Sunny and mild today. Last night the stars were out and I could see the Milky Way stretched across the velvety black sky. It got colder in the night but the house stays comfortable with the heating turning on once in a while (it's at 17C not 16C as I thought).
My plan for the day was to fit the gutter back on around the terrace. The first thing I did was clean out the accumulated muck in the gutters after which I had to make a decision. Should I put the gutter back the same way with the faded section facing out, turned around to have the non-faded side plus paint splodges from the original painting or turned around with all the paint scraped off? Every option would function as well but no prizes for guessing that I decided to scrape off every last spot of paint. This I did carefully using a green scrubby and the rounded end of an old table fork so as not to damage the surface of the brown plastic. I also cleaned up the brackets and removed the rusty old screws. By the time all this was done I felt my back had had enough and finished up for the day.
Out in the back garden I potted up some of the many knautia seedlings that have appeared around the parent plants. It seems such a shame just to throw them away. I may try a few in the front garden next year.
This evening I went to the 'proper' pilates class. It was a quite different to the class I used to go to which felt like a real workout. This was far gentler with the emphasis on quietly stretching various muscles. However I shall perservere as I need to get back into shape and restore some of my core strength which has melted away over the last two years. Unless I want to travel into town my only other option is an aerobic disco workout which isn't pilates based. What I really need to do is to get back to doing exercises daily. How will I fit those in I wonder?
We had an almost flat sea today so no surfers. There was enough breeze for the windsurfer but not really enough for the wing surfer.
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