Another bloomin’ dismal day!

Another grey, damp, dismal day! I’m so looking forward to a crisp, cold, sunny day.....one day.

The past two days have been pretty busy. Thursday, I met my friend for our weekly catch up. We had a breakfast at the Fisherman’s Cott, which is situated in Bickleigh,  right on the river Exe....

The Cott, serves lovely food and is extremely welcoming of dogs (gravy bones in a kilner jar on the bar).  After our rather delicious breakfast, we went back over the bridge in the photo, to Bickleigh Mill on the other side. We had a mooch around there, lots of local crafts/gifts as well as the more well known Wrendale, Emma Bridgwater etc. I was very restrained and didn’t buy anything, just nice to window shop! On the way back to Exeter, we popped into a little farm shop and I bought some enormous pork chops for our evening meal. Well, for my hubby and son. I was good and had salad, as I had a big breakfast.

When home, I baked an Orange and fruit cake for Blue Cross...

while Karma took advantage of a very temporary sunny windowsill....

Yesterday was a very windy Blue Cross day. Lovely puss cats to socialise with. I know you shouldn’t have favourites, but everyone has and mine is a gorgeous black cat called Colin. He’s large, gregarious and playful, but is so gentle with a huge purr! I also made up three empty pens, ready for whoever comes next. I like to make the beds and hidey boxes really comfy. They must be so confused and scared when they first arrive, so the least I can do is ensure that they have a lovely squishy bed to curl up in.

So after quite a busy week,  I’m not doing much today at all. Hubby left at 6.30 this morning for work and won’t be home until about 9pm and my son is at his girlfriend’s parents (it’s his girlfriend’s 21st birthday celebrations). My plan is to pop out to the shops in a mo and then have a nice relaxing day! Perhaps I’ll go through some recipes for next week.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend, cheerio for now, Ann x