Two Sisters come calling

Dot and her sister Mary called around in the late afternoon after a busy day visiting their elderly Dad in hospital.  Dot had flown over from the ice bound UK last week, and Mary was visiting from Auckland.  We thought they might welcome a bit of R & R after a hectic week of hospital visits.  “Come for tea”, we invited them.  (Tea in the New Zealand language does not mean afternoon tea, or high tea as in UK, but refers to the evening meal).

Dot and Mary

The local temperatures were still running at hot and humid so the cook of the household decided to prepare cold potato salad, and mixed green salad.  Robin cooked up the pork steaks, while the cook sautéed mushrooms and cream sauce.  This was followed with strawberries, jelly and ice-cream.  (We should invite guests more often as we don’t usually have dessert much these days).

Dot was quite keen to get her internet fix and check up on a few things, so we sat her down in front of our lap-top.  She was pleasantly surprised to see the photo on our screensaver.  It was a view of Dot, Derek and myself travelling over the Llangollen Viaduct aboard their former narrow boat Gypsy Rover.

I recognise that boat!