Thursday, June 19, 2025

Cash, work and sofa.

1. Our bank has given every customer £100, which is a pleasant thing to find in our accounts.

2. This edit of a sweet romantic novel is flying along -- and it's a Christmas book so the descriptions of cold weather are very welcome on a day when I've shuttered the west side of the house against the determined sun.

3. Three of us squashed on the sofa in the front room -- coolest spot in the house -- listening to the radio.

Goldfinches, meeting and mackerel.

1. Goldfinches, painted like they're going to war, crowd the bird feeders. 2. We meet my cousin's partner for the first time, and it...