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Good morning, Rusty!
How are you today?
There has not been much let up in our heatwave........
It is a tad fresher at the moment , purely because the sun is still hazy....
I think the temperature is supposedly 24C now ...but will rise to 28C later.
Tomorrow is meant to be our hottest day!
But (hopefully) temps will be down to a maximum of 20C on Friday.
How the dog can still run about, I'll never know!
I shall try to watch some tennis this afternoon........
I certainly have no plans to go outdoors again, whilst it is so hot and humid!
I am in for the day!

Good morning, Elle!
Have you came down to earth yet?
It was cooler here earlier but the sun has broken through now.
I am going for a stroll (my default walking pace is pretty quick!).
I'll have a look at the racing from Ascot later.
But I think I shall stay home once my walk is over.

Good morning Elle, Rusty and everyone,

Google Chrome is being very difficult both today and yesterday - Must be this extreme heatnn-nntaking me ages to type this post!

Elle, I would have liked to be able to tell you last night how delighted I
am about your husband's great news! How relieved you must both
be after five years of permanent worry. I can understand you being
euphoric - you are entitled to feel elated!


Very high temps here - 35 + - and warm nights. Not good

Pain still very much there but they did say it would take a long time
It is over two weeks ago now that I fell! I wonder how much longer I have to wait for some relief!

Osprey babies are huge!

How are you all?

Hi, Rusty!
No, I am still swinging from the chandelier!
Are you home again?
How was your walk?
I have tried the garden - but definitely too hot out there by now.......the park is fresher...maybe because there are a lot more trees (hence more shade) and it is far more "open".
I am sitting on the sofa between two fans!
Tennis starts in just over an hour!



Hello, Pigale!
I was just going to message you!
I am sorry that you are still experiencing a lot of pain.
It will no doubt feel worse , too, in the extreme heat where you live ..... 35 + !
It is bad enough here.
Yes, thank you for your good wishes....we shall go out to celebrate .....but when it is cooler!!

Hello, Pigale!
I hope your pain will improve soon.
Have you tried a painkiller?
It is very hot in France, I see!
The chicks are getting very big now!
Laddie is a good provider.
A pity your Google Chrome is on the blink?
Why not try another browser?
I am using Opera Mini just now.
It is good and very fast and has a built in ad-blocker.
Better than Chrome, I think.

Hello, Elle!
It is slightly cooler here this day.
I feel sorry for the lads in top hat and tails at Ascot.
One of the lady bookies is very elegant in her posh frock and hat!
How is your tennis going?

Hi, Rusty!
I just ventured out into the garden with the dog....I was soon back indoors again!
I'll swear it is much hotter even then yesterday!
The tennis......
Milos Raonic has crashed out!
Followed just now by Stan Wawrinka going out to Feliciano Lopez!
Andy is on next......
I read that Andy will donate any winnings from Queen's to families of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy.
What a lovely gesture!
How is your horse racing going?
Did you place any bets?

Hello, Elle!
Yes, it is hot!
Very good of Andy to make a donation.
I have an interest in one horse today.
Thomas Hobson (he of the "choice") in the 5.00.
A rare runner for Willie Mullins at Royal Ascot, so I'll take the hint, rightly or wrongly!

Hi, Rusty!
Well, well...... who would have believed at breakfast time today, that the first, second, and third seeds would be gone from the Queens tournament in the Second round?
Andy Murray has just been beaten by Jordan Thompson!
Ironically, Thompson would not even have been playing were it not for the fact that Aljaz Bedene (another Brit) had to withdraw with a wrist injury.
What an upset at this stage of the tournament!
It does rather take the edge of the rest of the matches.
But how did your horse do?

Good evening, Elle!
I expected Andy to go a bit further than he has!
Maybe the heat had something to do with it?
Wimbledon is not far off, either!
Thomas Hobson was a good "choice"!
He won very well, indeed!
Ryan Moore rode a super race on him.
His stable girl, Rachel, was very emotional.
She was in floods of tears leading him in!
These girls are just devoted to their horses.
I have little to read so am picking my way through a Screwfix catalogue!