Wick – Double Diamonds: Week 6, 8 June

The sun is at last shining today, after a week of sometimes quite heavy showery rain. When I was at the museum, it was pelting down so hard I could hear it as I sat at the reception desk. As they say up here, “It was dancin’”. The rain has kept me indoors more than I’d like, but as a consequence I’ve caught up on various admin tasks, particularly e-mails that needed to be written but had been put off. Some were regarding a bamboo pipes short course in the autumn and some related to my brother-in-law’s estate. Most of his cars have sold at auction and another two privately, with two cars are left. He’d bought these for parts and sat in the yard covered in tarps. They’ll go in July. We’re still trying to sell the family home. The feedback we’re getting from the auction house is that it’s too unique! Last year: Summer Rain I’ve been doing a bit of sewing too and working on a Celtic knotwork design for a friend. This last has been an unexpected time drain, mostly due to setting up the…