Monday, 29 June 2026

Monday, 29-06-26

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Monday morning.  It's a lovely start to the day - cool, fresh, sunny, just perfect.  all the windows are open and it feels cool, cool enough to put my slippers on.  Sheer bliss!

I took some photos because it brightens up the blog.  My back garden is in shade at this time of day so maybe the colours aren't so vibrant, but that's OK.


The almost all herb bed - they're doing really nicely at the moment.  Mint, rosemary, oregano, sage and thyme.  The chives haven't done so well this year.  I think they have been crowded out by the oregano and I can see I will need to dig out most of it (the oregano, I mean) - it does spread!

Baby figs.  I doubt they will ripen but they are nice to see.

These plum tomatoes are bigger than they look in the photo - they should be great to cook with.

Autumn fruiting raspberries - there's just a hint of flower buds so fingers crossed for autumn.

Just a general view from the side of the garden room.  

The sole survivor!

Just so very pretty!

My new dahlia.  The poor thing got nibbled almost to death by sluggy, snaily things but seems to be picking up now, thankfully.

And no buds on the confused dahlia yet but it can't be long now - it's growing fast!

Yesterday was  a nice day.  Some washing, drying on the line and ironing, some bread baking, some gardening - nice, homey things.  I finished off a report and sent it off and I started reading through the paperwork for the governors meeting in a couple of days.  It was so nice to sleep between clean, fresh sheets and be able to snuggle under the quilt.

Today starts with circuits and then it's Monday stuff - downstairs cleaning and tidying, some weed scraping (a daily even at the moment), I have ironing to finish, meal plans to make and I need to re-read the paperwork and make notes as necessary.

It's going to be another good day; I hope yours is too.  Take care.  xx


12 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictures. I also love fresh sheets and comfortable temperatures. Thank you so much for sharing. 😊

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    1. :-) It's one of life's small but important pleasures, isn't it? xx

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  2. lovely photos your garden is looking beautiful.

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  3. Lovely photos and your garden is doing well in the heat. Singing group for me at 10am and then coffee with one of the group. Happy Monday. Catriona

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    1. That sounds lovely - hope you're having a great time. xx

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  4. Your surviving pear looks beautiful. You will enjoy its crunchy freshness soon. Our blueberries are not colouring at all, but the raspberries are being enjoyed by the dogs. We have some, too, but it's so funny to see them working away in the leaves. There are two figs on the small tree and none on the larger one - how does that happen?

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    1. We used to go to Streele farm for holidays and the lames were laden with blackberries. The family dogs just loved them and they were so funny to watch.
      Figs are unpredictable! :-) xx

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  5. Love all the photos, a nice mix of produce and flowers. That pear looks almost ready to eat, you'll enjoy it so much being the only one! I've often thought about having a fig and an olive tree....in pots though, there's not much garden space left here to put them in the ground. xx

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    1. I think the photo makes it look bigger than it really is - it's quite small in reality but it does look healthy, doesn't it? xx

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  6. The cooler air this morning has been a welcome relief from last week hasn't it. Pretty and productive in your garden. Thank you for sharing the photos, they made me smile. Have a great day whatever you are doing.

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    1. You're very welcome. I love seeing photos on the blogs of others too, thank you. :-) xx

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