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 It was gone seven before I emerged this morning. The rain was pounding down, but it was already getting light outside. Having taken Di a cup of tea in bed, I enjoyed a coffee while reading the news. Being Saturday, I had the Zoom call with my cousins, so my walk would have to wait (but given the rain, that wasn't a hardship).

The call followed the usual ramblings, though I introduced some of the newspaper clippings that I had gathered during the week. We didn't delve too deeply into the cousin who was fined for stealing a traffic cone, but we did comment on the press report of his sister's wedding. That moved the conversation to a branch of their family that they knew little about. I was able to download a simple summary of the family and share it with them on the call.

Much of the remainder of the morning was spent working through the press clippings and filing them against the correct individuals. I still have a few to go, but I made good progress.

By late morning, the rain had ceased, and the forecast suggested it would remain dry for the remainder of the day. I changed my shoes, put on my jacket and headed out for my daily walk. My AirPods chatted away as I walked, and I am about 5 minutes from the end of my current audiobook. I already have another lined up, so I can seamlessly move on when the current book finishes.

After some lunch, I returned to the family tree research until I was interrupted by the postman. He was delivering my latest printed journal. This distracted me from my research, and I spent a while reading through the finished article.

I must say that I am delighted with the results.

The rest of the afternoon was spent finishing my current Kindle book and starting on a new one. I had finished the first few chapters before stopping to prepare this evening's dinner.