Nuts!

I had high hopes for today. The lovely Ed insisted that I take today off. I didn't need telling twice... why is she trying to get rid of me, I wonder?!
Brilliant, I thought. I tried getting hold of Jackie to see if I could pop up and visit Rafi in the morning... couldn't get any response to calls or text.
So I vacuumed the house, did a spot of gardening before it got even hotter, took some birdie and bee pictures.

Little did I know that whilst I was diddling about in the garden, my mobile phone had slipped out of the pocket of my shorts. Roughly about 2pm, as I was hiding inside away from the scorching sun (I'm not complaining.. oh no)
I heard a distant whistling: the noise my phone makes when I get a message. Realised phone not in pocket... what! Where is it? I then spent the next hour or so turning the house and then garden upside down looking for it. Eventually.... I found it lying in the long grass, scorchingly hot and covered in tiny fried insects, with a message from Jackie: she had forgotten to switch her phone back after a morning meeting about Rafi. So it was 'Oopsie' on the communication front for both of us today.

I subsequently discovered that some of the little un-fried phone critters had crawled up the leg of my shorts and take a few little nips. With some relief I can report that they got no further than the top of my leg... phew.

I have a waggon load of things to do now. Work tomorrow and then we are off to Bristol and Wales on Friday, for the weekend.