Afternoon and evening

Yesterday afternoon I went to the pub early to help the landlord and landlady's son with his maths. While I was there, I was delighted by the arrival of my brother and a friend, so I invited the odd bunch (minus one) round to mine for dinner. The picture above shows how I'd have liked it to be. The bottom picture shows what we actually had (except I made some onion gravy to go with it). Nonetheless we had a lovely meal and everyone enjoyed it. It's surprising how comforting and satisfying these simple meals can be, especially when taken in such good company. I swear that food tastes much nicer when eaten with a happy group of friends . Two of the gang left shortly afterwards as they were off to meet someone, so my brother and I spent a little time listening to music, chatting, and generally chilling out. Afterwards we wandered back to the pub.
When we got there my friend from uni's brother was there with his partner, and another friend, so there was fun and laughter all round. By the buy everyone left, except for the four of us. Lo and behold my friend from uni's mother came in with her husband, so we all had a bit of a party. Yesterday was lovely, and completely unexpected. I feel really happy this morning. I feel very lucky, too, to know such wonderful people.