Ice lollies in the garden

James set off early for a hill-walking weekend in Galloway and I headed up the hill at 8.30 to take Vinnie for a walk because Ferne has a hospital appointment this morning. The weather was a little bit misty so I wore a light rain jacket over my t shirt. What a mistake! The mist burned off after about 5 minutes and the sun began to beat down upon me. I knotted my jacket around my waist but I wished that I hadn’t brought it. It was such a beautiful morning. There was dew on the grass at Holmhills Park and when I threw the ball for Vinnie it bounced in the wet grass sending up a silver spray of droplets. Vinnie was such a good boy; he made me laugh by sussing out another dog walker’s treat bag and asking her very charmingly (and successfully!) for treats by offering her his paw. He had already had treats from me! We wended our way through Cambuslang Park which provided some much needed shade for me, and back along Grenville Drive. Vinnie seemed quite tired after an hour and a half’s walk; he had a drink of water then went to lie on his blankie. On the way home I went to sit on Mum and Dad’s bench at Douglas Drive and had a brief (and necessarily one-sided!) chat with them. I love that there is a specific place where I can go to remember them, although of course I think about them every day wherever I am. 

I had planned to visit Davie in Stirling today, but I asked him to come to Cambuslang instead so that we could sit outside in the garden in this hot weather, and he good-naturedly agreed. We had a lovely chat about everything in the world, and he was planning what to grow in the vegetable patch. Flora came out to see him; she was purring so loudly at him and sat between us in the bench so as to be part of the conversation. Tom also spent some quality head-rubbing time with Davie! We had avocado on toast for lunch followed by ice lollies (Davie and me, not the cats!)
After Davie set off for home I of course headed straight for the hammock which I placed in the shade under the big pear tree. A good day!