England: On the Way Back to London & Home

Oh, look! It was sunny as we headed back to London:

Sort of.

"No speed limits!" 

Not a v. good shot, but this tree was growing on the bridge.

More rain.

And then!

Double rainbow!

Love the light.

A bit blurry, but that's a sign for one of a bazillion round-abouts. 

See that truck? They have double-decker sized trucks. GREAT-BIG-HUGE. 

We stopped at a rest stop. "TASTES LIKE fresh milk" does not mean it's fresh milk.

Last pub meal. Seeing this menu made me wonder if we had unwittingly been eating DISHONEST food all week.  And yes, I had mushy peas. Of course. Oh! And my cousin gave me a bag of my own to bring back home. AWESOME!

River House

Last part of road to my driveway.

Down by the river, where I hang out with Fisherman Willie.

Front of house.

Garage/ full basement downstairs.

Moving Day. Barkley & Remi's first nap!

Living room, with furniture!

View of front yard from front porch. HEAVEN. :-)

Leaving wilderness to see U2 tonight. YAY, meeeeeeeee!

2 in a row?

Mum came over for a visit yesterday. I made a scrumptious lunch of a Big Salad with salmon. Loyal readers know my love affair with pumpkins. We had some delicious pumpkin soup--my favourite so far! I rarely measure when I'm throwing things together, but here's a sorta recipe:

Pumpkin puree, about 3-4 cups-ish (You could prolly use a can of pumpkin)
1/2 can of coconut milk
2 c. sweet potato water (I save my vegetable stock, & this is what I happened to have--perfect!)
Curry powder to taste
Salt to taste (Himalayan from Mercola--it's good for you!)

I use a hand blender & blend it up to make it creamy. (Also great for other creamy veggie soups like asparagus, broccoli, etc.)

After lunch, we had tea (of course) and a Frazier Fest. Mum looked out the window and saw a rainbow. Really? 2 days in a row? COOL!

Mum on my front porch with rainbow.

Into life, a little rain must fall. In these uncertain times, it's nice when we get little surprises of rainbows, too.