Manual Water

Spent most of the day cutting back ivy that was threatening to take over the entire garden. Helpfully the kids have been playing in the garden all day with water pistols and have drenched me on a regular basis to keep me cool. Most thoughtful.

It absolutely chucked it down for about half an hour, monsoon style, this morning but since then it's been another glorious day. In the midst of the rain we had a courier delivery, which was odd on a Sunday morning and it was the new passports for the kids. The guy delivering explained that they had such a problem with passports (and identities) being stolen that they now hand delivered them. Never knew that.

This is not the best photo I have every taken but it is the very first one with everything done manually from the focus to the aperture to the ISO which is why it's here. I'm getting there. Slowly but surely.