'Tis the season.....

 for Potholes........

Some days you are following people who are swerving all over the place and are thinking are they drunk?  No they're avoiding potholes!  There are a number of roads around our area which are notorious for how many potholes there are.  

I was in the mall, which is one of those malls where all the stores are outside.  Their issue is sunken manholes; along with potholes, it is awful.  

It's no worse this year than other years, it's just annoying!

I am sure you all have multiple stories to tell about this?

Meanwhile:

(image credit)

New pots and pans..........

So I finally got around to ordering and receiving a new set of pots and pans.  I ended up getting them from here:

I got this set in green.

I was talking to daughter-in-law about hers and her only complaint is after a few years the colour starts to chip off the pans.  I have used theirs when were were staying over and found they were great and nothing stuck.

I haven't had a chance to try mine out much yet, but looking forward to it.  My only complaint so far is that I would have preferred another saucepan over two shallow pans/fry pans.  Also not that this bothers me, they are not dishwasher safe, they are to hand wash, which may put some people off?

Love tulips, but........

Have no luck at all with bunches of them in the house.  I cannot get them to last a week without them completely drooping.

I got these last Wednesday:

By the Monday they were all droopy.  I hammered all the ends of the stems hoping that would help, but no.  Any tips on how to keep tulips in a vase without them drooping?

No words needed....LOL

 It was my birthday last week and we went out for lunch with the kids.  I got a birthday treat supplied by the restaurant..........my face says it all!!  I was frightened I wasn't going to have any eyebrows left.....LOL

The chocolate cake I took home and shared it with hubby later and it was actually good.  

Wonky Donkey..........

We have a couple of Wonky Donkey books and I loved reading them to the kids, this is a different take on it which I thought was neat.........

These never get old.............

 All from the Vicar of Dibley........

Emma Chambers, who played Alice has since passed...........

A Bougainvillean bamboo band

 This is so neat and very catchy.............