How lovely, Lily 
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My ânewsâ for the day (I have to make the most of small things) is that my parcel arrived from Palais des ThĂ©s today so I have several teas to try out including a couple of breakfast ones so I am very pleased.
One slight puzzle - those of you with healthy lifestyles can probably help me here - is that one of the free samples that arrived with my order was for a detox âteaâ (one of a range of 5 differnt ones, apparently) and its function was described as drainant/draining. I checked the dictionaries in case drainant could mean anything other than draining but it doesnât seem to. Anyone know what it does - before I risk trying it? 
Probably makes you pee more
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And thatâs a good thing??? 
It was the same with the pottery throw down. Because they are all in a âbubbleâ together for the duration of the entire filming I think they bond amazingly - makes it very hard for everyone as each week someone leaves.
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Iâd guess Itâs a diuretic. - Oops just saw Markâs reply.
This gives more info: 15 Natural Diuretics: Herbs, Supplements, Foods, and Drinks
Donât want it then - I pee quite enough without help
Detox teas, foods, drinks etc are to me a bit of a con. The theory is they purify your body to rid it of toxinsâŠwell your liver and kidneys do this exceptionally well! So generally they just do have a slightly diuretic/laxative effect to make people think they are doing somethingâŠ
They rarely taste that great either!
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Hmmm⊠think you could well be right there, Jane I did buy some detox tea donkeys years ago when I wasâŠerâŠpossibly drinking a wee bit more than I should. It wasnât a terribly productive experience 
Good job these were only free samples
The other tea looks most promising though so I shall start on it/them tomorrow!
Heard our first nightingale this morning. 
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First vaccination done this morning 
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Second vaccination done this evening.
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Iâm not a great royalist but I enjoyed the pomp and ceremony today. The music was brilliant, especially Nimrod played by the band.
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Congratulations! 
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diuretic
I was too sad to watch it. It sounds like they made a good job of the sendoff though.
They did! I think COVID served them well. (May sound a strange thing to say). But only having the immediate family there meant it was poignant and relevant - rather than hundreds of the âgreat and the goodâ. The hundreds of the armed forces on the other hand who were there were magnificent and served him proud.
A very special moment was when his carriage and two ponies were brought into the quadrangle - his cap and gloves on the seat beside the driver.
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Agree Karen and Sue, as I said Iâm not a great royalist but it again showed Britannia at itâs ceremonial best imo. The British does that kind of thing well. The Armed Forces were very professional making it poignant , almost ÂŽhumanâ for me.
The three person choir was brilliant with Eternal Fatherâ Strong to Save (For those in peril) superbly worked.
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Bit of a pat on the back to myself but after 2 and a half years Iâve finally finished the big renovations of the house and yesterday I finished getting the huge garden up top sorted! To give some perspective, it had 12 enormous pine trees on it and a pigeon coop! Also I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, a gardener but I did it and with the exception of the tree clearing, all by myself! First picture is halfway through clearing, having cut all the trees down with a mateâŠ
Second and third pictures are how it looks todayâŠ
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Agree with Peter the four person choir were superb, singers were classical soprano Miriam Allan and three lay clerks of St Georgeâs Chapel Choir, New Zealand-born tenor Nicholas Madden, alto Tom Lilburn and bass Simon Whiteley, all of whom live within the castle walls 
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