So so hot

Friday 20th November: Hot and sunny. A high today of 30 degrees. Steve home off sick from work, and not really much better yet.
The boys and I headed of early to piano lessons in town then popped into the shops for some more milk powder for the lambs and some fresh food for us.
We got home late morning and the boys wanted to d some more maths on the computer to earn time for a car racing game on the Game Cube. As it was so hot out this seemed like a good idea. This meant I had a short while sitting down doing some cross-stitch while the sun dried the washing on the line and the boys were busy.
For tea we had homemade sausages followed by mocha mousse. Edward peeled the potatoes for the mash and made the pudding, which was divine.
In the afternoon the nor'wester had blown through but after tea it was calmer outside but still very hot. Edward went and sat in the lambs' pen and was playing quietly with his new battleships game, and it was lovely to see both lambs work their way up close enough for him to pet them. Shirley was very interested in the handset, and the photo shows her trying to set her ship's co-ordinates!
Just after this we heard a loud buzzing noise and saw a swarm of bees moving over our heads and across the road and out of sight.