Father's Day

 It has been a smashing day, the weather was perfect, and the family came to celebrate Father's Day. What else could I want?

I was up just before 7:00 and was surprised when Diane came down about 20 minutes later. We sat and enjoyed a very leisurely breakfast while reading the overnight news and social media. Kim and Jon, Zoe and Ellie were due later but while Diane pottered I experimented some more with the radio/dashboard project (using Plan C). I am pretty sure this could work, but suspect I would need the chargeable version of the software. At the moment I am not willing to commit to that.

Zoe and Ellie turned up mid-morning. Zoe (with Ellie's inestimable help) was going to prepare and cook lunch for us all. She got stuck in straight away and I hovered nearby in case there was anything she couldn't find. She cooked a huge joint of beef with all the trimmings. Kim and Jon turned up a while later. Kim looked exhausted from her long week (and her fibromyalgia had flared up); she only had one more week to go, and then her University course would finish for the summer.

We settled down for lunch and then after a bit of clearing away and the first dishwasher load underway, Kim and Jon went home to give Kim some time to rest. The rest of us sat out in the sunshine chatting throughout the afternoon. Zoe and Ellie left late in the afternoon and We did some more clearing away and fired up another load in the dishwasher. That was it - all done. It really had been a lovely day and I am blessed to have such a wonderful family.