Thoughts from Rosbercon

Another lovely day. Real June weather. Expended a lot of energy mowing, but there's more to do. Played some enjoyable bridge, with different opps to yesterday. Dog seems happier.

It's been a lovely day here, and we played bridge with friends, and I managed to get some lawn mowing done. But we're dog sitting at the moment. Actually, I prefer cats, but I like the dog we're looking after, our neighbours'. However, he looked so sad and folorn when I put him to bed, it made me a bit sorry too.

We had my brother and sister in law round for lunch today, which was enjoyable. We had our first local strawberries of the year: sweet and juicy (and on special offer at ALDI).

It's stopped raing. Goodness me the grass needs cutting though. Tomorrow perhaps? Watch this space.

Apart from going to church I seem to have done precisely nothing today yet it shot by. OK, I surfed a bit, read the Sunday Independent ("Sindo") and when the rain finally stopped did a bit of gardening. Oh yes and I won at Scrabble and cooked a corn beef hash. Well, perhaps not "precisely nothing".

Well, after a tiring day yesterday, I woke uo at 0845. That seems to have shortened the day. It was put aside for lawn mowing but, alas, there's been constant drizzle. Odd, because our trusty barometer (bequeathed by my late father-in-law) said it would be fine. How wrong can you get? I mean it's a Bank Holiday weekend here in Ireland. Ah well, the farmers love it. "Just the right sort of rain", they tell me.

I look back to not that long ago, and I seemed to be able to cram so much into a day: a long working week, a tough job, watching football, tending an allotment, making wine. And now? Well, I feel I've had an exhausting day. But all I've done is a quick shop at Aldi, a bit of cooking and paperwork, and got stuck in a traffic jam (2 miles in half an hour). Am I getting old?