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Miscellaneous stuff which doesn't go anywhere else. The garden looked good this year (before the blazing heat dried up the grass). But we had to get rid of our box trees. We're still planning what to do with the space (these things take time!) Actually everything seems to take longer to start somehow - we seem to have perfected the art of putting things off...ho hum...
We went to a nice exhibition of Munch paintings in the Courtauld Gallery, which gave us the chance to revisit some of our favourite Cézannes.
We also had a bit of a clear out, selling some stuff on Gumtree - the camp-bed below, the garden shredder, even some old tea chests. I didn't have the cheek to sell them for £95 (their price on Etsy!).
Mike had an unexpected invite from someone who had worked with him in the 1980s. He was giving a talk thanking everyone who had helped him in his career. What a lovely idea! (See picture below).
Our garden in June.
A visit to the Much exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery
And a chance to see one of our favourite Cézanne paintings.
Preparation for being old..... grab handles in the bathroom. Sigh...
We sold my dad's old camp-bed. A bit sad but ... well .. stuff .. you know.
Our box, afflicted by box moth, finally had to come out.
Actually it didn't look too bad when it was all cleared.
We took cuttings of Euonymus as a box replacement.
Euonymus cuttings.
In the July heat wave we stayed in the kitchen. Bare feet on cool tiles...
We tried keeping the sun's rays out. Not sure if it worked!
Garden tomatoes!
The first hedgehog for ages! Wonderful!
Mystery Train playing at Girton College.
Californian poppies on one of our daily walks "around the block".
Snowy hail in March.
Very low key Jubilee celebrations. Hard to find anything actually.
Robot food delivery ....
The Cambridge University Botanic Gardens.
Flag at half mast on Great St Mary's for the Queen.
Bluebells in Overhall Grove, near Knapwell.
Blossom (and sunshine!)
We often get beautiful red skies down our road.
Mike built a new bench in the garage. (All cluttered now though)
Pablo was a great support as usual. Seriously.
£35,000 anyone?
Mike, sitting on his throne.
An outing from Phil and Katies...
Pears...
New stuff going up in Mill Lane. Bit of a disaster area at the moment.
New efficient double-glazed windows for our bedroom. Very expensive!
A sparrowhawk eating a pigeon in our garden.
...sat on their park bench like bookends....
My friend Rafael's inaugural professorial lecture - "With A Little Help Fom My Friends". Very heart warming! Thanks Rafa...
Winchester Cathedral - couldn't help singing the song...
Winchester. Design your own stained-glass windows machine!
Winchester Cathedral. They never really improved on those gorgeous Norman arches did they?
We had snow! The deepest for many years. Mike made a snowman.
The Snowman fades back into the earth...
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