Watching the rain while transferring Adrian’s scout badges from his old, outgrown shirt to a new one. This is the last time I’m doing this; next time he can do his own sewing.

Raindrops on flowers may be corny but I still love them.

Cycled to Myrorna in Sundbyberg with Adrian, mostly to get out of the house and get some exercise. Adrian cycling naturally at a sustainable speed is a good match for me with a trailer cycling with not much of an effort.

Adrian has an entire collection of fiddle toys in front of his bed, that he uses while I read for him at bedtime. (Currently reading: Howard Pyle’s Robin Hood.) These have accumulated over the past few years. The magic snakes appear to be the best, because they satisfy both his fingers and his brain. They were a bit loud and “clicky” to begin with, but with some use they’ve softened. Or maybe I’ve just gotten used to the slight noise.

The boys taking care of the dishes after dinner.

Brought my brother over from Uppsala for a visit. Cooked a semi-fancy lunch, played board games with him and Adrian, and even made a rhubarb crumble. The crumble tastes much better than it looks, believe me.

With the whole covid thing, I haven’t been driving much at all outside the suburbs here. I am out of practise when it comes to driving longer distances. The two return trips to Uppsala were good practise.

Adrian and I got fresh summer haircuts.

Seeing our hair side by side reminded me just how gray mine has become.

Today’s activity: mowed some lawn. To be fully honest, I sloppily mowed about half of our lawn. But last time I did less than half so the mowed area actually increased this time, which makes me feel slightly better.