A sour cream cake with redcurrants that I defrosted from the freezer. The last of the currants until the new crop.

His reward? A cup of tea and some freshly cooked asparagus

The courtyard is ready

And daughter and Jeremy set the tables

Than to open up the duck and hen houses, count the sheep and lambs and sit under the pergola with Mabel on my lap. The lull before the storm …. visitors arriving later this afternoon!

They need thinning out so I made an experimental dish of fried onion with shredded cabbage and crushed peanuts. Tastes fine to me – we will see what the guests think.

The cows took great interest in Phil and the strimmer this afternoon, as Phil was cutting around the duck pond. I think Beattie would like to have a go.