Today I had lots of stuff to do, some left over from yesterday. I did make sure to go outside and enjoy the sun for a bit. I got a much-needed nanny nap in, too, but not enough. Tomorrow I am going with Old Flame to have a cup of tea and a chat with NZ Man, I'm hoping on the deck in the sun.
It isn't a bank holiday here, just an ordinary weekend. There is a music festival on, which I would go to if I had the energy and money and health to go to. But I have my memories and did enjoy a live set with Alice Keith on Friday night on the radio from the Blues Fast earlier this year. Great sound quality. She was interviewing Graham Nash and he played three songs. Then she interviewed and played other artists. Yes, very enjoyable and better than being there in a lot of ways - not cold, not tired and not outside a venue wishing I could get in but it being too crowded.
I usually don't enjoy shopping because of the financial pressure ie having to watch every penny - and then some! Also, once you get kids, shopping becomes an unenjoyable event because they always want things (and aren't things always displayed so they want them?) and sometimes downright traumatic when one of them throws a tantrum. So, that's pretty much put me off shopping. But occasionally I enjoy a good shop and do a lot of browsing and bring some treasures home.
Baking, knitting, sewing, writing letters, getting on the net. Heck, one can even do housework on rainy days. It always feels good to clean up a room. But the best thing is to do some drawing and/or painting, and amazingly the paint even dries except oil paints. Put the pot plants out in the rain - they love it! - and bring them back in later. I love listening to the sound of the rain on the roof while do these things. I usually commiserate with the chooks (and cat when I had one) and give them some extra treats - them and the wild birds who are often hungry on such days if their blossoms get washed out etc. I also enjoy going out on rainy days, especially the misty days we get here. We think nothing of standing around in the rain talking to each other as we don't get more than slightly wet and it's a warm climate. When younger I used to love hopping/jumping over the puddles (this until a year or so ago) and if you hang your clothes up we you get home they soon dry out. Heck, I've even watched a movie (Forest Gump) in steaming wet clothes after being at a son's soccer match because the family we stopped off at for some reason wanted to watch it! By the time it was finished I was more or less dry and I didn't catch cold or anything :)
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It isn't a bank holiday here, just an ordinary weekend. There is a music festival on, which I would go to if I had the energy and money and health to go to. But I have my memories and did enjoy a live set with Alice Keith on Friday night on the radio from the Blues Fast earlier this year. Great sound quality. She was interviewing Graham Nash and he played three songs. Then she interviewed and played other artists. Yes, very enjoyable and better than being there in a lot of ways - not cold, not tired and not outside a venue wishing I could get in but it being too crowded.
I usually don't enjoy shopping because of the financial pressure ie having to watch every penny - and then some! Also, once you get kids, shopping becomes an unenjoyable event because they always want things (and aren't things always displayed so they want them?) and sometimes downright traumatic when one of them throws a tantrum. So, that's pretty much put me off shopping. But occasionally I enjoy a good shop and do a lot of browsing and bring some treasures home.
Baking, knitting, sewing, writing letters, getting on the net. Heck, one can even do housework on rainy days. It always feels good to clean up a room. But the best thing is to do some drawing and/or painting, and amazingly the paint even dries except oil paints. Put the pot plants out in the rain - they love it! - and bring them back in later. I love listening to the sound of the rain on the roof while do these things. I usually commiserate with the chooks (and cat when I had one) and give them some extra treats - them and the wild birds who are often hungry on such days if their blossoms get washed out etc. I also enjoy going out on rainy days, especially the misty days we get here. We think nothing of standing around in the rain talking to each other as we don't get more than slightly wet and it's a warm climate. When younger I used to love hopping/jumping over the puddles (this until a year or so ago) and if you hang your clothes up we you get home they soon dry out. Heck, I've even watched a movie (Forest Gump) in steaming wet clothes after being at a son's soccer match because the family we stopped off at for some reason wanted to watch it! By the time it was finished I was more or less dry and I didn't catch cold or anything :)