Warm-ish.

I woke this morning hoping for another summer's day but when I saw grey skies I guessed that it wasn't to be. As I was feeling tired and groggy I fed Speedy and then went back to sleep for a couple of hours. By the time I got up, and took the top photo, there was already a hint of blue in the sky and from then on things got quite a lot better. 

As I had rushed off to Cae Hir yesterday morning we had our croissants and Archers breakfast this morning making breakfast was a leisurely affair. My first job after breakfast was to lower the top corner shelf. All by hand as I can't manage using a drill to put in or take out screws. I'm still going to have to shorten the curtains but I think the shelves look better now. 

Next job was to tidy the empty dumpy bags in the garage. I'll keep a couple just 'in case' but the rest can go to the zoo.

And then I got to do more gardening, nearly all the new plants are now in situ and a few more dug up from the  back garden. Just one almost flowering aquilegia which I didn't have the heart to dig up remains in the tomato bed. My last outside job was to sand down and paint black a gatepost in the garden. 

Give the shingle garden a year or two to fill out and it should look quite lovely.

I bought this plant on last year's visit to Cae Hir. There was a reduction if you bought three plants which is why I picked it but I can't remember what it is called. Looks very pretty though.

The fennel is coming on nicely and should help give the neighbours some privacy in their sitting room.

I was having my end of day coffee on the terrace when I spotted the tell-tale splash of a gannet's dive.

Sure enough there were a pair of gannets diving for fish on the far side of the reef. Hopefully if the fish have returned we should be seeing the dolphins again.

A nosey seagull peering at me from the kitchen roof. Luckily the seagulls here are not the thugs you get in some places but I don't welcome them in the garden.