*life ~ May 6

well here it is the end of another week. Today in Woodford it is overcast with the promise of rain, a lovely cool autumn day with that hint of the chill of winter...ahhh how I love days like this. My persimmon tree is quickly shedding its leaves and leaving bare branches dripping with the most divine orange fruit. The choughs have discovered the fruit and right at this minute I can hear their calling. It is delightful !!! I don't mind that they eat the fruit, persimmon is an astringent fruit that I haven't yet acquired a taste for. However, I hope that they leave some, I want to try making my grandma's persimmon chutney out of it. I have to wait til the fruit is very ripe...it's not looking good though.
Taking a leaf once again from Alison at the vintage housekeepers...I took a basket of breakfast to a friend's this morning.
I called her and told her to set the table for a french breakfast. When I arrived, she had a gorgeous red tablecloth on a table on her verandah and Edith Piaf blaring out. What fun ! We sat and ate our croissants and drank our coffee pretending we were two ladies sitting on the Champs Elysee.....it is fun to escape sometimes, even if only in your head !!