Fresher today but still very warm. We didn’t robe for church this morning. All a bit chaotic with another visiting priest who didn’t seem to know what he was doing. Very long sermon too, mostly full of anecdotes.
Our clergy / readers only robe for the early morning communion but chose not to because of the heat. They looked rather mismatched as the retiree with PTO opted for suit and clerical collar while our rector was more casual with open necked shirt and no jacket.
I hope you had a lovely sleep in your new bed, @Piglet.
Mt mother was at an Open Gardens Village event last week, mrs whibley. There were bicycle rickshaws to transport people with mobility issues. I was ricocheted all over the place my mother told me.
We had a lovely day yesterday. Church was lay-led. One of those leading the service explained at the start that she was struggling as her dog had just been pts, and if her voice started breaking, that would be why. But I am here, and God is with me she said. The sympathy of the congregation was palpable. The sermon, delivered by the other lay leader, was excellent but superfluous after that simple statement of faith.
In the afternoon a fortuitous downpour put paid to my plans to get the grass cut.
In the evening we went out to dinner with friends we had not seen since before lockdown.
Fresh, and occasionally somewhat cloudy, in Arkland the Draughty, with a top temperature of just 72F for today and tomorrow - back up to 80F on Wednesday...
Lunch is TINNED SALMON n'CHIPS. With BREAD n'BUTTER.
Feeling a little seedy and headachy for some unknown reason, I'm taking things even more quietly than usual today, prior to Pilates tomorrow.
So far today I've cleaned the loos, done a pile of ironing, walked to a friend's house with a pile of clothes and been filmed by my husband for a video he's making. The clothes drop off was for a 'swish' on Friday. The idea being you have a party and swap clothes you no longer want for things that someone else doesn't want but you might. I'm away from tomorrow till Friday afternoon so my friend is taking them in for me. The video is for a charity that helps people make their homes more energy efficient. I had to chat about the report we'd been sent. My one conclusion so far is I need to go on a diet as I don't look at all like I would want to.
The rest of the day I'm not doing much, though I do need to crack on with some knitting and I promised to cook the tea as my husband is out at a Churches Together meeting tonight.
Edited to add, I hope the bed was as comfy as comfy can be @piglet.
I'm sorry to hear that, hope you feel better before your Torture exercise.
One hopes the salmon was (?were) removed from the tin before consumption ...
Thank you - yes, feeling refreshed by Lunch (the Salmon was extracted from the tin beforehand, I hasten to add - it was one of those single servings of pink salmon supplied by John West via Tess Coe in groups of three. Just right for a light lunch, or on TOAST).
We meant to see the sunset at Rhosili on Saturday following lasagna at the very nice Italian restaurant at Mumbles..Darllenwr then realised that we would have to travel a further 2 hours if we wanted to hear the “hiss”. of the sun sinking into the sea, and so we came home.
I hope you had a lovely sleep in your new bed, @Piglet.
I did indeed. I woke at about 5:15, because midsummer in Scotland, but didn't take long to doze off again, and just the fact of being Not On The Sofa was most excellent. Also, because the new bed is a "small double" (as opposed to a normal double), the room feels bigger, and it's just nice having everything more-or-less in the right place again.
I've never met North East Mum, but her description of being "ricocheted" conjured up a vision of a sweet little old lady bouncing around the place and bumping into trees ...
Quite a bit cooler here today, and rather blustrous, but none the worse for that. I took the trusty trolley to work and had a pootle round Tessie's with it at lunchtime - mostly because I was getting dangerously short of WINE. I've discovered that you can get Wairau Cove, which is a very decent NZ Sauv Blanc, in boxes (don't judge me!) for about 20 quid for the equivalent of three bottles, so I thought, why not? I shall report back.
Supper was pasta with prawns, tomatoes and mushrooms because use-by date.
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Very brave of you @Sighthound glad it was positive
Off to try it out shortly.
Our clergy / readers only robe for the early morning communion but chose not to because of the heat. They looked rather mismatched as the retiree with PTO opted for suit and clerical collar while our rector was more casual with open necked shirt and no jacket.
Mt mother was at an Open Gardens Village event last week, mrs whibley. There were bicycle rickshaws to transport people with mobility issues.
I was ricocheted all over the place my mother told me.
We had a lovely day yesterday. Church was lay-led. One of those leading the service explained at the start that she was struggling as her dog had just been pts, and if her voice started breaking, that would be why. But I am here, and God is with me she said. The sympathy of the congregation was palpable. The sermon, delivered by the other lay leader, was excellent but superfluous after that simple statement of faith.
In the afternoon a fortuitous downpour put paid to my plans to get the grass cut.
In the evening we went out to dinner with friends we had not seen since before lockdown.
Fresh, and occasionally somewhat cloudy, in Arkland the Draughty, with a top temperature of just 72F for today and tomorrow - back up to 80F on Wednesday...
Lunch is TINNED SALMON n'CHIPS. With BREAD n'BUTTER.
Feeling a little seedy and headachy for some unknown reason, I'm taking things even more quietly than usual today, prior to Pilates tomorrow.
One hopes the salmon was (?were) removed from the tin before consumption ...
The rest of the day I'm not doing much, though I do need to crack on with some knitting and I promised to cook the tea as my husband is out at a Churches Together meeting tonight.
Edited to add, I hope the bed was as comfy as comfy can be @piglet.
Thank you - yes, feeling refreshed by Lunch (the Salmon was extracted from the tin beforehand, I hasten to add - it was one of those single servings of pink salmon supplied by John West via Tess Coe in groups of three. Just right for a light lunch, or on TOAST).
I've never met North East Mum, but her description of being "ricocheted" conjured up a vision of a sweet little old lady bouncing around the place and bumping into trees ...
Quite a bit cooler here today, and rather blustrous, but none the worse for that. I took the trusty trolley to work and had a pootle round Tessie's with it at lunchtime - mostly because I was getting dangerously short of WINE. I've discovered that you can get Wairau Cove, which is a very decent NZ Sauv Blanc, in boxes (don't judge me!) for about 20 quid for the equivalent of three bottles, so I thought, why not? I shall report back.
Supper was pasta with prawns, tomatoes and mushrooms because use-by date.