Nina's Blog - Tuesday 30th July 2024

Diarists like Samual Peyps lived in times with far fewer distractions.

I've tried keeping diaries, not everyday but recording hobbies, holidays and the like; but can never keep them up for long!

Tuesday 30th July 2024, 10:47

I wish I could convince my sister to be better organized and to be calmer. She is always making a fuss, yelling at her son, doing things at the last minute, never puts anything down in the same place twice and then complains to the household that it's gone missing.

But apparently nothing is ever her fault. She is taking the dogs to some treatment today and was about to drive off but came back into the house to fetch something forgotten all the while loudly informing no one in particular that "None of us remembered to put the general waste bin out for collection.". When this sort of thing happens she never says "Oops, I forgot to put the bins out.", she always spreads the blame about.

She's stressed all the time yet it seems to me that a large proportion of it is self inflicted and I'm fairly sure it is either a cause of ill health or at least an aggravating factor.

She's four years younger than me but often, to me at least, looks older and more worn.

Wednesday 31st July 2024, 00:39

Some pictures from Tuesday's walk. In the late afternoon rather than my usual morning.

Some English cottage garden style flowers

An access cover

A rather fine gate post

A patch of 'wild' flowers

The time is coming when cell phones are banned from the work place only used at breaks