Sunshine.

A damp start to the day but the light drizzle cleared quickly and I was still able to have my morning cuppa out on the terrace. And then the sun came out giving us a lovely sunny day. Incidentally the reason the washing dried yesterday was that while I was being rained and hailed on in my travels it stayed dry at home right until the late afternoon.

With the sun lighting up the front garden it was an easy decision to chose gardening as the first job of the day. I was able to bag up the rest of the heap of turf and then begin pulling up the last of the grass and wild plants from the centre of the garden. Eventually I was joined by the birds. The female blackbird got cross and chased off the robin when it dared to come down onto the soil at the same time. There were plenty of worms for both of them but they can't work that out. Yesterday I bought three small lavender plants at Lidl and these have now been re-potted as it will be a while before they can be planted out. Down the road there's some lavender growing in a flower bed facing the cliff so I know it can cope with the wind and salt spray.

Gardening done for the day I needed to pop to the shop which of course meant a walk on the beach. 

Not too many people on the beach though with good surf conditions I've seen plenty of surfers, one paddle boarder cutting through the large waves and a few people swimming or just jumping the waves without wetsuits.

This dog was having the most wonderful time playing with a stone which it was able to throw for itself and then chase. I could see from the marks in the sand that it had been doing this for a while. It was with a family but they were much further up the beach.

The rest of the afternoon was spent tidying up the cupboard I bought yesterday.

As the varnish was badly scratched I sanded it off mainly using my electric palm sander and then waxed the bare pine with Brywax to give it a nice finish. I tried to remove the drawer knobs but they wouldn't come off even after I took out the bolts holding them in. Because it's only a modern piece of furniture and I know where it will be going I didn't bother doing the sides. Very lazy I know but who will ever see the sides? I will raise the shelf  to fit storage tubs underneath and shallow trays above. Hopefully I've got my measurements right. The cupboard is in the garage for the time being to clear the smell of the wax.