Summer At Last

I got horribly sunburnt sitting on the deck reading Paul Torday's book Salmon fishing In the Yemen.

The book was very entertaining, so different what what I usually read. It is about a hairbrained scheme by a Yememi sheik to introduce salmon to it rivers. A UK Government fisheries expert, Dr. Alfred Jones, is hired to assess the feasibility of the scheme and put the whole thing in motion. For better or worse Jones life takes on an unexpected air of excitement- what do do about his frigid realtionship with his wife, his underpaid work as a government hack and his new coworker the sexy Harriet Chetwode-Talbot.

After finishing the seed planting in the garden I sat on the deck to read the book becaue it was hot. I love basking in the suns heat, feeling it soaking into my bones all the more so since hot sunshine is so rare up here in the boondocks of civilization. Robert and Bob were inside slaving away over the installation of the granite tiles for the kitchen countertop. It is far from finished, seems I will be kitchenless for at least another two weeks.

In a vague sort of way I did realize I was getting sunburnt. It wasn't untill I came inside to use the bathroom that I noticed my red arms, neck, cheeks and even parts of my legs.

I've finished reading the book and have started my second one, King Leary By Paul Quarington. I'm using my Pocket Rocket stove to boil water for hot drinks and the barbecue for everything else, even toast.

In the garden I've got spinach, radishes, peas and potatoes coming up and yes I bought some tomatoes for the greenhouse.