The above picture is Dad outside in our back garden (this is a loose description as it rather looks like 'Steptoes back yard at the moment) with Max on the 'space rocket' ready to fly to Saturn. Grandad, as you can see, is about to board the vessel with the vital equipment of cigarettes and flying hat whilst being given orders from Max that he (Grandad) was the 'specialist' on the rocket on the journey to Saturn and Grandad replied that he would be using his 'specialist' skills to maintain and run the bar aboard the space rocket! Off they flew, only returning for red wine and orange squash - don't need to tell you whose was whose!!
Have been very busy and also not particularly inspired to write about stuff for the last week or so. Dad celebrated his 78th birthday at our house on 23rd January and have enclosed photos for you all to see. We had the usual beef stew and dumplings with loads of vegetables etc and of course a birthday cake that I found the recipe for in a magazine. Well when I say birthday cake I mean just cake really! The special ingredients were rhubarb and custard, the rhubarb being fresh and the custard being powder. Anyway the vote went 50/50 with myself, Dad and Max not liking it and Nick, Ben and Valerie wanting more. Dad said Valerie was just being polite but if anyone knows my dad they'll know this was just a little jibe and hopefully the large piece I gave them to take home was eaten by one of them. Without going on any more about this cos I'm beginning to feel people already glazing over, I won't be baking that recipe again.
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