The day began warm and carried on getting warmer and warmer. Right now I'm very glad of the breeze which is blowing in through the window next to me. Having open doors at either end of the house also helps.
Once I'd been revived by the tea helpfully brought to me by Peter I had a very good morning. I had just got up when one of the builders arrived at 8.00 to reposition the porch letter box. For the sake of an hour's work and one extra concrete block we now have a letter box at the front of the porch. And the letters will land on the bench seat that is going to be built across that end of the porch. It sounds like the rest of the porch is being delivered to the builder this week so hopefully work will continue soon.
Then as we were eating breakfast Peter spotted a dolphin fishing close to shore. It was in such shallow water that it left a wake on the surface as it circled the fish it was hunting. I've not seen the dolphins that often this year so the sighting made the morning special.
After breakfast we headed off to Mach to meet up with our friends to practise our Welsh. It's been a while since we met up in the library since even with only four of us it's hard to find a mutually convenient time.
Afterwards we went to the Café Owain Glyndwr for lunch to mark the end of our fourth year of learning Welsh together. Next year our lessons will be three instead of two hours so we should progress a bit more quickly. For lunch Peter had ham, eggs and chips with really nice ham and I had a bowl of carrot and sweet potato soup. Unlike last time when I found the bacon and lentil soup too salty this soup was perfect with a good kick of black pepper which is one of my favourite spices.
Afterwards Peter went to play pool while I drove home. I took a chance and did some washing which has almost dried out on the line.
Then I painted some more shields this time using paint for concrete floors. As it is not water based I didn't want to waste a paint brush but used an old toothbrush to dollop on the strange grey paint. I think it might be textured because it feels as if there is a lot of sand at the bottom of the tin. It doesn't matter so long as it works on cardboard.
I did some dead heading and used up the water from the water butt in the back garden which was beginning to smell stagnant. That butt fills very quickly with the water from the garage roof, one night of rain and it will be full again.
I did some sewing too, gathering the neckline of a top and even found time to sit outside during a sunny and very hot spell.