HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope everyone has a relaxing, safe, joyful week!
The sky was intensely blue and cloudless this afternoon. I saw both red-tailed hawks soaring when I walked to my small town to get some groceries.
Our annual Covered Bridge Festival ends tomorrow. We usually have over a million tourists visit our rural area during the two-week festival. They tour the 32 covered bridges, visit other historic sites, buy quilts and other hand-made items from the hundreds of venders, and eat the traditional foods on offer. So, our country roads have been busy. It's a real economic boon for our people, so I'm glad for it, but I think the wildlife and I are happy it's almost over.
RE detective books, I'm reading The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz and have The Moonflower Murders waiting in the wings. Just finished his The Word is Murder, which I really liked. I find him an ingenious writer and am relieved to see he has other books I can add to my list. Sad that reading murder mysteries provides such an escape from the real world....
I'm off with daughter this morning. The horse she sent to the therapeutic riding school is now being used in their lessons and we're going to go watch.
In spite of California voters giving the thumbs down to daylight savings time a few years back, we apparently are still going to turn back the clocks on November 6. :-(
Heather: If it were a bona fide writing assignment, that would be fine. Anyway, sent off my assignment and an e-mail to the editor late yesterday afternoon explaining - not in so many words - that life is too short to spend it frowning at a computer screen.
Must get hosed down. Take care all.
RUSTY Thank you for the info. I have now ordered "Holy Island" from the library. I love detective novels esp when the characters reappear in a series of books and they have to be UK based. I have been going to the same opticians for years and Tracey has always been there. Earlier this year she was visiting a local hospital to have dressings changed while my OH was there to have dressings changed on his throat. Hence we found out how ill she was. I do think she may have appreciated our enquiries after her health. I certainly appreciated her kindness. It was a lovely coincidence that she was working that day!!
Bonnie, quite exhausted after getting home again and finally having her beloved Dad back. She has been fine whilst we were away, but was ecstatic to see us again.
Edit: erm, not sure why the pic has come out so big!!!