Definitely not

summer yet. These flowers were on the table of the Korean restaurant where we had a cheap and cheerful lunch of tofu and vegetables.

A strange day. Pants Monster was on the rampage, the weather was wet with (at one point) an almighty clap of thunder as if Thor’s hammer had slipped from Chris Hemsworth’s grasp and bounced off the rooftops of Weybridge. The office was busy but everyone seemed distant. I was surprisingly productive.

In the evening it all got surprisingly jolly as Mrs Bear was with us and forced me to open a bottle of wine, and The Dizzle and Strider joined us to make the whole thing companionable. Call it spontaneously happy.

I also had a little Amazon spree aimed at improving air quality. Tomorrow will tell if I made a good call ...