Contentment by happypat

Contentment

I was watching this very smart lady enjoying her lunch.
Sitting in the sun with a BLT sandwich & a book to read.
I was always ticked off when I was a child...mum used to say..'no reading at the table Patricia!'
No one minds these days!

Yes I always had my nose in a book then!

Three good things:
1. Tomato & basil soup.
2. All the maize safely gathered in.
3. I bought some winter flowering pansies for a tub to go on mum & dads grave for the winter.
All is safely gathered in.
Now i'm humming it...when we were small qe used go church for the Harvest festival...it was sung with such gusto..no churches are sadly lacking in congregation
September 25th, 2018  
A lovely scene. I love your 3 things!
September 25th, 2018  
Bep
#2 The maize opposite our street is 'safely gathered in' too. Our view is no more restricted...
September 25th, 2018  
@gijsje same here Bep, not a tractor mark on the ground either! Some years it's horrendous!
September 25th, 2018  
@louannwarren Thanks Lou Ann, easy to think of three tonight!
September 25th, 2018  
@brennieb I loved harvest festival, we still have it round here but not just the same somehow as the churches aren't decorated so beautifully these days!
September 25th, 2018  
Me too, Pat, nicely captured candid shot
September 25th, 2018  
Looks very dreamy.. She looks like a lady I know but as I saw a photo of her walking down our beach yesterday I guess its not her.. love coriander o anything..
September 25th, 2018  
Humming the harvest hymn now too........I used to hate that as well. No reading at the table. I sneaked it under the table more often than not!! Nowadays, I read a chapter of a book aloud to the family while we are still at the table after dinner. Currently reading through the Darling Buds of May series together. We used to only do in the holidays when away but now we do it most nights. Jackanory in our house! Can't beat a good book shared.
September 25th, 2018  
I think it’s a bit different when you’re on your own. I know I like to have a magazine with me if I’m having lunch on my own. Nice relaxed scene.
September 25th, 2018  
Such lovely lighting on the lady. Sounds a nice way to have lunch if there’s nobody to chat to. A fav for the nice moody image you created.
September 25th, 2018  
@carolmw Thank you Carol. Just a snap shot quickly, I was terrified she would catch me!
September 25th, 2018  
@julzmaioro Well I expect she would like to be in NZ herself! I m not a herb person, would love to know how to use more herbs & spices. I know the basic ones like ginger etc but that's all.
September 25th, 2018  
@casablanca oh dear you get these tunes going through your head & it's hard to get rid! I do like a God old bit of hymn singing myself! I think even mum would let me read at the table now....not half as bad as mobile phones in my book! I live your custom of reading at the table out loud...I have never heard of that before except at school lunches at the convent. We used to have someone read to us then while we were eating. Funny I had forgotten about that!
September 25th, 2018  
@susiemc Yes a book is a essential thing to have if you're eating out alone especially in the evening.
September 25th, 2018  
@dide Thank you for the fave Dianne. I also liked this one for some reason. I think it was the sunlight streaming in that made it hazy.
September 25th, 2018  
Ooh dear how things have changed - I was certainly not allowed to read by the meal table ! Lovely 3 things , I am so tired but the hymn is going round in my head now - ( just had 40 winks !)
September 25th, 2018  
She has chosen a chair in the sun! I would bring a book if I was by myself too! Or a crossword etc. A definite no no - reading at the table while young! I can't imagine it!
September 25th, 2018  
It must be a good book. I always take a book with me when I have medical appointments or something similar. I usually feel quite old fashioned because everyone around me are usually on their mobile phones.
September 25th, 2018  
Great candid shot
September 26th, 2018  
@julzmaioro Cathy just pointed out to me it was basil...I had a feeling I had got it wrong!
September 26th, 2018  
@happypat Haha I did think I had not heard of tomato and Corriander ... love basil as well... we got given some plants at a garden circle visit to a indoor herb place so I have 3 pots growing on my window .. its great to had to salads and pasta's..
September 26th, 2018  
Nice capture of people getting on with lunch! Talking of reading at the table, I was recently at a restaurant where I watched a middle-aged couple come in, sit down and open their kindles. They practically never spoke to each other. I found it very bizarre. Didn't dare take a photo though! ;-)
September 26th, 2018  
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