It wasn't just that Friday evening is beer o'clock time, but also that I knew that yesterday would be hyper dull, which made me miss a day with the blog, but most people seemed to get the message from the number of hits.
This morning as I went out to the market, I noticed poppies flowering around the steps to the front door - clearly we are slovenly as they should have been grubbed out weeks ago, but actually a blaze of red poppies is such a cheerful thing, I'm glad we hadn't. Not sure what the neighbours think though!
The Moroccans were back in the market, which was good news. Not such good news was falling over in the street (sober!) and hurting my knee and ankle - the knee is now fine, but the ankle is starting to look unpleasant. However it isn't so bad that I can't go mowing, which I did this afternoon. Once it was all done, I went for a walk round the lake while the mower cooled down so I could pack it away under its covers. The carp were leaping which is fun but slightly scary to watch and impossible to photograph. While I stood on the bank waiting for them to do it again, a frog chorus started up - I'm not fluent but I think it was along the lines of "That one's injured, if we work together, we can take it down - hooman for dinner team!" I recorded it, but haven't worked out how to get the recording off the phone and onto here.
Finally as I checked emails before doing this blog, I found a lovely present from a chum in the States in the shape of this photo. I've no idea exactly what it is, I assume some form of cricket, but he is totally correct in describing it as a leaf with an eye!
La vie est belle!
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