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It’s a sunny start as things begin to warm up again, and the wind which sounded very blustery last night has died down a fair bit, though it’s still there. Currently 18°C, it’s expected to reach 28° for a sustained period this afternoon. The barometers are down at 1006/1014mB, though that won’t stop the heatwave which is expected to reach 31°C again this week, but only on Friday; the rest of the week toys around with the high twenties. As of this time next week, things will start cooling back down a bit
This evening’s viewing was 24 Hours in A&E. Turns out sliding along a road at 100mph without protective gear doesn’t do much for your complexion
And tonight, I started reading Eve’s Hollywood by Eve Babitz, her book about growing up in Hollywood. She said it was a novel, but it’s generally assumed to be more of an autobiography with perhaps a few minor embellishments
HWMBO made a very nice dinner. Some form of aubergine and pork mince omelette with garlic fried rice. Followed by a fruit salad made with longan, lychee, red and white dragon fruit, and mango.
Cloudy start but not any more despite what my weather app says. Currently 27 degrees and that's the high for the day. Barometer is at 1023 mBar.
Sunrise 04:51; Sunset 21:20 BST
Didn't visit Mum today; headache still lingering from Friday night as I spoke too soon in thinking it had passed. However, HWMBO and I did go to big Tesco, as Fevertree tonic is on offer, and to do some general shopping. Now sitting in the dark with the fan on, waiting for the sun to go away.
I recently bought a smoothie maker with the vague notion that it might help me get more fruit into my diet. I’ve just used it for the first time: a banana, mango, and blueberry smoothie. Pretty nice, as I’d frozen the mango and bananas, though I’d forgotten the blueberries which I only got on a whim the other day. I think it needed more mango and blueberries as it mostly tasted of banana, but it was OK and presumably good for me
However, I found that I still don’t like milk! Never have TBH. So I’ll have to see what it’s like using water as the base, which is really just going to be diluted juice when you come down to it. But maybe that’s all smoothies are? Also, they aren’t particularly smooth, though I believe that’s expected and it’s just a silly name
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