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So yeh, should be asleep really, but I napped earlier for longer than I planned, so I figure another half hour or so won't hurt me :)
Finished "A Play of Lords" on Friday, it was brilliant! It moves Joliffe into far deeper waters now, mixing him with Bishops and Lords and the power players of mid-15th century English politics. It also managed to take a very close look at the work of the players themselves and the business of acting, which I found fascinating. If I have any grouses, it's that the mystery wasn't much of one, in fact, it was hardly a mystery at all. But the book was so interesting, I could forgive it that, although a better denouncement wouldn't have hurt.
Saturday I visited Aunty Eve and the weather co-operated beautifully! We had a lovely meal at The Snoring Owl - I had a smoked haddock kedgeree, yum! - and a good ol' gossip. She's still unsteady on her pins but is looking well in herself. I hope the weather doesn't get any hotter, last year's heat was debilitating. This year, she's coping with summer a lot better.
She did have one close shave - apparently, on Tuesday last there was a vicious cloudburst in Rainham and there was localised flooding. Aunty Eve's front and back lawns were under water but the bungalow stayed dry, thankfully. Her next door neighbours, whose drive slopes steeply towards their bungalow, were flooded out badly, two bedrooms were completely drenched and the garage took a hit, with a lot of electrical tools being ruined. They're covered by insurance, thankfully, but it's such a big mess to clear up. They said, bless 'em, that they'd been keeping a close eye on Eve during the cloudburst and making sure she was staying dry. It is much easier to go home knowing my Aunty has such great neighbours looking after her.
Sunday was all about the loafing, which I'm very good at. There was football and food and napping and loafing on LbN and lots of nuffink. It was a very relaxing day :)
Finished "A Play of Lords" on Friday, it was brilliant! It moves Joliffe into far deeper waters now, mixing him with Bishops and Lords and the power players of mid-15th century English politics. It also managed to take a very close look at the work of the players themselves and the business of acting, which I found fascinating. If I have any grouses, it's that the mystery wasn't much of one, in fact, it was hardly a mystery at all. But the book was so interesting, I could forgive it that, although a better denouncement wouldn't have hurt.
Saturday I visited Aunty Eve and the weather co-operated beautifully! We had a lovely meal at The Snoring Owl - I had a smoked haddock kedgeree, yum! - and a good ol' gossip. She's still unsteady on her pins but is looking well in herself. I hope the weather doesn't get any hotter, last year's heat was debilitating. This year, she's coping with summer a lot better.
She did have one close shave - apparently, on Tuesday last there was a vicious cloudburst in Rainham and there was localised flooding. Aunty Eve's front and back lawns were under water but the bungalow stayed dry, thankfully. Her next door neighbours, whose drive slopes steeply towards their bungalow, were flooded out badly, two bedrooms were completely drenched and the garage took a hit, with a lot of electrical tools being ruined. They're covered by insurance, thankfully, but it's such a big mess to clear up. They said, bless 'em, that they'd been keeping a close eye on Eve during the cloudburst and making sure she was staying dry. It is much easier to go home knowing my Aunty has such great neighbours looking after her.
Sunday was all about the loafing, which I'm very good at. There was football and food and napping and loafing on LbN and lots of nuffink. It was a very relaxing day :)
relaxed