Monday, 08-06-26

Morning, all.  Guess what - it's raining.  Just for a change, you know!!  😃

It might brighten up though.  The clouds look quite high.  Fingers crossed.

A few garden photos first because why not.

Messy bits I don't usually show.  I'm not using those pots for tomatoes this year so they really need a proper clean and putting away.

More messy bits.  The water butt and I also prop the broom and the washing line up against it.

They're all useful though.

Happy rhubarb!

And a couple of pretties in the middle bed.

After yesterday's little moan (sorry for that), I DID get a bit of decluttering done.  You don't notice the difference but I know I've done it.  I have another little bit listed for today which should make a bit of a visible difference.

In the afternoon, I popped over to Beth with her bread and sat outside with a nice cuppa to chat.  
I came home feeling cheerful and started sorting out the very messy front patch which is now not an utter disgrace to a decent cul de sac!  Well, the border isn't, we won't talk about the grass which I didn't cut yesterday because it was damp and won't be cutting today unless the weather improves dramatically.

I was getting really concerned that I had seen no signs of my dahlias coming up neither round the back or at the front.  While the back ones were very young and started as bedding plants which maybe were engineered to not keep going (I don't know, just maybe), the front one, the confused dahlia is much older and established and I would miss it no end if it wasn't there.
So you can imagine my delight when I saw signs of growth on Saturday and yesterday it looked like this.  They do grow fast once they get going.

I'll keep looking round the back and if there's nothing in a week's time, I will see if there's any bedding plants remaining in a garden centre.  If not, no worries, there's always next year.

Something that really cheered me up - my lovely neighbour went strawberry picking and brought round a pot with eight beauties in it for me.  Wasn't that kind?  They were lovely.

The one downer yesterday was the hay fever.  I truly thought I was growing out of it at last as symptoms have been so mild for ages now but this year - oh, my word.  Yesterday was awful, despite medication, and this morning isn't great either.  Ears, eyes, nose, sore throat, itchy skin.  Yuck.  I wish I could do a Paddington with a couple of toothbrushes.  In case you don't know, here's the link to a YouTube clip.  It makes me laugh every time.

I mut do some washing today so I've already got one load in and a couple more lines up.  I'll be off to Circuits in a while and then, when I come back, it is Monday so downstairs housework day.  If it doesn't rain again, I might give the 'lawn' a high cut, just to sort out the worst.

It feels nice to have a list!  😏
Have a lovely Monday, everyone.  Stay dry and be happy.  xx