Smart as we were we left the window open all day Saturday; resulting--not surprisingly--in our bedroom being infested with bugs. I woke up--early morning; at 11:30--with a fly circling around my head. I do not like flies. There were other bugs in the room too; those long-legged disgusting creatures who run on air, mosquitoes, moths and some strange--rather scary-looking--creature we had to search for in a insect-book to find a name for; Urocerus gigas. No need to say; I didn't remain in bed for long that morning.
We did some light experimenting with sunlight again, but it was too windy for sunbathing seriously. We did however return to the pool below the little dam. We'd only been away for two days, but wow had that place changed! It was dry, OK, but there should be limits to what the sun can accomplish in just two days.
The water-level had dropped drastically. In places where I could barely reach the bottom and breath at the same time earlier in the week I could all of a sudden stand steadily with both head and shoulders above water. The waterfall from the small dam above had been reduced to a sluggish green trickle. And the water in the pool had taken on a verdant cast.
We almost hoped for some rain.
Personally I'm fond of rain--I think it's nice and cosy--lightning is the best. Especially if I've got a nice hot sofa-corner, a cup of steaming tea with a ton sugar in it and an apocalyptic Science-Fiction movie to watch. Not during summer though.
There was still enough current in the water to make washing my hair a not too complicated project. There is something about shampooing your hair outdoors that for me captures the essence of summer.
It was while I was trying to wash soap out of my eyes that Sunni figured out that she could have a lot of fun biting my legs. No--I'm not kidding. I've always known that Sunni's got a strange urge to chew on stuff, but up to then she had been leaving my feet alone. It's pretty hard to swim when you have a rabid friend attached to one ankle--trust me. I nearly drowned half a dozen times. Oh, well--at least I got my sinuses cleared out.
Oh, yeah--I had to exorcise Sunni before we went to sleep that night.
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