Tuesday at the flower stand

Thomasina likes to browse the geraniums at lunchtime and on occasion she chooses something to brighten up her garden. Thomasina also lingered longer than usual to shelter from the hideous rain and observed that most of the market traders hadn't bothered to show up today given the weather was so f*****g atrocious.

I learnt today that whatsapping colleagues in Indonesia to get responses is by far and away the fastest medium to use to get guaranteed answers. Email response rate around 20%. Skype 30%. Every day is a wonderful new learning curve.