Wednesday..7.15. Grey sky. dark look over the earth. Rain.  Every thing looks dull and uninteresting when the sun is asleep.  I suspect that its  cold and windy even though I can see no movement in the vegetation of the garden across the road from my bedroom window.  We don't see Charlie at work in his front room window these days except on very rear occasions because the blinds those crosswise slatted plastic affairs are kept closed.  When I look out in the morning there is sometimes a face peering out at me  from the house opposite. .I used to think it was a patten on the  glass made of road dust thrown up by the  traffic until Ii saw the face of an old woman reflected by the early morning sunlight . Her sudden movement shook me....I have back pain this morning and my right eye is not in top form with all the exercise  painting it is no surprise  that I feel drained. Wrote a cheque for three thousand pounds for Graham to pay for an operation on his back. He will repay me in 2015 when he expects a life insurance pay out.  Bath and hair wash.  Worked on clearing the shelves in the shed.  My legs and back ache with carrying heavy tins of paint up the garden and into the garage.  Laundry.  Second coat of paint applied to the floor. Vacuumed it first. I worked all day.  Interludes of bright sunshine.