Seals, swimmers and sparkly sea

As the wind howls and the rain batters the window this evening, it's hard to believe yesterday was one of those 'Indian summer' autumn days. It started off cool yesterday morning when I baked some writing fuel

- aka chocanana muffins. But by the time we reached Coney Island the sun had come out and was shining! It was shining so much even a seal was tempted to swim by and distract us from writing (not very difficult with such stunning views!). He was soon followed by a lady swimming in the sparkling sea.

As we munched muffins and drank coffee we tried to get to grips with different points of view (I still need to practice 'third person limited' and 'fly on the wall') and used a few exercises to try this out. at one point the sun streaming through the window was so hot I had to move seats to cool down and concentrate! Days like these help keep winter at bay.