Thursday

Wednesday was a bit of a damp day and overcast so I spent it inside taking it easy and pottering.  Not really sure what I did apart from some knitting and watching Netflix! So not especially productive, but relaxing.

Today I didn't do a lot either to be honest, just had a wander around the garden.

The planters are looking lovely now that they are filling out.

Really pleased with how these have turned out as they looked a bit sparse when I first planted them up in March.

A nice lot of colour on the decking.

This boot was a Christmas gift from my son and daughter in law one Christmas that I finally planted up when I moved here.  Loving it.

Flowers in the garden.

 

Bumble bee busy at work

I am not sure what these two plants are with the big leaves.

This one is going to flower soon so will hopefully give me more clues!

Pond skaters.  Not sure what variety they are.

My book doesn't list different species/sexes.

Prince of Wales Combat Vessel sailing past yesterday morning.

Recently finished this book.  A nice enjoyable read of times past and the author's childhood in a seaside village in the early 1900s.

I finally got my Pashley bike back today.  Unfortunately the bike shop that we took them too are unable to do the repairs to the damage that the removers did to our bikes as apparently the paint sprayers have unfortunately gone out of business due to Covid-19 and they have been unable to find anyone else who will do them.  The other bikes will be collected tomorrow.

Fortunately my Pashley was the least damaged, and as long as I keep the damaged areas dry so they don't rust it should be okay.

I took it out for a ride this afternoon.  My goodness what hard work it was!  I wonder if I will be sore tomorrow.  What I thought was relatively flat when walking is a lot steeper when riding a bike.   

Murphy enjoying some dandelion leaves.

Notes on 1st November

Well first of Happy 1st November, the beginning of the penultimate month of this year. 

I think I am going to try and go through my blog reading list this month and delete obsolete blogs, and some that I no longer read. Keep to a few of my favourite bloggers so I have the time to read their posts and make comments.  That is the plan any way.  

This will also be in my theme of trying to continue with the decluttering/downsizing process.  

It has been pretty dull and dreary today and was raining this morning and we have had drizzle on and off most of the day. 

Dogs were walked and Stanley had his yearly vaccination.  Percy is no longer able to have one due to his auto-immune disease.  

We went down for another look at the bike today and hubby agreed it was a very good price, so we bought it and I rode it home.  It is a nice ride.  I need a bit of practice as it is ages since I have rode a bike, but shouldn't take long to get used to it again.  It is a Pashley Princess Sovereign.  To have found one local at far less than what they usually go for was great.  So I will have to remember to put a big red bow on it for Christmas, as it is my Christmas present this year from family.  

I didn't actually take the above photo, hubby to a quick snap on his phone before I rode it home.    

Here it is in the garden, just before we put it away.  We need to clear out the bike shed a bit to make room it!  That will be a weekend job.  The garden needs some serious attention too!