More rain overnight, and a few degrees colder. I woke up on time to post today's Morning Prayer YouTube link to WhatsApp. When I checked the link posted, the video displayed subtitles running simultaneously with the voice audio. At first I couldn't figure out how this had happened, but when I examined the video metadata, I discovered a subtitle box was ticked. I can think of nothing I did that was unusual. Until this moment I didn't know automatic subtitling was possible, or how this could have happened. So I un-ticked it and the video ran as expected. I'll have to check this when uploading in future, in case it's some hidden default setting imposed automatically.
Two services to take this morning, as Fr. Sion is on leave. It rained as a left home for St Catherine's, and I took my brolly with me, expecting to use it later on the walk over to St John's for the second Eucharist. The rain stopped by the time I got to church, and the rain didn't return. If I'd known that the first shower of rain was going to be so short, I wouldn't have bothered to take it with me, but I was stuck with carrying it, and risk forgetting it. In both churches there were ten of us, and both congregations included a mother and baby. It's a minor encouragement.
I collected this week's veggie bag from Chapter Arts on the way home. Clare poached two big chunks of Coley in plant milk for lunch. I thought it tasted better than just cooking it over a steamer pan. Taking two services ensuite was tiring so I took an hour's siesta after we'd eaten, and then went for a walk in the park. It was sunny with clouds and a cold wind. There was a sudden cloudburst when I was out in an exposed area with no shelter under the leafless avenue of trees. I headed for a conifer which spreads out like a huge wigwam. I see kids playing inside it occasionally. I found a way into the hollow central space and stayed there for a few minutes until the cloudburst stopped. There were several mushrooms growing underfoot, worth a photograph.
Yet again today my Fitbit readout on both watch and phone was wildly inaccurate, and I had to guess when I'd walked enough of my daily distance to return home. After I'd been home for a hour, both devices corrected themselves, showing a step count close to what I estimated it should be. To see if it would make a difference, I uninstalled and then re-installed the Fitbit phone app as it's possible a tiny fault had crept into the algorithm running the device, not serious enough to crash it, but to introduce a minor cumulative error into its running. It's always a pain to restore the status quo on a device following a remedial uninstall and re-install action. We'll see tomorrow if this fixes the problem. Aa
After supper I did another two hourswork on grandpa's story and completed the final section. It needs error checking and a final review of where it ends than it's fit to share. Really tired now. Bed.
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