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Perfick!

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 Perfick! I was reminded the other day of this fabulous series on a Sunday night. The one that put Catherine Zeta Jones on the map. Before she was brilliant in The Mask of Zorro and Chicago, where she should have won the Oscar. But that's another blog I think! I was reminded of Pop Larkin, played by the brilliant actor David Jason, also lovingly known as Del Boy and Inspector Jack Frost. His well known saying, 'Perfick!' always made me smile. For him and his wife, played by the lovely Pam Ferris, also known as Mrs Trunchbull or Laura Thyme in Rosemary and Thyme, theirs was a perfect life. It didn't have trips abroad, gifts galore and fancy cars. There were no designer gear or diamonds. But they were content and happy.  They had their family and friends around them and they helped each other. They would all gather around the table for tea time, inside and outside. It was a noisy, happy gathering! I love the make shift chairs with the bench. The furniture may not be the m