Weekend with The Reads

Ruby was poorly on Friday evening, burning up with a temperature of 39 degrees, lethargic and completely not herself. Her poor little cheeks were red hot and she shivered and murmured horribly. A cold bath and Capol helped her through the night and keeping her dosed up, something we hate doing, got her through the weekend in nearly her normal, cheerful, self.
The Reads arrived on Friday night, to spend a birthday weekend with Becky. So we had cousin Derek, Mary, David and Becky's boyfriend Andy. We were also joined on Saturday by Georgi, the dog, who's staying with us for the next 2 weeks.


After breakfast, on Saturday morning, the boys and Ruby went to the Imperial War Museum, while the girls went to Hampton Court
A light, liquid lunch on the Kennington road

and yogurt after dinner for Ruby

Georgi's missing Andy and not all that happy to be back in London

I don't know why but I find laying our dinning table, neatly and all in white, extremely satisfying and helps me cook better

Sunday afternoon we walked to Holland Park

and had a terrific Ploughman's Lunch in the Windsor Castle off Kensington Church Street

Ruby is loving Georgi being around and they're both getting to know each other well

Afternoon tea, back at ours

After all the Reads had gone, Ruby, Ibolya, Georgi and I had a late afternoon, autumnal, stroll in Roundwood Park. Ruby practiced her waving, which she's getting really good at now, and her assisted walking