Monday, July 11, 2022

Cricket match, retreat to the shops and sketchbook.

1. It is so very, very hot today -- but there is a shady gazebo full of friendly people and we need to nothing but watch Bettany playing cricket. 

2. On a hot day to mooch around in air-conditioned shops with no particular purchase in mind.

3. Alec shows me his sketchbook. He's been making portraits of the drunks that go up and down our street at night.

Winter is passing, toad in the hole and mulled wine.

1. It is cold (although less chill than it has been) and cloudy (although less grey than it has been) and a robin sings loudly from the top ...