Calm seas and gentle breezes.

Still no rain although there's a scattering of high cloud and a gentle breeze from the East. The farmers  irrigation system is hard at work in the potato field. It's a modern affair with a small engine and a GPS unit. This enables it to wander back and forth along the drills to make sure that every corner of the field gets the right amount of moisture.

In the farm shop car park a Tesla owner has found a way of pre-empting criticism.

The first corn of the year appears on the shelves.

The farm shop also has a nice little side line in flowers .

The harbour as calm as a mill pond. The fishermen went out in the half darkness at three and have already returned and  unloaded their catch. They're sitting on deckchairs on the quayside shooting the breeze while they repair their lobster creels. Their sea dogs sleep beside them.

When we get back home there's a visitor waiting  in the back garden. A welcoming Jacobs Cream Cracker is stared at before it's eaten. The farmers wife is down on the beach for a morning swim along with a group of ladies from the bridge club and their dogs. Every so often we catch the distant sound of laughter wafting up from the shore.

We've given up on trying to keep the grass green. Despite the best efforts of the lawn sprinkler it's now looking very parched. The church elder says there is talk that a hosepipe ban will be introduced next week.

It is not , as you might be able to tell, a busy day.

Todays links :

Wrinkly fingers. Not sure what this proves - if anything  :https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/your-fingers-wrinkle-in-the-same-pattern-every-time-after-long-exposure-to

Evolution at work. Monkeys steal your camera then trade it for food :https://x.com/TansuYegen/status/1923630766216323165

Chinese satellites :https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/do-these-buddhist-gods-hint-at-the-purpose-of-chinas-super-secret-satellites/

Religion and education :https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/does-education-have-the-same-impact