I was up at 6am this morning and watching the birds have their breakfast in the garden. It was lovely to be cool as today was supposed to be the hottest of the year so far and they were saying that it could even be the hottest since the legendary heatwave of 1976, which I still remember!
It was also the Summer Solstice and for once the skies were clear and blue! So many times in the past it's been cloudy and overcast with little chance of seeing the sun!
We took Sophie to work and then I set to and cleaned the conservatory as it was filthy and I was fed up with seeing the dirty roof when we sat down for dinner at night. It was hard work and I used our soft broom to scrub away at the dirt before rinsing it with water and using a scraper to get rid of the drips. I also cleaned the windows and all the soffits so I was very pleased when I finally finished in the early afternoon. Keith and Mikey cut back some of the bushes in the garden and Keith raked up yet more leaves that had fallen from the tree. He is planning on cutting it down in September as it is now very large and we are worried the roots will go underneath the house.
After having a lovely shower, Keith and I went to Tesco and he treated us all to some alcoholic beverages! He bought me a bottle of vodka, some Tequila for Sophie and some cider for Mike to say thank you to us for looking after him since his operation.
We returned home, put it all in the fridge to keep cold and settled down to watch a couple of episodes of Riviera. Sue knocked on the door as we were watching the penultimate episode and we had a chat as we hadn't seen her for a while.
After collecting Sophie from work we all sat in the garden and had a really lovely time chatting and enjoying our drinks. It felt like we were on holiday! The sky had clouded over a bit and it was very warm and sultry. Coming home in the car the temperature hovered between 30-32c and thunderstorms are forecast for tomorrow...it would be a welcome relief!
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