Odds and sods

Things have changed a little bit in our household over the past week.My little mother has moved in with us while she waits 

to go into hospital for heart surgery. Last week we twice ended up in ED in the middle of the night and on the second occasion she was admitted for several days. We all feel much better now she is home with us and we can keep an eye on her. Hopefully the surgery will take place before the end of the month.

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Anyway I haven't done a lot lately but here are some assorted photo's from the last week or so. 

Some of the flowers Mum has received from family in Australia.

Little mother organising her Christmas

 presents for her little great grandchildren.

Brown trout caught by my GKB, none of which

 won the competition he was taking part in.

Christmas cake ingredients and below finished product. I have a Christmas function I am supposed to be helping with so said I'd make the Christmas cake and then if anything happens with little mother I feel as if I have upheld my obligations.

A very enjoyable night out at a makeup evening with my girls, two grand daughters in front, two daughters and then me. And I was fortunate enough to win the door prize :) 

Diana

Catch of the day...

...from river to table via the smoker...

Brown trout

Marinating fillets

Smoking

Done

Labour weekend saw my GKB out on a fishing trip 

and he finally caught something he could

 bring home and put in the smoker! 

We bought it a couple of years ago and 

this is the first time we've used it.

Hoping you've had a good weekend.
Until next time,
Diana

Caravans and fish

We decided it was time for a break away last weekend so my GKB put in for annual leave and I took my normal days off and we packed up and went up to the caravan for a few days.

 

 

 

Once we got ourselves sorted out we just sat around enjoying the warm sun. So nice to sit and relax with not a worry in the world.

We didn't bother with the awning as we weren't going to be there long enough to warrant the trouble of putting it up.

Thank goodness we didn't.

That night the temperatures dropped and the rain poured down

non-stop (and I mean non-stop) and the snow snowed.

Oh dear.

When we got up in the morning we found a pond outside our door and snow not quite right down to town level. Just a tad chilly!

We had a good few days of enforced slothfulness which we both enjoyed. My GKB went down to the lake to try for a fish, nothing biting, and I went out walking a couple of times.

 

The sun came out again the day we left.

 Oh well, thems the breaks.

 

Talking about fishing -

 

 

- my GKB has done quite well the last couple of times he's been out with the angling club. The photo above is some of the trout he caught about three weeks ago, including the prizewinner for the largest and the heaviest fish. (2.3kg which I think is 4lb 9oz).

 He was really chuffed. 

Then yesterday he arrived home with more, which I promptly gave to our eldest daughter who was visiting. And he had also won the raffle which was a box of assorted goodies - drink bottles (for youngest grandsons), daughters new beau scored the cap and I now have a lovely ceramic tile adorning my kitchen wall.

 

 

There are still several items to be given homes but that won't be hard to do. Perfume, lawn sprinkler, coffee mug and gardening gloves to name a few. It was a bit like a lucky dip. It's lovely to win something or receive something unexpectedly, isn't it?

 

 

And this year I have my sunflower seeds in on time!!!

I am sooo good :D)

 

Have a good week everyone

 

Diana