Gah!

 Family number two came over for coffee and cake- DiL had made way too much tiramisu, she said. I suspected there was more to the visit. My mood was dark anyway, always is when a sunny day turns into a dark one in the space of a few hours. I fed the birds, heated fat for bird seeds in flower pots and put seed into a small bowl. It´s my fault that our terrace is covered in bird seed now, because I should have considered that those tiny lunatics would opt for sitting on the bowl´s rim- which overturned in the process. Since we had leftover from yesterday no lunch-cooking was involved today. I morosely stared at the snowflakes coming down. I hate dark days, even in 2026. Blessedly, it was only a bit of snow, more is to come during night. Of course, number two and wife did deposit their offspring for an overnight stay. So I prepared the guestbed then spent an afternoon chasing after the boys. I am too old for this, even though it can be fun at times! Thoroughly exhausted I settled down in front of the TV with the two rascals. We watched documentaries about national parks. Contrary to Elsa the boys love to learn about foreign countries and seldomly watch cartoons- thank heavens for small mercies! Since our TV programme for the evening still is in Holiday mode (which means it's unacceptable) I promised the boys to read them a bedtime story instead and start my beauty sleep early...