Sunday evening, 14-04-24

Evening, everyone.

A comment from Jules yesterday sounded just like the start of a poem so I offer it to you all to fill in the next two lines for me in the comments below.

        How nice to be a ladybird

        Basking in the sun.

How would you finish it?  Go on, have a go!

I was looking at my herbs today.  I use them all so, while it isn't a big collection, it is a very useful one.

Oregano - when I put it in,I didn't realise how invasive oregano is and yesterday I chopped it back severely.

Chives (in the foreground - the background right is an ornamental grass) which I have had for a couple of decades-ish now.  So useful for this and that and the flowers are so pretty too.

The sage was so tatty, died back over the winter and I almost dug it out but back it comes, growing happily again.  Yay!

Thyme.  Getting a bit scruffy and overgrown so needs a bit of a haircut.

Mint.  From left to right mint sauce mint, chocolate mint, apple mint.

My faithful bay.  Three winters ago, when we had two really cold snaps, I really thought it had died.  All the leaves turned brown and fell off.  I started cutting it back and noticed that the stems still looked green and living near the base so I cut them back and waited.  Sure enough, up came new growth and now, just look at it!

And, finally, the rosemary.  Strictly speaking, it is three rosemarys.  My old bush got very woody and shapeless so I took cuttings, had the old one out and planted three of the best cuttings .,

I think I need to have at least one of the three out, they're all doing very well and I don't need that much rosemary.

Well, I'm pretty much all ready.  I worked through my list without too much trouble and there's just the last minute things to do tomorrow, things like watering the plants, a little bit of last minute shopping, bins and so on.  It's all written down so I should be able to relax tonight.

I've worked out the route.  It's the first time I've done that way but when Beth, Alex and I came back from Elveden last October, I took a wrong turning and went through the centre of Bury (which is really very straightforward) so I'm going that way again as it is the simplest by far, once I've driven through Braintree - I could go round but through is quicker.

I've had a text from C P to say I can arrive any time from ten onward so I will just take my time and leave when I'm ready rather than hanging around so I don't get there too early.

Well, I will love you and leave you - good night, everyone, I hope today has been really good and tomorrow will also be a great day.  xx