After seeing Anna's pics of Venice and the washing hanging out to dry, I remembered some of my photos...the bottom shot is Venice itself, the top one one of the islands on the lagoon. Looking at these pictures I can remember the wonderful sunshine and the warmth. Yesterday it rained almost the whole day. J and I went for a long walk...it rained. I did housework...it rained. I went out for another walk...it rained some more. It has been varied though....between heavy rain and really heavy rain. I am getting seriously anxious that I won't be able to cut my lawn before we go away!

At least today it's been sunny. P is off in Wales taking photos with his friend and I took the girls shopping this morning along with the usual chores. Now it's off to riding with S. Hope everyone is having a great Saturday.

I can never quite believe how quickly catblogging Friday comes around so here's another picture of my lovely Shea squirming happily in front of the gas fire.

I've been waking up scared the last few days. I don't know why. It's a horrible feeling and I hope it passes...

On my way to work today I finished listening to the audio tape of my book about Seabiscuit. I felt quite lost when it was over. It was a great story, really funny in places, exciting in others, sad in others. I had never before quite realised how dangerous racing was (and still is) or quite how hard it was for the jockeys to maintain a low weight to enable them to ride. The book is quite a lot different from the film with a lot more detail and information.

Todays other photo is one of my favourite pics from my first trip to Venice. I've been a bit tearful today for various reasons but this pic always makes me smile for some reason.