It's been a grey day today. We had a little rain in the night but nothing like the forecast heavy rain, nor has it rained again today. It's just been a nothing sort of day with a low sky and no sounds of any activity from outside. I think everyone has stayed under the duvet.
On this day last year, we were celebrating a wedding in Marbella and the lucky couple are now second honeymooning in Barbados while the rest of us make do with watching the opening rounds of Roland Garros (hard to believe it's another year already) and the Monaco Grand Prix.
He Who Can Fix Anything has been hard at it, starting with replacing the kitchen lights (only been out for two weeks now) and then heading into his garage for some metal cutting and welding. He has had to put up two more shelves in the garage for all the racing trophies. He is currently leading the field again so it seems as though more trophies are heading his way. Things didn't go quite according to plan to start with (the metal cutting) and the air was filled with more colourful language than you would expect to hear late at night in a bar after a rugby match. The neighbours all closed their windows and blinds - but that could have had something to do with the cold weather. I stayed safely upstairs in the kitchen making soup with my headphones on.
Eventually all was sorted out and the new brackets fitted to the wall and planks fixed in place and the air resumed its natural colour. We then lounged under the duvet while we enjoyed a very eventful Monaco Grand Prix and some less eventful but equally enjoyable pea soup and croutons - in keeping with the French theme of the day.
As the day draws to an end, it still hasn't rained as promised, and HWCFA is making suggestions about taking a walk along the seafront with the dogs. The smell of freshly turned seaweed on a spring high tide is pungent in the air and it will no doubt do us good to have a bit of exercise after such a lazy day, but the thought doesn't fill me with enthusiasm. I'd rather cuddle up on the couch and watch tennis.
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