Preparing for guests

Getting ready for new guests always involves cooking. I make chocolate chip cookies for the guests' beverage tray, and bread, tofu patties and pancake batter for the breakfast. Tonight's guests aren't having dinner, and are arriving later this evening, so I had time to mow the lawn this afternoon. The other photo shows the uneven, very rustic, covered seating area I created a few years ago by moving two sheds to the other end of the garden, and adding a few odd, broken paving slabs to square it off, before my carpenter, Paul, put together the canopy for me. When I have the money I will get the patio levelled and professionally paved. It has lights around it which change colour and make it look festive.