Davie and I met up at Caird Hall (happy memories of graduations there!) and went for lunch at the V&A. It’s so nice there. We had a good chat. Then he took me to see an unusual poppy that he had spotted last week (and of which he had sent me a picture). This ended up being a circular walk of 10 km on a very warm day, but we stopped in the shade several times while Davie leaped in the air to knock a few dubiously ripe cherries off some trees, which he then ate. We went up the hill to the observatory and down through a meadow which has waist high grass and flowers now in the height of summer. The last time I was there it looked completely different with the grass much shorter. We found Davie’s elusive poppy which was a “candy floss” poppy which has a bunch of extra wee petals in the middle almost like a carnation. Back in the centre of Dundee we saw wee rabbits munching the grass and relaxing in the sunshine in The Howff, a tiny city cemetery. We also saw an oystercatcher there; unusual to see one in a city, although I suppose it’s not very far to the river and the sea. We had ice creams at Janetta’s Gelateria in the recently refurbished garden area near the station before I set off homewards. My lemon sorbet was so refreshing and Davie had tayberry ice cream which looked gorgeous.
My train ride home was relaxing and I read my book some more; it’s The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. Old-fashioned and long-winded, it’s still captivating.
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