Close Season On The River ….. For Some

It’s been very quiet on the platform at the bottom of our bank, as it’s the close season for fishing, there won’t be any fishing on the river now until June 16th.

It’s a time for the fish to spawn ……. and, it’s not just the fish ……there has been an awful lot of “duck activity” going on, and it has to be said, they are not very quiet about it!

Fortunately, I don’t think Nigel has noticed …….

……. but, I think he may notice when there are a few extra mouths to feed in the coming weeks/months, however, hopefully, by that time, he will be so enamoured by all the fluffy, new, little ducklings he won’t ask where they came from ……

…… I hope!

CV’s At The Ready

I think there could be an atmosphere of rife competitive job application and CV putting together when Darrell and Nigel get a whiff of this brilliant career opportunity……

…….. Sunday Person at Mr Chills Traditional Sweet Emporium! It has  to be the most romantic job in the world, weighing out 100grams of sweeties from large, equally romantic, large, old fashioned, if plastic, jars and pouring into paper bags!

……. I think I can safely speak for Darrell, Nigel and myself in saying that we would consider the possibility of a three way job share or being paid solely in confectionary, if it helps to secure, what has to be for us,  the dream job.

The interview should be a doddle, considering all our experience in tasting and reviewing …… though I don’t think I will mention my aversion to jelly babies on my application form, just in case the mere thought of having one anywhere near me makes me gag (it’s a texture thing) goes against me! 

Lidl Greek Week

Our next Greek Odyssey to the Island of Corfu is fast approaching, and Darrell, I am happy to say is within a half centimetre of getting into his budgie smugglers!

And, as if to further remind us, today sees the start of Lidl’s Greek Week, a tempting foretaste of the culinary pleasures to come.  Though  I think we could now claim to be old pros at the Greek Holiday, I shall still be making a few considered purchases to help acclimatise our appetites and tastes……

…….. but I will be still be ever mindful of Darrell’s aforementioned last half a centimetre, the last thing I want is to be accused of sabotage and have said budgie smugglers flung at me in a flounce!

Not To Everyone’s Taste

I guess every town has a couple of art critics, and Evesham is obviously no exception, after I found an offending piece of art that had caused so much displeasure that the “offended one” had decided to wrap it round a bollard!

I have to admit that the picture was not really to my taste, doleful raggedy looking be-breeched boys clutching a puppy of an underdetermined breeding (obviously many times crossed) doesn’t really do anything for me either.

However, I know a certain little monkey who, if he had seen this picture in it’s undamaged state, might have been tempted to bring it home to “enhance” The Towers or at least his bedrooms decor ……

So, though I do not, in any way, encourage the wanton vandalism, especially of The Arts,  perhaps in this case, said art critic has done me a small favour! 

Evesham’s Easter Windows

The Festive activities at The Towers over Easter were a most excellent distraction from preventing Nigel musing too much of Village Easter Fayres past, back in The Homeland.

No one can dispute that the village Motorworld undoubtedly had a very wonderful Nativity display at Christmas, but it has to be said that it didn’t do a bundle for Easter ……

…… however, since moving to Evesham we have discovered that the towns shop folk do like to embrace the seasonal window display, which has kept Nigel suitably entranced and occupied during the run up to Easter.

Nigel had wanted me to photograph him with them all ……..
….. but I did have to tell him that I do actually have a life ……

So Darrell stepped in to help with a few too, but there were many we didn’t have time to feature …… perhaps next year Nigel!

Sadly, there was nothing of a knitted religious type nature ……. ….. but, who knows, perhaps it’s only a matter of time ……………….. before we get ……

…….. a knitted Last Supper, and then there will be no doing with Nigel then!

Our First Evesham Easter

Well, what can we say, except, that yesterday was a really lovely day, a day that we hope Bertie and Iris will always remember, even if we were, yet again, a little remiss on the taking photos front when things got exciting …….

……. but as Nigel so often says, the best pictures are always the ones in our head, bless him.

We were up early preparing for our guests, I was in charge of setting the table and the food ……

….. I think I managed to use every pan, bowl and spoon we had, but judging from all the empty dishes (and licked plates, in Nigel’s case) plus requests for seconds, I think my roast gave a good account of itself.

Darrell and Nigel were in charge of the entertainment ……..

…… ……. and they dun gud too.

Easter eggs were filled ……..

…… and scattered over the lawn for an Easter Egg Hunt, and foam pads attached to a certain little madam’s egg and spoon, assuring said egg a safe (and secure) passage during many hotly contended heats and finals of our festive Egg and Spoon races, which were Iris’s very favourite activity.

Bertie’s favourite was Darrell’s bubble machine, with bubbles billowing out over the garden and river.

And we all donned our bunny ears with great aplomb and a “certain” style.

When I asked Darrell what was the en-trend way to wear them this year   he replied “We’re already rocking them, dear boy, what more can I say?”

Our first Evesham Easter was, emotional, in many happy ways. When everyone had gone home and all was tidied up, we were finally able to put our feet up and nibble on the festive treats the Easter Bunny had left us, safe in the knowledge we couldn’t have done any better ……. and look forward to many said Evesham Easters to come.

He’s Been ……….

Oh my goodness me, Nigel “dun gud” with his festive hedge betting ……

We woke up this morning to find that some very wonderful Easter treats had been left at the bottom of the bed in the basket that Nigel left …… just in case. 

A very Happy Easter &

THANK YOU Easter Bunny

…… and Nigel.

Nigel Hedges His Easter Bets

Well, it’s beginning to look a lot like Easter chez The Towers ……
Nigel is full of springtide awe and wonder ……

….. and tomorrow we are expecting Lucy, Iris, Bertie, Tom the Scientist and The Lovely Laura for one of my special Easter roasts, with all the trimmings, followed by an Easter Egg Hunt and other games in the garden, organised by Darrell.

We want our first Easter in Evesham to be one that we will all remember.

And so Nigel, aided and abetted by Darrell has decided to hedge his bets by writing a letter to the Easter Bunny, saying that he has been good since Christmas  …….. and that a chocolate egg each would be preferable to the hard boiled variety.

WHAT …….. is he like ………..

…….. if ever hopeful!

Getting Ready For Our Easter Guest

The Towers has been a hive of activity as we are expecting a full house for Easter, while I have been attending to my online Tesco grocery order, Nigel and Darrell have been preparing our guest room for Lucy’s state stay!

Her room is fragrant with cut flowers, scented candles and washed linen flavour diffusers!

Her “private” coffee machine is primed with an assortment of choice coffee capsules and there is an Easter Bunny waiting for her on the bedside table. Darrell said, it is customary to put a chocolate on a guest’s pillow, but if Lucy inadvertently missed it, a matted hair and melted chocolate and foil debacle wouldn’t really be the ideal way to start our Easter morning.

I have also had to tell Nigel that if he keeps rearranging Lucy’s festive treat bowl the chocolate was in grave danger of melting too, so he was to LEAVE IT ALONE!  But we are all now ready ….. and we do so love a guest!

It’s ……

………. beginning to look a lot like Easter ……..
……. the warm sunny weather …….…… the blossoming flowers……
……. and gigantic Easter Bunnies invading the garden ……
…….. Happy Days!