What is the Essence of a Lovely Sunday?

It is hard to analyse what gives me a very contented feeling on a Sunday evening. I just know that this is a personal thing and will illustrate this in two ways.

I have had a very content Sunday.

Firstly I slept very well waking quite late and getting up in a relaxed fashion to a simple breakfast with good coffee/conversation.

I then undertook some simple jobs, nothing too arduous, I nailed two pictures to the wall and helped Marion sort some of the artefacts that we had brought back from my mother’s.

After that it was a trip to the gym. Although at first on the cross-trainer I felt really stiff, presumably the moving exertions of earlier in the week, I improved quickly and posed one of my best times for 2000 metres on the rowing machine. As I was limited for time it was a short sharp session over thirty-five minutes, so that after an invigorating shower I was raring to go.

Then we visited our good friends Sylvia and Iain for lunch. It was one of those very relaxed lunches, of good food, wine, and varied conversation. So much so that lunch stretched to 6.30pm. It is difficult to precisely say what makes for a successful meal, but all the ingredients aligned today. Fortunately it was Marion’s turn to drive (see last Sunday). While we at lunch the weather improved so it was by now a lovely sunny evening rather than the dreary wet day it had previously been.

Hence I was well motivated to catch-up with a few personal emails. Even better, now that I am retired I did not have to think about getting up early to travel to London tomorrow.

My Son and Daughter-in-Law are on holiday and their Sunday obviously was very different. This is well illustrated by the photos that Alison took. Not only do these reflect what looked like a great day, but also I would like to showcase some of the fantastic photos that Alison is taking.