The sun has done a good job - the water in my pool has warmed up considerably in the last few sunny days, and I spend a lot of time in and around it. Alpinita swims like a young dog, and I am glad because the pool is no great danger to her any longer.
We reconquer the old house together step by step - take out things I had put into cupboards, choose clothes I can still wear, put objects and furniture to where I think they belong. The shrubs and bushes in my garden need a good trim, trees will have to be cut in autumn, all looks a little wild, with its high grass and the flowers everywhere. But I love it - noone can see me in here and I may look like Eve in Paradise when I walk around to take in the familiar, but almost forgotten sights.
I have begun to swim again early in the morning and in the evening when Alpinita sleeps and the moon has come up. I have just come in now - my hair still dripping and with some gooseflesh as it is a little chilly. But I don't plan to put on anything for bed - old customs do not die easily. |