It was a menopausal weekend: jumpers on, jumpers off, shutters open, shutters closed, umbrella? No umbrella. Towels down, up, water plants? No need… and so on until this morning when the wind has dropped, the clouds have gone and, allegedly, there will be no more rain until the next time.
It’s Easter Week. The Friday boat was rammed with visitors, there are once-a-year faces about, families joining families, church services, bells and bangers, and it’s all leading up to this weekend where there will be a solum day on Friday, a very quiet day on Saturday, a riotous after-midnight night, and a homely Easter Sunday.
There’s a chance that we will achieve something of a coincidence today. ‘We’ being me and Harry. Over the weekend, I tackled some of the impossible rigging on the model H has been building, and the kit is now at the stage of needing only the stern rigging and a few touch-ups on parts of the paint work. Then, finally, the project will be finished, and the titanic will be all in one piece and seaworthy. Not that it is going anywhere near the sea.
Today, however, happens to be the 113th anniversary of the Titanic striking the iceberg (at 23.40), and sinking (by 02.17 approx.) the next day. Thanks to Collette for the reminder. How fab would it be to complete the kit today? Before that, we have work to do on Mozart’s Sonata in C major, and some grade four theory. The theory book has arrived, and I have to admit, it’s been a long time since I’ve had to think about a lot of the stuff that’s in it.
It’s also, finally, getting closer to walking weather, I feel. As soon as I can venture out in a pair of short and scurry around the village before too many people are up and about, I will. I am aiming to start early tomorrow morning, which means an early night tonight, to get me back into my summer mode of rising early and getting on with a new novel. Which is exactly what I am going to do now – the ‘getting on’ bit, not the rising, because I did that half an hour ago. (Thanks again to Mother for the tea bags, which didn’t cost too much to clear customs.)
