… ask a busy person. I have no idea where the last few weeks have gone, or why my blog is so late, given my work list is supposedly short in June and July.
June started with a nice gentle day at Little Downham for Horse & Hound, where I was kept entertained by Garry & Cala Russell, however Blaston Show was my main focus of the month and it totally lived up to its billing.
It is the most charming country show, with everything from cattle, sheep and pygmy goats to horses, classic cars and vintage tractors – I adored watching the ‘Best Biscuit Catcher’ class in the dog show. It really is a great day out, always on the last Sunday in June so if you live in the Midlands, put the date in your diary (for anyone that was there, Leigh Goodsell took some cracking photos, including the biscuit catching dog on the left).
I also had one of my greatest friends, and her inexhaustible flat coat retriever, to stay. I discovered walks that I never knew existed and it was the perfect excuse to switch my computer off for much of the day. My new ‘swing seat’ (in place of a sofa) had just been installed so we spent very silly evenings testing its capacity while planning a trip to Finland to see the Northern Lights this winter.
Apart from that my calendar gives no clues as to how it is suddenly the middle of July. My mother’s house is now sold – end of an era, and I’ve been airborne a couple of times. I slotted in another horse trials, Great Witchingham, for Horse & Hound and my own horse is a little fitter – however, the garden remains unweeded and I’ve given up on the belief that I might finally paint the windows.
I have been accused of not blogging because I have lost the last 2 rounds of the White Rabbit contest – when I say lost, I mean that I let said ex-boyfriend win (of course!) – so will allow him his moment of glory, it will be short-lived. Now I must go in search of a present for another old friend who’s holding a 25th wedding anniversary party this weekend. Yikes, I only lasted 5!