a tortoise called Henry

at a picnic in Primrose Hill

I sat in the shade of that tree yesterday (the big one in the middle), where I was joined by Henry. . .

(tortoises are much faster than you imagine - at times it was hard keeping up with him!) we were entertained by many things - one of my favourite being listening to 78s from the '30s
played on a wind-up gramophone:
ever wondered where the phrase "put a sock in it" comes from? how else do you think you could quieten down the sound from one of these:

I came second in a game of croquet! (don't tell anyone, but I did cheat a little. . .) (how else is someone supposed to win at croquet?)

there was lots of delicious food. . . my favourite being the box of cup cakes that someone brought from here (check it out - they are amazing!)

it was fun - it was also the first time I've been to a social thing for a very long time and I was totally out of practice at talking to people. . .