A Special Day

Yesterday I was taken on a surprise trip! All the way there I was guessing where we were heading to, and that was Calke Abbey, one of my favourite places to spend the day.

Papa treated us to a special lunch, then we headed into the gardens to do some exploring. We found a big tree that looked game for a bit of climbing, so up Papa went and Mr Bee and I stayed closer to the lower branches.

 Isn't it just the most beautiful place, I love the wildflower meadows. We saw an awful lot of bees, this one seemed to follow me around!

 We visited the house on a tour again, Mr Bee was fascinated, sitting still and listening to the lady.

 Until he got a little bored and thought my welly might be more entertaining!

 After our house tour, something quite amazing happened. As we were heading up the hill towards the gardens, right by the lovely climbing tree, Dan got down on one knee and proposed! It is fair to say that I have been waiting for this day for an awful long time, and I got rather embarrassed! He didn't want me to take any photographs which I am quite sad by, as it would have been a lovely addition to our scrapbook.
So then we went for a wander to show Papa the bits of the garden that he had missed on his last visit. We found some vivd blue flowers here, we were all shocked at just how blue they were!

 And Papa decided that he should like a row of sweetpeas leading up the drive to our house. How pretty.

 And here is the ring, if you know me, you will understand just how perfect it actually is for my star-loving self. I never did think that I would get my star engagement ring that I had dreamed of so it must have been meant to be!