Thursday, 23 July 2020

Thursday 23 July:


Dawn walking as usual (and the weather was very much like early morning yesterday – broken cloud). As I set out of the house, I immediately came across fox with a bird(?) in its mouth walking towards me – before turning tail and running back to the end of the street. After last week’s sparrowhawk encounter, the top end of Mount Pleasant Terrace is clearly some sort of wildlife reserve!
Moira and I had morning coffee in the garden as the day brightened.
I’d ordered a book from StorySmith and actually went to the shop to collect it (duly face-masked)!
We had our ‘regular’ fortnightly Asda delivery – which is always good to receive.
Finished a marina boat sketch… still feel reluctant to sit outside and sketch insitu, which is a little sad.
Had a nice longish telephone call from Tom and we’ve provisionally agreed to get together next week(?) – perhaps at Ashton Court – for a social-distanced chat which will be very welcome.
Stu and Rosa came round to deliver stuff to Ruth’s studio and I chatted to Rosa on the stairs (while Moira+Stu talked in the garden about M working towards giving up dealing with Stu’s accounts – perhaps at the end of the financial year?). Rosa, as ever, was very amusing… and very excited at the prospect of becoming 11 tomorrow!
Read another chunk of Bernardine Evaristo’s really excellent book in the afternoon.
Put washing out on the line in the sunshine… but didn’t notice the rain at the end of the afternoon! Doh!
Watched another heat of ‘Landscape Artist of the Year 2019’… as you do.
Image: Flags celebrating 50th anniversary of SS Great Britain’s return to Bristol (great shame that coronavirus has hugely dented its plans).

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