An Afternoon in Town.

Dawn was looking hopeful and even though the distant rainbow hinted at rain to come the day was mostly dry.

It was a good opportunity to get out the pressure washer and give the terrace a clean. It was very satisfying to watch the stones change from a dull khaki/olive colour to much nicer muted browns. I did the steps as well and just had time to clean off the black from the wood of the garden chairs before a few drops of rain began to fall. The chairs are now in the garage drying before I reapply teak oil to the wood.

My afternoon was spent in Aber. I've had dryer eyes than usual and a random sharp pain in the corner of one eye so I'd made an appointment at the opticians. They did all the tests, took photos of the back of the eye etc and could find nothing specific. At least now I know there isn't anything dramatic going on. 

While I was in town I ordered our chicken for Christmas from the local butcher. Around £20 for a free-range chicken is a lot but there's no way I could bring myself to buy a supermarket chicken. Growing to full size in 12 weeks is simply not natural and as to the conditions, well .......

Since I don't usually bother going up to the top end of the main shopping street I called in at the charity shops there and bought a few more decorations and a couple of small fun Christmas gifts.

Two of the three Polly's windows which are beautifully decorated all through the year. I thought they only sold clothes and accessories but they also sell soft toys and decorations. I will have to avoid going in as I would be tempted. With the charity shops you know your money is going for a good cause plus you're recycling things and of course they're cheap.

There's one real Christmas tree in town (we are surrounded by forests filled with trees after all) and two abstract metal ones strung with lots of flashing lights.

I'll be off in a minute to choir. Thank goodness it's not raining as it was horrendous driving back last week.