Day 195 - Chill-out Day

We both enjoyed a lie-in this morning in the nice comfy bed before slowly making our way downstairs. Nothing was planned for the day on our request as we wanted to have an easy and chilled out day of leisure.

Douglas and Alison nipped out to the shops and so we opted to stay and sunbathe! We firstly put a large load of washing on and then set about making up for Miami’s poor tanning days. This was nice and we soon picked up on the little chipmunk using D & A’s fence and garden edge as a highway for its travels.

After D & A returned and we’d lounged around and chatted some more it was time to get some food. Tea was barbequed chicken and steak with boiled potatoes, green beans, and corn on the cob. This was delish and the meats were cooked to perfection – hats off to Douglas!

As we were both relaxing some more in the living room Alison informed us that the flowers were blooming outside. It was night and so you may wonder what flowers do this at night as well as how patient we must be to watch this happen. Well these flowers are Himalayan Dandelions and only flower at night and the blooming process from bud to flower is complete in about 5 minutes once it starts. The flowers are then withered by the next day; a very strange but fascinating thing and so Corrie remained here for the duration of the 18 flowerings with her camera!