Warm.

I've had a busy day and got another two decorating jobs done. I needed to get the ladder  from the garage for both of them so it made sense to push on. One job was to tidy up the bathroom ceiling. When the last owners put in downlighters they didn't make a good job of cutting holes in the ceiling and each light had an untidy gap at one side. I was just about able to manoeuvre the ladder in our tiny bathroom and use filler to fill in the holes.

The other job was to tidy up and paint the kitchen ceiling. Not only was there some flaking of the paint along one edge but a close up view showed many bits (sawdust?) in the painted surface as well as a few brush strands. I removed most of these by going over the surface gently with my paint  scraper. Then it was simply a matter of shrouding the kitchen with a vast number of dust sheets before using the roller to freshen up the white ceiling, oh and cutting in the edges took almost as long.

Meanwhile Peter spent the day putting up new shelves in the tool cupboard by the front door. 

These red and white snapdragons are the descendants of some plants I bought at the last day sell off at the Chelsea Flower Show back in the late 70's. At that time our outdoor space was a 5ft x 5ft balcony. The snapdragons came with us to our house in London and then on to Devon where they self seeded in the scree garden.