Monday...

Taking the earphones out of my ears I often hear birds singing, or sounds like birds singing.  So imagine my surprise when it appeared unwilling to stop singing, like it usually does.  Outside my window, perched upon an unused tv aerial was the first Blackbird songster off the year.  Glorious!  Such wonderful song that peaks of Spring and Summer, though they do sing all year round, and are found almost everywhere at this time of year.  Great to hear.

I am dwelling indoors for much of the time this week as I am recovering from too much walking and standing around at the Kirk yesterday.  Being Palm Sunday I could not find an excuse to avoid it and with a free lunch 'Bring & Share lunch' afterwards I was glad to hang around.  

A wide variety of foreign foodstuffs was available though I was prevented from bringing Scottish daily fare as one of the Sanhedrin thought a bottle of single malt was not required.  Several others, all men, disagreed it must be said.  Anyway, as is obliged, I ate too much and got a lift home to rest and be thankful.  And I was.

I normally offer a picture of such events but this is now a no-go area.  Only pictures checked by the vicar, and shown on facebook, are allowed these days.  This is the result of someone's pictures getting out into the open at another church and that church being sued by an unhappy patron.  Once again a statement had to be made at the end regarding those who may not wish to be in the pictures, and one woman did object, and I know why.  She was easy to cut out as she did not actually take up much space, but I know the domestic situation is difficult and this may have caused problems.  No worries, I assured her she would not appear.  Neither do I of course, this is because they reckon I would spoil the picture!  Tsk!

 

The week has started in the usual manner, good long sunny days degenerating into rainclouds, media desperate for stories now Parliament is on holiday though a mere 15 Conservative insiders have been charged with betting fraud, Donald Trump's tariffs will remain except where they will not remain unless he changes his mind and they do remain, houses suddenly catch fire when the people living there belong to one off two Glasgow drugs gangs fighting over a half million pounds worth of drugs that appear not to appear where they ought to appear, and MPs have decided there was nothing in Farage's complaint re 'two-tier' policing during the Farage riots, a riot where Farage's influence meant many went to jail because of him while he travels the world making money.

Normal Monday really.

 Make the most of this as it will disappear soon...