Maria's leaving dinner was just a small affair, but as usual the boys cooked up a storm. I even ventured into the kitchen and inflicted a beef chilli on our hapless guests. They were polite enough to say that they liked it! Unfortunately Dino had to leave at 10 to play at Judes, but Maria stayed for a chat, while it poured with rain outside. It's been doing that a lot lately.
And we seem to have aquired a new little cat, Blackjack. He just turned up at the door a couple of days ago, and I didn't have the heart to chase him away.