Monday, August 22

The side terrace has grown into a wonderfully functional space. Today I sit there for four hours working. The sound of me energetically interjecting in Zoom meetings disturbs nobody else, and the views, and the swing chair I snuggle in, keep me lively and relaxed.

At one point, when I have spoken enough I lean back in the chair and photograph the surroundings. I note that this whole project originated with Irma’s ideas. I very much doubt that it would have even occurred to me to build this, let alone to actually organise doing it.

Working here might not work in the depths of winter but it will work until late Autumn and again when Spring arrives.

When I eventually leave and go back indoors, it will feel as though I have returned home from somewhere else; which in a sense I have.