I woke up feeling decidedly unwell this morning. A bit of a yukky throat, not sore, but not comfortable and a feeling of nausea. Hoping that when I helped put up the fence last week that the back neighbour wasn't carrying anything. Stupidly I wasn't wearing my mask. Just didn't think at the time because I was out in the garden.
Fortunately as the morning wore on I started to feel a bit better, although still very tired. I did some work in the front garden, but as the garden waste collection bin is packed as tight and full as it can be, and I had filled all the spare bags I had, once I filled the round gardman bin I stopped. Partly because I just couldn't be bothered lugging it round that back and all the way up the hill to my rather large pile of garden waste that I am hoping will gradually break down.
I spent some time by the pond, trying to see if I could see any of the fish, but no luck. Couldn't even see any newts. There was a lovely male Blue-tailed Damselfly which I managed to photograph.
Just look at those fabulous colours in his head and thorax. Just incredible.
There were also the usual pond skaters.
There are quite a few of these lovely orange flowers growing on my front bank, but I am not sure what they are, I believe it is part of the Crocosmia/Iris family.
In the vegetable garden:
The beans are growing well and I picked quite a few today and dropped a handful off to my neighbour. I hope she enjoys them as much as I do. I had a few with dinner tonight and they are really lovely.
A Harlequin Lady bird. Hopefully eating all the aphids/black flies on my Dalmatian bean leaves!
. Day 28/Week 4: 103 miles! Plus I still have three days to go until the end of the month, so very chuffed to have gone over my 100 miles goal this month.
