Pottering

James's birthday today, they popped around this morning to collect the bottle of rum we bought from a local distiller, and in the evening went around for a cheeky drink with them, after his dad and brother had left. They had been watching motor racing in the afternoon, after lunch, a bit of a ritual with them. James and Beth all very cheerful. We played Porno or Pacino, a game where you have to guess if dialogue comes from a one of Pacino's movies, or from a porno film e.g. Saturday Night Beaver.  

Otherwise I had got up early to record some podcast stuff with Robin - talking about the poet Seni Senevaritne. Lorraine and I spent some good amount of time pottering about happily in the garden. Below are a pond lily and a gorgeous currently on show in the vast grounds of the Kenny home.