Fourth of July and C's Bday

We had a fourth of July party again this year - not quite as well attended as the last one but that is kind of our own fault. It crept up on us this year but we did have a few people over.

The fireworks were spectacular as usual and again we watched them from the concrete pad in the back yard. M&L's little girl was a little frightened by the whole thing to start with but after insisting that we all hold hands to stop ourselves from being frightened she was fine, good job too cos the whole show was 40 minutes long!

We also had the added responsibility of looking after R&T's place as they had gone camping their place wasn't the problem it was the cats - who hate fireworks and so had to be locked inside. C went over and checked on them after everyone had gone home he said the two of them were huddled together in a corner but otherwise OK.

Sunday night we hired "Touching the Void" a well scary film if you happen to be a mountaineer or even for us mere mortals. It's the true story of two guys who go mountain climbing in Peru one of them falls and breaks his leg, the other tries to lower him down the mountain in a snowstorm and succeeds in lowering him into a crevasse!! and having to cut the rope to stop himself from being dragged over. They both survived!

Monday was C's Birthday so he had loads of cards and a couple of pressies - no cake though.

I'm on tree duty this week - they finally came on Friday with an 8ft tall tree which we have to water deeply every day this week and then gradually ease off until the sprinklers are handling the watering. It takes about 30 minutes to fill the moat they made. Next door's cat is fascinated by the hose pipe and keeps stalking the thing, it's probably all he will ever catch as he is the lousiest hunter I've ever seen!