Sunday

Another lovely day and listening to Breakfast over mine this morning it seems there is no rain in sight at all.   It is destined to turn cooler, with a wind coming down from the North some time next week, but still dry.   An arable farmer on TV talking about prospects for his crops this year was in no doubt that things for him were deadly serious.   Crops like sweet corn had not come through the ground yet - what at this time of the year was usually green and healthy was this year just brown earth.   And we are talking of his livelihood.

Some days go better than  others don't they?   Today has slotted nicely into place for me.   I seem to have had a hectic few days when everything has been very tiring, but today all has gone to plan.  An early breakfast, a shower, a tidy round, outside tubs watered and then a walk round the estate with Percy  in full sunshine but with a pleasant cooling breeze.   Then I cooked myself a lunch - cottage pie with spinach and carrots and took my chair out on to the patio for a read and a dose of vitamin D. Then I heard the ice cream van in the distance.   We have a local ice cream company who are coming round - they had a good shield on the window which made it feel much safer getting the tub of ice cream (strawberry).   I sat in the sun and ate it (my pud after lunch).   Then took my duvet coat out of the wardrobe and put it into its Summer coat-bag (don't think I shall be needing it again until December at the earliest), took my shirts and T shirts out of the drawer where they have been all winter and filled the drawer with my jumpers all washed, ironed and put away for the Summer.   Now all that remains is to give all my shirts a bit of a run over with the iron tomorrow before hanging them on hangars in the wardrobe. 

Time now for a beetroot salad for my tea and then a settle down to watch Country File.   Take care and see you all tomorrow.