Darsh got back early last night....

...so I didn't get round to finishing my post off properly.  That really was a 1st, he never gets there early for anything!  But I had bought 2 duck portions for our tea, so I guess he was hungry.....what a waste of time that was..yuk ..they were horrible.  The breast was too thick and the "crispy" coating was anything but, we had to separate the skin from the meat to try and crisp it up.  The whole thing was tasteless, - serves me right for buying ready done, usually I coat it myself with orange, brandy and brown sugar.

   Darsh treated himself to a new telly for valentines day!  It was for in the bedroom, and to replace the old one with a broken remote.  We no longer have to get out of bed to turn on the telly...yippee.  However it is rather large and to my mind it overpowers the room.  But he likes it, as he has got 24 hr news without having to get up and go downstairs.
    The old box has emigrated to Charlotte's room.. "I don't want it in there" she wailed when I told her...hang on...hasn't she moved out?
     My present was going to be an Amazon Kindle, they have just started selling them in Tesco.  I wanted to get one from a shop so that I could have a good look and a feel before I bought, but by the time we got to the pay desk they had sold out!  They are the same price in Tesco as on the net and no waiting for delivery, (but it didn't work out in this case.)  However they are having a delivery today, so we might just swim down later and collect one.

       It is RAINING heavily today and Joe, as usual, is refusing to go out into that.  He hates wet fur and delays going out for a wee for longer than you could possibly imagine that a little dog could wait.

   Selina and Pete brought me a lovely bunch of flowers at the weekend...

               

                       .... and this wasn't it.  I have been carefully growing this orchid for the last few years, ever since I found it in a reduced section at the garden centre.  After all these years it decides to flower, it reminds me of a big angry spider, or something out of Star Wars, it's horrible...so dissappointing, nothing pretty about it at all!

                   ....this is far more up my street!