I am one of those annoying people who really doesn't mind any type of weather and can genuinely find benefits in all of them. Now, be fair, this is an asset, surely, in countries like ours!
Today is a case in point; it has been dull and gloomy, and now rainy, ALL day. I rub my internal hands together and think, aaah, a great day for just being in all day, doing those little jobs which we LIKE to put off for a rainy day OR, even better, for phoning friends we haven't spoken to for ages (as I have been doing since yesterday - gorgeous!).
I had sorted all my favourite pictures from last year's many calendars, all landscapes or trees or the beautiful things that family and friends know I love. I gave the tiled wall in the kitchen its once yearly fairy-liquid winter-clean and this afternoon, have spread out my collection and positioned them, for a change, to my satisfaction at the first go.
I actually based the idea on best friend S's mum's kitchen which I visited once many years ago. She had pictures up and down the walls and they looked marvellous. She said she preferred them where she could see them all the time. My efforts are part of her legacy to the world, I reckon.
I have taken a photo of them and posted it on our family whatsapp site, dubbing it 'Kitchen gallery 2017'. Some of the family who understand my ways and like to humour me have commented; daughter no. 1 'Lovely', son no.2 'Nice hang, Mum', granddaughter no.1 'Lovely, Gran'.
So, come rain or shine, it's all one with me.
The very best thing was, of course, the chats. I was poorly too, so I was actually, for a change, on lighter duties. Old school friend, T, over the phone, said it sounded like the Queen's flu so if it's good enough for Her Lovely Majesty, it has to be good enough for me.
