Scamp was off to FItSteps this morning. Possibly the last of these classes for a while at least. I think she’ll miss the company and the banter.
I stayed at home and took some photos of a bunch of Tulips, like Parrot Tulips with layers of flowers. They were a birthday present for Scamp and had their bulbs still attached to the stems. I’d never seen a plant like that before and neither had Scamp. The sun was angling down in the living room and I liked the stripes on the carpet. A really interesting composition that definitely needed photographing, so I did it! PoD captured and posted before 10.30am!
Somebody, at some time had left an upstairs window open (probably me). It had swung over and knocked three geranium plants off the window sill. I attempted to refill them, but the soil was very dry and I just refilled what I could and left them for Scamp to fix properly, then I used the Dyson to clear up the resulting mess. That’s when I realised the Dyson wasn’t working at its best. Presumably that will mean another trip to Currys for a replacement. It’s been a hard working machine and doesn’t really owe us anything. It’s just another item to add to the bills.
When Scamp returned we had lunch and she fixed the geranium plants. Meanwhile I was thinking about taking the 16-35mm out for a walk in St Mo’s. That was until I looked out the front window and saw the rain streamers and clouds blowing along the Campsie Fells and decided that I should maybe give it fifteen minutes to blow past. It took about half an hour before the sun came out and I went out to meet it.
I was hardly over the road to St Mo’s when the clouds returned and this time they’d brought hail with them and started pelting me with the snow pellets. It would have taken me too long to go back to the house, so I zipped up my Rab jacket, pulled the hood up and faced the onslaught. Just like the rain before it, the hail didn’t last long and I walk around St Mo’s in a field of sunshine. Got a few shots, but didn’t really need them because the PoD was already posted. This was just for the fun of it.
Back home Scamp had made Slow Cooked Chicken Thighs with Mushrooms for dinner. It was delicious fall-off-the-bone and just melted away. Scamp should be on Masterchef!
That was about if for a lazy Friday. I’m guessing we may be dancing tomorrow although snow and ice warnings are coming from the weather fairies. We’ll just have to grin and bear it.