VISITORS

It's August, almost without me realising it, it's time to think about a summer holiday.  We have a few things to do this week, but I think we'll drive off somewhere next week.  I don't know what happened to July.  I have a great calendar that someone bought me for Christmas, with photographs of roundabouts.  Here is July's that I have hardly had a moment to enjoy.

It's described on the caption as 'awesome'.

We have been visited again this month by deer.  I thought they had decided to leave us after I chased them off my gooseberry patch.

And he was here this morning.

But we have had an extraordinary number of butterflies.  And that just after a wildlife warning of declining numbers.  Mind you, I have no idea whether rarer species are in trouble and the vast majority of those here are large whites (which frankly we can do without).  But here's a comma

and a rather nice peacock.

MAN OF SPORTS AND CULTURE

Inspired by Murray, the Lions and now the England cricket team, I felt compelled to get out and engage in sporting activity myself.

Then we joined the boating community for a real work-out.

 

After that, in need of a little relaxation, I took Her to a concert.

 And then out to dinner.

 

Phew, what a full day!