Mama's: Stunning September

Friday 4 October 2019

Stunning September

Well, by the middle of September, July and August had vanished in a blur. However, the weather did not disappoint, and by the third week of the month, the sun was as warm as the summer months. September 21st, the 'beginning of autumn', was hot, sunny and delightful.

Inbetween, it was back to school and catching up at home with a vengeance and we were both very busy. The children seemed to have come back intent on obtaining individual attention by any means: not easy when there are 21 in the class! All lovely individuals, though. One boy, C, is especially kind-hearted and helpful to others, unobtrusively comforting and assisting his neighbour in trouble. In addition, when I had changed out of PE kit after lunch, he blurted out in front of the class I like your top!" Then another child started to discuss the pattern on my brightly coloured shirt, somewhat inarticulately - eventually I realised he was talking about Aboriginal art. You've got to love ten year olds....

Still, they are hard work sometimes. I hear my colleague give the same instruction on repeat, time after time after time...

I've carried on cycling to school, sometimes with my 'old' bike, laden with panniers and wide tyres; often with the electric bike. Yet another motoroist delighted me one morning when, drawing up behind me at traffic lights, he got out of his car and berated the driver of the car in front who had cut in on me dangerously and unnecessarily. Absolutely MADE MY DAY.

Richard has been super busy cleaning and tidying up the motorhome, ready for its service in England next month, and doing all kinds of maintenance and catch up jobs. Not least the garden...so many hedges to cut.

Meanwhile, I try to retain some measure of individual 'freedom', as far as I am able when back at work full time. Small delights: picking blackberries or a walk on the cliffs...a quick excursion with a bodyboard to catch the surf... catching up with friends over tea, coffee, breakfast, supper... celebrating a 60th birthday milestone... going to hear Graham Kendrick in concert: a wonderful, worshipful evening.