Not Too Cold.

After last night's heavy rain it was a surprise to find that it had all cleared up by the morning. It was still miserably grey and maybe that was why I found it very hard to get going this morning. That's where my morning housework routine is so useful. It doesn't take that long but once I've done it I know the downstairs of the house is clean and tidy even if I did decide to crawl back into bed. However once I've forced myself to do the hoovering etc I nearly always find I'm energised enough to get on with the rest of the day. This morning I sorted through the Christmas decorations, found 4! to give away and put the bags back in the loft. Instead of putting the ladder away I then took it outside and cut back the climbers on the front of the house ..... again. Some of the roses I cut down in the autumn had grown 3 or 4 ft. I try not to touch the wisteria as it took 10 years before it even flowered but the honeysuckle is as tough as old boots and I gave it a proper trim. The long-handled loppers helped me cut back some of the rose growing over the porch but I couldn't quite reach it all. 

Then it was time to split another barrow load of logs. Who needs to go to a gym when you have logs to split? They keep predicting severe storms so I try and bring extra logs in each day while it is dry.