Cool, cloudy with the same westerly wind blowing when I woke up and throughout the day. Clare had dental checkup soon after breakfast, so I drove her to the Llandaff North surgery and visited the nearby Lidl store to do some useful shopping while I waited for her. We were back home again in under an hour. Among my purchases was a can of Borlotti beans, half of which I used in a savoury veggie dish for lunch. I started work on the video slide show to go with next week's Morning Prayer until it was time to cook. Clare had a dance class at lunchtime, so I planned lunch for an hour later than usual.
When using Libre Office to prepare a jpeg image of a hymn text to use, unusually it proved uncooperative. It simply wouldn't export properly the file created so I had to switch to the equivalent Google app. For no reason I could determine, the OneDrive cloud file synchronisation was switched off. Saving the jpeg to the Desktop wouldn't work unless sync was on. Is Windows 11 interfering with control of my laptop? The are many occasions when I prefer to dump a file on the desktop as part of a work in progress without syncing to the OneDrive. I need to find out if this my workflow choice can be reinstated. I suspect it may be something to do with AI extracting information from my files without my agreement. A bit of detective work is needed here, when I have time.
After lunch I completed the Morning Prayer video and uploaded it to YouTube, then dozed for three quarters of an hour in the chair, despite having had a decent night's sleep. Then a walk around windy Llandaff Fields to take a photo of the padel court roof covering, now finished. I wonder how the lower four metre high ground level section of the structure will be enclosed - a solid wall? Netting? Thick transparent material? Watching construction work unfold over a period of time is an interest that's stayed with me since the city centre redevelopment took place when I was at St John's, right at the heart of the process every day for three years.
I went alone to the Ascension Day Sung Mass at St Luke's as Clare didn't feel up to walking. There were thirty of us, from Caerau, Glanely, Pentrebane Parishes plus a few from the East Vale Ministry Area, as well as faithful St Luke's members. Sadly I was the only person from Canton churches, as notice of the service only reached WhatsApp yesterday evening. Fr Jesse presided and preached beautifully with an original imaginative exploration of what the mystery of Christ's Ascension means for humankind. After the service food and drink and drink was offered in the north aisle. I chatted a while with several people I know from Ministry Area churches and then returned for a late supper.
Fran and Mark are coming to lunch on Sunday and returning my birthday icon to hang safely on the dining room wall. I started thinking recently about having it blessed, and while I chatted with Jesse it occurred to me to discuss this with him. He's an excellent liturgist, well versed in ancient Christian tradition. As he's now at St Luke's celebrating the Sunday Mass regularly, I asked him if he'd be willing to devise a blessing to accompany the simple ritual of presenting the icon and placing it on the altar with the bread and wine for the Eucharist. And what better occasion to do this than Trinity Sunday? Three Sundays from now.
I had a late supper when I got home, and read for half an hour and then it was time for bed.
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