Day 739

Wonders of wonders here i am again! Its been the hottest day of the year today and its still very warm.

Day in the garden. I noticed for the second day running no bird song, no bees hummimg and realised that this is the norm now. I cant remember a day when i have sat out and heard these normal summer day sounds. I wonder if its because the town has built up and the changes to our environment. Certainly nature seems to be drifting father away from us.
After we lost Mikey i still heard the owl outside his window that kept him awake nights at a time, but even he hasn't returned recently. I miss that screeching noise and the odd hoot.

My crows! they too have been very quite, i must get out and about more and see whats occurring.

This evening Tim took me out so i could see the harvest being gathered, i love this time of year from now until the end of October. The landscape is changing every day. The combines today were leaving clouds of dry dust in their wake and the horizon was scattered with these grimy coloured clouds. Tractors were moving at speed for a change, taking the crop to the silos, for the first time tonight i saw the grain store alight, farmers are working late it would appear. Only a few days of sunshine to get the crop in before the rain comes! I managed to get some snaps and will try and post them tomorrow. I have been busy all day, well at times during the day! printing off photos for my albums. Loads of them. Well we will not go there! i spent most of yesterdays blog reflecting the whys and where fores.

This evening Tom had me driving out to the back of beyond with some cycle lights!!! now who goes out in the evening unprepared. The things we do. I took the wrong turning, now that's about normal for me, no sense of direction hence my forthcoming travels will be by train! i thought Billericay was in Ireland, well not really but that's how bad i am! So a six point turn on a country lane with ditches on either side, not an experience i want to repeat! only to find him creeping about in the gloom trying to scare me witless when i found him! Some things don't change. Why he needs to be out in the sticks is beyond me but as he says, you have to try something different and i guess you do, but please, giving your mother a heart attack surely is a bit extreme!
Once he checked that there was batteries included! by using the headlights of the car, he announced he would see me tomorrow for dinner and he would be bringing his washing! I took that statement to be my marching orders! So i left him with his friends to fix the lights to his bike and eventually find his way home.

This time last week we were getting settled for the Wicken adventure how time really does fly.

Its still odd how i have these waves of sadness, followed by good memories of Mikey, never seem to have one without the other. Mike remains constantly in our minds and today he would have loved it. He would have been n his shorts, no socks with his trainers, laces undone, baseball hat and his shades! but that would have been on a good day and he didn't get many of those towards the end of his summer.

The computer is still playing up! full of Trojans that i swept out today still may have to have Dave back to sort it again. Tim will love that!

I'm going to watch another episode of the  Game of Thrones whilst i stick my pics in order of dates in the books! I will then try to sleep, ah well tomorrow is another day................