Ooopss

Sunday is the day we get up late, just after 10am the door bell went, it was Mac, apparently he messaged me last night, but I had switched my phone off. Had to have a quick shower after setting him to cut the grass and trim the edges. He is also clearing the dead weeds from the far side of the garage and then starting to dig out the rizomes of the Bergenia, so we can start and put the strulch down. Once the strulch is down, the rain will bind it together to form a mat which will supress the weeds, any that do manage to escape we can pull out. Slugs and snails do not like it either. I have only managed to grow lupins, delphiniums and foxgloves since I started using it. There will be an extra thick layer on the bed I intend to use for herbaceous plants next year.

Its a very dull day, hopefully it will not rain, its also quite cold. I have come to the conclusion that our bedroom is a cold room, its at the back and does not get the sun till later in the day. The last 2 nights I have slept in my bed jacket.

So Mac working in the garden DB has been out and done a bit of work on the strawberry beds, he says there are a few more coming. He is setting some runners for Mac.

Supper tonight gammon new spuds, green beans and carrots, will make mustard sauce to go with it. I have lemoncello cheese cake for dessert.

Is it raining

people were going by with umbrellas up however the ground outside the back door is dry. Do I risk putting the  laundry out???

Better night last night over 9 hours, still tired would very easily have stayed in bed!!!

We went to meet the library van in Great Dalby yesterday, so now have enough books to last us for 3 weeks. I think we will go to Thorpe Satchville next time, we do not have to park on the street there. The village roads are very narrow around here.

Watched the tennis yesterday, ladies final today, according to the papers The Princess of Wales will be thre to present the trophy. Apparently Prince William is flying to Germany for the football final tomorrow.

No plans for today except sorting something out for supper.

It was cold

last night the temerature was down to 13c Brrrrr this morning we have sun and its a bit warmer but not much.

DB did his half hour in the garden I went down to the post office to draw some cash to cover our cleaner and gardener for the rest of this month and into next. DB was cutting off runners from the strawberries. 

We were late up this morning, once again it was 4am before I managed to drop off to sleep, no idea why. So it was after 9am when I woke.

The garden at the front is looking good thanks to the rain all the plants except the Robina are doing ok. 

No plans for the day except to watch the tennis this afternoon, tomorrow is the ladies final and the mens on Sunday, then it will be on to the Olympics, not something I am mad about unless its the dressage or the tennis.

Supper tonight is fish and chips. Need to find something for dessert. 

Not again!!

 Its that horrible drizzle they call smurr in Scotland, its fine but wets you through........cannot complain though, saves me watering. The rose we brought from Hose has a flower just opened on it, its a compassion, the smell is heavenly. There are two more buds on, I am training it up the trellis between the kitchen and sitting room windows.

Was at Aldi just after 8.45. I really have decided that I cannot cope with a big shop any more, so will switch to Morrisons delivery and just a quick trip to Aldi for things I cannot get at Morrison. I also called at the post office to draw cash for next month......banking is down, hey ho no cash. Will try again tomorrow, if not will have to draw cash from the ATM and muddle through as best I can. Mac is due on Sunday to cut the grass and the cleaner and gardener on Monday, although the gardener may be off as the forecast is for rain.

The bed at the top of the garden. Trevor pulled bagfulls on convulous out of it.

Looks good from a distance, once the triffid has flowered it will be cut down and dug out, will keep just a small clump. I also will take cuttings from the shrubs and flowers in the bed.

Very bad night last night, only slept for just over 3 hours, drinking tea at 1am, so not much getting done today. I have down loaded a design for a quilt for the new baby due in December. The embroidery plaque is on hold for now. I need to look for some fabric for the quilt, Possibly cream with yellow embroidery. Will see whats needed and what I can get, might look at gingham with animals embroidered on on the plain fabric.......

Supper tonight, chicken and 3 cheese kiev, new spuds, cabbage and carrots.

Its fine

 No rain forecasy but there are dark clouds scudding across the sky. It rained for most of yesterday, DB checked the rain barrel attached to the garage, it is almost full, so next lot of rain will start filling the overflow barrel. He plans to add another overflow barrel so we will have 3.

Towels in the washer, should dry ok, can always finish them off in the dryer if I have to. We need to get into the garage and sort it out, also need to start spreading the strulsh on the garden,  We need to weed kill the Berginia which is starting to shoot from the rizomes. Trevor worked on the top bed on Monday, I am going to take cuttings from the geraniums, the rest will be dug out.

Still not up to 100%, I went in the sewing room yesterday and looked at the design for the embroidery that is going to be mounted, just could not be bothered, came out and shut the door. I really think I am not over the stress of moving, plus Edwin is getting slowly worse although he was not so dizzy first thing this morning.

I have a beef lasagne for supper tonight. Bananas are finished, so need to sort out a dessert of some sort.

Rain

yesterday we were warned of a rain storm which could dump a months worth of rain in a day!! Well its raining but not as they said, other parts of the country have had heavy rain, not us.

I am not firing on all cylinders at all, did not have any supper last night, and not really hungry this morning. I am finding coping with DB and all his 'ailments' very difficult.......he has an appointment next week for a 24 hour BP test, think I will be sleeping in the sitting room, I have enough trouble sleeping without having to be disturbed by a BP monitor puffing up and letting out air evry hour! At least he managed up this morning without moaning about a dizzy!!

No idea whats for supper. Think it might be a ready meal.........

 

Gardener day

picked up Trevor just after 9.15am. He set to and emptied the big plant pots that had nothing growing in them, he then started clearing the top bed on the right of the garden, it has convulous growing all over it, once its clear I can start thinking about taking cuttings from the Johnsons blue geraniums. Apparently he has found a water butt in amoungst the detritus. it needs a hole in the side of the butt at the top so we can link it up to the rest of the butts.

DB did his half hour in the garden and then put the tennis on TV, he has suddenly become interested in it. Previously it was me that watched it, he seems to have got 'the bug.' 

Load of laundry on the whirly, the sun is quite strong, very little wind. It should dry ok.

Supper tonight is quiche and salad, will do some small potatoes with it. I suspect it will be banana and ice crem for dessert.