Confused cactus

It was a warm, humid night.  Even the poor hound retreated downstairs to the cool of the living room.  Eventually went back upstairs together.  Open windows did little to reduce the temperature and was woken up by speeding cars and a drunk hollering about Becky so closed the windows.

To beat the heat the hound and I walked from 5.30am to a little after 6.00.  There was a breeze.  Both hound and I returned to catch some sleep until 8am. 

Pottered about after breakfast.  Prepared dinner in the afternoon.  Read in the garden after that for a while.

More shocking news this morning with Israel bombing innocent civilians in Iran.  Attempting to annihilate what you don't like is more likely to engender resentful factions and cause long term aggression and aggravation.  Or is this the intention, to perpetuate chaos.  It was a convenient distraction from the meeting to discuss a two-state solution.  Two fingers from Netanyahu.

Last night my Italian cousin, Carmen sent me a WhatsApp message to say the family would be heading to Rome airport in a van to fly to New York as her daughter Martina is getting married there on the 18th.  I believe Martina's fiance is a pilot and they've flown several times to New York.  Clearly much enamoured with the city to get married there.  I hope American authorities are kind to them.

Hoping for a cooler, less humid night.

Pleasant evening everyone.