So what happened yesterday? We went out for lunch at our favourite pub restaurant, Ben the manager was there and he chatted for ages until more people came in. He is interested in the life of our village though he lives elsewhere and told us a tragic tale of the person who had owned one of the houses many years ago. Which I will not tell here but that is how stories are kept alive.
Though it is of no consequence both of us always go with 'first starters' for the main meal, and a bowl of chips and a salad. I had garlic mushrooms, left half the bread so that I could have a pudding afterwards.
Then we stopped at Daisy's garden centre and I bough compost and she gave me a tour of the small vegetable and fruit store that has been opened at the back, very proud of this new venture, refrigeration to be brought in soon for meat, so we are not likely to starve! The Co-op is also buying a piece of land from Kia and we are to have a much larger store than the one we have now. You can keep your upmarket Waitroses and Sainsbury, down here the Co-op rules;)
Wednesday was Gardening club, a very good turnout but the speaker (growing vegetables in a small garden) unfortunately he hardly jelled with the audience. He comes from that (is it?) dying brand of people who 'show' their enormous onions and leeks in hope of a prize. I think there was a collective sigh of unhappiness at the photo of a tableful of pesticides, herbicides, slug pellets and disinfectants for the soil. I have even written about it but decided not to get cross today!
Things seem to be on the move in our town, the vets have bought another large piece of land and they are building a very large building.
Ben had mentioned that he had worked at the 'Penny Bank' cafe in Kirkby it still exists, although I think it is only used as a 'green repair shop'. So intrigued by the name I have looked it up, especially at the moment as we see the demise of the bank in the high street.
Well it originally traded as the Yorkshire Bank, turning later in 1872 to the Yorkshire Penny Bank. Do read that link it is a fascinating history of banks as they gobbled each other up - and now look where we are!!!
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We never do anything for Valentine's Day; so yesterday was just like any other day. We did find more information on where we can get fruit trees for the desert home as well as passion flower vine, which supposedly does well with desert areas and draws butterflies. The fruit trees will be aimed at the wildlife also-- although we might eat some pomegranates and figs... not sure about persimmons.
ReplyDeleteAn exotic collection of fruit you can grow, though we can grow figs here, but our cool climate is better for apples, pears and plums. It must be rather exciting having two climates to grow things in, at the moment here we have beautiful springlike weather.
ReplyDeleteFavorite pub with good food and good company is a nice way to spend Valentine’s Day. Your flowers are lovely.
ReplyDeleteYes it is a very friendly pub, and we have just received news from a frind from Hawai that he is coming to stay for a couple of days and I am sure we will take him there.
DeleteThe Co-op here in our little town is brilliant. All fruit and veg are fresh daily - surplus at the end of the day is sold off cheaply. The selection of bread is brilliant (marvellous pain au chocolat) - it is a very large store and about three years ago was completely refurbished.
ReplyDeleteWe also have a very good family grocers and deli and butchers, which has been going, passed on from father to son for a hundred years or so. We are very lucky.
We have a very small Co-op which always has a lot of people, so the new larger one will be welcome. Must admit we don't have a delicatessen but a shop that sells a lot of local food stuff.
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