Hi,

I hope you are keeping well.

We have been to UK and back twice in the last couple of months, braving the heatwave and the confusing barrage of ever-changing COVID restrictions. My mother is nearly ninety, and my partner's mother had her 100th birthday in May and is still going strong... so travel is an essential element of family life, not an unnecessary holiday, as one rather sour Guard insisted at the port. We were obliged to go by ferry, a long haul both sides of the water, as the Cork/Bristol flights have folded - hopefully not permanently.

The short version of the last month: on our home front we have made good use of the unexpectedly good summer with its social restrictions to work on our house and garden. The veg garden is thriving (the weeds are amazing). We have fitted four doors into the hallway of our extension in preparation for rendering the blockwork, and bought worktops and tiles to finish the kitchen. The polytunnel has been taken over by tomatoes and cucumbers, so salads rule. I have given myself a break from sitting at the computer (dark winter days will be here all too soon) and invested in an exercise machine (a Tony Little Gazelle Glider, the cheapest and best for home use) to counteract the often sedentary lifestyle of author, and I'm stepping positively towards a new, slimmer, fitter me. I hope.

STORYBOARD

I haven't produce a storyboard this month, but the backstory of our move to a wreck in rural Ireland can be found on my website.

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