August the 19th Monday. A grey old day that was always going to be one of chores. With away-from-home jobs done I am about to do the home tasks. Laundry and tidying up. Aided and abetted by podcasts and music.

While pondering about Monday Mundane Monotony I thought I would spend five minutes checking up on previous 19th of August photos .

12 years ago I was escaping a blisteringly hot day post-on call in London. All of London was heading for the coast of Kent. I deliberately chose a rather unlovely part of the coast, Minster-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey. Just one photograph all day but I’m sure I had a well earned sleep and some book reading while looking out over a rather unlovely part of the Thames Estuary. 12 years on, my extremely random automatic photo editor turns my close-up beachscape into something rather joyful.

9 years ago packing my art stuff , this time before an on-call but also related to an escape the next  day to the coast for some arty dabbling in Cornwall.

At no point until 3 years ago did I ever imagine that the coast would become a five minute walk from home. I’m not sure I imagined a life where a coastal escape could happen whenever I fancy it. It certainly makes a day of domestic chores much more enjoyable. Not exactly Fireworks all day but definitely something to perk up a dull day with dull chores.