Some Sun.

Woke this morning to blue skies and sunshine. By the afternoon we were back to grey clouds but at least it didn't rain.

It was a good day for going to the zoo. As I'm the only person who does any gardening it's very much up to me what I do when I get there. I should cut back the buddleias soon but today I decided to make some more paths in the old woodchip area. It was very much a matter of digging the grass out of the paths and replanting it in the barer patches. 

I meant to take some photos of the paths but got distracted when chatting to another volunteer and ended up going to the secondary site up the lane where the exotic animals are kept. (The zoo's licence only permits them to open this area six days a year.) However we came up with a plan to use a large dumpy bag and my car to bring down woodchips from a pile even further up the lane. The woodchip has got wet and is not suitable to use for the animals so I can use as much as I want. That's what I'll be doing next time.

 

Hermes the the hand-raised owl (remember him as a fluffy chick on the picnic table?) greeted us with lots of hooting.

Steve the emu is very friendly and loves being fed grapes.

I put halters on the ponies and let them out for a quick graze on the long grass. (I did sort Pablo's rope out afterwards.) 

When I got home I did a bit of weeding in the front garden and cleared up after a visiting cat had used a plant as a toilet. To prevent this happening again I protected the plant by draping old brambles over it. The cat had also slept in the middle of an ornamental grass in a planter flattening the once gracefully arching stems. I fluffed the stems upright and put plenty of upright sticks into the planter which hopefully will keep the cat off.

Just returned home from kettlebells. I must say, that even though I worked up a good sweat it does seem to be getting easier. I know it would be good for my bones to do some work with kettlebells at home but it's hard to find the time to do everything as it is.