I wasn't too late to bed
last night, and after another day's walking in the sunshine I was out
for the count. My little dog had been snoring for much of yesterday
evening, and he was still snoring this morning. Seeing the laundry
bin was overflowing I set the washing machine to to its thing whilst
I scoffed brekkie. Over brekkie I did a little brain-strain on some
geo-puzzles which (hopefully) will form part of a walk I shall
be doing on Thursday. Mind you as I scoffed brekkie the weather
forecast for Thursday was for heavy rain... let's hope it changes in
the meantime.
As I strained my brain my
little dog carried on sleeping. Much as he seems to like coming for
walks I do sometimes wonder if I'm over-exerting him. He's only got
little legs, and he is covered in black fur which really sucks in the
heat of the summer days.
It looked like being
another hot day today so I walked "Furry Face TM"
round the park quite early. Early enough in fact to miss most of the
usual dog walkers. Mind you we still managed to have a fracas with a
greyhound.
As we came back past the
allotments by the co-op field a couple of gardeners were having a
heated discussion about a certain plant in one of the allotments. One
claimed said plant was a beetroot; the other believed it to be a
broad bean. I’m not expert, but from thirty seconds on Google
images I thought they looked completely different. I suppose it helps
if you know what they look like in the first place.
We came home and I then
got the lawn mowed whilst it was still relatively cool. I then
thought I might set about my letter rack; it’s been some time since
I did so.
I found some small
geocaches and rubber stamps I’d ordered ages ago. I wondered what
I’d done with those.
Virgin Media had twice
offered me a deal. They do that a lot. I wonder how much cheaper they
could be if they didn’t advertise so much.
There was a catalogue
from “Go Outdoors” that went straight in the bin. Do
people really read those things?
The Royal National
Institute for the Blind had invited me to an open day. I give them
some money every month, and I can recognise a thinly-veiled attempt
to extort more money from me when I see it. They had also sent me a
newsletter which (like the “Go Outdoors” catalogue) went
into the bin unopened.
The Open University also
wanted a hand-out from me. It’s twenty years since I finished with
them.
The Nationwide building
society asked me to vote for people who were standing to be on their
board. How can I choose between candidates about whom I know nothing?
Over lunch I watched the
first episode of "Sense
and Sensibility" which is being run on the Drama
Channel. It seems quite entertaining so far. And after my fix of
period drama I went to bed for the afternoon. I didn't sleep very
well; it was too hot to sleep. But I got a few hours asleep.
Once awake again I did
the astro club's accounts; I had intended to do those this morning.
And with the laundry fetched in from the line I set off to Folkestone
to spend a few minutes with littlest family member before the night
shift... I always say I like night shifts. I think I prefer the time
off during the day time that goes with them rather than actually
working the night shift...
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