Sunshine.

It's been dry all day and the sun came out in the afternoon. Just a shame the forecast is for a return to rain as I was hoping to carry on painting tomorrow and/or on Thursday. 

Pete caught the early bus to the garage at Bow Street to collect the car after its service. The garage man said the car was in very good condition but then again we don't use it that much and the underneath is wax oiled every year. Might as well keep the car running for as long as we can.

Once Pete returned I drove to the zoo for a few hours of weeding. My knee hadn't liked yesterday's walking on the shingle so I didn't want to stay too long. I took some hardy geraniums which had got too big for this garden and a pheasant grass to put in a planter that only had weeds in. As it's half-term there were plenty of families visiting the zoo. I finished off weeding the gravel by the guinea fowl and tidied up a few other areas. Afterwards I went and spent some time with the pigs. They've churned up the whole of their field into a muddy mess and it was hard to find a space where I could crouch down to give them their scratches. Otis lay down to have his tummy scratched but Truffle remained standing so I leaned on him for  support.

The structure in the large play area is now almost completely dismantled after having being damaged in the summer. That's a shame as it was very popular. At least I no longer have to try and keep the weeds there under control.

I haven't done much since I got home apart from preparing supper and I'll be heading off to Pilates later.