Sunday 17 March 2024

Sunny Sunday

 

A very springlike day today- and quite mild - warm enough to get out in the garden without freezing my butt off anyway.  Planted out some strawberry plants  grown  from runners - for some reason my strawberries were hopeless last year - the plants were only two years old so should have produced fruit - so fingers crossed they will do better this year. Picked another colander full of psb sprout tops and a little cavolo Nero for tea tonight - not a lot left now which is a shame as they have been very tasty.

The sweet peas are germinating at last - I thought they were never going to show - surprising what a bit of warmth in the greenhouse will do.

Cooked a chicken for tea and pushed loads of garlic paste and butter under the skin to try and give it a bit more flavour but it still was a bit tasteless - I prefer those garlic and herb ones that come in roast bags - now they are tasty.

The wild life pond is coming to life again the water is crystal clear and I spotted a nest swimming about - whereas the fishpond is green and cloudy - it definitely needs sorting.



Saturday 16 March 2024

Something about a Saturday

 

Somehow a Saturday feels different to the rest of the week even if you don’t have to go to work - it just seems more leisurely somehow - I linger longer over breakfast - a bacon and fried tomato sandwich - take longer in the bath maybe take a coffee with me and a book - go to the local co-op for a weekend treat of perhaps an egg custard and buy a chicken for Sunday lunch. Decide todo a bit of de-cluttering - today was the medicine cupboard and the bathroom cabinet - discarding old nail polish that had gone too thick and which I never use now - old tubes of out of date lotions and potions - cough medicines past their use by date by a few years - the list goes on.

Just small things can make a difference to the amount of stuff you have hanging about which you have hung on to that you don’t really need.



Friday 15 March 2024

That Friday Feeling

 

The lady from the garage came to collect my car this morning early to take it in for a MOT and service. She brought it back later in the afternoon and all is ok - I did ask if they did a cleaning service - alas no - it’s a white car and shows up all the muck and it’s quite an effort to wash it.  The local car wash has closed down so it will have to stay mucky for now.

Yesterday there was a collection for Cancer Research they put a bag through the door for you to fill - I had a pile of clothes waiting to go to a charity shop and some books and you leave the bag by the gate - one minute it’s there then the next it’s gone.

Did some housework and watered the houseplants and had beans on toast for lunch - fish with parsley sauce for dinner and that’s about as exciting as it gets.



Thursday 14 March 2024

Thursday Things

 

Thursday is my charity shop trawling day.  One thing I have noticed is how the prices have shot up the cost of living seems to have affected even that now - so many of our local towns shops have closed now, particularly clothes shops, that there is nowhere else for people to browse any more.  Anyway I bought a cotton top large enough to layer it as and when required and three vintage books.  Got some toiletries from Boots and that’s about it.

I’ve read Angel before but don’t know where it’s gone - I’ve seem the film Enchanted April but not read the book and the Josephine Tey I bought because I enjoyed the last book I read of hers - I shouldn’t be buying any books at all as I still have a huge pile still to be read.

Finished putting together the Lego Succulents that I got for my birthday the last one the cacti with the pink blob on top was the hardest I just couldn’t fix it together and almost gave up I  decided to give it one more try and bingo it all just clicked together - I don’t think I’ll be doing another one any time soon.

The oil change sign came up on the car dashboard but it’s going in for a service and MOT tomorrow so not too serious.


Wednesday 13 March 2024

Windy Wednesday

 

It didn’t rain today - the sun didn’t come out either but it was windy but that didn’t bother me.  Went into the garden to cut dead stuff so I could fill the green bin - pulled out the remaining sprout plants that were beginning to get a bit smelly - planted three new lavender bushes and three herbs - marjoram rosemary and thyme  in a container by the kitchen door for easy access.

I think I mentioned that the pigeons have been having a good go at the broc so I rescued what I could as in the picture above and we had it for tea tonight alongside a chicken casserole - very tasty it was too. Also the lettuce I stuck in a jam jar of water is sprouting new leaves and roots - sort of food for free

Watched The Girl on the Train movie this evening - I had read the book so thought I knew what to expect - it turns out I couldn’t remember any of it - quite enjoyed it 6 out of 10.


Tuesday 12 March 2024

Rainy Tuesday

 

It rained solidly all morning - it’s getting a bit monotonous now - day after day not being able to get into the garden.  Anyway we went shopping for groceries in the rain came back in the rain but by about three it finally lessened and I managed to plant three bare root rudbeckia in pots they are just sprouting but as I planted some fragile shoots broke off - so we’ll see how they recover.  Bought a tray of Golden Acre cabbage - six and six pepper plants and six webbs wonder lettuce just to get me going - they are in the living room on a heat mat.  Not all the tomato seeds have germinated yet so I may have to sow some more if they don’t show up soon.

The pigeons have had a right go on the purple sprouting which they’ve never done before so there is nothing left for us - all those months of waiting and nothing to show for it.



Sunday 10 March 2024

Soggy Sunday

 

The rain hasn’t stopped all day - literally it hasn’t  stopped.  It’s Mothers Day so here is my Mum.  I always thought this was their honeymoon photo but then after looking at my family history files - it can’t be as they got married in November and you can’t tell me that Blackpool in November was warm enough to wear summer clothes.

So for most of the day I have been catching up on my reading - I have a pile of books waiting to be read so I took advantage of the rain and got stuck in - The Lost Bookshop  by Evie Woods was my book of choice - can’t quite make my mind up about it and I’m two thirds of the way in - I’ll pass judgement on it when I’ve finished but so far it just gets a six out of ten.