Ten on the 10th

I used to follow a blogger who hosted "Ten on the 10th", but she disappeared a while back, so I'm starting this under my own steam, and if you would like to participate please do.

Yesterday, 10th March, was GM's birthday, and the sunrise was quite a beautiful one

 I cooked breakfast for him, fried egg on toast with a fried tomato

 He wanted to go down to town so he could enjoy a couple of drinks and not have to worry about driving, so we took the bus - you can just see the reflection of my head in the bottom left corner of the screen!

 Birthday boy, the Green Man

 We went into Wetherspoons for drinks

 We always try to sit in the same corner, away from the crowds

 We quite often see this guy with the quite noticeable hair style

Back at home, and his favourite - genuine Cornish pasty for lunch, a whole one is too much for either of us these days, so we shared one between us, half each

 with another of his favourites, raspberries (and blueberries) for dessert.

 Here's the birthday card I gave him

 

He requested battered cod with crinkle-cut flat chips for his tea

 

If you've been counting, you'll realize there's already more than ten pictures, but as it's my blog, I'll forgive myself just this once. 

Here's your bonus for 13

 Happy Birthday to my Green Man, wishing you a wonderful year ahead.

More regarding my recent trip

 When my sister and I cleared mum's house after she went, I took this table

 I'd always intended to rub it down and replace the fabric under the glass, but recently I realized that I simply wasn't ever going to get it done, so I offered it to JO. I left it with her at 10.30 in the morning and by 4.30 the same day she sent me this : 

 What an improvement.

I took lots of craft stuff and some books for another of my DiLs, she gave me some cuttings and her mum gave me a plant

 GD4 made me a horse's head 

 A very dear friend drove up to Kent from Hastings to meet me for lunch, and gave me a bouquet in a glass bottle, and some amazing scented soap

 JO gave me a belated christmas present, and her daughter (my grandson's half sister) GD6 gave me a lovely drawing

 

Aren't I lucky to have such lovely people in my life.

March, the first week and I've been on a trip . . .

 . . . to visit various family members in Surrey and Kent. Here is an illustrated precis of my trip

 

I had a great time. Please come back tomorrow for more tales from my trip.

February, the final week

 Here's the tree that I'm watching on a monthly basis

 And here's this week's decluttering total, 9 items, making the annual total so far 44.

I bought myself a new bag, as my old one has almost given up the ghost

 

The second lot of bookcover squares are complete

 And, together with the first four, have been joined to start a blanket

 My herbword for this week is fairly simple

 A couple of shots of my locality, 

I admit to being a bit of a numbers nurd, please ignore the leading zero, and admire Natalya's current mileage

 Another full month of Woodoku

  

How was your week/month?

February's Photo Hunt - Food.

Eileen at https://in-my-playroom.blogspot.com/2026/02/monthly-photo-challenge.html  hosts a photo hunt with a different subject each month. February's was food (she very kindly accepted my suggestion). 

So, as we head towards the end of the month here are my February Food Fotos

 

 

 

Thanks once again Eileen. I wonder what she'll pick for March?