Hot, even hotter, a few spots of rain, cooler but humid and then sunny and hot but not too hot ............... we love our English weather and talking about it!
After deciding it was too hot for our Keep Moving Group on Tuesday thank goodness it was cooler for the Arthritis Management and Exercise group - couldn't really drop out of that one.
The tennis watching has taken priority over everything else all week - except doing the necessary things, even the shopping trip was very early to get home again in plenty of time for the start.
Got myself a new Take-a-Break puzzle magazine while I was out- I always start with the 16 x 16 Sudoku - but never get to finish it by the time I've done almost all of the other 160 different puzzles in the book. Word-searches are my least favourite but I do enjoy the codewords and piece words. There must be a trick to the big Sudoku that I don't know.
In between watching tennis I've been reading 'The Wild' by Kristin Hannah - it is a good read, although it keeps making me cry so I'm not reading much at a time. I've only gone and ordered another of her books that the library don't have. Luckily abebooks had a cheap copy. I decided one second-hand book a month is 'allowed' (unless I go to a charity book sale then there is no limit!)
So many jobs undone and too much heat meant that Friday morning I really had to get outside early and get on with some garden stuff. Scraping weeds out of patio joints - Again - pouring boiling water on the roots remaining - Again. I cut all the dead heads off the huge red rose out the front border too, hope it will encourage more to grow. The front border is as hard as concrete - the grass in the back garden is getter browner. No rain forecast to help either.
Beans, cucumber and courgettes from the garden - so all is well in Suffolk!
And Cam Norrie and Sonay Kartal both got through to the 4th round. Emma Raducanu was still playing when I turned off the lap top so I hope she got through too. There are several Brits still in the doubles , they don't get much of a mention.
Have a good weekend - I'll be back Monday.
Glad you're enjoying Wimbledon. I had a couple of days when I did very little in the hot temperatures and I've been scrambling a bit since, so much to do in the garden. I wish we hadn't planted so many currant bushes!
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I never enjoyed picking currants at the smallholding, needed so many to fill a punnet even though I picked them in bunches. Despite the scratches gooseberries were better and sold well too
DeleteYou can’t beat Beans, cucumbers, and courgettes from the garden. 😊
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to have just a few things home grown
DeleteWe're promised more heat next week. Shouldn't complain, it is summer, after all, but a bit of balance wouldn't go amiss!
ReplyDeleteRain to spoil Sunday then fine again and like you say - getting hotter
DeleteBy now, you probably know what happened with tennis. I will just say this, the final score didn't do justice to the quality of the tennis that was played. There's nothing but sport on these days. Tennis. Rugby. Football. Tour de France. And I'm sure I saw something else I wasn't expecting to see as I was flicking through the channels.
ReplyDeleteTennis will do for me for another week. Then I'll see what's next
DeleteI've just started 'The Nightingale'by Kristin Hannah - only read 4 chapters so far. It's set quite a lot in WW2, I believe. Louise
ReplyDeleteI loved it - read it back in January
DeleteI've recently got back into sudoku, and I'm having to start at easy level as it's years since I last did one. I always feel it must be quite good for the ageing brain cells!
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
I'm OK at 9 x 9 sudoko but the 16 x 16 drives me nuts!
DeleteThanks for the recommendation of Christina Koning books. I downloaded the first one yesterday and enjoyed reading last night. Too much traffic for me to face the July 4 fireworks, but I could hear them about 5 miles away from me.
ReplyDeleteBonnie in Minneapolis
Hope you enjoy the books
DeleteI’m loving the tennis! I thought that Emma Radacunu did herself proud and she played so well. Having been a Federer admirer for so many years, I’m now backing Carlos Alcaraz! Enjoy Wimbledon! 😁
ReplyDeleteHoping for Cam Norrie to go further but if not then I hope Alcaraz wins
DeleteMy husband loves sudoku puzzles. I'll ask him what the "trick" is, to solving the 16x16 ones. Have a lovely weekend & try to keep cool. Love, Andrea xoxo
ReplyDelete9 x 9 normal Sudoku is OK but I get stuck on 16 x 16
DeleteI'm getting really good at ignoring the weeds that are coming up in my garden. As long as they look green and blend in with the ground cover there, I don't mind them at all. ;)
ReplyDeleteWeeds still grow even with no rain and heat !
DeleteI have tried to do sudoku, and I have never managed to complete one. I'm sure that there is some trick that I am missing, but I don't know anyone who actually does them. My favorite is the code words too. I am waiting most patiently for my garden plot to actually bring forth food! I can always nibble on a stalk of oregano, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteThere are books that have easy to hard Sudoku puzzles but having someone to help would be good to get started. I even showed my Brother-in=law how to do them and he doesn't do any other puzzle type things
DeleteSadly, it hasn't been too hot for anything here. And it's currently pouring with rain! X
ReplyDeleteWe've certainly had the driest weather here in the East as usual.
DeleteMy husband likes doing the Sudoku puzzles. I can only manage word finds lol. I do like the ones where you have to work out who did what.
ReplyDeleteI've read a couple of Kristin Hannah books. They are quite good, but lately I've wanted light reads, something to make me smile.
KH is an author that I've only found recently but the library only have her most recent. 'Wild' was a happy tears book!
DeleteLOL, talking about the weather here is the great Canadian past time. I have decided not to complain too much about the heat, as in about 6 months (if that) things will be cold and snowy here once again. We do need some more rain though.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I'm glad it's not just us who like to talk about the weather
DeleteStreaming means we haven't been keeping up with tennis. Hubs wants me to do something about that so he can enjoy the Tour de France.
ReplyDeleteI am envious that your garden is producing edible produce. It's too early for us -- but scorching hot too!
It's good to have just a few bits - at the smallholding we had so much .
DeleteI've spent a lot of time this week trying to find a way to hang my tomato plant somewhere the rabbits and squirrels can't get it but maybe some kind of shelf like yours would work instead.
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