idyll

it seems the weather has decided to treat us after last year's non-existant summer and the whole of this week has been hot and glorious. perhaps a little on the warmer-than-comfortable side for little old me, but it's been so long since we've seen the sun that i really don't care. i half-killed myself walking to russell square the other day (had a desperate need for dried mango - i am so addicted) - i rather miscalculated the energy-draining effect a very hot day has and that on top of being not quite on form again after the concussion, well, it was all a bit much, but still sooooo nice to be out in it.

today, therefore, i am in our garden, watching the peas grow, sitting in my deckchair, with my laptop, gently working on a site i'm doing for an australian film company. i have 19th-century opera on my ipod and having just finished a very summery lunch of brown rice mixed with avocado, deseeded cherry tomatoes and thin slices of capsicum. the sparrows are going twit in the hedge and there is a gentle breeze blowing the pear tree about a bit - just enough to cool, not enough to chill. does it really get any better than this?

oh, and to top it all off, this morning I hit 71.9kg - i have now officially lost 10kg since christmas and am halfway to my ideal (healthy) weight. wheeee!