Friday

Woke up to an overcast day. Ryan was in to work. We left Katy mowing the lawns and drove into Hyannis to look at tumble driers. The old one has died and would cost too much to repair so the new one should be arriving next Thursday. It began to rain on the way home, so we waited for it to stop before taking down the swing in the garden (as its support has come adrift from the tree) and hanging up the bird feeders. I had brought one of these with me from England, as the birds there didn't seem to like this particular one, which holds only thistle seeds and is really just for finches to feed from, so we'll have to wait and see if we have got finches in Sandwich. Katy is optimistic. Pat also fixed the retractable washing line to the house which we had bought. No birds have found them yet, but they've only been up for a couple of hours and it was getting quite late. Katy then went off to Polar Cave for her shift and Ryan collected his friend Al (the one who was in Japan when they were there for Adam's wedding) who ate with us and is hanging out here for the rest of the evening. Pat hit a few golf balls on the driving range at Holly Ridge golf club, round the corner. Sitting watching TV now.