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.