Monday, 1 April 2024

Spring Break

David and I have just had a week or so off work. Think it came to ten days including the weekends, so we’ve done pretty well considering we only used four days of annual leave each. Good ol’ bank holidays. I didn’t get them in my last job. It almost makes up for being full time and not having Fridays off. Almost.

I started the week off by going to a gig – I went to see The Gaslight Anthem (again) and they were goooooooood. So good. I forget how utterly cathartic it is to scream your little lungs out to songs that you love. Definitely was much needed. Wish I could do it every week.

I have spent a lot of time crocheting; I had a flurry of Freddie orders and I had also decided to try and make a mini oompa loompa using a 1.25mm hook. I’ve done most of it but I can’t bring myself to finish it. Ho hum. I have since had another Freddie order so I need to get that started.

The first of the hairy footed flower bees have arrived, I was beginning to think they weren’t going to appear this year but they have done. There’s been a couple of females around too, investigating holes in the wall to nest.

It’s been a good allotment week, I think I have been up there four times. One day was very super autumnal with cold and rain, I had to wear my woolly hat! And then the other times have been lovely spring sunshine, t shirt weather, GLORIOUS. I have harvested a load of carrots and a couple of leeks, planted potatoes, unbuilt and rebuilt a raised bed, and today I have put up a pair of arches with some help from a friend. I also managed to get around to emptying, tidying, sorting, cleaning, and refilling my shed, so I can actually get in it now! Wahoo!

The garden has also had some attention, with loads more seeds scattered and more things planted. If they all grow it’ll be well lush. GURT LUSH. I need to go back and sort out the remaining two flower beds but instead of doing that, I dug a new one under the apple tree, which has now been seeded up with root veg and mixed flowers.

I refound my turmeric roots, they have started to grow! So I have potted them up in compost and hopefully they will grow lots. I’ve never had turmeric before, so I am treating it like ginger.

There is a jenny wren building a nest in the hawthorn hedge, I got really close to it, watching it as I was sitting on the bench and it flew right past me with some moss in its beak and then sat and watched me. I hope it doesn’t abandon the nest but it is close to the gate and path so it might well reconsider.

We went out for dindins with Davids parents and on the way home had a pothole related incident which resulted in David being towed home and the tyre being absolutely shredded. It’s been an expensive week for one reason or another. Good job I didn’t buy any firewood this month, although I probably should’ve done.

Back to work tomorrow, utterly, absolutely NOT looking forward to a 6am alarm!