The day before Joel's birthday

I'm filling in this missing blip 4 weeks late.

Fortunately I remember the day quite well because a good friend who was visiting from France came over to see us - and I was clever enough to take a quick snap of this amazing (well, it was amazing before I chopped it up!) multi-coloured pepper. (It was literally 4 different colours)

I made a big chocolate cake for Joel's birthday to be cut into three and made into a Black Forest gateau tomorrow.

It was bright and sunny so I did a bit of gardening and got Richard to put together a stand for the greenhouse. He loves doing putting together of things and so was really grateful...

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My friend came over in the afternoon and we had tea and a catch up, and I got to meet her new(est) baby. He looks so like his big sister that I felt instantly as if I knew him.
It was lovely to see them but I was sorry to hear that things have been complicated for her for the last year in France.

I'm sitting here thinking about this on 11th April and how she's texted me to say she's leaving France and coming back home now, and how I thought for a year that she was happy. I've just looked up and seen that the calendar is still on March. Time to turn the page.