It has been sunnier today and quite hot at times.
My toe was painful last night which was a sign (as the scar doesn't look inflamed) that I had been doing too much yesterday. So today I tried to take things a bit more easily and so far my toe feels a lot better.
That said I still painted some more shields and did some gardening. I cleared more of the campanula and have begun cutting back the flowering stems of the stachys. Mainly where they have grown right over other plants. I've still left a lot for the insects and you never know, cutting back the stachys might encourage it to put out more flowers.
For a lot of the time I've been sitting out on the terrace reading or doing more darning of the delicate scarf.
I've also done a lot of looking through my binoculars trying to spot Peter and the rest of the crew as they row back from Aberdyfi. They went up on the train to collect one of the boats that had been borrowed by the Aberdyfi rowing club for the regatta that didn't happen. I know they had to wait for the tide but so far there's hasn't been a sign of them. I'm not at all worried as they have radios and all the safety equipment and Dave, one of the crew is the RNLI operations manager.
This was my pleasant surprise. On a whim I Googled Dingles and came across this website for their holiday accommodation. They've replaced the old stone woodshed and large Leylandii that were next to it with an open fronted double garage and holiday bedsit above. It all looks very smart and costs from £350 per week. Some work has been done on the gardens and the old orchard/ chicken run which I dug over and turned into beds for propagating the plants has been changed to raised vegetable beds.
It was good to see as I hadn't wanted to check the place out ever since I saw that the people who bought it from us (and were selling up) had chopped down the wisteria, honeysuckle and roses that were growing on the house walls. From the photo above it looks as if the wisteria on the end wall is starting to grow again. I was also pleased to see that the azaleas, bought as tiny twigs from Tesco's (probably reduced) are doing well on the bank by the side of the drive.
1 comment:
This must have brought back so many memories for you.
Wendy (Wales)
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