Garden clearance

 On Saturday, after a bit of cleaning I set out in our car to see my pal Clare. I enjoyed the drive, once I got used to the high bite of the clutch and got my seat in the right place. So nice not to have to worry about uneven roads, goats and drivers, that are broadly speaking, following the same highway code. It was also so lovely to catch up with her, haven't seen her for a few years, and like all great friendships, we fell into our easy chat. 

It's been a week of visits in many ways, a new friend came over, we met at an interview in February. Happily we still got on very well and we will make an effort to see each other again. 

Margaret and Dick came to stay for a couple days with the main purpose of seeing us of course and helping sort out the back garden. I just hadn't got the energy to try, the task seemingly overwhelming but Margaret got stuck in and on a rare warm and sunny day we managed to clear away a huge amount and the garden, although not lovely, it is at least now a space we can sit in and can see as our garden again. We happen to now live next door to a landscape gardener and so he and his business partner came over to measure up and give a quote for the space. 

And Ria, the hitchhiker we picked up in Zambia came over too. Lovely to see her, she's off to Mozambique again soon. I saw Sonia and A and I have managed some good walking and shopping. Caught up with Dan and Debbie too so all in all it felt busy. 

I've enjoyed trying out veggie alternatives for A- she's happy with the not chicken, chicken nuggets. The vegan sausage rolls also proving a good option but the not meat meat balls were a bit disappointing. I made a rather lovely potato thing for our dinner yesterday. 

The house still seems incomplete but we're kinda getting there. In my very limited chichewa I would say. Pangono, pangono. Slowly slowly.