The Season Can Finally Begin!

The Season Can Finally Begin!

It was Robert the Husband’s birthday this weekend so we headed out into the countryside to celebrate. Robert’s birthday also marks the official start of ’the season’.
What season?
The season of being able to snatch a beverage outdoors, THAT season! YAY!!
Although it can get cold again after the 18th of April, more often than not you can usually steal a quick drink outside at least once a week from now until October & there is nothing more relaxing than an English country beer garden after a long hot day’s work.

The leaves still aren’t on all of the trees yet but as the clocks have changed we get hours more light in the evening than a few weeks ago. I believe that this makes us, collectively, a lot happier and I often point my face to the newly arrived sun to top up my diminished levels (sunscreen lathered on of course)

And so, on Saturday evening Robert and I set off, with two other loved ones, and headed for open spaces in which to celebrate. The sun cast a hazy glow upon all that we could see and although I was driving for much of the time I still had to just breathe in my surroundings. Horses grazing at the end of their day, oblivious to how beautiful they looked up there.

Villages come fully to life around about now. Cricket greens are mowed and prepped, bikes are dusted off and children feel the air rushing by on bare arms once again. Freedom.

For us adults there are more pressing matters and finally our little Mini, having navigated country lanes successfully, pulls into our favourite inn.

An old place, very old, but loved by us and all who visit.

Ahhhh, amber nectar. I was driving so I was on the diet coke but it was good to see Robert the Husband sipping in the sun. I’ll have to swap jobs with him when my birthday rolls around. Read and remember this, Robert!!!!

Happy Birthday love. I’m so proud of you and all that you stand for. I love the fact that you don’t look at me oddly when I stand with my face to the sun and exhale loudly over horses in a field. I’m very lucky to have had another year with you and so privileged to be celebrating the life of the man I love. It’s been a funny old year so far with devastation in one corner and dreams coming true in another. But every morning you are there next to me and my only job is to make sure that I am there for you also. That way we can get through anything – as a team.

See you tomorrow when I’ll be back in the kitchen with a salad dressing that you’ll be using all Summer long (it’s that good, I promise!)

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