Baking Day.

After a very wet night the blue gradually began creeping back. The day warmed up and by late afternoon it was hot and sunny again.

Down in the garden the plants were bedecked with glistening dewdrops. Very pretty but also a reminder of the need to cut back the plants growing over the path. 

A grey, damp day was a good opportunity to get on with some baking. I baked a lime drizzle cake, lime because Lidl only had bags of lemons so I bought a lime instead. I also baked a chocolate marble cake. These have gone in the freezer for when our friends come to stay along with a bag of crumble. I used dark instead of light brown sugar as that's what was in the cupboard and I put in oats to make it more interesting. 

Since it was looking soggy outside I went on and cleaned the porch, hoovering up all the cobwebs and washing the windows. Having the hoover out I thought I might as well sand down where I'd painted over the knot stains on the skirting board and then hoover up the dust. Then to get myself ready for the next stage of re-painting the skirting boards I filled in the tiny holes in the blue loo skirting boards that the chap had made with his damp meter. 

For the rest of the afternoon I have begun collating my holiday photos to make a photo book which I can show to people rather than subjecting them to the hundreds of photos I took. 

Not too long now and I'll be off to choir. Another busy day for me.