back and busy

Cold and shining Albion (well, the Manchester bit and the tram) behaved well, and we had a rather good time. Dad and Muriel are well and having as much good time as can be had. They made our stay cosily comfortable. Though their swimming and sport days stopped, which is not good. We had lovely meals home and away, put on 1.5kg each, which is not too bad considering the frequency and quantity of food we managed to get through and relish. Also we managed to spend some time with friends and Carole looked after us, too. The travel itself was smooth if tiring both ways, staying with Marta was as pleasant and relaxing as ever. So. We are back, and it is nice to be out of the chilly winds of Lancashire. Alan is busy plowing and planting as we speak, hopefully not overdoing it. White rabbit is making a nest that busy travel home from the market seems to have done the job and we should have little rabbits sooner than expected. However, no surprise on the sheep front - no lamb this year even though with all that fleece they look enormous. The house - we are clean and beautiful - poor Erzsi had the runs while we were away but still cleaned the place up sparklingly. the colours are a bit lighter off-white than it looked in the book, but it doesn't matter; the more light the merrier. We look sort of modern and nearly minimalist, but slowly we put back all the nig-nags, the pictures. The casettes and books will take some time if we mean to dust and sort them as well... no hurry. I don't feel like editing the fotos. you are getting the lot without any particular order. Note the winter lettuce, the brand new tram in Milnrow, blue sky and handsome town hall in West Didsbury and the new walltiles in the kitchen...