Hello Friends!
Well, it's been a bit of a day today, hence the late update. After seriously overdoing the distance yesterday, I woke up this morning, if you can call it waking up, so tired and achy I went back to bed and slept away most of the Bank Holiday Monday.
From the garden, I do love the mill stones
I muddled through the day. Let's deal with the garden waste bin. The Council will be hearing more about this, I am now an enraged Welsh woman on a mission, breathing fire! Your input is invited, but does this look like an overfilled bin? Do you think the clippings would have come out so easily just by tipping the bin over? I don't. I think the bin men didn't even try!!!
I dealt with some Vinted sales, and today I wore the plum coloured Sea Salt "new without tags" tunic I bought for a snip at £15.00 on Vinted. I just bought a second one in teal, offered £13.00 and it was accepted.
Around the corner and I stopped to chat with two neighbours on my way while the sun shimmered on the distant sea.
including a moss garlanded salt lick
Then, some cheeky chap wanted to buy my Thunderbirds charm bracelet for next to nothing, trying to make out it is damaged {which it isn't} but when I learned he wanted to cut it up for parts, I sent him packing with a flea in his ear!
I did a couple of modules of my Herbal Medicine course and then decided I'd better get my act together and go for my walk, so off I went. I opted for a shorter route this evening as I don't want to overdo things, as so many of you are reminding me not to do!!!
It was so lovely to go out in the fresh, evening air, and following the westering sun slipping toward the horizon.
I multi tasked and voted on my way! It is now in the hands of Royal Mail
Now here's the wonderful news! {Sara, I hope you are reading this} I made it to the post box in one go without taking a break on the way!!! On Friday when I took this route, I had to stop several times for air!
The Council is doing something towards less clinical cutting of the grassy areas by leaving some uncut
Around the corner and I stopped to chat with two neighbours on my way while the sun shimmered on the distant sea.
At the bottom of my drive is a wild patch of prettiness
and to finish up, some of the flowers growing in my borders
On that note, I am tired but just getting ready to watch the Met Gala 2026 which is broadcasting live on the Vogue channel in an hour. I love the Met Gala if only for its ridiculousness, something as an antidote to the world today.
Heartfelt thanks again for all the donations and support, I couldn't do it without you!
Until next time
Debbie xx
It's lovely that you are taking photos again.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the potholes - some on back roads here are so deep that a traffic cone almost disappears inside them!
Thank you. Photos are being made possible through the use of a tripod/selfie stick and my mobile phone. I wonder if I'll ever be able to use my DSLR again?
DeleteYou have lily of the valley! I cannot persuade it to grow in my garden.
ReplyDeleteYour bin seemed to empty quite easily.... and now you have the video evidence!
Gosh, Lily of the Valley is quite the invasive thug. A friend made the mistake of putting it in her borders and it went crazy! Mum loved them. They have such a beautiful fragrance.
DeleteI am glad you listened to your body and slept. I had to listen to mine too, and ended up having morning and afternoon naps (3 hrs in total) because the Fair had taken it out of me. Lovely photos and Well Done with the walking.
ReplyDeleteI had no choice but to listen! Your stand at the Fair was rather splendid, but fairs are a lot of work with all the manhandling in and out.
DeleteWell done with the walking especially getting to the postbox without taking a break. Your garden is looking very pretty. Love the millstones - we have one in the garden in Herefordshire.
ReplyDeleteI like seeing your photos. It sounds like a productive day. Good luck with the bin people -- that's not even close to full! Our potholes here are so bad, when people drive, they all look drunk because they are doing the weave -- weaving around all the holes in the street. Even when they patch them, they're still bumpy and awful. (We call it patchment because it is NOTHING like pavement!) Good luck! Three cheers on your walk too!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Potholes seem to be a problem all over. They do so much damage and yet if the councils repaired them, yes it would cost, but in the longer term it would save money! Love "patchment"!
DeleteHere in Derbyshire we have some enormous potholes, and I feel like I'm driving a Dodgem car when going to daughter's down country lanes. I watched the lunchtime news and had to laugh at how fantastical the gowns were at the Met Gala, and how little some of the celebrities seemed to be wearing. Xx
ReplyDeleteYou should have seen the potholes in Iceland! They'd swallow a truck whole and spit out the tyres!
Deleteit's the ridiculousness of some of the frocks that makes me love the Met Gala so much!
I know I am rather late to some of your posts, but I am enjoying your walks with photos. I am so proud of you, I know I have told you this, but you have done so well doing things out of your comfort zone and that takes courage!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I must do what I have to and what I can.
DeleteIt's so nice to see your photographs.
ReplyDeleteThe costumes at the Met Gala were amazing.
All the best Jan
Thank you, yes the Met Gala almost always comes up trumps on the amazing, but often ridiculous, outfits.
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