The day began beautifully sunny with a flat sea and not a drop of wind. Gradually the wind picked up bringing clouds which on the landward side are looking suspiciously dark right now.
The builder turned up this morning with the window fitters. By 10.00 the window was in and they were gone. I did get them to squirt some of that foam stuff above the outside of the kitchen window which had been left uncompleted by the company that put in our other windows. It's amazing what a difference even that small window makes, now you can see the derelict state of the bathroom lit up by sunlight. There's no chance the builder will do the bathroom while there's good weather for outdoor jobs. Ho Hum.
In the meantime I've been getting on with facing the raised bed. There was still a lot of sand to dig out before I could begin mixing up mortar and laying blocks. There's only a small bit of the first course left to do but it will be fiddly as I will have to work around the drainage holes the builder left in the block wall.
As I was having a coffee break up on the terrace I looked down and saw a flash of colour in the hedge. I'd planted a clematis (Carnaby) in there as an experiment to see if it could survive the sea winds and sure enough it did. Hopefully it will establish itself in the rather boring hedge.
Not planted by me are the many aquilegias popping up all over the place. Most are dramatic dark purple ones with just a few variations including this pretty double growing in the back garden.
The council comes occasionally to mow a roadside strip on the cliff-top but it is down to the home owners to maintain the rest. We pay a nominal amount to our neighbour to include our small section when mows and other people do their own. I'm not sure if the grass here has been left as part of no-mow May or simply because the house is a holiday home but in either case the wild flowers are stunning.
More thrift and other flowers tumbling down the cliff.
1 comment:
Ah finally your window. :)
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