Grey.

And we're back to the grey again. Warm, very windy but not wet.

I had a later start than usual this morning and drank my coffee sitting on the wall of the raised beds. From there I had a view of the waves crashing on the concrete drain by the slipway. (It wasn't quite as dark as the camera has made it out to be.)

 

Since it is half-term and there was no Welsh class I decided to go down to the zoo to do some gardening. I drove rather than risked been blown over by the strong winds. I was keen to go as I knew that all the weeds would be growing in this warm, wet weather and I also had more plants for the gravel garden. Those included Linaria seedlings, the purple wildflower variety which I think is a lovely plant. They used to grow in the scree garden at Dingles and I've made sure to bring a few with me each time we've moved. At the zoo, as well as planting in the gravel I had a general tidy up of all the flowerbeds and then went on to weeding right by the entrance. I've given up on most of that area, too many weeds & grass and not enough gravel but there's one separate patch that I sometimes do. I kept on until the whole of that patch was clear and looking a lot better. Afterwards I went to spend some time with the pigs who are growing rapidly. It's very relaxing sitting there scratching their bellies and chatting to them and I may even have sung them a few songs. As I sat there I could hear a goat bleating in a nearby closed stable. It turned out that the goat's horn had fallen off (they do a lot of head butting of each other and their shelter). The horn had come off when one of the staff had checked it and the stump had bled copiously so the goat was being kept away from the other goats in case they caused any further damage.

When I got home there was just time to have a rest after doing my squats before I needed to get ready for disco aerobics. It's a good way to end the day and I always feel much better after an hour of dancing about to loud music.