Friday, 19 June 2026

Rainy grey day

 Some chores and a little bit of jigsaw before making my way to Dunkeld. Through the village this time as it had rained heavily in the night and was still raining so the river path was likely to be quite muddy. I went and bought a few bit from the archive shop for Darren as they don’t open over the weekend. Had a quick drink and then met up with Tina at the cathedral for another concert, this time  it was called Plaidsong and a couple telling local tales and singing some of the traditional songs. I didn’t manage to catch all of the words this time and I did adjust the hearing aids, but the singing was lovely.

Had lunch in Dunkeld with Tina as she had a meeting in the village. I walked home, still raining so plenty of water has come down today.
I took some photos of the plants, the third one is the two oak saplings given to me by William, they have taken well and one of them has new growth.

We did watch some tennis when Tina got back and then Darren arrived. Next time he comes up he won’t be going away again, which will be great. I decided to draw my oldest bonsai tree I think I have had it for about twenty years, maybe a bit more!
I am sticking with the exercises, no improvement so far and more discomfort, early days though!

2 comments:

  1. That’s the only disadvantage to the river path. When it’s wet it’s not only muddy, but probably treacherous too. You definitely don’t need any accidents!
    You really are getting a few concerts in. I think it’s great. I’d go to them too if I was up there. I struggle at times to make out actual words when I hear singing. Maybe I should get my ears tested. Maybe your aids need a bit of adjustment. But it doesn’t actually matter as the music and singing are good enough.
    Your plants look nice and healthy in those pics. The oaks are coming on well.
    It’s good that Darren won’t have to keep doing all that driving. It takes it out of you. It’ll be strange for him not having to return next time, but hopefully he’ll soon settle into a routine.
    That’s another great sketch. I love that.
    I do hope you start to see a bit of improvement from the exercises. More discomfort isn’t good either! How much longer are you going to give them?

    ReplyDelete
  2. I will keep going with the exercises for another week at least unless the extra pain gets ridiculous!. Darren and Tina wandered down to the river this evening and said it is very muddy on the path.
    The concerts are great and free, although I do put a donation in. A shame there were only about twenty of us watching today.
    Most of the plants are healthy in the garden which is good, and they won’t need watering for a while now!

    ReplyDelete