Bad Wine (What?!) and Roses

This beauty was next to the Bio store, maybe pure living had it's effect?

Saturday May 20th and we watched Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, did you? Timing wasn’t as good, middle of the night for those of you in North America, so maybe not. Never fear, it’ll be rebroadcast by BBC for a long time I expect. It was beautiful, and the women’s hats rivalled those that some wear in Spain. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets around Windsor castle and through the town. It was a delight to see, the ceremony, the exited viewers etc.

We had lunch with Frank, Ina and Rosalie (her dog) at Ciao Bella and all got to know each other a bit. Nice people and doggie. We’ll get together again I’m sure. The proprietor even gave us a shot of what I think was Kahlua after our meal. (My girlfriend from Victoria and I used to make it!) When we first came to the restaurant, years ago, the proprietor looked kind of grumpy but he’s warmed up over the few years we’ve been. Ina said she thought he had had some troubles, she knows him, living next door with a view into their kitchen. Anyway, lovely people and Rosalie, who put her head on my lap for a bit after I rubbed her ears.

Our local rose garden, the smell was wonderful, foliage at the top is wisteria which was also lovely in bloom.

Spent all day looking after finding a place I had found in Horgen, close to Zurich, Switzerland in 2014. Airbnb keeps all the correspondence between even non-booked places. So was happy to reconnect with this gent again but it seems he has to ask his current long term client if he wants to stay longer. Damn thought I’d found the perfect place, well we’ll wait a couple of days and see the result about that. The flat looks amazing and has lake views between apartments. Well not to go on unless we get it. 

This is our blurb for apartments:

Hello (name of person if given) We are a retired couple who travel with a house trained cat. My husband uses a motorized wheelchair outside the house but he needs to bring it into the house to charge the battery. We both smoke tobacco. If there is an elevator to your apartment we will need the measurements of it to make sure the chair fits in it. Please respond. Thank You Kindly, Beverley, Bruce and Lexi Cat.

I opened a local bottle of red wine and it is bad, gone off, that will be fun taking it back…. With the day before being a holiday the store was extremely busy. I waited some time for the manager who was clerking through mounds of groceries. I didn’t want to go into the entryway to have them think I’d stolen the wine, one bottle was unopened, same lot number on the back. He finally had a moment to call up a clerk, I showed her the translation on my phone (handy application for a handy which is what cell phones are called here). She took it to the manager and he scanned them and handed me cash. 

Big lightning storm last day of May, with fork lighting and sheet with heavy rain. This building is amazing on how it gets rid of lots of rain! 

Ina called and thanked us for her birthday card, she is one exuberant lady, I like her a lot, she was greatly surprised to get it. A small gesture on our part but meaningful to her. They are going on another week vacation so we have agreed to meet on their return.

I keep taking pictures of the cattle we have in the field, including four calves but I'm not satisfied with how they come out, maybe they are camera shy, will keep trying...

This is our local swallow condo. The round bumps under the roof are all nests.

All for now, Cheers, Bev, Bruce and Lexi Cat