Dry.

Dry today, mainly overcast but sometimes sunny.

I cycled down to do my usual weeding stint at the zoo. I ended up weeding the gravel by the wolf-dogs and watching the many visitors. The wolf-dogs get quite excited when visitors' dogs are brought up close to the glass and wire barrier of the pen. I notice that they respond more to the bigger dogs. But the dogs tend not to react. There was a pair of beautiful huskies who were more concerned with looking behind them at the goats while Zeus and Cosmo bounced up and down in front of them. I felt sad to see that the wildflower meadow has been strimmed out of existence apart from one tiny corner. I found out that it hadn't been a mistake but that one of the owners felt it was too big. I only wish something had been said to me. I'll stick to weeding in future.

Having more or less finished for this year in the back garden I turned to the front garden and cut back some of the new growth on the inside of the hedge. I need to wait for a day when it's not windy to run the hedge trimmer over the hedge from the street.

I sat out on the terrace for a while reading my kindle. I see the neighbours and their kids are in residence, either that or there are some very young squatters next-door.