The dog house

5:45 am. There is a scratch at the door. Elder and younger sister have heard that we're having breakfast and have shown up looking for tickles and biscuits. They invite themselves in. It is clear they consider this to be a 'dog' house and therefore an extension of their personal territory.

One of those sun one minute, rain the next, type of days. In fact we seem to get all four seasons in the space of our half an hour walk on the beach.  The good news is that there are hundred and hundreds of young gulls down on the shoreline busily practising their flying technique.

To the bookstore to pick up a copy of John Updikes ' Memories of the Ford Administration'. It's still in print but has had to be ordered. It seems there is little demand for Updike outside term time. 'The Font' is not surprised.

Updike in hand we backtrack to the chapel for the start of day organ recital. This mornings organ scholar has chosen a very English piece of music . Not a tune you hear in Scotland very often - if at all. The smattering of golfers and surprised Chinese tourists seem to enjoy it :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81UqEcxVro0&list=RD3F7q4T0YOas&index=3

A new ice cream outlet has opened up in tiny hole in a wall premises near our physiotherapist. Folks are sitting outside drinking breakfast coffee and eating breakfast ice creams. Angus considers eating ice cream, in public,  prior to eleven  to be the hallmark of a civilisation in decline.  Another - worrying - sign I'm not so much turning into my father as turning into my grandfather. The new ice cream store has a sign outside saying it sells ' Fresh Italian ice cream'. How would you know ? It also sells candy floss.

Coffee and cognition : https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-health-and-nutrition/coffee-brain

More than I need to know about synchronised swimming :https://www.georgetown.edu/news/the-surprising-history-of-synchronized-swimming-in-the-olympics/

Good question :https://www.oxfordsour.com/p/adverb-english