A Change of Scenery...
Last weekend we went away! We rented a beautiful, tiny house in the middle of woods and fields, packed a few essentials...plenty of food, plenty of wine...a few clothes...and, of course Alice. Paul hadn't had a day off since the end of January...we are so lucky that he has been able to work throughout the pandemic, but it is exhausting and he so needed a break - even a short one helps... Our view was of Kimbolton Castle, way over the fields...now a school, it has ancient bones and is where Catherine of Aragon (first wife of Henry VIII - divorced!) died - of cancer, probably. You can take tours of the castle at certain times of the year. Beautiful to look at in the distance... Alice chilled out - wherever we are (and her bed is) she is happy! Plenty of walks too... On our final afternoon, we had a tremendous thunderstorm...this is the Castle just before it hit. Dark sky overhead and that strange, clear sunlight that often shines while thunder rumbles ominously... Alice is a little ...
