It's been a week of sunshine and showers. Walks have been taken and some gardening done but often it has been too wet.
Yesterday was a wet day, very wet in fact. We travelled over to Beeston, Nottingham to vist friends and have lunch out for an eightieth birthday. A Sicilian restaurant was chosen and a lovely meal was eaten over a couple of relaxing hours. We all ate something different. I had vegetarian Parmigiana, lots of lovely Aubergines in rich tomato sauce with homemade bread slices, and after a Lemon Tiramisu.
It was very wet outside but inside it felt warm and sunny.
Last week we visited Buxton in Derbyshire. It was quite a dry day so we were able to wander around. I took a few photos in the hot houses at the Pavilion. More in a later post.
Sweet peas, Helenium, Lupin and Dahlia.
A lovely flowery five! Somebody has been busy with the pretty crocheted flowers, what a good idea. I love lupins, especially their leaves, they don't do well here. Your lunch sounds delicious. Last time we were in Buxton, they were working on the Pavilion so it looked a bit of a mess, I'll look forward to seeing your next post. 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you CK. The Pavilion at Buxton is no longer covered in scaffolding and lots of work has been done on both the Pavilion and the Crescent Hotel and Spa, all was looking good when we were there, just the Museum closed temporarily because of dry rot, hopefully that will be sorted soon:)
DeleteThat sounds a really lovely lunch - glad you have been out and about. The knitted flowers are so very pretty. My son has been busy planting seeds mainly vegetables but some flowers too.
ReplyDeleteThank you RR. Lunch was lovely and as you can see from the photo we almost had the place to ourselves. Nice for us but not good for the restaurant owners. I hope they can keep going as the food and ambiance was wonderful. The flowers were made by a student who makes them to help with Uni fees, they are very pretty. We have tomatoes and broad beans growing now and potatoes too. Lettuce, mustard and cress seeds have been sown and are just showing now:)
DeleteThe Wisteria arch at Trentham looks amazing. I remember the fairies from our last visit to Trentham which was a while ago now.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely knitted posy that will stay in bloom for years. Have a great week x
Thank you Beverley, the Wisteria arch was looking wonderful. There are still quite a few fairies around the garden. I've put the wool flowers in a shady corner so they don't fade in the sunshine:)
DeleteBeautiful arch and your sweet peas, heleniums, lupias and dahlias will look wonderful in your garden... it's the best time to be outside.
ReplyDeleteLots of nice greetings coming to you from Viola
Thank you Viola, it is a lovely time of year to out in the garden. Greetings to you too:)
DeleteYour days out must have been enjoyable. It's a lovely time of the year to see pretty flowers such as the wisteria arch. It's a long time since we've been to Buxton but it's always a pleasure to see photos of this beautiful town.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda, Buxton was looking good the day we visited. The Wisteria Arch was looking lovely too. Have a good day:)
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