We had a wonderful weekend in Stone. Dave and Joe cooked meatballs on Friday evening and I believe some members of the party played some games on the Playstation. I am sorry to say I missed it all, put it down to the bug I was incubating. I slept all evening and most of the night. I was below par all weekend but managed to enjoy and take part in everything.
On Saturday morning we went into Stone and had a full English breakfast at The Lounge, then Joe had to go off to rehearsal and the rest of us had a lovely lazy sleepy afternon. The Messiah was fantastic. The soloists were very good but of course we were mainly interested in the choral pieces, which were all we had hoped for. I didn't cough at all. Joe enjoyed singing in it, but is mightily relieved to have some Sundays to call his own. Afterwards Liz and Michael came back with us and we drank champagne and ate crisps and chocolates.
On Sunday morning we went to Trentham Gardens, walked through all the shops and bought a dwarf cherry tree in the garden centre. It is already planted in the fruit cage, so hopefully we will have some eating cherries as well as the Morellos, maybe not this year, but soon. It would be great if the boys could pick some this year! We had Staffordshire oatcakes for breakfast, with bacon, mushrooms and cheese. Jodie and Ben brought Krispycakes doughnuts during the afternoon and in the evening we went out for a curry. Joe and Sal's favourite curry house has re-opened and it is fantastic. Friendly prompt service and delicious food that didn't leave us feeling bloated or heavy. I don't know how we managed to eat so much without suffering but we did.
I have had a cough for well over a month. 10 days ago my GP gave me anti-histamines as we both thought it was an allergy affecting my sinuses. She also gave me a scrip for antibiotics 'just in case' it didn't get better. By the time we got back here on Monday I felt really congested and unwell and went to bed for a couple of hours. Dave fetched my prescription and I started the antibiotics, which have helped the cough and the sinuses, but now Dave has a cold, feels achey and stuffed up, and it is clear that I have succombed to a fresh infection on top of what I had. I haven't resorted to bed again since Monday, and we did quite a lot of useful gardening yesterday before the weather broke. Dave has got the new shower ready for tiling now, and I have found a Freegle home for another lot of bed-linen. On my second attempt I have even found a Freegle bed-guard to tuck in under Joe when he moves into his new room. At Mary-Ann's suggestion we have left the design of his room until he gets here so he can take part. It is very plain and white, a bit like a cell, but hopefully he will enjoy making decisions about it.
I realised when I opened up my blog that I haven't taken any photos of the garden for ages. It's dark now, but when we get some clear daylight I'll remedy that. I have some broad beans up, and have had to put a half tree-guard over them. I have never known birds to eat broad beans. We have to cover everything. We have bought a new net for the top of the fruit cage so I am cutting up the old one to cover my raised beds. Dave is gradually renewing the sides which were bulging horribly, and I got him to leave the posts sticking up about 3" so I could drape the net tightly over them. He has also made me a couple of foot-square gardening beds. I have lost my foot-square gardening book, but most of it is on the internet anyway.
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