Late Flowering Poppies

Received a call yesterday asking if I could work all day today. Psyched myself for an early start only to be told at 8. a.m. that I wasn’t needed until the afternoon. Wasted the morning as I didn’t feel able to start anything in anticipation of leaving enough time to find the new car park (that was my excuse anyway). At the point of driving into the car park at 1 pm I received another call saying I wasn’t needed at all. Felt slightly unfocused then.

Decided to have a mooch around The North Laines in Brighton and overheard the following conversation. Young man to two young women friends. My cousin got 5 A* at AS level and 4 A* at A level. He is so clever. One of the young women, singularly unimpressed and without a smile, retorted “Your cousin needs to chill a bit.” I don't know why but it made me laugh out loud.

This image are of the poppies that are still flowering along the main road in Hove.