It looks so quiet in your photo. It was very busy when we rode it.

Enjoy your little break! Hope you're on the mend.

Yup. Swifts have started showing up the last few days. There are three species here - common, pallid and alpine. I’ll probably never see one still or up close, so I’m trying to see if I can figure out their differences enough for an identification.

I tried to wipe that speck of dust off my computer screen a couple times before realizing it is birds!

"... So we survived, as did Al and Jackie; so maybe you’ll be lucky too!"

I'll admit that thus far neither you nor Jacquie have done an adequate job of convincing me that Sicily is worth the trouble. Rather the opposite, in fact, so I'll stick to dreams of Lot and the Dordogne.

So, today my father's Morning Report headline would have been, "Scott is Non Bene."

I'm glad that you can get a good rest where you are. Sleep is the best medicine.

Thanks! Seems to be the case, happily enough.

Long ago when Bruce's dad was a perky 95 and doing the daily family email Morning Report, Bruce wrote to him from Laos and said that I was sick (food poisoning, probably). The hot-off-the-press MR headline went as follows: "Andrea is Baw Sabai" (not well). I hope you are both sabai dii again very soon.

Oh, likely so. I’m sorry I didn’t think to photo the name.

Argh. Sorry Rachael had the sickness. It sucks to get sick while traveling. And while not traveling for that matter.

The SS Minnow?

Oh you poor two! We hope you are both soon back to your usual healthy selves.

Despite the reason for it, it's good to have a day off every now and again.

Good. That gives me something to look forward to reading about.