Builder Sitting.

The day began by feeling quite damp so it was a surprise when the builders turned up before 8.30. Thankfully I was already up and dressed though for once I had deliberately not set the 7.00 alarm. It's a bit wearing to have to get up that early every day if you don't need to. Sometimes I'm up at 5.00, sometimes at 8.00 depending on the state of my body.  It's nice to have the option.

Later the day became bright and sunny, chilly in the shade but warm in the sun. I had to take my mid-morning coffee down to the shingle to find the sun. There I had fun failing to capture the sparkle as the sun caused the dew on the plants to twinkle making the garden look quite magical.

As I stood there I noticed a number of bees going into the oleaster hedge. At first I wondered if they were looking for nest sites and then I smelt and saw the clusters of white oleaster flowers that were attracting the bees.

In the morning Peter went down for his stint at the RNLI shop, his last now until Easter next year. Very sensible too as he only took just over £5 in sales. I stayed at home making the occasional cup of tea or coffee for the builders and being there for any queries. As soon as Peter came home I drove to town to pay some money to the builders for materials. I know it would be convenient to bank on my phone but there are still too many opportunities for on-line fraud for me to trust phone banking. Then when I came home Peter drove back into town to get new tyres. 

By the time the builders finished for the afternoon they had done the first coat of render on the main section of the house. I'm assuming that they will be back tomorrow to carry on.

While I was home I did some tidying up in my study sorting through a few 'tidied up' piles of stuff until everything is now in its correct place. I even went through the drawers of my filing cabinet. It looked tidy when they were shut but that was a bit of an illusion. They're much more organised now and I was able to top up a bag of stuff which I took to the charity shop when I went to the bank. 

All that's left to do today is Pilates, a whole relaxing hour to work on my aging muscles.