Quintessential

Took Aged P to Greenwich Park today. We had a nice time but she was very anxious. Kept saying I was lost and didn't remember where the car was parked. I think they call it projection.

Took this shot of a cricket match outside The Ranger's House which is a lovely building, now in the stewardship of English Heritage. Something quintessential about cricket in a setting like this - as a man once said, the English invented cricket as they are basically a heathen race, and cricket is as close as they get to understanding eternity. But the word quintessential is itself quintessential - if you read this blog ...

Got home feeling rather exhausted - I'm suffering some muscle weakness at the moment due to the drugs I'm taking (prescription darlings, nothing dodgy) and pushing sixteen stone of old lady around even on the level is no joke. Fixed a kitchen cupboard, cooked a curry and sat with TSM watching the sun go down. Which is quintessentially us ...