D-Day!

75th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion today and a lot of ceremonies going on around this country and abroad of course. Very moving to see the old soldiers/survivors and hear their stories. So young they were, in their teens and not knowing what they were going to face, mostly in their nineties now and amazing to hear their tales, told so clearly too.
Vin spent the morning doing the barrel in the front garden. The new replacement one that we have ordered should be arriving soon so he wanted to clear out the other one first which he did.  There were three bags of soil left and he reckons he should be able to reuse those by mixing them with some new top soil he will buy sometime. He found a pot of black paint for painting the bands round the edge and has some varnish in the shed so is set for when it arrives. 
Strange weather today, this morning was dry, fairly bright and then as the morning went on it went overcast and we had a bad rainstorm at lunchtime with thunder also, at the time of doing this late afternoon the sun is shining brightly and the blind is down. Weatherwise, what an odd country we live in.
Jessie was out at lunchtime just before the rains came down but wasn't out for long and soon sat outside waiting for her daddy to let her in. Quite why she won't come in through the cat flap I haven't a clue!

You do wonder just what is going through their minds, she must know herdaddy will run to let her in. Still some cream from the cake left Jessie so worth it.