After all the revelry on Sunday, I was tired out on Monday!! John was also tired out so we had a day off and didn’t do anything strenuous at all.
“Can you get up by 10.30?” I asked John, as I took him a cup of tea in the morning. “Yes,” he replied, “Why?” The reason: we had a guest coming at eleven o’clock but I had arranged a doctor’s appointment at 10.30 and wasn’t sure I’d be back in time.
I toddled off to the surgery to bleat about my gippy tummy, where I was ages, finally arriving home at almost half past eleven. Linda had already arrived and she and John were nattering away like nobody’s business. We grinned at each other, “We don’t see each other for years on end and now twice in a fortnight!” exclaimed Linda.
Oh, but it was lovely. We really enjoyed the brief visit and have agreed we must not leave it so long until the next time. Linda is very easy company and it was a pleasure to sit chatting for a couple of hours.
After Linda had left, Andrew and I went to collect the car we’d left at the Kenilworth Social Club. Home again, and John was beavering away on the computer, so I wandered outside to see if I could do any titivating in the garden.
To be honest, we’ve done nothing on the garden this year, apart from plant some dahlias. As I looked round, I was a bit overwhelmed because, of course, everything is suddenly flourishing – weeds ‘n all! Ah, well, you’ve got to start somewhere, haven’t you? So I grabbed a pair of secateurs and set to on the jasmine. It had taken fright over winter and almost all of it was dead wood.
I have noticed one or two other plants have totally died in the garden this winter, which is a bit of a shock as I thought they were nicely established. A visit to the garden centre I think, in week or two’s time.
Meanwhile, John and Andrew had decided to tackle the dining room door. For some unaccountable reason, the door no longer hinged all the way back when we opened it. A new hinge was required and John was on the case. They successfully managed to take the door off, put the new hinges on, and put the door back on again. Boom!
More door fiddling was on the agenda today, though. Apparently , the new hinge had changed the set of the door and so it needed planing down. “While you’re over in Kenilworth having your hair done,” John said, “can you call into Michael’s to see if he’s got my planer? I think I lent it to him.” Yup. I called in, collected the planer and handed it to the handymen in the house. Lots of whizzing, screwing, lifting the door on and off again, and an hour or two later, there it was – a perfect fit! Thank you, boys!
Who knows? We might yet get this house ship-shape! Mind you, give us time. We’ve only been in it 40+ years…….
Take care everyone. God bless.
Chris said it was a lovely christening, so not surprised you were tired. I have also lost some well established plants this winter. This has been the same for members of my gardening group as well. It was a hard winter for plants.
Ah…. that’s reassuring regarding the plants!!! I thought I’d done something wrong! And yes, it was so lovely to see Christiana on Sunday.