
Admin1 made these delicious puddings from garden raspberries, strawberries and mint. We felt virtuous cultivating our own desserts.
Admin1 is reading Down Cemetery Road by Mick Herron and Admin2 is reading Joe Country, also by Mick Herron. The northern sky is filled with noctilucent clouds, additionally illuminated by the moon.

No interesting weather today so here is Audrey’s dinner, featuring our new plates and table mats.
Admin1 is reading Falling Freely, as if in a Dream by Leif GW Persson, but gave up after 100 pages ‘cos it was dull. Admin2 is reading Truecrime by Jake Arnott, a sardonic story of the London crimimal underworld and the acting profession.
We are drinking Yirgacheffe coffee (fruity and tasty) and scored 9 on the GWQ
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Vanessa Cardui, a migrant from Africa, sitting on the road. Fun fact: it is the only species of butterfly ever recorded in Iceland.
Admin1 is reading The Shadow Killer by Arnaldur indridason.
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One of many fine clouds in the sky today.
Admin2 is reading The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh; an Indian family saga.
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First passion flowers and waterlilies.
Admin1 is reading The Wanderer by Michael Ridpath. Admin2 is reading Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, a 100-year old novel about miserable Japanese men; about half of which is literally a suicide note.
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First this year.
June 2019 was our second least sunny June (200.302kWh), the wettest month since September 2017 (93.9mm) and the coldest June since 2012 (averaging 21.6°C).
Admin2 is reading Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada; a 350-page logic problem.
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A small plane flies over on the hottest day of the year so far: 31.7 °C.
Admin2 is reading The Vinyl Detective: Flip Back by Andrew Cartmel.
We scored 10 on the GWQ.
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Clear blue skies after a cloudy start and >12kWh.
Admins1 & 2 have been married for 18 glorious years.
We are watching Better Call Saul (thx Dave) and drinking cold brewed coffee.

This monumental piece of manufactured plagiaristic trash has appeared in the city centre, and it looks like nobody cares.
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It has been a horrible cold cloudy wet day today but it has brought out some fine colour coordinated flowers.
Admin1 is reading Joe Country by Mick Herron — thanks Admin2! Admin2 is reading Falling Freely, as if in a Dream (good title) by Leif GW Persson; a fictitious investigation into the murder of Olof Palme.
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Burgers, beer and pigs in blankets. A proper manly meal. And look at our Matisse.
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A view from the drone. Not as sunny or as well-attended as previous years, but the rain held off until 6pm.
Admin1 is reading Yellowhammer by Henry, James. Admin2 is reading Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh; mythology, migration and an Indian merchant of Venice.
We are drinking Rwandan Maraba coffee and scored 10.5 on the GWQ.
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The drone soars above another fine crop of noctilucents at 11.30pm; here’s its view:

They were still high in the sky in the midnight hour. Happy Birthday Twins!
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It’s coming for you.
Admin1 is reading The Absolution by Yrsa Sigurdadottir. Admin2 is reading The Wanderer by Michael Ridpath; more trouble in Iceland.
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Taken from the drone, just after midnight; ISO400, 1 second exposure.
And here they are from the ground:

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A glorious double rainbow in a golden evening sky marks the end of a grey cloudy day.
Admin1 is reading The Island by Ragnar Jonasson
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Admin2 is reading The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman, a steampunkish story of photography, spiritualism, magic, financial advice and a Victorian weapon of mass destruction.
We scored 12 on the GWQ
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The ladies are a bit blurred because they wouldn’t stop twerking.
Today is St Swithun’s Day. According the legend the next forty days will be wet and gloomy. Already we have had more rain this month than in any month since March 2018, and we’re only halfway through.
Admin2 has been reading Keep Your Friends Close by June Taylor, a melodramatic crime novel set in Leeds and full of misdirection and implausible coincidences.
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Another in a long line of cold wet miserable days.
Admin2 is reading La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman; a boy, a girl and a baby canoeing through apocalyptic floods; evocative and gripping.
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And props to Gez for these sublime vegan wedding cakes.
Admin1 is reading Tombland by CJ Sansom. Admin2 has been reading Normal People by Sally Rooney: boy meets/loses/finds again/loses again/finds again girl, rinse and repeat.
We scored 12 on the GWQ with a little help from Dave.