June
On Sunday 18,
Juliet produced, for a Father’s Day card, this life-like collage of Roger
wearing a striped polo shirt. From a kit
in The Guardian, I believe.
Helen’s card reproduced a tasteful watercolour entitled ‘Conducting
Mahler’ – just as appropriate* and as appreciated.
* No, I haven’t conducted
Mahler but Helen has played him.
Jay completed her AS exams, for
which she worked very hard. But she was
back at school again full time on 19 June to start work on the A2
syllabus. Meanwhile, the university
application process looms. The school
ran a day trip to
Jay continued to enjoy her pony, though the exams meant a longish break
from competitions. This ended on 25,
when the Mill Farm stables held their second dressage competition of the year. Since owning Clyde, Jay has worked hard to
improve his dressage performance, and she was rewarded by
The better weather meant that we rolled out the barbecue again and had a
couple of pleasant evenings on the patio.
We visited Moreton market on 13 June:
Roger was also busy on the bowling green, though success in the club
competitions has eluded him this year.
However, in an inter-club triples competition which he has started
playing in, Overbury ended the month with a narrow lead at the top of the league
table, hoping to repeat the success of two years’ ago, when they won it (Roger
at the time being a permanent, but non-playing, reserve).