Monday, 6 September 2021

Indian summer

We’re enjoying fine weather here, with quite summery temperatures.  We have had lunch on the terrace today: home-made pizza using up some leftovers and a few of our tomatoes.  It’s a joy at this time of year to watch dozens of honey bees on the sedum.  I have instructed them to bring us a jar, but they’ve yet to acknowledge the order.  The bumble bees seem to prefer the antirrhinums, and it’s fun to watch them climb in, disappear and then back out!

This morning I took the ancient hoover (which suddenly stopped working a few weeks ago) along to a little local outfit, who found a broken neutral in the flex next to the plug, fixed it and sent me home a mere tenner short.  With a new bag in it, it’s working as well as it did new, 30 years ago, though with a slightly shorter flex.  (What I failed to notice was the no entry sign at the end of their street.  Exclusive: we can reveal a shocking contempt for the rule of law today in Disgustedville by a supplemental Presiding Justice.)

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