A million things to say.

But probably neither the time nor the inclination to say them all...
We had a million people in our garden at the weekend for end of term drinks.  Well, I think it was about a million; I lost count around the eight hundred thousand mark.  It was invitation only, but I'm sure someone must have put a sign on the gate saying, 'free food, all welcome', because we were inundated.  But hey, it was good, everyone was on top form (it being the start of the holidays helped!) and we've now recovered.  (Though the grass hasn't...)
I keep taking photos to blog about, and then not actually getting around to it.  So here's a random assortment of them, with captions/comments.  If any strike you as interesting (which, lets face it, is fairly unlikely) then comment and you might get a fuller blog post on them some day.  We are on holiday, after all.  (Did I mention that already).
Anyways, here they are:

I saw a mouse ...  I told Joshua that I'd learnt the song when I was about his age.  He replied that that was because he'd taught me.  Still not grasped some aspects of time yet...  But his year at school did dress up beautifully as mice for the performance!

Another great thing to wear.  A school bag.  On your head.

Don't you just love these?!  Big eggs that turn out to be:

double-yolked.  Sadly, in my excitement, I broke both yolks.  Oops.  Needless to say, this egg came from a farm, not a shop.

Barking mad.  This is the bark that went as the 'base' for Joshua's climbing frame.  There was a lot of it.  A lot of wheelbarrow action.  There's only a tiny pile left in the drive now.  The rest is under the climbing frame, in the pig sty, and on one of the paths in the garden.  Phew.

I'm concentrating so hard it almost hurts.  Mind you, the bird did look mighty fine at the end of it.

A gooseberry!  (Look closely - it is the only one!)  These were only planted this year, in my defence...

And some plums too.  These are a little more established, to say the least.  I now need an orchard ladder...

I like this.  There's a sort of 'distant' quality to it.

And this is the boy enjoying the cricket.  Oh no, hang on, he's looking the wrong way.  He enjoyed the inflatables, anyway.  That's something, I suppose.
These pics were all taken last month.  Shows I'm a little behind.  (Stop giggling - I said I am one, not I have one)
I'm now going to do another post ('oh no', I hear you cry) about last weekend's activities...