Another busy weekend as the weather continues to be reasonably mild but dull. I refresh my thinking about the garden by wandering around and taking photos of any flowers I can find. They are not necessarily in the prime of their lives but at least they are attempting to make a show.

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There are plenty of weeds but they will soon be removed once spring takes a hold and the layer of fallen leaves helps to keep most weeds at bay.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Dave-graham-bdayjan19.jpeg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5449" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Dave-graham-bdayjan19-225x300.jpeg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>We had the celebration of two birthdays this weekend. Dave's on Friday and Graham's on the following Thursday. We went out for a curry on Friday night and Mary and I cooked dinner on Saturday evening. Roast leg of lamb with homemade bay leaf and mint pesto rubbed into the joint. Mary made Pecan pie for dessert. It wasn't about the food (although it was delicious) it was more to get us, the family, together again. We had a good time, plenty of wine and finished off with a drop of Laphroaig whisky.

On the Sunday we headed off to Doddington Hall restaurant for a traditional Sunday lunch before Sue and Graham headed home. I think a good time was had by all...