don't cry for me argentina!!!

Soooo, everything is like pretty much set for next week, - wedding planners, no matter the cost are worth it - and the reservations are in place and checked for this weekend (I got Manhattan, we'll order the clam chowder at Mimi's ) and She gets to sort of 'chill' over the weekend before heading into the storm that is the baby-girl's "day of bliss" - or whatever it is the 'cool-kids' call weddings now - thanks to what the US Marines call the 7-P's: 

"Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance"

And with that, I'll leave you with this curiously wet portrait of a swan noticed languishing about Swanswell Pond earlier

Life - to a degree - has brightened up (the Royal Mail pension kicks in for me on the 1st; happy days)