Summing up the Last Week

Well what a week, I didn't much feel like updating my blog, so this is a round up of the last week.

I stupidly did some washing last night and hung it on the line this morning as the weather app said no rain, and although it looked overcast I thought it would blow over.  Instead it has been raining ever since I put the washing out!  Not heavy rain, but enough to make it even damper!  Still the weather app says no rain - I never usually take much notice of it anyway, but today I have had my thoughts of its accuracy more than confirmed.  I will just have to leave it on the line as don't have a drier, and if necessary will bring it in later today and rewash it through this evening to hang out tomorrow. (Updated as it has taken me all day to write this post!) Sun finally has come out at 6 pm this evening.  Will probably just leave the washing, it will dry on the line tomorrow.

The other stupid thing I did was leave the freezer drawer open last night - a lot has defrosted, some of which I will cook up today and tomorrow but some I will have to throw out as being on my own, I am just not going to get through it.  A real nuisance.  It is a drawer freezer at the bottom of the fridge and I don't think they levelled it quite right when they installed it as you have to always make sure you have pushed the fridge door shut otherwise it falls open.  Obviously a similar thing happened with the drawer, as I was sure I had closed it when I took out the ice bag for hubby, and also I went in to the room later that evening to put the time on the washing machine, and I would have noticed the freezer drawer open as they are next to each other. I hate wasting food, so it is a jolly nuisance, but nothing I can do much else about.  When I get my chest freezer delivered on Wednesday I will explain about the fridge door falling open and  ask them if they can check the fridge levelling as it is the same company that installed the fridge who are delivering the freezer.

A lovely walk earlier in the the last week, the grass is so dry.

But perfect weather for haymaking.

Carrier ship just off the coast.

In the garden this week:

I did a new sign and was able to laminate it this time, thanks to hubby bringing the laminater down.

Beautiful skies.

My second cucumber, they are delicious!

Lilies in the pond looking gorgeous.

Hollyhocks still going strong.

I'm not sure what this plant is.  It has a sort of thistle flower head, and the bees love it.  Not the prettiest of plants, but good to see it attracts the bees.

My one and only sunflower I planted from seed that has actually grown into a plant.

My Dalmatian beans are looking good and I have been having them for dinner every few days.

These are the other beans I planted.  I can't remember their name off hand, but they are lovely to eat.

I've been doing battle with a climbing plant that has gotten out of control and covering one of my plum trees.  I managed to clear half of it off the tree, but couldn't reach the rest and we ran out of time for hubby to do some.

It has been a funny old week, the beginning of which I felt very ill from the stress, but fortunately by the end of the week, these stresses have been mostly resolved and an amicable solution with regards the fence has been reached which is always good.  Hubby came down for a few days with the dogs which was lovely and he managed to get the first coat done of half the deck.  He had originally planned to do the whole deck, but his time was taken up trying to resolve the back fence problem and then doing a lot of weeding and clearing along the line where the new fence will be going up this week.  It would have been nice if we had had more time to actually relax and enjoy each other's company and his time down here but it wasn't to be.  One day hopefully we will actually have some stress free time!  Anyway the time passed quickly and he left late last night with the dogs.

During the treatment - I forgot to take the 'finished first coat, first half' photo.

This has been a wonderful sight to see these two boys looking out the door at me.

I picked some more sweet peas and their scent is wonderful.

My sweet Percy snoozing.

Last night Percy cuddles.

I was really shocked at how much Percy had deteriorated since I last saw him in March and of course back in February.  How on earth the vet gave him a better 'body score' than he has ever had is beyond me, and completely wrong.  He is so much weaker than he was, and instead of a seven year old dog, he looked like a 16 year old dog.  I think the problem is in part due to lack of continuity and different vets treating him each time he goes in for his chemo, but even so, my husband wrote a detailed account of his symptoms and our concerns when he last went in and that was virtually ignored.  We have decided to cancel his next treatment this coming week (and what probably would have been his last, or second to last treatment anyway) to see how he goes on.  I don't think the treatments are doing him any favours anymore.  We will then assess how he is getting on and if still concerned we will take him back to his lovely regular vet and ask for blood tests etc to be taken.  Hopefully he just needs time to build up his strength again.  But I am worried about his future.

Stanley enjoying the beach.

We managed to take the dogs out a couple of times while DH was down here.  The first time we took them to the beach Percy used to love, which was quite frankly a disaster.  He hated it and looked totally miserable so DH ended up having to carry him.  Stanley was fine, he loved it.   The following day we thought we would try the forest where I have been before, and Percy was much happier walking through there, and although slow, really enjoyed sniffing and toddling along.

Surprisingly the photos I took of the dogs on the beach, Percy doesn't look too bad in.

Having good sniffs.

Today has been an odd day, seems a bit strange to have the house empty again. but at least I have some flat surfaces uncovered again - boy an my husband clutter up a flat surface in a very short period of time!

I've felt a bit flat, so have had a quiet day and then went for a walk late this afternoon.

Delighted to see a heron looking for food amongst the rocks I sat and watched him a while.

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The ferries are working hard going back and forth

Just resting.

Total Mileage: 

Week One: 30.5 miles
Week Two: 27.7 miles

So slightly over half way to my goal of 100 miles this month, which means I'm still on track to achieving my goal. Of course now I am nearly at the end of week three of walking.