No news yesterday, and today the political news today has been astonishing, one thing after another!
I gather Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries resigned last night, and then a couple more resignations today. Whatever one's political affiliations are, it is all a bit startling.
(Please remember that this is not a space for political discussions! As with Brexit, opinion is divided in my wider family and calm discussions are best achieved by acknowledging our differences and then just Not speaking about it. There is plenty of 'sturm and drang'* on twitter if you want to join in over there)
I much prefer talking about the weather... Summer has arrived with hardly any Spring, as in warm balmy days. We woke up this morning thinking we should have had all the windows and the door open, as in the hot months last year. And have we switched to the summer duvet? I can't remember. And tonight I shall look out my summer nightdresses (short sleeves).
Friends came round for a cup of tea at about half past 4. We sat in the shade of the apple tree, relishing the breeze, serenaded by an enthusiastic blackbird, eating the shortbread that she brought back as a present from a recent trip to Scotland (delicious, made by someone called Chrystal, if you see it, try some!). This time she brought a punnet of huge ripe strawberries from the local co-op. Strawberries and shortbread, what a heavenly combination.
Now that's the kind of news I like...
*Sturm und Drang comes from German, where it literally means "storm and stress." Although it’s now a generic synonym of "turmoil," the term was originally used in English to identify a late 18th-century German literary movement whose works were filled with rousing action and high emotionalism
From the Merriman online dictionary
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