June : Part 1

So onwards to June which always starts off with a celebration.

'28'

1st of June was our 28th Wedding Anniversary.  Got a dozen gorgeous red roses, and we  went over to Castleton for the night, which was really nice.  The Castle Hotel where we stayed was a bit disappointing, not quite the delight inside that it appears from the outside, but we made the most of it. We did have a lovely meal at the Bulls Head over the road though and at least we didn't have far to walk to our hotel!!

Castle Hotel

The girls exams are all finished and done now. Jenny has finished her finals - woo hoo.  She looks very tired but happy to be all but done with university now.  We have one last trip down there for her graduation towards the end of the month.  It will feel really strange not having to make the journey up and down to Cambridge once a month. She has a job in London to look forward to however, which we are all very excited about and no doubt we will be spending the next couple of months helping her to look for accomodation in the big smoke.  

Becky likewise has finished her exams - yeah! We have  a series of university open days coming up, so lots of visits around the country over the next couple of weeks.  Her list is Durham, Warwick, Oxford, Manchester, York and Dublin. 

First gig of the month was Elvis Costello at Sheffield City Hall. Brilliant night.  He has a wheel of fortune (with selected songs) which he invites members of the audience to come up on stage to spin. He will sing whatever the wheel stops at, unless it's a jackpot, in which case the person who spun gets to choose.  Great night. 

The Elvis Wheel of Song

 

I had a lovely night out at my friend's 30th birthday party last night. The theme was Speakeasy and we were required to dress up in 20's attire.  So we all got our flapper on and had a wonderful time.  The venue was Maison Mesame in Chesterfield.  It was lovely, gorgeous decor, fantastic garden, and the food and service  were second to none.

The lovely Helen

Some Flapper

The weather has been fairly mixed so far this June, but I decided that as we are not likely to see any frosts this side of autumn I would visit the garden centre and get my bedding plants.  Have spent a lovely afternoon in the sun clearing and deweeding the top patio, as well as potting lots of petunias, geraniums, violas and labelia.  I remembered to put the slug pellets on this time so hopefully they will last a wee bit longer this year.

Before

After