Early-Summer Day

It was an absolutely stunning day in Wales today. Beautiful, warm sunshine, a clear sky, a slight breeze to relieve the heat. I’ve become accustomed enough to the way British weather behaves with the kind of climate change we’ve been experiencing over the last decade to realise that this might be the best of the summer, even if it isn’t officially summer yet. So, me and the boys and Maya (our dog) went down to the river Usk to enjoy what might be a brief summer.

Mr D. dressed up in his explorer outfit and went looking for dinosaurs among the buttercups and long grass (we were chased by T. Rexes and raptors for most of the walk); Baby X fell asleep in his pushchair. Maya, who is getting on a bit, trudged gamely if not 100% enthusiastically behind.

Now Mr D is playing in his paddling pool and I’m going to watch a bit of rugby.

We’re going to America at the end of July this year and staying for a bit month. So, I’ve decided my target is to write a complete novel before we go! (To be fair, this is going to be a chapter book, probably about 10,000 words, which sounds a little less impressive, so I’m going to say: I’m going to write a whole novel!)