Summer’s coming

The sun’s out. The sun is warming the air. Lovely. Must be time to get the Lotus out, then.

Paul sent the family a lovely memory of the ol’ man fiddling with his beloved car from this time two years ago. It must’ve been nice weather then too, cos he hasn’t got his coat on!

John did a fine job on the car, but it wasn’t quite complete, so the boys have been scratching their heads over the misfiring engine for the last eighteen months.

Finally, today, one of John’s Lotus acquaintances came over with his mate and helped have another fiddle with the engine. And this was my view from the bedroom window. Almost bliss.

Gosh, John would have loved the activity today. There were five males clustered around the car, only one of which was a child. But boy, each and every one of the others was as excited as a child as they tinkered away to their heart’s content.

Mind you, even I was excited whenever the engine started up – making a celebratory cup of tea for everyone when it was purring sweetly. It’s been a smashing day.

Take care everyone. God bless.