HAPPY NEW WEEK and HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE!
The solstice is on Wednesday.
I hope everyone has a wonderful week. There's a white-tailed deer fawn like this one on my patch. Her mother takes her across to the creek for a drink of water every day at dawn.
White-Tailed Deer FawnSand Lake National Wildlife Refuge, South Dakota (USA)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service PhotoPhoto labeled "Public Domain" (copyright free)
We thoroughly enjoyed "La Boheme" at Eden Court yesterday, and the meal we had at "Riva " with friends beforehand.
A lovely warm morning and a walk with Benson at Dochgarroch before coffee at Tiso.
Got to church this morning - a lovely welcome, but very tiring as everyone and his wife wanted to speak to me! A very good preacher - his theme was The Good Shepherd but never felt like I'd heard it all before.
Lovely weather continues. Wind had dropped but a breeze again now - good thing, otherwise the heat would be unbearable.
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
Well, it has been a funny old day here. I've been happy and sad in turn. I'm on Facebook and have seen some posts for Fathers Day that in times past would have made me cringe. I have now made the decision to appreciate the sentiment that lies behind these posts, rather than show my disapproval by ignoring them. I feel that I have been very arrogant in the past by acting in that way. Not a label that I would want to be attached to me.
Our family left this afternoon, in thankfully, a car with air con - they were travelling towards the heat as although it's sweltering here, it's even warmer to the south of us.
We've all had a wonderful weekend, culminating in playing with Amber in the garden, with a bubble maker which she loved. She and Bonnie got on famously, as Amber shows no fear and Bonnie is very patient with her.
Heather - I agree that when online you do see some strange ideas of how to celebrate these sorts of days. You just have to shrug and realise that everyone is not the same, as you say.
OG - So pleased that you made it to church at last. I hope you'll continue to take small steps at a time, in more ways than one!
Just going back to an earlier post of mine- does anyone here remember Kathleen Ferrier? I grew up listening to her wonderful contralto voice. Sadly, she died of cancer in the mid nineteen fifties when at the height of her career.My parents were great fans, if you would call it that in those far off days!
My mother adored Kathleen Ferrier, and now that I've matured into music, I love the tones of her voice, too. It was very sad, as you mention, that she died so young.
We're enjoying watching Cardiff Singer of the World this week, which is an operatic competition, and the Final is on BBC4 right now.
Heather - I laughed at your comment Surrey with a Fringe on Top!! - I was thinking the same about Annettes ride!
Heather: Oh yes, I remember Kathleen Ferrier singing Blow the Wind Southerly - and What is Life? Perhaps it was our generation (stiff upper lips and all that) that was so reserved when it comes to showing emotion growing up and then it stayed with us (if that's what your referring to). A shame really since so much went unsaid... Our surrey was not as pretty as the one in Carousel - no fringe or snow white horses!
OG: Nice to feel missed, eh?
Waved kids off to grandson's, then zoomed to the gym, stopped at store on way home and just awake from a very long nap. Ms. D has just lost both her two front teeth and another tooth already wiggling. The tooth fairy will go broke at this rate....
A dreary morning here. I hope others are faring better.
Good Morning. More sad news again, today.
Dibnlib: I'm sorry that you're getting such dreary, cloudy weather. Down here, it's been very hot and windless. I think that if there'd been a bit of breeze it would have been easier, but we have nothing to make it more pleasant.