We started our day by having breakfast outside in the sunshine. That was after I had a chat with Vytas on Skype so things couldn't have been better.
I still wanted to get a few things done so while Peter cut the grass (maybe this will become a regular event), I tidied up a flower/stone bed by the scree garden. As always it took longer than expected but I don't like leaving a job with the last bit not done.
As it was such a sunny and breezy day I took the opportunity to bring down this chest of drawers from Romas' bedroom which isn't heated and has hardly been used in the last 4 years. I gave everything a wipe down and then left it to dry thoroughly in the sun before polishing it with beeswax polish. We've now put it in one of the other bedrooms.
We ended the afternoon with a barbecue though Peter was muttering darkly as he hasn't yet mastered the art of making burgers that don't fall apart. Even the cage thingy (for fish) didn't make a lot of difference. He also grilled some Boerewors (venison & beef sausage) which he bought from a butcher in town that specialises in exotic meats. It wasn't too bad though I'm not that keen on venison but it was too salty for us. We use almost no salt in our cooking so eat a minimum of processed food because it always has too much.
Had to laugh when Google worked out that I would quite like to go the Isles of Scilly for a holiday and offered me a list of self catering holiday cottages on Tresco. At £1,670 for a 1 bedroom cottage, for 1 week, I don't think we'll be having a holiday on Tresco any time soon. Or if there are 6 people, you could pay up to £4,500 for a week!!
4 comments:
I like your dresser!
I agree with you about venison being too salty. I tasted it for the first time a few months ago and didn't like it.
Is that Wisteria and possibly columbine I see pictured?
It is though I call columbine aquilegia. They seed themselves every year in a bed near the house. Unfortunately the wisteria flowers never last that long as the snails climb to great heights to eat them.
Thanks for answering Ruta. Wisteria--I do love it--actually had it on a fence at my first house. I did not even attempt to plant at this house. However, Columbine is native to the U.S. I've seen it growing along the roadways. I planted several plants, I believe they were cross bred, that survived for many years until last Winter. All are gone now. I must add....bunnies have taken over our yard. I watched as one stretched to reach and eat Painted Daisey for a snack, alas, no painted daisies this year. Put screening around three plants that they were snacking on. Two are new plants and I didn't want them to succumb to bunny hunger, the third..interesting..is a white Rudbeckia. Native these are essentially black eye susans or purple in color. Fiddled with they are white and the new plants are really echinacea and produce multi-color flowers. I've gone on too long....me and bunnies I guess we'll just learn to ignore each other.
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