Unseasonal Weather

     This was my exercise morning so I set off just before 9:00 a.m. for my first class. It finished at 10:00 a.m. and I took a quick run up to the garden centre (Wednesday  is senior's discount day) and bought two more echinicia plants, one pink and one white, and a purple basil. Then back to the senior's centre for my second class which I only get to do half of as it overlaps with my shift in the coffee bar.

   It was very quiet in the coffee bar today as several of the usual classes are finished until July and I had to throw out half a pot of coffee. I usually manage not to have too much left over but today I miscalculated. Sometimes I will bring the leftover coffee home in my thermos but I won't need to make any coffee tomorrow as we get free coffee and snacks at our RTO meeting.

    It has been bitterly cold (for June!) today with a strong wind that feels like it has come from the North Pole! Right now it is 15C although it did get up to 17C at one point this afternoon. However, it feels much colder. No swimming this week - I haven't even bothered to check the temperature of the water. It will be Saturday before it gets to more seasonal temperatures  but the water in the pool will still be rather chilly as the nights are staying cool.

   I managed to get the new plants in the ground, decked out in my warmest hoodie, and I just hope they survive the transplant. Everything else - tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, kale, herbs - are well established and should survive a few cold days. Then I had a long chat with James, my youngest grandson, and we have agreed that he will wait until July to come over for a swim. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will have warmed up by then!

A Movie

     It was a dull, cool morning but only a few sprinkles of rain so we managed a full morning of tennis. I got home around 11:30 with more than my usual dose of coffee (it was chilly) but still managed a short nap after lunch.

    After pulling weeds for half an hour I left for the cinema to see "Me Before You" - quite a tear jerker but enjoyable nevertheless.  I got dinner in the oven by 7:15 then returned James' call from yesterday. He was at Baseball practice so maybe I will talk to him tomorrow. He wants to come over for a swim but I think it will be too cool for the next weekend so I don't think that's going to happen any time soon.

   A nice piece of fish, baked in the oven. for dinner with some more asparagus. That should keep me until tomorrow morning

A Quiet Day

   A quiet morning - I made vegetable barley soup and roasted a red pepper - then bridge this afternoon with Marie, Diane and Sami. I had terrible cards again; it's been weeks since I had a decent hand. A bit of gardening when I got home but it was a bit on the cool side (despite my outdoor thermometer reading 30C!) so I came inside after filling a bucket with weeds.

   Nothing else on the agenda - dinner is leftovers but I have polished off a bottle of white zinfandel that I opened on Saturday. I had some blue cheese on crackers with some grapes with the wine so no rush for dinner. The sky is getting quite dark so we may have some more rain before long.

   Here's a photo from a while back:

This is one of the easier puzzles I completed this winter.

A Good Soaking for the Grass

    Rather a dull day today but not cold. A couple of quite heavy rain showers this afternoon but it is now sunny and drying up. A pleasant 24C.

   There was rain overnight so I didn't go to the tennis courts. Instead I spent the morning watching the Men's Final from the French Open - great tennis and quite a tense match, but Novak beat Andy in the end to get his first French Open title and all four slams. Yesterday's Women's Final was also exciting with Serena being beaten by a youngster from Spain.

    Some gardening this afternoon in between showers. I finally feel I am getting the upper hand although the rain will just encourage the weeds to keep growing! No need for a swim but the water has stayed around 74F and the rain has kept the water level up.

   I picked some rhubarb yesterday and made a rhubarb crumble - there's still some left for tonight. Dinner is Mediterranean chicken legs (baked with onions, tomatoes and home made sauce) and a corn cob. I am still reading "After You" by Jojo Moyes, the sequel to "Me Before You" which we discussed at Book Club a month or two back.

   The sky is getting darker again and I think I heard some thunder so the wet weather is not done with us yet!