The beginning of June.

The WI Annual Meeting.

The Stuart Singers Summer Concert.

And making elderflower cordial.

Not to mention the anniversary we’ll always associate with all of these events.

It will be fifteen years on Monday since Gordon - Daddy - had a fatal heart attack, having just arrived in Cyprus at the start of their summer holiday. Whenever I look for a photo of him, I am reminded that there are no more than I currently have, most of which are so very familiar. But whilst my collection includes this one, taken on his way home from school one day in the 1930s, I will smile and be content.

Where else would you carry a ruler?