And relax

Chatting with Jane the other night we both commented on the fact that we were feeling a tad tired and, on reflection, the cause for this probably had something to do with the fact that we have been on the go since pretty much the beginning of July right the way through to last weekend when we had the village for lunch. We'd been to Denmark and as soon as we got back I headed to the UK with the kids for a brief visit then came back to sort the softball. The softball was brilliant, then we built the bridge and Jane headed over to the UK with the kids for a short break. From there we have just snowballed into visiting guests and various dinners but finally we are ready to just relax.

The weather has been so dry here that the grass has barely grown since the beginning of August and we are now having to feed the horse and donkey hay to supplement their lack of food. Fortunately the rain is falling as I'm writing this and, however disliked it may be, I'd be quite happy for a week or so to really drench things through. We also had a very weird day last Tuesday when we had the first frost of the year followed by 30 degrees in the afternoon. Depressingly my fuchsias were not appreciative of this gross fluctuation and have committed suicide.

The next few months will be all about the cars as, having got the Renault through it's biannual checks, the Silver Peugeot needs a fair amount of work including an exhaust before it's test in a few weeks time and then after that Janes car has to go through the same too. Coupled with our tax bill, I may have to refrain from drinking for a while so the finances can recover from the shock.

There's not a vast amount in the pipe line other then my usual mad cap projects. We have a few visitors during October and possibly a sizeable Christmas bash to psych our selves up for but, until then, we shall mainly be chilling.