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Showing posts with label community café. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community café. Show all posts

June 14, 2022

This and That

We're really enjoying our garden this season as there's so much to see with new flowers appearing every day. The best way to show some of them is in collage format.




When we met our son on Friday it was a good opportunity to exchange gifts instead of arranging to post them.  I was given a belated birthday present of a beautiful calla lily plant and boxed sets of occasional plates and bowls and they'll be very handy when we have family gatherings. 




On Sunday we visited our local daughter and sat in her garden where we had afternoon tea, talked about our time in Kenilworth and Mr P lightly trimmed the grape vines as he knows what he's doing with these plants. The vines are climbing along the fences and growing long and straggly. Most of the young branches were tied in to the supporting wires. I made some small chocolate biscuits and daughter M made fruit scones which we ate with strawberries and blueberries.


Last week I went to the library and then walked around the Walled Garden.  More about that another time.  I saw that the new community café has opened up for refreshments so I shall have to go back soon and see what's going on there.  
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Have a good day and week!

May 20, 2022

Sunshine and Showers

The saying "March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers" seemed true enough as I walked around our neighbourhood on a very warm, sunny day yesterday.  It's hard to keep up with all that's happening in our gardens especially as we've had good growing conditions - thankfully rainfall in the night and dry days .Here are photos of my walk and the beautiful blooms I saw along the way.  I wanted to see how the new play park at the top of the hill was progressing. It's still not open to the local community as a notice says the grass, trees and wild areas need to settle in, but the nearby café hub is generally open. The charity is run by volunteers and the facilities provide refreshments and a safe, inclusive space for local families and individuals.






I stopped at the corner of our road and looked back down the hill where there are views across the valley.  I saw smoke and hoped that it wasn't anything serious.
















Decorations hanging in the bushes were made at the café hub community centre.



Back home in our front and back gardens there's a lot going on.  More about that another time.  Thank you for visiting.  Have a lovely weekend.