The pressure of trying to get the brochure together on time can sometimes get a bit much and the whole thing looks like "Mission Impossible". So it's a good thing to stand back a while and remember that we live in a wonderful world and that work isn't the only thing that matters.
So it was that I was really pleased to see Mary & Rod, friends from Edinburgh, yesterday. Mary and I shared a flat in that city in 1971 so we go back quite a way! They insisted on taking me out for lunch, bless them (not that it took much persuasion) so we went along to St Fillans. We got a window seat in the dining room and watched an Osprey fishing as we ate our lunch. On the way home we took the back road past the birds' nest where the chick is now peering over the edge. The adult was flying around in the distance so we didn't stay long - didn't want to disturb it in any way.
We watched the Men's Final of the French Open which was a singularly disappointing event - no contest as Nadal wiped the floor with that most gentlemanly of competitors, Federer. Then Mary & Rod left, giving me just 1 1/2 hours before going out for supper with a neighbour and friends which was a super evening.
All in all it was a lovely day, set against the backdrop of Scotland at its early summer best. Now then. Back to that brochure.....!
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