Sunshine

It seems strange to get up at 6:30 to greet Ellie. It has been a while since I last had to do that. I was suitably delighted by the small package that Jasper had left for me to clear up before I got around to making my coffee. Just as I started the coffee maker, Ellie arrived, gave me a cuddle and headed upstairs to get into bed with Nana. The rest of the morning procedure ran on time, and it was lovely to see sunshine when we left for school.

The sunshine lasted most of the day and certainly made my morning walk enjoyable. Everyone I passed seemed to have a spring in their step, and we exchanged a hearty "Hello" as we passed.

Once home, I tucked into my porridge, then, as Di went up to her sewing room, I went to the study. Di spent much of the day rearranging the sewing room. I helped when a bit of muscle was required. The rest of the day, I spent working on my video editing. Well, actually, it wasn't so much video editing as creating a simple way of creating a common branding for my title pages. I had tried this yesterday, and it wasn't bad. Today, I wanted to refine the process and document the whole thing for the future. I explored several different approaches, and I am now fairly happy that I have found a good method.

We collected Ellie from school and stopped off at the park for a while on the way back. We were not there for long, as Zoe was ready to collect Ellie and take her home. After they had gone, we settled down in the Orangery (which was delightfully warm) for an hour before I started on dinner.