A lazy day today.
I tried some false eyelashes today for the first time in my
32 and a bit years. I now know how it feels like to be a stupid car with fake eyelashes
on the headlights. How do people wear these? How do you line them up properly? How
you get them to stick to the curve of your eyelid? HOW??? I may never wear them
again.
Garden news: not a lot. Bulbs are bulbing, saffron crocus
are in full leaf, ground is wet. No sign of carrots/radishes/spring onions yet
but they now have a cloche over them so if it does snow, they’re protected.
Loofah seedlings are looking good. Asparagus seedlings in
the fat ball tub was the new source of fungus gnats (seriously the tub was FULL
of the little fuckers) so I took it down the far end of the garden before
taking the lid off, and have now potted up the asparagus seedlings into four
smaller pots instead, with fresh compost. The old compost got chucked on the
garden. Hopefully will have less gnats now, but the pots are in a tub so if any
appear, they are trapped.
I sprayed the house again yesterday and it’s made a
difference but there’s one or two survivors, so I shall spray again next week. Not
a fan of using insecticide so much but I need to get rid of them.
Saw a squirrel with a huge rack today. Sans biscuit.
Decided to do some whittling. I’ve been thinking about
making another crochet hook for a while. I snipped some bits off my apple tree
but haven’t used them yet. Yesterday at the allotment I cut down a hawthorn
whip that was growing in my raspberry bed, so I today I have turned it into a
crochet hook. It isn’t perfect, but I need to let it dry out properly now. I used
my penknife, an emery board, and some cheapo sandpaper from poundland.
I have made a small cotton square today, mainly to test my
wrist to see how it would cope with the crochet movement and the answer is not
well, so a few more days of rest is needed. However I now have a new cotton
cloth to use around the house. They’re good for cleaning vegetables with.
Exercise today: vacuumed the whole house, leg stretchy
things, 40s plank.
Dinner today: curry!
I had my first creme egg of the year last night.
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| Saffron crocus |
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| New hook is on the right |
