Getting into a good routine

Up early this morning, and settling into a very happy routine. The first four hours of the day devoted to writing and editing,  as well as a recording with Robin -- these sessions increasingly relaxed and more like having a chat with a mate than doing recordings these days. I hope that's a good thing for how it sounds. 

Then zooming around the house and garden for an hour or so tidying things, doing laundry, hanging out washing and so on had lunch, lorraine making chickpea flour pancake things stuffed with a mix of salady goodness. 

Broke off at two to meditate -- with Lorraine. My friend Sarah Barnsley sent me a free month's link to a meditation app, and it has been a useful springboard this week to start to have a mindful interlude.

Another bout of doing things, Lorraine lead a mission to put a small shelf in the airing cupboard where the boiler is. This accomplished, with a bit of help from me. Able then to tidy study.

A gold sofa interlude. Lorraine reading, and I wrote on my laptop for an hour. Then we went off to the gym, where I did half an hour's trundling on the cross trainer, plus assorted weight machines. Lorraine on the rowing machine and focusing on legs today. Home via Tescos where I bought aubergines. 

Cooking... Lorraine making a Greek aubergine and potato dish, which was lovely served with seared halloumi cheese. 

Then another walk down to the calm sea, which was in a pearly hour of sundown. Noticing how the opposite colours of purple and orange seem to blend into each other. 

Now quite tired, home again to the gold sofa. Netflix is no more, as we were sharing Jade's one. Watched the BBC featuring the Chelsea Flower Show (the CFS as Lorraine now calls it). To bed.

Below, looking towards Newhaven after sunset, and a crowd of pansy faces in our front garden.