There are two things you’ve got to get right in life’ said the man in the local furniture shop, ‘Comfy boots and a good bed.’

He may have a point. Anyway, after many many years Mr Penry has bought us a new mattress. Oh – the comfort! Sheer bliss. And I, who have been an early bird all my life, now find I don’t want to get up in the morning.

Actually getting into bed, however, is a different matter. Our bed itself is a very old brass one, with a high frame and a wooden bed-board (which Mr P made years and years ago.) I am very short. This gives me a few problems. The old mattress was considerably flatter than the new one. So – how to get into bed?

I tried to get in as usual and almost pushed the mattress off the frame.

I hurled myself at the bed, wildly grabbing for the far side to stop myself falling backwards onto the floor.

I even climbed (very awkwardly) into bed using a creaky footstool.

Mr Penry reckons he now has the answer. He is threatening to get me a trampoline.

I haven't been online today until now (gone 11pm). It is wet, cold and windy here and I am trailing around playing hunt the drip... not at all pleasant! Oh, for the warmth of summer! Or even the freezing cold of winter but not so much of this bloody rain!

So here is a little verse I learned back in the days of yore to cheer you up if your weather is anything like mine....

The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella,
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust stole the just's umbrella!

Hope to be back again tomorrow and catch up with your blogs!

Brightest blessings
Tylluan