The end of summer?

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The weather forecasters have been telling us all week what a wonderful summer have had, and how it is going to be over any day now...... We are still getting into the low 20's but the nights are cooler, and now that we have put the clocks back it is getting dark earlier.

It has been a tiring and stressful week. It started for me with a full day's modelling at Hungry Creek. This was very good, but it is the first time I have done two 3-hour sessions back-to-back. When I got home I was really tiered. Work at Ubertec has been busy, as ever, and on Thursday it was my fathers funeral. Even though we are hours ahead of the UK, it still preoccupied me during the day. Then on Saturday I did some more MacOnSite work, and bought hiking trousers in preparation for a wet winter.

Nicky has been at work for some of every day this week, working 43 hours in total in four or five different libraries. Claire has had her usual week of museum, collecting Shani from school, cookery course and Whitcoulls. This week Claire cooked chilli-con-carni which none of particularly enjoyed, and banoffee pie which we all enjoyed very much. Claire took some pie into Whitcoulls too where it was also enjoyed.

Claire and I have had a gentle Sunday doing ironing and watching The Two Towers while Nicky was at work. Then Steve came over to play Scrabble with Nicky and after tea the three of us played mah jong.

And so life goes on.

Rick

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April 6, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Anonymous said…
Hi the Dowlings. It's good to read that things are going well. I'm sorry to read of your Father's death, Rick.

I am fascinated by this modelling work - who is this for?

Stuart Webb
April 6, 2008 at 11:06 PM
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