At last we had a day of sunshine with no rain. Hopefully it will stay around for a few days before we start begging for rain again.
Fred phoned me this morning just as Scamp and I were heading out to get the messages and Scamp insisted I take the call. We had a long blether about friends and the stupids who run the health centre. Thankfully Fred didn’t get a chance to sidle into his favourite subject, Politics. Just a blether.
When Scamp returned and I brought in the bags from the car and we had lunch. After that, Scamp started planning changes to the back and front garden. Some plants aren’t doing very well and need to be moved to cooler positions, while others that need more sun are being sent to the front garden. It’s a constant cycle in a garden.
Just exactly on time, a box arrived from Parcel Force. Most unlike them to be on time. Inside was a new battery for the small Dyson cleaner. They really know how to make things easy for you. I took out three screws, removed the old battery and replaced it with the new one. Done and dusted in less than five minutes. Why can’t everything be as easy as that?
Later in the afternoon I went for a walk in St Mo’s, mainly to test out an old lens I’ve had for years and hardly used. It’s a 16-35mm f4 Sony and although it produces decent images, I don’t use it enough, so it needs, like the plants in the garden, to be moved somewhere else. I’m not sure yet if it’s going to go, but it’s a possibility.
It was quite warm, but windy today which meant it was difficult to get the picture of the day to sit still long enough for me to get the photo I wanted. Eventually after about a dozen shots, I got what I wanted. The photo is of a Soldier Beetle sitting by itself on the head of a Cow Parsley plant. I liked the ‘bokeh’, the out of focus blobs in the background.
Scamp made dinner tonight it was a simple meal of trout fillet with Cornish potatoes dressed with a salad of lettuce, apple, shallot, pepper and tomatoes. All very like what Simonne made for us last year, down in Dent.
Well, the sun is still shining and the skies are blue. I think you could say we got our wish today. Tomorrow we’re intending going looking for Parsley plants for the planter in the garden.