Did anyone else stay up to see the Perseid shooting stars? I tried to – the large back “family bedroom” looks out across countryside in the right direction, and of course we don’t have street lights. I managed half an hour or so before there were rumblings from the bedroom… “It’s well past 11, and we’ve got be up early”, and so I didn’t stay up to see the peak display, which would have been in the early hours. I saw a few though – 4 or 5 faint streaks, although none were as spectacular as some that I have seen before, usually when appearing unexpectedly in the night sky.
Chantal woke up soon after 4.00am, having been bitten by an insect, and disturbed me by rummaging around looking for some antihistamine spray. I find that the best precaution against insect bites is stay near to Chantal – insects find me relatively unsavoury. Having been woken, I returned briefly to the back bedroom, but found that it was already getting g light, and so returned to bed.
Chantal is very tired today – all my fault, naturally.
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
