Garden Day.

I didn't quite make it out to the garden until the afternoon because I thought I would do one or two quick indoor jobs first. How silly of me. I was so pleased with the way the sitting room window sills looked after a coat of paint that I decided to paint the woodwork on the upstairs landing. Washing, sanding, washing and then painting 2 doors and their frames and a few other bits is not a quick job. I also tidied up around the big fireplace and discovered the reason that we had been getting smoke into the room was that a metal plate had fallen off the flue from the wood burner. Peter says this is not to big a repair to do, thank goodness. After my morning's exertions I had a long lunch break outside with a book before starting on the autumn tidy up. I try to grow plants that are easy to maintain but there a number that need an autumn cut back. Today it was the turn of the giant croscomia. I do like the architectural shapes of the seed heads but once the frosts come the leaves get horrible and slimy and it is a much nastier job to do.
I counted 4 species of butterfly feeding frantically on the sedum flowers. Speedy is fascinated by anything that moves and I saw him eat 2 butterflies which he had pounced on as they flew by.


Jack came by later on his quad bike and I was able to give him a shoe box of lego that was still left over from the boys' childhoods.