After such a dull, grey day yesterday, we were delighted to have a much brighter day for our trip over to Duns. And of course I was deighted when we encountered not one, but two, tractors (the spots on the left of the photo are on the car windscreen, not the camera lens!)
as always the Waterloo Monument stood out against the blue sky
after a potter round the shops in Duns, we headed to the garden centre for a bowl of soup for lunch. While Malcolm was at the counter placing our order, I had a look at my magazine. I have done quite well cutting down on the amount of magazines that I buy, but this one caught my eye this morning
Malcolm chose two different rolls to have with the soup, and as is our custom, we had half each
the soup was mixed vegetable, and we decided the strongest flavours were leeks and celery
on the way home, this big beastie stopped to let us squeeze past ....... but the car waiting on the right thought he had stopped to let him out - oops, a scary moment as he started to drive into our path
we came back through Kelso, and popped into the shop and garden centre at Floors Castle. You can picture my delight when I saw that they had dozens of beautiful orchids ........ and of course one of them had to come home with me (and it must be a good one, as Malcolm didn't object!)
I have been working on two tiny cross stitch kits that Malcolm gave me for my birthday - isn't it amazing how the smaller the stitching, the longer it takes!
I looked out this scarf yesterday. I started knitting it months ago, but then it got put aside. I have lost the ballband, so can't tell you what the yarn is. Hopefully I will finish it tonight