Late Summer Pleasures

 

Today, on the first day back at school, I rather guiltily took some time out this afternoon to sit in the garden and enjoy some late summer sun, making the most of an Indian Summer afternoon in a year when rays of sunshine have been a scarce and rare pleasure.

Rather guilty because I know my daughter would've loved to have been out in this with me, drinking an iced coffee, or going for a long walk with the dog, instead of being stuck indoors at school........


 

Rather guilty because I know my husband would rather be pottering in the garden than being stuck inside the office........

 

But then again........I've had my share of decades gazing out of office windows longingly at blue skies and sunshine during the long years I studied .....and worked.....and studied again..........and worked............

 

.........and I had already got up first and looked after everybody, fed everyone, done the school run, got the petrol and some shopping, done the washing up, loaded the dishwasher, loaded the washing machine, walked the dog and done the chores.........

 

oh....and varnished some kitchen cupboard knobs and the house sign and left them to dry in the sun.....and that's when I was tempted to linger a while instead of going back indoors and doing some more jobs....

 

 

 

 

So maybe I don't feel that guilty .............

:)