Home at last!!

20 hours after leaving our hotel room in Seattle, we are home at last!! The cats were pleased to see us (well, pleased to be let out of the house and pleased to be given some food at least), but not anywhere near as pleased as we were to see them and to be back at home.

The house is immaculately clean and tidy thanks to our fantastic house guests, and there's even a loaf of bread for us.

Turns out it is still summer here - in the high 20s C (far too hot for the clothes we have been travelling in, making the last part of the journey quite uncomfortable), with brilliant sunshine and clear blue skies. What a welcome home!

Enormous thanks to Louise for filling in on the blog while we were away - it has been a real treat to read our blog from the "other" side! And even bigger thanks to both Louise and Dan for holding the fort, keeping the cats fed, the plants watered and the house lived-in. (Thanks also to Sue for filling in over the last couple of days!)

For now, bed calls - let's see how long it takes to shake the jet lag this end!

Pleased to see us? Or just pleased to have their bowls filled?

Yes, the view is still here!

Look at the colour of the sky. What a welcome home!