Sparkled.

Why 'sparkled'? Well, I decided to take a chance and throw the new purple sparkly top in the washing machine along with the rest of the dark wash. And you've guessed it, some of the stuck on purple glitter has attached itself to the other clothes. Especially the more cotton based fabrics which means mostly on Peter's clothes. I wouldn't have minded having some sparkle on my riding stuff or leggings. However it's not a lot so he might not even notice that his black clothes have an extra twinkle.

The weather today has been gloomy and grey. It could be quite depressing but I found it felt brighter when I spent some time working outside in the front garden.

It was a good day yesterday but it did wear me out. Luckily the builders had sent a text to say the render needed to dry out so they wouldn't be here. No need for us to be up early which was a really good thing. 

My first job was to give the picture frame another spray with the gold paint as it was still too dark. I set everything up only to discover that the spray was running out and just spitting out blobs of paint. Peter had gone into town so I sent him a message asking him to get me another can at Charlie's. That he did and I was able to spray the frame when he returned. 

My other big job of the day was to take down everything and clean the sitting room side window. For some reason when they took the render off the outside wall a whole load of brick and cement dust appeared on the inside sill and no doubt over everything else there. It didn't happen with the other windows so I'm putting it down to the poor installation of the window. Everything including the venetian blind and the hanging planters got washed and now it's all bright and clean. 

I finished the afternoon with some pottering around in the front garden. I found a number of aubretia seedlings on the paving below the rockery, that's a surprise, and after pulling them out potted them on in a handy trough. It will be good even if only some of them grow.

I call this white cactus Romas' Birthday cactus as it flowers around his birthday each year.