Today was one of those rare mornings when I woke refreshed and ready to start the day at 5.30. I like getting my exercises done straight away after which I went and made tea something that Peter usually does. While not as hot as yesterday it has been fairly sunny for most of the day with a sea mist rolling in during the afternoon. My washing was nice and dry before that happened and has already been ironed.
Having decided to store the two long beams it was as I got the to the last of the numerous large screws and nails in the first one that I saw signs of woodworm. I have the chemicals to treat it but at that point I gave up and simply sawed up all the wood, apart from a couple of pieces Peter needs, and bagged it for our friend who has a wood burner. Then I tidied up a last tiny corner of the back garden and shifted the large ceramic planter there that was left by the last people. It has some sort of trailing shrub which I haven't identified yet. (I was right about the yellow loosestrife which is flowering in the front garden.)
Peter did the mowing after which he had fun putting together his new gas barbeque. Hopefully we'll have more good barbeque weather. I got to spend time working in the front garden, trimming two shrubs into tidy ball shapes, weeding and trimming the lawn edges.
It was while I was prising up the dandelions growing in the gap between the pavement and garden wall that I came across this splendid beetle. Its proper name is Chrysolina banksii leaf beetle but I think Golden coffee bean beetle would be more appropriate.
The wren is one of our smallest and also the commonest native birds but this male sitting in a tree two gardens away had the loudest song imaginable.
4 comments:
Wow, never saw a beetle like that before. Looks as if it is made of gold.
We have wrens here too and they are just cute little birds.
The beetle is amazing. What is the name of cherry yellow flowers in the first photo, the red also? Thank you
The cheery yellow flowers are yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) which I had growing around the round pond at Dingles. It's a perennial and by the amount there is in the front garden hardy and a good spreader. The red one behind is a common fuchsia which hasn't quite opened.
Thank you, Ruta.
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