Red nails and top chefs

There's a bossy old bird in my garden and for once it's not me.
I think it is a thrush, but definitely not a song thrush. It sits on my garden table most mornings and nags all the other birds in the garden really loudly. Strangely enough, next doors cat isn't bothered by it all and both sit near each other on my table.
I have an affinity with this bird as it's minus a tail so can't fly and just hops about everywhere instead and it's also very vocal about everything, just like me again!

I feel in a really good mood today. Part of me stopped living in limbo yesterday, that part of me being my toenails... I had them painted again; dark blood red.
I always had them gelled and stopped having them done the moment the words 'transplant tests' were mentioned. Having your nails painted doesn't really work when you have your stats done twice a day on the docobo and if they needed to check my toes for signs of oxygen restriction from some reason, having gelled nails was a definite no no.
Looking at my lovely painted toes was a bit like when I went back to being a blonde again after Christmas, I felt I'd discovered a little bit of me again. Feels good.

Julie, Ann, Greta, Ken and Jean all went off to Cressing Temple today to see the brilliant chefs Jean-Christophe Novelli and Mark Baumann... double yummy.
It was a really lovely day sitting there in the sunshine eating and drinking while listening to live music. Or later, sitting down wind of some rather mouth watering aromas coming from the cookery demonstrations of these amazing chefs. We even got to taste JCN's slow roasted pork belly... Mmmmm
We all seemed to buy some rather delicious tasting blush cider, which I can't wait to drink ice cold once I get off these damn drugs... not long now thankfully. I did get to drink a thimble full of sparkling champagne with a difference: it was sparkling because it had real pieces of gold leaf in it! How ever pretty and tasty, I showed strong resolve and didn't buy. I did buy a pot of strawberry and lavender jam and a pot of peach melba jam. Also came back with a voucher for 'buy one meal and get one free' for Mark Baumanns brasserie. Mmmm I shall look forward to eating there again in the future.

When I got home and was relaxing with half a dozen cups of tea, one after the other... we did rather dehydrate out there today in the sunshine... I sat watching yet more birds. This time two in particular who I have seen before, a pair of love birds masquerading as pigeons!
They are so sweet. They regularly have been sitting close together on my neighbours roof now for some time. She is a lot smaller than him and he is so attentive... so sweet. You can also see his wing wrapping around her!
A lovely day all round.

Lots of love Debbie x