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Aug. 30th, 2015 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsMam is home now, which is good. Considering she's back to complaining she must also be feeling better.
But a day after she came home James' uncle unexpectedly died. Some of you may remember me mentioning James' cousin who had cerebal palsy. He died a couple of years ago, and his dad died the day before what would have been the cousin's 21st birthday. It's all very sad, especially for James' aunt who's been left devastated.
Other than that things have been good. Yesterday we had a long busy day which I really enjoyed.
It started early because I had a grocery order to pick up from Asda then we drove to lidl as one of their half price weekend offers were their multi pack crisps, and they're very tasty crisps too. After managing to jam many bags into the boot we decided to drive to Durham and go visit the cathedral.
We had such a lovely time wandering around -- and mobility wise, man can I feel the difference in just the amount of weight I've lost already. What made it even more lovely was someone was getting married in the cathedral on the afternoon. They were decorating when we were there, and the flowers were amazing. Later we found out 40k had been spent on just the flowers alone and I could well believe that. I've never seen anything so beautiful and the whole of the main cathedral was decorated.
Later we waited outside to see the bride arrive, and was glad that we did as she arrived by horse and carriage. Four beautiful black horses wearing huge white plumes on their heads and the carriage decorated with more flowers. It was stunning, and the bride was beautiful.
After leaving Durham we drove to Sunderland. I had an optician's appointment at 4:20 but we had an hour to spare, so we decided to look around the winter gardens and the museum. From there we went to my appointment. I haven't actually had my eyes checked since I was in school, but they'd been aching a bit lately, so thought I'd better go get them seen. And they were fine, no glasses needed, just told to take a break from close work every now and then. By which I suspect she meant, get off the computer more often *g*
After that we went to Sainsburys to pick some groceries up for mam, and by that point my knees were really not happy with me. Dropped that stuff off, came home, James took Corey to a party and I managed to drag myself up the stairs for a much needed shower.
So yes, it was a good day, and one I enjoyed. I have photos, as always taken from my instagram so sorry for those seeing them twice.
They had costumes to try on in the museum. I was all over the mop cap.
The wedding was recorded by someone using a drone. It flew past the crowd a few times at eye level, and looked very sinister doing so!
There was a stained glass car in the cloisters.
Some of the wedding flowers. I wish I could have got a better picture as no way does this do them justice. In scale or beauty.
And some shots of the cathedral.
But a day after she came home James' uncle unexpectedly died. Some of you may remember me mentioning James' cousin who had cerebal palsy. He died a couple of years ago, and his dad died the day before what would have been the cousin's 21st birthday. It's all very sad, especially for James' aunt who's been left devastated.
Other than that things have been good. Yesterday we had a long busy day which I really enjoyed.
It started early because I had a grocery order to pick up from Asda then we drove to lidl as one of their half price weekend offers were their multi pack crisps, and they're very tasty crisps too. After managing to jam many bags into the boot we decided to drive to Durham and go visit the cathedral.
We had such a lovely time wandering around -- and mobility wise, man can I feel the difference in just the amount of weight I've lost already. What made it even more lovely was someone was getting married in the cathedral on the afternoon. They were decorating when we were there, and the flowers were amazing. Later we found out 40k had been spent on just the flowers alone and I could well believe that. I've never seen anything so beautiful and the whole of the main cathedral was decorated.
Later we waited outside to see the bride arrive, and was glad that we did as she arrived by horse and carriage. Four beautiful black horses wearing huge white plumes on their heads and the carriage decorated with more flowers. It was stunning, and the bride was beautiful.
After leaving Durham we drove to Sunderland. I had an optician's appointment at 4:20 but we had an hour to spare, so we decided to look around the winter gardens and the museum. From there we went to my appointment. I haven't actually had my eyes checked since I was in school, but they'd been aching a bit lately, so thought I'd better go get them seen. And they were fine, no glasses needed, just told to take a break from close work every now and then. By which I suspect she meant, get off the computer more often *g*
After that we went to Sainsburys to pick some groceries up for mam, and by that point my knees were really not happy with me. Dropped that stuff off, came home, James took Corey to a party and I managed to drag myself up the stairs for a much needed shower.
So yes, it was a good day, and one I enjoyed. I have photos, as always taken from my instagram so sorry for those seeing them twice.
They had costumes to try on in the museum. I was all over the mop cap.
The wedding was recorded by someone using a drone. It flew past the crowd a few times at eye level, and looked very sinister doing so!
There was a stained glass car in the cloisters.
Some of the wedding flowers. I wish I could have got a better picture as no way does this do them justice. In scale or beauty.
And some shots of the cathedral.
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Date: 2015-08-30 06:06 pm (UTC)I love the picture of you two in hats! And wow, those flowers are something amazing. I will also believe the 40K number.
Hooray for a good visit/walk! \o/
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Date: 2015-08-30 06:52 pm (UTC)Thank you again. I enjoyed trying on the hats. James has solo photos on his phone where we could pose against a suitable background. Neither us look really era appropriate, though *g*
Those flowers were just, whoa! Each flower was perfect, and there were multiple thousands of them in various arrangements. They even pulled apart some white roses to scatter the petals along the aisle.
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Date: 2015-08-30 06:06 pm (UTC)Very pretty pictures! I love the mop cap!
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Date: 2015-08-30 06:48 pm (UTC)Thank you! I liked that mop cap, people should wear them now *g*
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Date: 2015-08-30 07:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-08-30 07:54 pm (UTC)It really was a nice day, even if my legs didn't agree at the very end.
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Date: 2015-08-31 11:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-01 03:53 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-09-01 03:53 pm (UTC)I wouldn't even like to think how much that cost just for those shots.
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Date: 2015-09-01 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-08-31 05:50 pm (UTC)That's terrible. I feel so sad for James' aunt.
Wow, those flower decorations are amazing! I thought my half-sister's wedding was posh but it was nothing compared to what you're describing.
Congratulations on your excellent eyesight!
*giggles* You and James look so much fun in your historical hats.
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Date: 2015-09-01 03:42 pm (UTC)My heart aches for his aunt. She's barely over loosing her son and now this.
The flowers were amazing. I wish I could have got a photo that did them justice because what I have here is nowhere close. Just the sheer scale and perfection of each bloom and arrangement was mind blowing. The couple getting married must have had serious money.
Ahahaha, thank you. It was the first time I'd had those puff of air to the eyes test and it was very startling. She did suggest I come back in 2 years and not 20, though.
Thank you, We had fun :)
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Date: 2015-09-01 06:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-01 03:31 pm (UTC)Thank you ♥