Sunny.

Today has been bright and sunny with very little wind and not too cold.

I felt a bit rough with this cold so it took me a while to get going in the morning. On days like this I make a mental list of things to do- things that must be done, things that it would be good to do today and things that will need doing at some point. Once I've completed the 'must do' jobs (the morning routines and today putting out the recycling) I can relax and anything from the other two lists is a bonus. 

I hand washed a few things (shame there wasn't much wind) and sorted some stuff to take to town tomorrow. But then my attention was caught by the sun shining into the corner of the front garden. My carefully thought out lists were abandoned and I had went out to cut back the dry stalks of the Michaelmas dasies that grow in the far corner. I had to be careful not to damage the leaves of the tall Dutch? iris that  are also in that corner. I went on to do a bit more tidying in the garden and ended up filling a whole sack ready to go to the dump on Friday.

I finished off the afternoon with some ironing and then chopping of veg to go with the salmon (baked in foil parcels) that we will be having for dinner tonight.