17 June 2026

 Reasons to be happy today: 

One: the longed-for first swim of the year. 

The pool is still warming up, still getting cleaned up by faithful Victor the Vacuum, but this is a wonderful event, marking the start of real summer.

Two: the yellow flowers that burst out en masse at this time of year and seem to coincide with the start of the swimming season and sunning under the fig tree -