Why
do the months fly past so ridiculously quickly?
I
hope it is not as everyone says - “Age, you know”! I'm going to
believe that it is because I have a lot to do and fitting it all in
is taking day upon day upon day and so they just speed by!
Sam
had a few days off and came north recently. That was unexpected and
a rare treat for me..... He is finishing off year one of his two years of hospital training.
The
Scottish schools are now on holiday for their six week break and I
have headed into another rather busy time! Daniel, 11, is here to
keep me right - with Duncan, the newly age one Shih Tzu.......
We
have, so far trotted – no, galloped – along nicely till now, with
only a very few hi-cups. Tomorrow we are being joined by two guests,
so I have ironed out all the “NOT ALLOWEDs” from boy and beast!!
Daniel is actually a very obliging fellow and so I have a “runner”
on hand!
Sailing
continues weekly at present, so Daniel was lucky to be on board
yesterday evening, with nephew Malcolm helming the local boat “Ajax”.
The wind dropped right at the end of the race and Ajax did not
finish – had she done so, she would have won a cup, as the race was
one of a series....
That's
sailing.
Tomorrow there is a training evening for the Topper class, small centreboards and Daniel will attend that.
I
hope Catriona may be up next week. Her long time friend Heather,
whom we visited when passing through Singapore en route from
Australia home, is coming soon and they try to meet up each year.
And then Sean, Moira and Colin I hope will come a little later. All
this family coming and going means that I do not have so many guests
just at present – but the house will be home for them after
regatta, from August 6 – Dave and Denise, I'll see you then! John, you left just before family completely took me over. Thank you for the beautiful roses and treats for the dogs.
I'm re-reading this and have realised I have not mentioned the weather -a first!! It has been very poor - enough said.......
Towards
the end of this month my thoughts will especially be with Alison, my
brother's wife in Toowoomba. Ian died while on holiday in USA, last
July. I shall also be thinking of David and Valerie and their
children.....
We
all miss him more than we can say.
Ann
