under another sun

Up fairly early for a Sunday as Lorraine wanted to make the most of her last day before going back to work.  We had a saunter down by the sea, and sat on the pebbles for a while listening to the waves and breathing in the air, and throwing little pebbles at distant larger pebbles. Quite busy along the seafront with people walking along taking the air. A very mild day that was even sunny this morning. Growing overcast as we walked however. A lazy afternoon. Lorraine playing with her computer games, I was a tired today, and simply dozed on the sofa for an hour.  Spoke to Pat and Maureen on screen today. Maureen was making an owl in a duffel coat with button eyes and webbed feet. Discussion about the necessity for haircuts. I said I was beginning to look like a mad professor, and Maureen said A mad professor? That's what you are isn't it? Pat showed us the bird house he had been painting. It looked very welcoming.   Otherwise I was looking at an old photo taken of ...

Sunday afternoon and a walk along the seafront with Lorraine. The sea still rough but the sun was out and everything was colourful and nice. A few good lungfuls of fresh air to be had. Then a coffee in a cafe around the corner from where Beth and John live (they were in London). A man in his nineties on the next table with two younger women, bright as a button and squeezing the lady cafe owner somewhat on the way out, before boarding his mobility scooter and zooming off. Lorraine and I then went to Waitrose and did shopping, and we had roast chicken in the evening. Lorraine rather happy that no work to be done tomorrow. I managed to ruin the evening in a futile search for my travel card, with which I am able to buy weekly and monthly season tickets for the train commute I will start tomorrow. Lorraine helped me search for an hour, and I searched for an hour and a half on top of that. But it is nowhere to be found. Still we had a delicious supper, and I managed to talk to Mum and ...