Where did all the Summer go, long time passing? Part of it was spent on the beach in Margate, though a paltry hour and a half albeit wonderful, with Kate Pryor and her sweet daughter Edie, Mum's God-daughter. The Weather was fairly wild, and went from quick dip in the sea to brooding apocalyptic clouds...

The weather in Margate was unusually interesting, even by Margate standards ("Best skies in Europe" said Turner).

Funnily enough, the sky above hardly broke, and there was a little but not torrential rain.

This double rainbow the same day was a great treat!

This sunset... well... I'll let it speak for itself, and its creator!

Back in London, the gas at Harper Hall has finally been turned back on after a bit of pleading and exasperation... so the dinner party season is underway once again. JP came to stay, and here he is in the Autumn sunshine of some of these fine September days we had last week.

Lauren, Shannon, Pia, Felicity, Joey Dreycott and Jp and I shared a very pleasant dinner on Friday - together with rather a lot of vigorous debate around the faith issue. Bed was at 1am.

Chris Pryse Hawkins came over and very kindly gave me plus Bluebell a lift to her first, properly paid gig on Saturday just gone. We just about got away with it, Terry's gallery background music, with Chris on guitar and Ben Moore on drums, assisted at one point by young Leo (pictured the next day at St Ann's.) Leo's really not bad considering his age, 4.

L-R: Lauren, Pia, Shannon, Jp, Felicity, Joey

Mattie Dwyer had popped in for another session on Our Common Passion on Saturday, and to my shame, I took her up on her offer of washing up after I'd heated Friday night's leftovers for lunch.

Wrinkly hands for ever dear Mattie, and many, many thanks: I was a bit washed up and washed out having tidied after 7 the previous eve, but it was ungentlemanly of me, forgive!

Managed to give another dinner on Sunday night at last minute notice, and a few guests materialised namely Bess Twiston Davies and Nick (see photo above) and Charlotte Bromley Davenport (see photo below)

Think I was missing Jp and the company, but also wanting to use the flat now it's looking so much better and is tidy, clean and organised.

For which, dear Fuschia - who seriously helped achieve new levels of Heaven's First Principle: Order... and to all my lovely friends for your company and joy...

Molto Grazie!!