Already the river has risen which is welcome after the year's drought.
Already the river has risen which is welcome after the year's drought.

Foregoing a trip to Horning in view of the torrential rain that fell today and doing computer work all day, editing Focus and updating my journal. I gave the girls a lift to the bus stop and Della was fine for a change.

Already the river has risen which is welcome after the year's drought. Time out also to watch the opening day in the Ryder Cup where Europe fell behind the United States on a new seaside golf course in the United States.

Not a great deal of sleep last night, but still up and to breakfast in time to eat the meal with the girls. I gave Della her morning piggy-back and let her feed the fish and then, because it was pouring with rain, I loaded both her and Debbie into the back of the Range Rover and dropped them off at the school bus stop. There was no problem with Della this morning and she went off without difficulty for the first time on a Friday. I was thinking of going to Heronshaw for a couple of days but opted to stay at home and do some computer work because of the weather and my other priorities.

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I spent the first part of the day updating my journal and editing the entries for the last couple of weeks and then the rest of it editing the copy for the FOCUS and writing my own stories for Little Paxton. Also spent some time looking after the doves because the youngsters had become completely bedraggled with the torrential rain that fell today. Already the river has risen which is welcome after the year's drought. Time out also to watch the opening day in the Ryder Cup where Europe fell behind the United States on a new seaside golf course in the United States.