A day like this

St Benoît-Joseph

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JON XXXXXX

It's Jon's birthday today and I'm not going to tell you how old!

We have had a lovely sunny day here - no rain, no clouds and we had a super lunch out in Domme-en-Dordogneshire. It was our first lunch on a restaurant terrace here this year - we don't count the China Bear Pub in Hong Kong, it wasn't quite the same.

It's amazing how a sunny day during the school holidays can cheer everyone up and put a smile on their faces. The restaurant terrace was full of relaxed people enjoying the day, just like us.

When we returned there was a lovely answerphone message from our German friends, wishing Jon a good day. We phoned them back and caught up on four months news.

There have been e-mail messages and we're expecting phone calls this evening too. Daughter number 1 called first thing this morning.

J-J was found in our garden tidying up the rest of the pool and the chalet terrace. He'll be back on Monday and says that we will certainly be swimming by the end of next week (if the weather is warm enough).

It's days like this that mean so much to us.