Rain, Sun and Departing Van

Went out with Bella this morning in the rain - bit of a shock after Symi heatwave and dry 10 days here. Luckily this was the last precipitation of the day here and the sun came out. The rain has encouraged these thistles to start flowering.

This buddleia plant is absolutely festooned with flowers 

A bit worrying to see - a hole opened up in the pavement. Sort of mini-subsidence. 

Most of the day has been taken up with Ben & Lena coming down to visit for the day. They have now gone off in the van for the next week. This was it all packed up and ready to go. Have heard from them that they got to their sunny camp site on the south coast, and enjoying a cup of tea!

Once we'd seen them off, Su and I took Bella out for a stroll. Saw this jolly bee drawn on the pavement. 

Also saw this amazing ribbon of cloud. At first I thought it was a vapour trail or smoke, but it stayed together too long to be either of those.

Shadow portrait of Su and me.

This day a year ago,  we had decorated all day. This meant that the kitchen was not really the place to prepare food that day, so we debated getting a take-away meal. Su posted this picture of a Bristol pub from a previous visit.