Saturday 11th - All Sorts

 Today is the beginning of the two busy birthday months, (and there was DiL's at the end of last month too) some just birthday cards, others cards and presents. Eldest granddaughter is 9 today and a nephews birthday too - he must be around 41-ish. Then there is youngest grandson's 4th birthday on the 13th and son's on the 17th, poor old fella will be 44. Then more cards and a couple of presents in November, and at the same time Christmas presents need sorting  as well - complicated on the buying presents front! Thank goodness for amazon - who can deliver straight to grandchildren.

The lovely colours on the vine against the blue sky early in the week. It's on a piece of trellis by the shed and I have to cut it back so many times through the summer that I often think it's a real nuisance. 

But then the colours in autumn persuade me to keep it for a while longer.

I've had a quiet week reading and not going far after being a bit  unwell last weekend,  hopefully antibiotics are sorting me out, something I've not needed for many, many years. I'm going to have to watch out for foods that effect me even more than before.

One of the books I read was a re-read  of Susan Hill's Book "Howard's End is on the Landing" which is her book about reading only her own books for a year. I'm sure I enjoyed it first time but second time not so much. Then I read two other old crime fiction that I'd bought cheap off abebooks a while ago as they are part of a series and too old for the library to still have. Need to decide which other of my own books to read before the mobile library is bringing me a bagful next week. Choosing which of my own to read is hard!

This is new - it popped up on the post compose page...............

Google Search links: Based on your blog content, Blogger will automatically identify key words and phrases in your post and insert search links in case your readers want to explore more. In Compose View, look for the pencil icon at the top-right of the page to get started.

I clicked on the pencil icon to see what happened and links appeared all over the place and I had to undo them all individually. aaaagh!

We've probably all got used to blogger throwing in changes with no warning but do readers want to "explore more". And I can put in my own links Thank You Very Much! 

Did anyone watch the much publicised 'Celebrity Traitors' - oh my - I found it dreadful - half an episode was enough. One celeb on their own is OK, even 2, 3 or 4 is not too bad - as on Have I got News For You or Richard Osman's House of Games but all that lot at once NO, NO.

Another thing watched was episode one of Murder before Evensong - the TV adaptation of the Rev Richard Coles book - didn't think much of that either!

But for something completely different that I do love -  Ed Sheeran's new release 

and the latest from Lewis Capaldi too.

Back Monday - fine weather forecast here for the weekend - have a good one whatever your weather.