some day we'll find it

[pensnest]

*So* much singing. A weekend with one chorus, a day with another, and a weekend in Harrogate with *all* the choruses for Convention. Sadly, our score went down again, and we really don't know why as the mixed chorus is singing better than we did last year. Ah well. Bunch of curmudgeons in the judging seats, no doubt. We shall go and sing to cosy audiences in churches or village halls and they will be delighted.

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Over 30C today and yesterday. Meep. The forecast for tomorrow keeps creeping up (from 16 to 20 so far) but at least it should be civilised. And then we settle in for a spell of mid-20s which should be rather pleasant. I hope.

As I went out to water the plants this evening I was delighted to see a very sprightly hedgehog scuttle all the way across the garden.

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Too much hotth. Bedtime.

Comments

[wenchpixie]

Sounds like a lovely weekend, curmugeons notwithstanding.


I hope you are not too boiling and manage to get some respite

[pensnest]

Dear me, but Monday and Tuesday were hard work! I am not built for 30+ degrees.

[turps]

I hope you still enjoyed your weekend of singing despite the score.

Kayleigh found a sick hedgehog in her garden the other week and an animal rescue came to get it. I went with James to pick it up and bring it back home once it was well, and what an adorable thing it was. And what a wonderful rescue, full of so many recovering hedgies.

[pensnest]

I'm glad Kayleigh's hedgehog got a place in the rescue—when I found a sick one, the local hedgehog help had no room. I don't know what happened to it. But it was delightful to see one sprinting merrily!

[rikes]

Hedgehog sighting, yay!

Every time I see one in the wild (well this makes it sound like it happens a lot, it doesn't) I think they look surprisingly... long? IDK, is it just me?

[turlough]

Nope, not just you. In photos they always look nicely rounded but when I see one trundling along they're so much longer and flatter.

[pensnest]

Yes! We're so used to seeing them in tight balls, or flat. I'm glad the cat didn't see it, though she and Fluffy had a hedgehog encounter years ago that may have taught them a lasting lesson.

[turlough]

Boo for cranky old judges!

I really hope your weather's still pleasant instead of horrible *keeps fingers crossed* We've managed to avoid most of the European heat wave this time.

Hedgehog!

[pensnest]

It's in the mid-twenties now, which is rather nice, though nicer with sunshine than overcast, which is all too common. Grump.