Went for a walk with the dog this afternoon and caught the tail end of a shower. The temperature is still pretty high for this time of year (17.5C) The acorns have started swelling on the oak trees and in some places the heather is turning brown. I guess that means that summer has come to an end. As you can see from the photo it is a particularly brooding sort of day.
We are spoilt for beautiful places around us – lots of good walks and picnic spots. I used to like climbing hills and even the odd mountain, but that is much more of a challenge nowadays. It is amazing how quickly the days go by. Today has been the odd bit of computing, a bit of housework, a potter and tidy up of magazines and papers, lunch (soup) and a snooze, then a walk, followed by coffee from a flask and some time idly gazing at the river (in good company of course)…….. and will now include more computing, a bit of a read and maybe some TV after a good meal. I have worked out that wall to wall NCIS recordings in the evenings make for a restless sleep; the answer is very simple – finish with an episode of the Waltons on DVD.
I suppose you could say it is a nothing kind of day. Amazing how enjoyable the weekends are in retirement.
“Nothing kind of days” are often the sweetest, aren’t they?
It’s good to know that, even in retirement, weekends are enjoyable. I worry that I won’t enjoy weekends if the weekdays already feel like weekends. I guess the answer lies in creating routines where the weekdays are perhaps more organized.
You’re right, Marcia, it is important to have the weekends as different. I feel for those who have to regularly work weekends, but then I hope they can build in a pseudo-weekend routine into their own lives. This “nothing kind of day” is brill!
I must confess I do not have the discipline of a schedule in my daily life, so what makes my weekend different is the way the schedules of others differ and how I must accomodate that. But I am working on it. The days do go quickly and tend to blend into one another.
Lovely scenery around you. I live in an urban environment, residential but urban. I have to get in my car to seek out nature and I don’t do enough of that either.
Blessings to you, Freda, as you remind me how rich my retirement can be.
We too were caught this afternoon as we raced down Toward Hill to the car with the clouds advancing over the Kyles – the clouds won and we were soaked. Great rainbow, though!
I love it when you write about simple goings-on in your life…and of course I love your photography. This particular post was extremely peace-giving, mind-soothing, almost like a sweet song. And I thank you for the respite, Freda.