Monday 30th June - tooooo hot

 Suddenly, in the afternoon, I couldn't bear to be indoors another moment. It was so hot, and the air so still in spite of every window and door (except the front door) being wide open.

BB helped me transfer myself to underneath the apple tree with books and coffee and writing stuff and drawing stuff and painting stuff and O2 cylinders (2) and a cushion... I was settled in for a good long stay!

Inside the leafy cave it was cool and shady and there was a breathe of air - it was definitely cooler, slightly fresher.

I finished writing up my holiday diary, did some drawing,  partly of the holiday,  partly of what I saw around me;

Until it was time to go back inside several hours later. It's going to be the sane tomorrow;

Whenever I am sure I'm going to melt, I reread this entry for 14th June, the second one, from a collection of diary entries for each day, in an old book I found;

('Starved' is an old-fashioned word for feeling very cold)

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Cover Story; Ang and I both received our parcels from each other today. I'm going to send her a picture of her work and as she forgot to do that before she posted it.  So I'll share my pictures of both pieces tomorrow. Now comes the final part of fitting it onto a notebook; I might have to buy one first!

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Music

It's still much too hot for Tchaikovsky or Elgar or Dvorak. But this tinkly piano piece is perfect. I'd run out of inspiration and turned to my copy of 'A Year of Wonder' by Clemency Burton-Hill for ideas. This was her choice for 28th June.

I remember teaching this; such a gorgeous piece to play as well.