring the place and the people alive Derrick. I love the photo of three generations 🙂 In August my daughter, son-in-law and children are coming. My mother will be here too. 🙂
Thanks very much, Lakshmi. Maybe you will have a generational photo
Cream tea. *sigh*
Thanks very much, Sue
‘Conversations in a Cafe reflections’ is a stunning photograph. I love the engagement between the two women. Nicely done, sir. 😀
Thank you very much, Widders. I was pleased with that one, taken from the other side of the road
She is adorable Derrick. Bless her.
Many thanks, Drew
Your comment on the low waterline reminds me that in spite of some rain, my pond is likewise on the low side. It’s given me an appreciation of just how much water is needed to fill a water body.
Thanks very much, Helen
I am glad to see that your mother is doing well and enjoying her adorable great-granddaughter’s visit, Derrick. Please educate me: what is cream tea?
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Cream tea
DescriptionA cream tea is a form of afternoon tea light meal, consisting of tea taken with a combination of scones, clotted cream, and jam. Traditionally a speciality of Devon and Cornwall, cream teas are offered for sale in tea rooms in those two counties, as well as in other parts of England, and elsewhere in the Commonwealth. Wikipedia
Place of origin: England
Region or state: South West England
Food energy (per serving): High kcal
Serving temperature: Tea: hot; Scones: warm; Jam & cream: ambient
Alternative names: Devonshire tea, Cornish cream tea
Main ingredients: Tea & Infusions, Scone, Clotted cream, Jams & Preserves
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Thank you, Derrick. For a moment, I thought that cream was added to tea, and I am glad it isn’t the case. Images did not come through, but I do know what scones look like and have even made them.
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Thanks very much, Dolly. I don’t think the images have transferred, but there are many on Google
I got that, thank you again.
Nice inter generational photos. Wouldn’t mind some cream tea ourselves.
Thanks very much LL/PS
Precious pictures with your Mother and the baby <3
I enjoyed those street scenes of people. Also the happy face of Jackie with the baby.
Very many thanks, Crystal