Windy.

Today has been warm and windy. We had a sunny start with the clouds beginning to blow in by lunchtime. During the morning I saw butterflies and a dragonfly and there are still a group of swallows around that haven't left yet to spend the winter in Africa. 

This morning I went out and cut back the stand of purple loosestrife by the back lawn and I cut back the rest of the clumps by the pond when I came home from school. The trouble with gardening is you do one job only to see half a dozen urgent things that need doing. Not only are there the weeds that were hidden by the bigger plants needing to be got rid of but I had forgotten that the wild flower meadow areas need their annual cut back. I made a start this evening and I have to say it wasn't a lot of fun carrying a big roll of wet grass and other plants while mud dripped down into my wellies. Still I only need to do that once a year and hopefully / possibly? we will be gone before it needs doing again. 

At school I had the fun job of hand printing and colour mixing with the reception children. They worked in pairs each child first making a hand print of a primary colour and then they rubbed their hands together to mix the colours. One pair went into absolute paroxysms of laughter, I had no idea that painting was so funny. After school all I had to do was to write down the comments they made and hang up their pictures so I was out by 4.15. Coming home I stopped at the top of the drive to pick up the re-cycling box and had a chat with my neighbour who was taking two children out for a lead rein ride.