Windy.

Very windy today. This morning we watched three kite surfers whizzing across the waves. Whatever the conditions they are always right for one watersport or another.

My back was a sore last night so I thought it would be better not to do any gardening today. To make sure I wasn't lured outside I threw my gardening trousers in the wash. That way all I could do was a little sweeping and some sitting and planning. Instead I spent the morning writing up my notes for last winter and spring ready to enter them into my Hobbit Journal.

Then in the afternoon I got on with another overdue job, cleaning all my orchids with pesticide to remove the woolly aphids. As well as wiping down every leaf and stem I cleaned all the boxes they sit in and the utility room window sill. I find it quite stressful to have jobs waiting to be done but sometimes it's hard to get round to doing those jobs. A case of self inflicted stress. At least that job is out of the way.

I went into the kitchen late last night and there on the floor was an enormous spider. I put the cup there to show the size but because the spider is further away it looks smaller than it really was. I know it was harmless but it was too big for comfort so I trapped it in a plastic mug which it only just fitted into and threw it into the garden.

Sunset last night.