Cold.

Well that was the shortest heat wave ever. Here in the morning and gone by the afternoon. Today has been grey, cold and wet.

After a busy day yesterday and a late night I've been feeling quite tired today. We had a power cut at around midnight which lasted about 10 minutes here but at least 5 hours down at the far end of the beach. The power company said it was due to a damaged overhead cable.

After breakfast I walked down to the shop to buy some carrots and potatoes so that Peter could get a hearty sausage casserole in the slow cooker for our supper. 

Back home I did some sorting out indoors and moved some things into the garage and others up to the loft. 

Then I had time outside weeding and doing some tying up in the back garden. Much as I love the wild atmosphere of the community gardens with such a small back garden I feel it needs to be much more managed to create somewhere I feel comfortable in. At least it's very easy to weed.

Once the rain settled in for good I came in, did some cycling (maybe a little faster than usual) on the exercise bike and more Duo Lingo. 

It was such fun photographing the Swedish candles last night.