Sunday, 16 November 2025

Richard's Birthday 2025

Richard's birthday was on Thursday 13th November.  Being a school night we started celebrating with just a glass of wine.  Then on the Saturday we had our family BBQ.  There were a few people missing with prior arrangements, however, it was still great to catch up with Jason, Sue and Andrew.  Later in the evening we opened a bottle of Glenfiddich with Jason, which was fatal, and before we knew it, it was midnight.  So Jason had a sleep over.  Next morning, we had our usual cooked breakfast then Jason went home and we went on to a lovely High Tea at Cataract on Paterson to finish off celebrating Richard's birthday.  


Lovely glass of red to celebrate Richard's birthday.


Happy birthday to me. 


Richard's birthday present to himself.  A remote control Spyder.


Table all set for the BBQ lunch.


Coastal theme table setting.


Ready for our quests.


Richard concentrating reading one of his birthday cards.


Jason wishing him a Happy Birthday.


He thinks he's a funny person.


Sue, Richard and Andrew.


Sue checking out our Spyder.


She's looking quite comfortable.


Jason and Richard watching the views.


Kayaker on the river with the seagulls.


Glenfiddich and an animated discussion.


Now it's getting late.


Richard cooking breakfast.


Yummy eggs and bacon with black pudding.


Wake up Jason, it's breakfast time.


Cataract on Paterson.


The menu for High Tea.


The Good Witch of the North cocktails.


Our High Tea selection.


Those cakes look so yummy.


Nice refreshing cup of Creme Brulee tea
to finish of the afternoon.






















Saturday, 1 November 2025

Breakfast at Samuel Pepys

What a lovely way to start a long weekend with breakfast at Samuel Pepys with everyone.  They had a Halloween theme going on at the cafe which was a lovely touch.  😈



Samuel Pepys.


Decorated for Halloween.


One of the Halloween Cup Cakes.


A selection of the cup cakes.


Breakfast orders all taken, time for photos.


Jason, Sharni and Richard.

Crystal, Olivia, Sue and Andrew.
             Unfortunately, Maddi was not well enough to be there. 


Gerrard and Crystal.


My Cappuccino.


I ordered the BLAT.
So yummy.

It was great to catch up with everyone.  We should do this more often.
Enjoy your long weekend.





















Thursday, 30 October 2025

Trick or Treat

All decorated for Halloween.  As always, I've purchased a couple of new items for Halloween.  I just have to choose a scary movie for tomorrow night.  Annabelle, Rocky Horror Picture Show or It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.  😂😂😂


Skull candle with blue and white pumpkin.


Blue and white pumpkins.


Jack Skellington bowl and candle holder.


Jack Skellington bowl full of black lollies.
Black jelly beans, black cats and black currant pastilles.


Giant Tarantula.  I put one on the letterbox to scare my postman too.


A few batty bats.


The black cat on my Halloween bunting plus skull tinsel.


The table is all set for Halloween.


Black cat lolly jar and Witches Brew tea tin.


Pumpkin lolly dish.


The table is all ready for Halloween.
The shiny pumpkins on the serviettes are new this year.


My skull teaspoons.


I got creative and made a Book of Spells.


It's full of vintage style pictures.


Just a bit of fun.




Now just to decide which scary movie to watch.



Lunch at Burt Munro's

We had a really lovely catch up with Crystal and Gerrard at Burt Munro's for lunch today.  It was an early Father's Day get together...