June Already? How did that happen?
6th June 2017
June is one of my favourite months of the year and not just because it is my birthday month – honestly! I love it when the garden is in full bloom particularly the aromatic flowers I have planted. The roses, lavender and honeysuckle are all fragrancing the air on warm evenings but the pink peonies are potentially my favourites. Unfortunately, just as mine came in to flower the weather changed and the strong wind and heavy rain caused their heads to be bowed down in the dirt – the solution was to cut them and bring them indoors so now I have their delightful aroma as I sit writing this.
When the sun is shining, one of my favourite things to do, once I’ve finished gardening, is to sit outside reading. If you like to do that too, and prefer a ‘real’ book to a Kindle, I have a competition further down this blog for you to win signed copies of Alice in Theatreland.
I was very excited when the van pulled up this afternoon with the first consignment of paperbacks. I now have a hallway full of boxes of books and I know someone who is just itching to get his paws on them!
If you are a cat lover, I’m pretty sure you are familiar with pictures like this one of Wilfie. He just loves boxes of all shapes and sizes and, despite being quite a big cat, does his best to squeeze inside them. He also likes to bite them as mentioned on my most recent post on Instagram which had more likes and comments in the first few hours than most of my posts get! If you want to follow me on Instagram I’m @juliagroberts – still a bit of a novice but getting there bit by bit.
So as not to be accused of favouritism, here is a photograph of my elderly cat, Poppy. She also has her birthday this month – she will be twenty-two on the 24th June. She is quite thin now and very picky with her food but she still purrs (very loudly actually as she is deaf) when being stroked. I don’t know how much longer we will have her but we try to make the most of every minute.
So…. Competition Time!
I am giving away five signed copies of Alice in Theatreland before publication on 27th June. To be in with a chance of winning a copy all you need to do is answer this simple question:
In my Liberty Sands trilogy of books, what is the name of Holly’s son?
Send your answer on an email to info@juliarobertsauthor.com before midnight on Tuesday 20th June and I will announce the randomly selected winners on here on the 22nd June so there will still be plenty of time to pre-order if you’re not lucky enough to win.
Much love and good luck
Julia xx
