Its been cold, wet and very windy....

.....I've been resisting putting on my heating....after all its only September....

...the trees and bushes are full of berries...

         .......surprisingly there are a lot of House Martins here still, and the ones under the eaves in the house opposite me look as if they are still feeding babies.....

       ......lots of geese are gathering on the nearby pond, I often hear them flying off at night, don't know where they all go, I wonder if they stay around all winter....

        ......and even the Gibb family have flown off to warmer climes...for another three months....heaven knows how much that baby will have grown by the time we see her next!

My little box....

Went to a yard sale yesterday down at the craft centre....found an ancient little hand-made box...

          .....with 5 halfpennys in it, and some strange bits and pieces....

        ..... Darsh doing a few minor repairs...

       ....there was even....

....a threepenny bit hidden in my little box.

A picture of my strange find when it was all put back together?...."no" said my camera....AGAIN.

Saturday night at the Proms....

The plan was to take a picnic, our deckchairs, coats and blankets to the park to listen to the  police  orchestra and to watch the fireworks.

So off we went, parking really easily, right by the park..... maybe the evening wasn't going to be very well supported.

  Then we tried to buy our picnic in Morrisons supermarket....there was nothing left on the shelves, it looked as if locusts had swept through and bought every picnic item in the store.  We ended up with a very half-hearted picnic and headed back to the field with our deckchairs..... quite a few deck-chair carrying people joined us on the way. 

As we went over the bridge, and came out of the trees the music was just starting up....

         .....so many people, tables, chairs, lanterns, candles, flags, lighty-up things, fairground rides, food stalls and dozens of gazebos, all around the edge of the field.
         Obviously Prom night in Lichfield was taken very seriously indeed.

         ....we had a brilliant night, even though it came very cold later on.....

            ......the fireworks were directly over our heads, and at the same time as "Land of Hope and Glory"....a very patriotic event.  Much singing, flag waving and cheering.
        Afterwards everyone filed out and headed home, surprisingly, with Lichfield been such a tiny city, most people had chosen to walk in, so there wasn't  many cars about.  We drove home in minutes and were tucked up in bed when neighbouring families arrived back, flashing a huge torch along the street and still singing "Land of Hope and Glory"
       Obviously we weren't the only ones who enjoyed the evening.  The whole thing was a free event, paid for by the council and local business sponsorship, and it was the 19th year it has happened!