Squirrels, Sun and Socialising

No work to do today so the first day of a long weekend. The forecast was for the weather to break with storms today, but it has been hot and dry again. I sat in the garden this morning supposedly doing a bit of writing and research, but actually mostly procrastinating. I also did some yoga and used an aubergine that came in the veg box to make babaganoush for lunch. I added chilli powder and it came out a bit on the spicy side.

In the afternoon we visited our former neighbours (and TG's godparents) who now live about 30 minutes ago when they are in the UK (they also have a home in Spain). We had a Zoom dinner party with them in April, but haven't seen them in person since before the lockdown. We had been worried it might rain, but in fact it was more of a struggle to keep cool in their garden, and definitely not worries about getting wet!

We had ordered fish and chips for dinner, which was lovely but with hindsight a bit too heavy for a very hot day when I had spent a bit too much time in the sun, and my stomach is now complaining that I have eaten too much. We decided to try to walk some of the food off, and did a 3 mile circuit round the canal. This plump squirrel on the edge of the tow path was much too interested in his food to bother moving very far or fast, so I was able to get a decent photo of him with my phone.

H kept herself happily occupied today making cupcakes for M and I to take to a (small, outdoor and socially distanced) birthday party tomorrow. Myself and one of our band friends are both celebrating 60th birthdays this year so had planned a joint 120th birthday party - she has already had her birthday, mined is later in the year. We had hired a canal boat for the day, but have had to postpone that as we would not be able to socially distance on a boat; a bring-your-own-food picnic in a garden will let us celebrate more safely.