Anyone for Tea?

I am so excited to be visiting London once again!  The days are zooming by and preparations are in full swing.  Items to be packed are starting to accumulate on the bed in our spare room and The Heiress has her visa.

The Heiress will be so busy familiarizing herself with her new surrounding in Kent that she will barely notice my absence.  But I will really be missing her.  It would be more than wonderful for me if anyone would be interested in getting together for a cup of tea!

Since you all have busy lives I'm hoping you're free on September 18, which is a Sunday.  R thinks I could give Barbara Walters a run for her money as I'm always so full of questions and conversation so please don't be shy!  I promise you we will have lots of fun and the more the merrier!  Once I have an idea who is available then together we can plan somewhere central and with a daughter costing us a King's ransom, inexpensive.

Consult your calendar and please leave a comment or send me an email.  If I don't hear from you then don't be surprised to hear from me!  Hope you can make it.

Holiday Bliss

Wow!  Did we ever pack a lot into one week!  R and I drove to Toronto to see some small boats...

and some tall ships!  The Europa is from the Netherlands and was built in 1911.  There are 68 bunks and if you're feeling adventurous they offer trips where you can live the life of a seafarer.  Trying to dress the part I wore my 'wench blouse' and proceeded to get such a burn on my decollete...ouch!  I'll never make a very good vamp.

Time for some culture.  It was to Niagara-on-the-Lake to partake in the Shaw Festival series of plays, we saw An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde.  It was over 40C with the humidex and the two pints R had at lunch were practically for health and safety reasons.  But once we were in a darkened air-conditioned theatre and the lights went down I looked over to catch R having a snooze!  Cue the elbow.  This is the tiniest bookshop but full of just the kind of books I like.  No time to browse though as the curtain was about to go up!

I couldn't resist taking a photo of some Anne of Green Gable Raspberry Cordial for those of you across the pond.  Perhaps I'll suggest some of this to R instead of the pints next time.

On one of the days which rain was forecast we saw The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson.  Whilst everyone else was munching on popcorn, I snuck in an eccles cake leftover from Niagara-on-the-Lake and a cup of tea.  Very much a 'Hyacinth' moment.

Dinner out with friends and getting together on the patio was so nice and best of all...R and I didn't have to watch the clock.  Deacon had his fair share of swimming in the stream at Lowville Park and I discovered masses of wild blackberries which I had to gobble up straight away seeing as I didn't have a bowl.  R was worried about my tummy but as it turns out it was really Deacon he should have worried about.  Too much water and bark from chasing sticks caused him to empty the contents of his stomach on the back seat on the drive home one evening....ugh!  So perhaps not all bliss but hey...that's life.

And yesterday, on our last day of holiday, my true love gave to me...the most gorgeous diamond ring to mark our twenty-fifth year of marriage.  The actual date isn't until December but secrets and waiting can sometimes be too much to bear. 

So it's Monday and back to reality.  Who's on holiday next and what would you like to do?