Sun & Evening Torrents.

It's been a beautiful sunny day today. Just the right sort of day to spend all my time working outside but I have learnt the hard way that I need to pace myself. The only thing to mar the day was hearing the hunt roaming around the valley. I made sure all the cats were in the house before several hounds came running into the garden. I got so cross I went and got a shotgun (not loaded but nobody knew that), and stood at the top of the drive making myself very visible to some of the riders and hunt followers. Soon after that I heard the whipper-in calling away all the hounds, good.

By working in 3 separate sessions I was able to clear the leaves in the yard and on the raised bed. Session 1 was with a brush and pan, then as the sun and wind dried the remaining leaves I was able to use the leaf vac and finally in the afternoon I was able to pick up the rest by hand.

The weather was so good that I was able to sit outside and read for 2 hours before the sun left the garden. Since then we've had some heavy showers so I've been up and checked the road dams as I don't want to be repairing the drive again. Later in the afternoon I had a surprise phone call. I get several 'junk' phone calls a day so it took a few moments to realise this wasn't one of them. Some months ago I had rung a few insurance companies to see if I could get a better quote for our house insurance, which I couldn't. One of those companies was running a draw for all enquirers and I have a won a cash prize.  It's a reliable firm and the cheque is supposed to be coming next week, how good is that?

And then a delivery van turned up. I was so surprised when I was handed a big bouquet that I even asked if he was sure it was for me. The bouquet and a box of chocolates were from all my work colleagues (cards had arrived with the postman). What a lovely gesture.

Oh my! the rain is absolutely thundering down and the TV signal keeps dropping out. Better check there's no thunder, it's even worse now!!!