8.07.2026 Where their paths cross.

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   Wednesday 8th 58F/14C [8.30] Still overcast. We were promised wall to wall sunshine. Where do I queue for a refund?

  Up at 6am after a very quiet night. Though with weird dreams.

 A pretty tabby cat just walked past the window. I tapped on the glass and it froze. The black and white cat is coming along now. I wonder if their paths will cross? It's fun to watch them in the cameras. It's safe to say that not much else happens around here. 🙄  

  I shall be visiting my English friend. Better a day late than never. I hope the village bakery still has cakes. This is important information. 

 I have discovered that top soil is readily available from numerous "Big Bag" suppliers. All of whom claim miraculous quality control. Though with stones of up to 10 or even 20mm remaining. Ideal, one might think, for leveling a lawn! Or not. 

 The greenhouse shade net has been rearranged. The wind had lifted it over half its considerable length of 22' or 7m. It hangs from a cord threaded through the top edge. By my own fair hand. Tensioned between a fixing at each end of the house. So relies entirely on gravity to hang nicely draped on the gently sloping, glass roof.

 The black and white cat was vocal this morning. It even approached me to be stroked. Which is very unusual indeed. The new tabby must have upset its plans. It wasn't the usual tabby. So the local pecking order may be due for some adjustment. 

 16.00 I went to town to collect my new computer screen glasses. The progressive lenses will take some getting used to. They are not designed for driving. Though I wore them anyway. Perched on the end of my nose as usual. Clear vision of the road over the top. Sharp focus on the dashboard. 

 After that I searched for more cycle path crossings. There were several more I hadn't photographed yet. Even one on a main road. Where I saw the same fine, compacted, grey sand. More typical of UK cycle paths.

 The moment I arrived home I blocked the drive with the bins and sent the robot out to mow.  Unexpectedly it immediately set off across the parking space to attack The West Lawn. I was expecting it to mow the drive first. Later it started on the drive and only then did it return to The West lawn.

 Dinner was a goodly wodge of salad.  I don't anything was missing.

 

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7.07.2026 What value a day on YT?

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   Tuesday 7th 58F/14.4C [8.00] Overcast with all day rain. Westerly winds gusting to 15m/s. Peaking at 16C/60F. Some late sunshine possible. 20F/68F in the room. 15C/59F in the greenhouse.

 Up at 7.15am after being awake from 2.30-5am. I got up at 3.30 and stayed up until 5am. No obvious cause. 

 After hours of watching YouTube videos I started feeling dizzy. So I walked along the drive to fetch the recycling bin. It was only 200m but it's all exercise.

 I stomped on the fresh molehills on the West Lawn while I was out there. The hedges and trees are full of birds. Singing, raising the alarm and calling. Lots of warblers amongst them. 

 I needed a nap before lunch.

 15.30 Daily Icura App exercises completed. App misbehaving. Told I had completed today's exercises. When I hadn't started. Same as yesterday. I had to do a Forced Stop and Reopen. Still problems but I managed the exercises and approved them. It didn't want to let me judge the difficulty. Nor release me by closing the App afterwards. Round and round.   

 Dinner was sausage on fresh, wholegrain, bread rolls. A smidgen of brown sauce livened it up. Cutting the sausages open, lengthways, while still very hot from the frying pan, was interesting. 

 

 

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6.07.2026 Rain, rain go away..

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  Monday 6th 56F/13C [7.30] Overcast with 10mm of rain today. Wind steadily increasing. Cool, only reaching a peak of 16C/61F mid afternoon.  21C/70F in the room. 14C/57F in the greenhouse.

 Woke at 6 but got up at 7am. This is becoming a habit. Strange feeling. As if dizziness is waiting to pounce. My right ear continues to be deaf but makes deep noises. Like an intruder in the attic! Or more like water sloshing about  in there somewhere.   

 The security cameras have had a software update. The system now identifies cats with a paw symbol. Useful, I suppose, if you have never seen a cat before. It might even save one having to Google for it. 

 I'd be happier if it recognized the robot mower. While I can see it perfectly well on the screen. Trundling cheerfully up and down. The system doesn't register one as worthy of recording for posterity. It registers movements of the ponies in the field. You'd think it would see a robot mower as a small vehicle, but no. I wonder what else it is blind to?

 I had to go shopping for lunch and dinner tonight. With the rain continuing I went in the car. Expected to continue raining until tomorrow afternoon. 

Another 30C heatwave is promised for the near future.

 Most of the day was spent on YouTube. As I watched the rain on the security cameras. It was heavy enough to make it appear misty at times.

Dinner was a fry-up of sausage, egg on toast, beans and tomatoes. 

 

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