Hi,
Hope you are well. I am fine- what a changeable weekend we have had.
Yesterday was constantly wet, today, beautifully sunny and warm! Bizarre, how different the two were!
Yesterday morning, I woke up around 7.20am (so annoying that I have to drag myself out of bed during the weekend but, "PING!", I'm wide awake on a Saturday.) I went outside to bring in our handmade stool which we'd left outside in the rain and whilst I was there, filled the myriad watering cans (ha! CBC seems to have forgotten about how annoyed he was about the watering cans) and every available receptacle with water from the water butt. It's annoying how the waterbutt is leaking though!
Anyway, after an annoying 'waiting to do something' morning and early afternoon, I gave up on CBC who was having a nightmare trying to fit a new cog to his bike wheel and who was angrily trying to work it out after he lost an important link, I ran to the station to catch the next rail replacement bus to town...I was SO hot by the time I'd reached the station...but importantly, made my coach!
In town, I headed to the charity shop to look for something specific, which I didn't find, but I did come out with 2 lovely Ted Baker shirts for CBC and a brand new Dinosaur dress from Run&Fly which I've admired online for ages! It IS a size 14 and is thus rather baggy on me, but it feels quite comfortable!
I then headed to Mr Simm's sweet emporium to stock up on sweeties and headed to the nice greengrocer to stock up on Veg. The nice man remembered me and asked how my Mum was, last time he saw me, I was stocking up on things for for her (which I then dropped down the stairs). Annoyingly, I had just missed the half-hourly rail replacement bus by 2 minutes after finishing here so I headed to Wilko for a look in the garden section. I came out with 3 bamboo toothbrushes, a large box of Coir compost (it's really good as you add water and it makes 40litres of rich, peat-free compost and weighs a lot less) and some seeded Desiree potatoes that were going cheap for 10p (mainly to avoid them going in the bin- there were SOOOO many though!).
When I got home, I planted out 2 of my tomato plants as well as 2 of my courgettes (please God, let them survive another night- I didn't cover them tonight and I know snails are marauding as I have removed them from several places and it is now raining!)
Sunday morning, CBC went off to cycle 100miles (yes, that much) and I joined in with a church service online from a localish church which was lovely. Super impressed by the vicar who played the piano AND led the worship singing- he was really good! One of my favourite songs, which I've not sung for SUCH a long time, was part of the service, here it is below.
After that, after realising that CBC would not be getting back any time soon to go for a walk to see the Bluebells with me, I decided to go by myself.
Yes, I look haggard and scruffy, but I don't care! I was happy in the sun!
I discovered that the Bluebell woods were only 2.1 miles walk from my house- the last time I'd visited them, I'd gone the long way and it was 5miles or so to the same point!! Ha, it was such an easy walk! It happily took me past the Garden centre as well and I ended up picking up some Tomato planter things as my tomatoes were SUCH a mess last year, I want something to make them neater! I also bought some raspberries and a Brownie on the way home for a garden and tea treat for us.
I'll share some Bluebell photos soon although I left my camera at home and they are only phone ones!
I felt so good after the sunshine and it was lovely to have a little garden time with CBC.
I harvested some salad leaves and Spinach tonight which also felt positive!
Hope your weekend was great!
xx