June
The first day of June. Suddenly, the weather changed here in South Yorkshire. A period of several sunny, warm, blue sky days has turned into a cooler more unsettled period with spits and spots of rain. Little Margot was poorly on Sunday with some undefined and no doubt temporary sickness. She was like a little ghost clinging to her mother, without her usual verve and curiosity. Consequently, she had the day off nursery school today and spent it with us. She was much perkier but still not quite herself. At 1.30pm, I called in to see Richard and Jackie Hines. As usual, the conversation flowed like a mountain spring but after two hours I needed to make my apologies and get back to our house to give Shirley some relief from Margot-minding duties. Like Phoebe before her, Margot likes to sit on my knee and watch "YouTube" videos. To tell you the truth, I am being driven mad by excessive exposure to "The Wheels On The Bus" and Mr Tumble is not far behind. Also like Phoeb...